Excise Duty on Solar lamp exempt from 12.5% to Nil

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..... Good Morning Sir, Excise Duty on solar lamp is exempt from 12.5% to Nil. Please confirm the Notification Tariff Heading No of the same. Thanks Regards Maya karpe - Reply By MADAN RAHEJA - The Reply = Dear SirIn terms of S.No. 332 of Notification 12/2012-CE, Non-conventional energy devices or systems specified in List 8, falling under any chapter of Central Excise Tariff, are carrying Ni .....

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..... l duty. S. No. 18 of List 8, earlier mentioned item Solar lantern. However, in this year s budget, said entry was amended vide notification 12/2016-CE and now reads as Solar lantern or Solar lamp . In my view this amendment is of clarificatory nature as terms Lantern and Lamp denote same thing. As regards classification it is 9405 50 40 of Central Excise Tariff - Reply By MAYA KARPE - The .....

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..... Reply = Thanks Sir for reply Maya - Reply By KASTURI SETHI - The Reply = Sh.Madan Raheja Ji, EXCELLENT REPLY INDEED. - Reply By Raj Pala - The Reply = Thank you for the useful response. This should hopeful stimulate the market. Lantern/lamp seems clear - but there are a number of smaller systems (eg. up to a 10W panel, or even max 100W) that are coming on to t .....

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..... he market. They're a great solution - but will they also be tax exempt? I can't find anywhere that clearly defines 'lantern/lamp' and whether these systems may be included. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. - Excise Duty on Solar lamp exempt from 12.5% to Nil - Query Started By: - MAYA KARPE Dated:- 3-5-2016 Central Excise - Got 4 Replies - Central Excise - Discussion Forum - Knowle .....

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..... dge Sharing, reply post by an expert, personal opinion Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax .....

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