Notification No. S. O. 2116-Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 120 the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), and the powers conferred on me by the Central Board of Direct Taxes, New Delhi, vide Notification No. 9565/F. No. 279/129/93-ITJ (Pt. II), dated July 5, 1994, and S. O. No, 504, dated July 5, 1994, and all other powers enabling me in this behalf and in partial modification of Notification No. 1/97-98
Clarification on import of canalised items in India. Only canalising agencies like Indian Oil Corporation can import, not individual importers.
Circular No. 415/48/98-CX I am directed to draw your attention to para 5.2 of the Board”s Circular No. 81/81/94-CX dated 25/11/1994 and para 6.2 of Board”s Circular No. 87/87/94-CX dated 26/12/94, wherein it has been provided that where the AR4 indicates that the export is in discharge of an export obligation under a Quantity-based Advance License or a Value based Advance Licence issued under the Duty Exemption Scheme, the consignment should invariably be examined and sealed by the Superintendent of Central Excise himself.
Regln 6(a) was amended stipulating that the applicant for a temporary licence should be a graduate from a recognized university and have experience of Customs clearance work for a period of not less than three years inthe capacity of form ‘G’ pass holder, in addition to the other earlier existing conditions. The commissioner could relax this period from 3 years to 1 year for reasons to be
Government notice allows non-SSI units to expand capacities with export obligations under an industrial license.
Circular No. 414/47/98-CX “From the perusal of the order we find that the Superintendent has placed the draft appeal along with the grounds of appeal and put up for approval with the authorisation letter before the Collector. There is no indication whether Collector had applied his mind with reference to the impugned order for filling appeal or not. There was no mention of his approval for filing the appeal.
Notification No. S. O. 721(E)-Income Tax This notification contains amendment to Income-tax Rules, 1962 carried out on 25th August, 1998 not reproduced here as it is already contained in the body of the rules itself.
The SEBI (Foreign Institutional Investors) Regulations, 1995 have been amended from time to time so as to increase the scope of investments by FIIs and to simplify the registration procedure. The latest copy of the Regulations is available at SEBI website: www.sebi.gov.in . This procedure is also available on our web-site as a press release.
It has come to the notice of the Board that certain Custom Houses had refused to allow drawback and other export benefits on export goods which were procured by foreign buyers during their visit to India by making payment in freely convertible foreign currency which was deposited in case with authorised foreign currency which was deposited in cash with authorised foreign exchange
The Licensing Authority may grant extension in export obligation period for a period of four months against one or more consignment/sight on payment of penalty of 1% on the unfulfilled fob value of export obligation with reference to cif value of the imports made for which extension is being sought. Any request for extension beyond a period of four months can be considered only by a Committee headed by Director General of Foreign Trade.
