Applicants may note that for the preparation of Republic Day Parade and rehearsal, there may be entry restriction and security requirements in and around Rajpath (where Udyog Bhawan is located) especially after 20th January, 2011. Therefore they may seek earlier dates rather than wait for 20th, 21st and 24th January, which are the last three days.
Submission of required documents (as given in Note 1 and Note 2 of Annexure I of Policy Circular No.9 dated 29/12/2010), scrutiny thereof and grant of RC, if found eligible, shall be held on the working days either in the forenoon (10.00 AM to 1.00 PM) or in the afternoon (2.00 PM to 5.00 PM) between 11th and 24th of January, 2011.
The Annexure to this Trade Notice contains the allocation of 19,00,000 Bales of cotton. The fractional numbers, in the annexed allocations will be rounded off at the time of issue of Registration Certificates, in order to ensure commercially meaningful transaction.
This is to bring to the notice of all concerned that the officials of Directorate General of Foreign Trade will be available in the office from 11.00 AM to 5.00 PM on 01.01.2011 and 02.01.2011 to address the queries or for clarifying any doubts.
This is to bring to the notice of trade that a large number of online registrations filed are pending issuance in various Ranges/Division offices due to non submission of required documents. It is noticed that while the registration are filled online, either no hard copy of documents is submitted or the documents are submitted after considerable lapse of time. This results in substantial delay in granting registration. In fact, in a very large number of cases (more than 1,000), no documents have been submitted at all.
Letter D.O.F.No.334/03/2010-TRU Vide Finance Act, 2010, eight new services were added to the list of taxable services while the scopes of nine existing services were modified. As these changes become effective from 01.07.2010, activities that are covered under taxable service categories due to above additions or modifications, would start attract service tax from this date.
F.No.354/189/2009-TRU Customs duty on packaged software – As basic customs duty is Nil for packaged software, the additional duty of customs („CVD?) levied in lieu of the Central Excise duty payable on like goods manufactured in India (including education cess and secondary and higher education cess on such CVD) is the effective customs duty paid on import of such software; and Service tax in relation to providing right to use information technology software for commercial exploitation under the category of ITSS on reverse charge mechanism.
The new centralized web based software application of CBEC under the name Automation of Centralized Excise and Service Tax (ACES) is likely to be introduced shortly. The details of the same can be accessed at http:// www.aces.gov.in. It is designed to provide you an electronic interface with the department and aims at reducing paper work, visit to the departmental offices and improving transparency, accountability and efficiency in indirect tax administration in India.
Attention of the Trade is invited to Trade Notice No. 2/2005-S.T., dated 31-3-2005, No. 21/2005, dated 4-7-2005, etc., notifying the geographical area of Service Tax Divisions-I & II and the allocation of various taxable services under both the said Divisions presently comprising of the concurrent geographical area while they are bifurcated on the basis of category of service. Divisions other than I & II of the Service Tax Commissionerate, Mumbai, have been created on geographical basis. The present geographical jurisdiction of Division-I & II is as given below:-
Trade Notice No. 19/2009 Rule 5 A was inserted in the Service Tax Rules, 1994 vide Service Tax (Sixth Amendment) Rules, 2007 (Notification No.45/2007 – ST dated 28.12.2007 refers). Attention is also drawn to the instructions issued by the Board vide F.No.137/26/2007-CX.4 dated 01.01.2008 in this regard
