Central Excise

Effective Rates of DEPB : ** : Transporters’ strike unreasonable and unjustified : ** : Rs. 600 crore for paying penidng claims of Excise Duty under deemed export released : ** : Service Tax exemption on certain GTA Services : ** : NDIA'S EXPORTS INCREASE FROM $ 63.8 BILLION IN 2003-04 TO $ 119.3 BILLION IN 2008-09 (APR-NOV) - SEZs GENERATE EMPLOYMENT : ** : Additional Government Measures for Stimulating the Economy : ** : Changes in Customs duty, Additional Customs duty rates and drawback : ** : Review of External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) policy : ** : Whether activities of a Liaison Office in India leads to income accruing or arising in India : ** : Exports up by 19.4% in April-November 2008 - INDIA’S FOREIGN TRADE DATA : NOVEMBER 2008 : ** :

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Exempts Certain Taxable Services provided to a Goods Transport Agency - See Notification No. 01/2009 Dated: January 5, 2009 - Service Tax

Amends Notification No. 89/2005 - Exemption to goods from Customs duty and additional duty when imported against DutyEntitlementPass Book. - See Notification No. 03/2009 Dated: January 2, 2009 - Customs

Extension of time limit for filing of Form DVAT 51, Form C, EI, EII, F, I, J and H - See F.3(33)/P-II/VAT/Misc./2006/676-685 Dated: December 19, 2008 - VAT - Delhi

DEPB Rates as applicable before 5-11-2008 restored - See 124(RE-2008) /2004-2009 Dated: March 1, 2009 - DGFT

Amendment in the Handbook of Procedures v1.(RE 2008) - DEPB rates shall be effective upto 31-12-2009 - See 125 (RE-2008) /2004-2009 Dated: January 3, 2009 - DGFT

Procedure relating to sanction and pre-audit of refund claims- regarding. - See 22/2008 Dated: December 19, 2008 - Customs

Deferred Payment Protocols dated April 30, 1981 and December 23, 1985 between Government of India and erstwhile USSR - See 45/2009 Dated: January 2, 2009 - FEMA

To examine or cause to be examined every application or e-Forms or documents submitted on www.mca.gov.in - Central Government makes the regulations to amend the Companies Regulations, 1956. - See Notification No. G.S.R. 888(E) Dated: December 24, 2008 - Misc

Deferred Payment Protocols dated April 30, 1981 and December 23, 1985 between Government of India and erstwhile USSR - See 45/2009 Dated: January 2, 2009 - FEMA

Tariff value of edible oils, brass scrap and Poppy seeds notified - See Notification No. 141/2008 Dated: December 31, 2008 - Customs

Amends Notification no. 4/2005 Customs dated 24-1-2005 - Anti-dumping duty on Flexible Slabstock Polyol - See Notification No. 138/ 2008 Dated: December 31, 2008 - Customs

Amends Cenvat Credit Rules - Goods cleared to a unit in a special economic zone or to a developer of a special economic zone for their authorized operations are eligible for Cenvat Credit - See Notification No. 50/2008 Dated: December 31, 2008 - Central Excise

Amends Notification No. 32/2005 - Cement and steel used in construction of houses in tsunami affected areas of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Pondicherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands — Exemption - See Notification No. 60/2008 Dated: December 24, 2008 - Central Excise

PRE DEPOSIT BEFORE FILING APPEAL FOR SERVICE TAX MATTERS - See in Article Section

Import policy for new vehicles, as laid down under Chapter 87 shall be amended - See Notification No. 74 (RE-2008)/2004-09 Dated: December 30, 2008 - DGFT

Rate of Exchange for Import and Export of Goods - See Notification No. 140/2008 Dated: December 29, 2008 - Customs

Amends Appendix 4C - (Certificate of Origin Non-Preferential) - See 122 (RE-2008) /2004-09 Dated: December 30, 2008 - DGFT

Amends Appendix-2 of Handbook of Procedures (Vol. I), under the list of Export Promotion Councils/Commodity Board - See 123 (RE-2008) 2004-09 Dated: December 30, 2008 - DGFT

Clarification on classification of combined refrigerator freezer with separate external doors for the purpose of extending benefit of Notification No.85/2004-Customs dated 31.8.2004 - See 23/2008 Dated: December 29, 2008 - Customs

CENVAT CREDIT NOT TO BE REDUCED MERELY FOR SUBSEQUENT DISCOUNTS - See in Article Section

INVESTIGATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP - See in Article Section

Income-tax (Eleventh Amendment) Rules, 2008 - Change in Authority - See Notification No. 111/2008 Dated: December 23, 2008 - Income Tax

Appoints Joint Commissioner / Additional Commissioner Competent Authority to perform certain functions (Territorial Jurisdiction) - See Notification No. 110/2008 Dated: December 23, 2008 - Income Tax

Notified Corporation for the purpose of Section 36(1)(xii) - See Notification No. 108/2008 Dated: December 19, 2008 - Income Tax

Anti Dumping Duty on Caustic soda (Caustic soda lye and caustic soda solid/flakes) of Korea ROK / China imposed - See Notification No. 137/2008 Dated: December 26, 2008 - Customs

DGFT fixes deadline as 20-06-2009 for SFIS for the current financial year - See 119 (RE-2008)/2004-2009 Dated: December 24, 2008 - DGFT

EXPLANATION REGARDING GROSS PROFIT MARGINS - See in Article Section

Refund of wrongly collected tax should be made voluntarily and honestly by the Government-excess and wrong collection should be treated as money held in trust - a point of view. - See in Article Section

Exempts petrol from duty of excise removed for use in ethanol blended petrol to unrelated parties. - See Notification No. 61/2008 Dated: December 24, 2008 - Central Excise

Exempts 10 ethanol blended petrol if appropriate duty of excise has been paid on petrol and ethanol - See Notification No. 62/2008 Dated: December 24, 2008 - Central Excise

Amends notification no. 28/2002 to exempt ethanol blended petrol - See Notification No. 63/2008 Dated: December 24, 2008 - Central Excise

Amends Notification No. 4/2006 to fix effective rate of duty on Cement Clinker @300/t and to exempt ethanol blended petrol - See Notification No. 64/2008 Dated: December 24, 2008 - Central Excise

Definition of 'Charitable purpose' under section 2(15) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 - reg. - See 11/2008 Dated: December 19, 2008 - Income Tax

Notification No. 63 (RE-2008) dated 21.11.2008 and No. 64 (RE- 2008) dated 24.11.2008 - transitional arrangements thereunder. - See 49(RE-2008)/2004-2009 Dated: December 22, 2008 -

Import of Trucks/Tippers/Dumpers etc. under EPCG Scheme. - See 48 / (RE-2008/2004-09) Dated: December 19, 2008 - DGFT

SMALL SCALE EXEMPTION UNDER SERVICE TAX PROVISIONS - See in Article Section

Corrigendum to notification no. 107/2008 dated 11-12-2008 - See Notification No. S.O. 2949(E) Dated: December 22, 2008 - Income Tax

Half Yearly DVAT return to be filed within 42 days - Instructions for Filing of Online Returns by Registered Dealers - DVAT-16 and Form I - See Notification No. No. F.7(7)/Policy-III/VAT/2005-06/662 Dated: December 17, 2008 - VAT - Delhi

Amendments in Appendix 37A - VKGUY w.e.f. 1-4-2008 - See 115 (RE-2008)/2004-2009 Dated: December 15, 2008 - DGFT

Export of Milk and value added Milk Products shall be entitled to VKGUY scheme benefits - See 116 (RE-2008)/2004-2009 Dated: December 15, 2008 - DGFT

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Central Excise - 879/17/08-CX - dated - 10-12-2008

Classification of bura, makhana, mishri, hardas and battasas (patashas)

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Central Excise - PRESS NOTE - dated - 05-12-2008

ACES (Automation of Central Excise and Service Tax), a workflow based application software at LTU

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Central Excise - 878/16 /2008-CX - dated - 21-11-2008

Instructions regarding Large Taxpayer Unit-reg.

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Central Excise - 877/15/2008-CX - dated - 17-11-2008

Clarification regarding reversal of Cenvat Credit in case of trade discount -reg.

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Central Excise - 876 /14/2008-CX - dated - 20-10-2008

Allowance of maximum permissible error on net quantity by weight declared in packages of cement

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Central Excise - 875/13/2008-CX - dated - 16-10-2008

Issue pertaining to CNG manufacturers

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Central Excise - DGBA.GAD No. 2286/41.07.006 - dated - 05-09-2008

Data quality in Electronic Accounting system in Central Excise and Service Tax (EASIEST)

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Central Excise - F.NO. 354/124/2008-TRU - dated - 01-09-2008

Instructions on implementation of changes carried out to notification No.8/2003-CE dated 1.3.2003-regarding.

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Central Excise - Trade Notice No. 10/2008 - dated - 29-08-2008

Safeguard — Help desk at Directorate General of Safeguards

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Central Excise - F.No. 27/16/2008-CX.1 - dated - 28-08-2008

Levy of Education Cess and Higher Education Cess on unit manufacturing Stainless Steel Patta Patti or Aluminium Circles and working under the Compounded Levy Scheme, - reg.

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Central Excise - Trade Notice No. 4/2008 - dated - 25-08-2008

Exports — Sealing of containerized cargo by one-time Bottle seal

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Central Excise - F.No. 6/14/2007-CX-1 - dated - 12-08-2008

Assessment of tyres and tubes with flaps under Section 4A-reg

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Central Excise - F. No. 332/26/2008-TRU - dated - 12-08-2008

Excise duty exemption in respect of formulations of Artemisinin-regarding.

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Central Excise - 874/12/2008-CX - dated - 30-06-2008

Instructions regarding Section 11 DDA of the Central Excise Act, 1944

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Central Excise - 873/11/2008-CX - dated - 24-06-2008

Circular No. 625/16/2002 dated 28.02.02 and Circular No. 843/01/2007 dated 17.01.07 regarding assessement under Section 4A

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Central Excise - 872/10/2008-CX - dated - 17-06-2008

Appointment of officers of Directorate General of Audit as Central Excise Officers - reg.

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Central Excise - Letter No. PAO/C.Ex/Revenue Receipts/08-09 - dated - 16-06-2008

Payment of CBEC dues without 15 digit Assessee code

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Central Excise - F.No. 101/7/2008-CX-3 - dated - 12-06-2008

Exemption from Excise duty under the Notification No 108/95 CE dated 28.8.95

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Central Excise - 871/9/2008-CX - dated - 30-05-2008

Export Warehousing- extension of facility to Bidadi in the Bangalore Rural District, Karnataka -reg.

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Central Excise - F. No. 208/07/2008-CX-6 - dated - 22-05-2008

Observations of Delhi High Court regarding first proviso to section 11AC

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Central Excise - F.No. 209/11/2005-CX-6 - dated - 16-05-2008

Rebate on goods manufactured in North East and subsequently exported under the rule 18 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002-reg.

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Central Excise - 870/08/2008-CX - dated - 16-05-2008

Payment of amount under Rule 6 of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 - reg.

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Central Excise - 869/07/2008-CX - dated - 16-05-2008

Procedure relating to sanction and post-audit of refund/rebate claims-reg.

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Central Excise - 868/6/2008-CX - dated - 09-05-2008

Amendments in the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 w.e.f. 01.04.08- regarding.

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Central Excise - F.No. 68/1/2006-CX.1 - dated - 09-04-2008

Central Excise - Payment of duty on broken grinding wheels - clarification - regarding.

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Central Excise - 867/5/2008-CX - dated - 04-04-2008

Operationalization of Large Taxpayer at Mumbai.

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Central Excise - F.No. 354/34/2004-TRU (Pt.) - dated - 31-03-2008

Area Based Exemption- Changes in refund schemes - Provisions Explained

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Central Excise - F. No. 201/14/07-CX-6 - dated - 17-03-2008

Amendments carried out in the Central Excise Rules, 2002, and ER-1/3 returns-reg

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Central Excise - D.O.F.No.334/1/2008-TRU - dated - 29-02-2008

Changes in excise and customs through Finance Bill, 2008 and Notifications

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Central Excise - 866/4/2008-CX - dated - 28-02-2008

Corrigendum in respect of Circular no. 863/1/2008-CX dated 18th January, 2007 -regarding

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Central Excise - 865/3/2008-CX - dated - 19-02-2008

Power of adjudication of Central Excise Officers

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Central Excise - Coord. II/6-9/EASeR/ 414 - dated - 16-02-2008

E-payment of Government Revenue — Cut off time for e-payment transactions

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Central Excise - 864/1/2008-CX - dated - 18-01-2008

Amendments carried out in notification Nos. 49 & 50/2003-CE, both dated 10.06.2003 in respect of exemption to units located in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh and amendment carried out in rule 12 of Central Excise Rules, 2002 so as to prescribe for a quarterly return for these units

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Central Excise - DGBA.GAD.No. H 7633 /41.07.006/2007-08 - dated - 15-01-2008

Data quality in Electronic Accounting System in Central Excise & Service Tax (EASIEST)

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Central Excise - 863/1/2008-CX - dated - 02-01-2008

Appeal to Supreme Court — Information on connected/ relied upon cases to be annexed

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Central Excise - 862/20/2007-Cx - dated - 27-12-2007

Amendments to the Central Excise (Compounding of Offences) Rules, 2005

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Central Excise - F.No. 110/ 49 /2007-CX.3 - dated - 17-12-2007

Delegation of the authority to sign the Central Excise Duty Exemption Certificate to Member (Administration) of NHAI in terms of Notification No.108/95-CE, dated 28.8.1995

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Central Excise - Draft - dated - 14-12-2007

Amendments in the Central Excise Rules, 2002, registration application and certificate

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Central Excise - 861/19/2007-CX - dated - 07-12-2007

Operationalization of Large Taxpayer at Chennai

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Central Excise - 860/18/2007-CX - dated - 22-11-2007

Self-sealing of exports goods

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Central Excise - 859/17/2007 - dated - 13-11-2007

Procedure governing the movement of indigenous goods from a factory of manufacture or warehouse to a unit set up under EOU/EHTP/STP/BTP scheme.

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Central Excise - F.No.83/04/2007-CX.3 - dated - 08-11-2007

Draft Circular - Withdrawal of circular no. 83/83/94-Cx dated 13.12.1994 and demand of duty on branded petrol and diesel

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Central Excise - 858/16/2007-CX - dated - 08-11-2007

Clarification regarding credit taken on inputs used in the manufacture of textile articles cleared under notification No.14/2002-CE or notification No. 30/2004-CE

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Central Excise - 857/15/2007/CX - dated - 02-11-2007

Procedure relating to sanction and pre-audit of refund/ rebate claims- regarding

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Central Excise - Corrigendum Coord/13-6/98-99/Vol.IV/454 - dated - 09-10-2007

Corrigendum to Accounting Code for Primary Education Cess

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Central Excise - F.No.Coord/13-6/98-99/Vol.IV/454 - dated - 04-10-2007

Accounting of Education Cess - reg

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Central Excise - 856 /14/2007-CX - dated - 26-09-2007

Corrigendum to circular Nos. 829/06/2006-CX dated 01.05.2006, 830/07/2006-CX dated 03.07.2006 and 850/08/2007-CX dated 27.04.2007