TMI BlogExempts the goods - First Schedule CE Tariff Act, 1985 other than those mentioned in the Annexure and cleared from a unit located in the States of Assam or Tripura or Meghalaya or Mizoram or Manipur or Nagaland or Arunachal Pradesh or SikkimX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d Act as is equivalent 1[to the duty payable on value addition undertaken in the manufacture of the said goods by the said unit] 2[2A.The duty payable on value addition shall be equivalent to the amount calculated as a percentage of the total duty payable on the said excisable goods of the description specified in column (3) of the Table below (hereinafter referred to as the said Table) and falling within the Chapter of the said First Schedule as are given in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Table, 3"when manufactured starting from inputs specified in the corresponding entry in column (5) of the said Table in the same factory," at the rates specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said Table: 4TABLE S.No. Chapter of the First Schedule Description of goods Rate Description of inputs for manufacture of goods in column (3) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 1. 29 All goods 29 Any goods 2. 30 All goods 56 Any goods 3. 33 All goods 56 Any goods 4. 34 All goods 38 Any goods 5. 38 All goods 34 Any goods 6. 39 All goods 26 Any goods 7. 40 Tyres, tubes and flaps 41 Any goods 8. 72 or 73 All goods 39 A ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... bmitted. 2D. Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-paragraph 2C,- (a) the manufacturer at his own option, may take credit of the amount calculated in the manner specified in paragraph 2A in his account current, maintained in terms of the Excise Manual of Supplementary Instructions issued by the Central Board of Excise and Customs. Such amount credited in the account current may be utilized by the manufacturer for payment of duty, in the manner specified under rule 8 of the Central Excise Rules, 2004, in subsequent months, and such payment shall be deemed to be payment in cash; (b) the credit of the refund amount may be taken by the manufacturer in his account current , by the 7th of the month following the month under consideration; (c) a manufacturer who intends to avail the option under clause (a) shall exercise his option in writing for availing such option before effecting the first clearance in any financial year and such option shall be effective from the date of exercise of the option and shall not be withdrawn during the remaining part of the financial year; (d) the manufacturer shall submit a statement of the total duty payable as well as the duty paid by utiliza ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e or the Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, as the case may be, having jurisdiction over the manufacturing unit of the manufacturer for fixation of a special rate representing the actual value addition in respect of any goods manufactured and cleared under this notification, if the manufacturer finds that the actual value addition in the production or manufacture of the said goods is at least 115 per cent of the rate specified in the said Table and for the said purpose, the manufacturer may make an application in writing to the Commissioner of Central Excise or the Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, as the case may be, not later than the 30th day of September in a financial year for determination of such special rate, stating all relevant facts including the proportion in which the material or components are used in the production or manufacture of goods: Provided that the Commissioner of Central Excise or the Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, as the case may be, may, if he is satisfied that the manufacturer was prevented by sufficient cause from making the application within the aforesaid time, allow such manufacturer to make the application within a f ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Explanation : For the purpose of this paragraph, the actual value addition in respect of said goods shall be calculated on the basis of the financial records of the preceding financial year, taking into account the following: (i) Sale value of the said goods excluding excise duty, Value Added Tax and other indirect taxes, if any, paid on the goods; (ii) Less: Cost of raw materials and packing material consumed in the said goods; (iii) Less: Cost of fuel consumed if eligible for input credit under CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004; (iv) Plus: Value of said goods available as inventory in the unit but not cleared, at the end of the financial year; (v) Less: Value of said goods available as inventory in the unit but not cleared, at the end of the financial year preceding that under consideration. Special rate would be the ratio of actual value addition in the production or manufacture of the said goods to the sale value of the said goods excluding excise duty, Value Added Tax and other indirect taxes, if any, paid on the goods. (5) 7The manufacturer shall be entitled to refund at the special rate fixed under sub-paragraph (2) in respect of all clearances of excisable goods manufacture ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... day of May in the subsequent financial year. " 5. The exemption contained in this notification shall apply only to the following kind of units, namely: - (a) New Industrial units which commence commercial production on or after the Ist day of April, 2007 but not later than 31st day of March, 2017; (b) Industrial units existing before the 1st day of April, 2007 but which have undertaken substantial expansion by way of increase by not less than 25% in the value of fixed capital investment in plant and machinery for the purposes of expansion of capacity/modernization and diversification and have commenced commercial production from such expanded capacity on or after the 1st day of April, 2007 but not later than 31st day of March, 2017. 6. The exemption contained in this notification shall apply to any of the said units for a period not exceeding ten years from the date of publication of this notification or from the date of commercial production whichever is later. 7. The exemption contained in this notification shall not apply to such goods which have been subjected to only one or more of the following processes, namely, preservation during storage, cleaning operations, pac ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... here all the goods produced by a manufacturer are eligible for exemption under this notification, the exemption contained in this notification shall be available subject to the condition that, the manufacturer first utilises whole of the CENVAT credit available to him on the last day of the month under consideration for payment of duty on goods cleared during such month and pays only the balance amount in cash. 3. The exemption contained in this notification shall be given effect to in the following manner, namely;- (a) the manufacturer shall submit a statement of the duty paid other than the amount of duty paid by utilisation of CENVAT credit under the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004, to the Assistant Commissioner or the Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, by the 7th of the next month in which the duty has been paid other than the amount of duty paid by utilization of CENVAT credit under the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004; (b) the Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise or the Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, after such verification, as may be deemed necessary, shall refund the amount of duty paid other than the amount of duty paid by util ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ore effecting the first clearance in any financial year and such option shall be effective from the date of exercise of the option and shall not be withdrawn during the remaining part of the financial year: Provided that, for the financial year 2007-08, a manufacturer can exercise his option on or before the 31st day of May, 2007. (d) the manufacturer shall submit a statement of the duty paid, other than by way of utilization of CENVAT credit under the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004, along with the refund amount which he has taken credit and the calculation particulars of such credit taken, to the Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise or the Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, by the 7th day of the next month to the month under consideration : (e) the Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise or the Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, after such verification, as may be deemed necessary, shall determine the amount correctly refundable to the manufacturer and intimate the same to the manufacturer by the 15th day of the next month to the month under consideration. In case the credit taken by the manufacturer is in excess of the amount dete ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d Table and apply to the Commissioner of Central Excise or the Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, as the case may be, having jurisdiction over the manufacturing unit of the manufacturer for fixation of a special rate representing the actual value addition in respect of any goods manufactured and cleared under this notification, if the manufacturer finds that four-fifths of the ratio of actual value addition in the production or manufacture of the said goods to the value of the said goods, is more than the rate specified in the said Table expressed as a percentage. For the said purpose, the manufacturer may, within sixty days from the beginning of a financial year, make an application in writing to the Commissioner of Central Excise or the Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, as the case may be, for determination of such special rate, stating all relevant facts including the proportion in which the materials or components are used in the production or manufacture of goods: Provided that the Commissioner of Central Excise or the Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise may, if he is satisfied that the manufacturer was prevented by sufficient cause from making the a ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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