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Development of a new software application called Automation of Central Excise and Service Tax (ACES)

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..... ntral Excise and Service Tax through a workflow-based application. It will replace the current applications of SERMON, SACER, SAPS, STREMS, used in Central Excise and Service Tax for capturing returns and registration details of the assessees. Using the ACES application, the users will be able to take registration online, electronically file statutory returns, claims, intimations and permissions, refunds and requests for provisional assessment, view and track the status of their documents online. Besides, they will also get business related alerts/messages. The ACES application has four interfaces for: * Central Excise Assessees * Service Tax Assessees * Central Excise Departmental Officers and * Service Tax Departmental Officers. Fol .....

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..... d then generate a password and send it by e-mail, mentioned by him/her in the Form. (vi) ACES provides assistance of 'Know Your Location Code' for choosing correct jurisdictional office. (vii) The user then re-logs-in and proceeds with the statutory registration with Central Excise/Service Tax, by filling-in the appropriate Form namely A-1, A-2 or ST-1 etc. by clicking the "Reg" link in the Menu bar that appears on the top of the screen. For security reasons, the password should be changed immediately. (viii) The system instantaneously generates a registration number after which the registration request goes to AC/DC. Depending on the instructions in force, assessees may be required to submit certain documents to the department for verif .....

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..... l will contain a hyperlink to the website. Those assessees who have not yet furnished their email IDs to the department should furnish it in writing to the jurisdictional officer so that mails can be sent to them to enable them to register with ACES. Unless email IDs are furnished, the existing assessees will not be able to register with ACES. * Assessee clicks on the hyperlink and is taken to ACES application * Assessee submits the form after filling the requisite information including the password provided in the e-mail, a new User ID and new password. User ID, once chosen is final and cannot be changed by the assessee in future. * On successful registration with ACES, the assessee can transact business through ACES. (ii) After intro .....

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..... cessed off line (ii) The approved consent form will be uploaded by the competent officer of the Group LTU (GLTU) into ACES (iii) Any new unit of an existing LTU, which applies for registration with ACES will be automatically attached with the LTU Commissionerate based upon PAN details in the registration form (iv) As soon as the new or existing unit is attached with the LTU Commissionerate, a suitable intimation will be automatically sent by the ACES to the existing jurisdictional Commissionerate and the pending items of work will be transferred to the LTU Commissionerate (v) For existing LTU assessees, the process of registration is same as explained in Sub Para (b) above. IMPORTANT: i. The user id once selected will be permanent and .....

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..... ay. Assessee can track the status of the return by selecting the appropriate option in the RET sub menu. The status will appear as "uploaded" meaning under process by ACES, "Filed" meaning successfully accepted by the system or "Rejected" meaning the ACES has rejected the return due to validation error. The rejected returns can be resubmitted after corrections. (vi) Returns can also be prepared and filed on line by selecting the 'File Return' option under RET module after logging into the ACES. (vii) All validations are thrown up during the preparation of the return in this mode and the status of the return filed using the online mode is instantaneously shown by ACES. (viii) Once the Central Excise returns are filed online in ACES or upl .....

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