Government of India is launching a program on 02nd November, 2018 at Vigyan Bhawan to support MSMEs and to reach out to them wherein Department of Financial Services will be the nodal agency to monitor overall progress.
ITBA doesn’t allow generating 143(2) notice in the cases of 148 reopening before 1 month of filling of return. Even though the return is filled by the assessee and objections are rebutted within 15 day, AO cannot issue 143(2)
On the GST front, to facilitate the trade for a smooth and hassle-free cancellation of registration and to ensure uniformity in the implementation of the provisions of law across the field formations, CBIC has issued a SOP vide circular no. 69/43/2018 dated 26th October 2018.
To briefly recapitulate, anti-dumping duty on Saccharin originating in and exported from China PR was imposed vide notification No. 41/2007 -Customs (ADD) dated 19.03.2007 for five years. These duties were extended vide notification No. 7/2012-Customs (ADD) dated 13.01.2012 for a period of five year following a sunset review initiated by the Director General of Trade Remedies (DGTR).
Field formations shall henceforth, also defend the cases on behalf of National Anti‑profiteering Authority (GST), New Delhi pending before the Hon’ble courts.
The Pr. CCIT shall put in place a system of audit of one TRO by another TRO. The audit objections raised shall be followed up by CIT (Audit) similar to other objections.
The packages containing the valuables should be bar coded so as to ensure correct inventorisation and tallying of packages at the time of handing over/taking over etc. The ‘e-malkhana’ system of Delhi Customs could be adopted by other formations.
Electronic seals are seals only but with electronic add on (RFID) to detect security breach. Therefore, e-seals merit classification under the Heading 8309 which covers- Stoppers, caps and lids (including crown corks, screw caps and pouring stoppers), capsules for bottles, threaded bungs, bung covers, seals and other packing accessories, of base metal. As seals are specifically mentioned there, e-seals warrant classification under the tariff item 8309 90 30.
Due to some reasons, the valid returns filed by tax payers, were not processed within time prescribed under section 143(1) of Act. Due to which, refund due to assessee could not be issued.
Officers of both Central tax and State tax are authorized to initiate intelligence based enforcement action on the entire taxpayer’s base irrespective of the administrative assignment of the taxpayer to any authority. The authority which initiates such action is empowered to complete the entire process of investigation, issuance of SCN, adjudication, recovery, filing of appeal etc. arising out of such action.
