It was decided that 13-digit M2M numbering plan will be implemented from 1st July 2018. From this date on wards, all new M2M mobile connections will be allocated 13-digit numbers only.
The Swachhata Pakhwada concluded on the 31st January 2018. I am sure all of you must have really celebrated this occasion with lots of activities. At the Board level, we concluded the fortnight with the release of a short film which is a compilation of all the Swachhata activities undertaken by various formations under CBEC.
The Finance Minister has introduced the Finance Bill, 2018 in Lok Sabha today, that is, 1st February, 2018. Changes in Customs and Central Excise law and rates of duty have been proposed through the Finance Bill, 2018.
The Finance Minister has, while presenting the Union Budget 2018-19, introduced the Finance Bill in the Lok Sabha on the 1st of February, 2018. While Clause 99 of the Bill relates to exemption from integrated tax levied under section 3(7) of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, Clauses 103 to 105 of the Bill cover the changes relating to service tax levied under the erstwhile Chapter V of the Finance Act, 1994, prior to 1St July 2017.
I took a review meeting of the officers of both Hyderabad and Vizag zones, where a detailed presentation on the work performed by them in areas of GST and Customs was made. Some innovative ideas which were highlighted and brought to my notice were (i) setting up of a Special Task Force with 1 AC and 1 Superintendent both at ACC and ICD to deal only with the IGST refunds.
E- Way Bill will be mandatory in Maharashtra for Inter- State movement of goods w.e.f. 01-02-2018. For Intra- State movement of goods, the date will be notified later. The e-way bill system is currently available for dealers / transporters on a trial basis (during 16-01-2018 to 31-01- 2018).
The undersigned is directed to say that by virtue of implementation of Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (IBC) 2016 after the repeal of erstwhile Sick Industrial Companies Act (SICA). The necessity to decentralize handling of cases at the level of field formations has been felt as 11 National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) benches having territorial jurisdiction across the country and the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) at Delhi with pan India jurisdiction have been created under IBC
Board has received references regarding the classification of Telecommunication Antenna which are used at Base Transceiver Station/NodeB/eNodeB in wireless or cellular networks.
Member (IT) had issued a letter dated 19th December 2017 on User Experience on GST- ACES and I had referred to the same in my weekly correspondence with you on 22nd December 2017. Your feedback on the user experience is very valuable.
Assessing Officers should follow the sequence as noted below for applying provisions of section 68 of the Act: Step 1: Whether there is credit of a sum during the year in the books of accounts maintained by the taxpayer. Step 2: If yes, the assessee should be asked to explain the nature and source of such credit appearing in the books of accounts of the assessee.
