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Phased Implementation of Electronic Cash Ledger (ECL) in Customs w.e.f 01.04.2023- reg. - Customs - Public Notice. 07/2023

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..... ustoms (Electronic Cash Ledger) Regulations, 2022 (ECLR) notified vide No. 20/2022-Customs (N.T) dt. 30.03.2022 govern the manner of operationalization of ECL and related aspects. The statutory provision came into force on 01.06.2022. 2. Pending development of IT infrastructure and necessary integration with authorized banks, RBI and Pr.CCA (CBIC), all the deposits classes were exempted till 31.03.2023, vide notification no. 47/2022-Customs (NT) dt. 31.05.2022, as amended, from provisions of section 51A. Considering the present state of development and integration, and on basis confirmation from RBI, Pr.CCA and DG Systems, Board has decided to enable ECL in phases from 01.04.2023. 3.1 In the first phase from 01.04.2023 till 30.04.2023, the .....

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Phased Implementation of Electronic Cash Ledger (ECL) in Customs w.e.f 01.04.2023- reg. - Customs

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..... aimed at leveraging technology and reforming the payment process, inter-alia related to clearance of goods as the deposit may be held in ECL by the Trade for making subsequent transaction-wise payments of various types. This has potential to easing compliance in numerous ways. (a) Making deposits before goods arrival allows certainty in quick discharge duty 24 x 7 for clearance (b) Reducing instances of payment rejections (c) Reducing instances of double duty payment as rejected payment will stay at the ECL for re-initiating payment of duties (d) Importer who wishes to continue payment on transaction basis is being provided an option to pay on the portal for the same. Internally the, systems design takes care of routing the payments instant .....

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Phased Implementation of Electronic Cash Ledger (ECL) in Customs w.e.f 01.04.2023- reg. - Customs

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..... nt deposited shall be visible on the ECL maintained on the said portal. Payment of liabilities using ECL: 8.1 The manner of utilising ECL to make the payments is outlined in Regulation 4 of ECLR. The payment using the deposit available in ECL may be made by selecting the payment challan generated at ICES/ECCS or other application, with ECL as a mode of payment. 8.2 A functionality to make payment without first depositing into ECL is also provided, that allows user to select the payment challan and choose amongst internet banking/NEFT/RTGS options and complete the payment process. In such situation, at the back-end, a deposit challan for the same amount will be generated on the portal, deposited in ECL and debited from ECL as payment. In cas .....

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..... d all types of stakeholders. As segments of e-payment shall get migrated in phases to ECL, the existing ICEGATE payment system hitherto in use would not run in parallel. The deposits into ECL, being non-interest-bearing, are suited for purposes of planned impending or immediate payment needs, thereby also minimising the need for applying for refunds. Their attention should also be drawn to ECLR, notifications and DG Systems implementation advisories. In addition, suitable public notice/trade notice/standing order should issue. 12. Any difficulty faced by stakeholders needs to be brought to the notice simultaneously at dircus@nic.in and icegatehelpdesk@icegate.gov.in with a copy to cus.shg-meg@nic.in. 13. Hindi version follows. Authority: Ci .....

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