TMI BlogSimplified Central Excise norms for Jewellery Sector notifiedX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Simplified Central Excise norms for Jewellery Sector notified - News and Press Release Dated:- 28-7-2016 - News - Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Finance 28-July-2016 15:51 IST In this year s Budget, central excise duty of 1% without input and capital goods tax credit or 12.5% with credit was imposed on articles of jewellery falling under heading 7113 of the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff 1985 . Subsequent to that, the Government had set up a Sub-Committee of the High Level Committee, headed by Dr. Ashok Lahiri to interact with Trade Industry on issues relating to procedure and compliance relating to excise duty of articles of jewellery. The Sub-Committee has given its re ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... port on 23.06.2016, which has been accepted by the Government ( http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=147064 ). In this connection, the Central Government has issued following notifications and circulars to give effect to the Sub-Committee s recommendations: A. Notifications issued : Notification No. Gist of notifications 26/2016 Central Excise Seeks to amend notification No. 12/2012-Central Excise so as to prescribe 1% excise duty (without input and capital goods credit) on parts of articles of jewellery falling under heading 7113 of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) , and to prescribe a criteria for classification of an artic ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... les of jewellery or part of articles of jewellery or both as that of a particular precious metal. 27/2016 Central Excise Seeks to partially exempt Central Excise duty on articles of jewellery falling under heading 7113 of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) manufactured by: (a) re-conversion of jewellery given by the retail customer, or (b) mounting of precious stone given by the retail customer. 28/2016 Central Excise Seeks to amend notification No. 8/2003-Central Excise dated 1 st March, 2003 , so as to increase for articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both, falling under heading 7113 of the Central Ex ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... cise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) : (a) the SSI Exemption limit from ₹ 6 crore to ₹ 10 crore; and (b) the SSI Eligibility limit from ₹ 12 crore to ₹ 15 crore. 29/2016 Central Excise Seeks to amend notification No. 17/2011-Central Excise, dated the 1 st March, 2011 , so as to exclude handicrafts falling under heading 7113 of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986), from the purview of excise duty exemption for handicrafts . 33/2016 - Central Excise (N.T.) Seeks to notify, for articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both, falling under heading 7113 of the First Schedule to the Central Exc ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986), (a) for articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both (other than those which are manufactured from the precious metal provided by the retail customer), the first sale value, that is the value at which such articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both, are sold for the first time, as the tariff value; (b) for articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both manufactured from the precious metal provided by the retail customer, the value which is sum of,- i. the cost of additional materials used by the manufacturer or principal manufacturer, as the case may be, for making such articles of jewellery; ii. the labour charges cha ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rged by the manufacturer or principal manufacturer, as the case may be, from the retail customer; and iii. the value of precious metal provided by the retail customer, as the tariff value. 34/2016 - Central Excise (N.T.) Seeks to notify the Articles of Jewellery (Collection of Duty) Rules, 2016, applicable to articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both falling under heading 7113 of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) . These rules, inter-alia, provide manner of payment of Central Excise duty on articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both, including an optional scheme for payment of such Excise duty. 35/2016 - Central ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Excise (N.T.) Seeks to amend the Central Excise Rules, 2002 in relation to articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both, falling under heading 7113 of the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986), so as to: i. provide that the quarterly return ( ER.8 ) will also apply to the manufacturers or principal manufacturers of parts of articles of jewellery, falling under heading 7113 ; ii. prescribe that the date of submission of quarterly return, for manufacturers or principal manufacturers of articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both, falling under heading 7113 , for quarter ending on 31st March, 2016, and quarter ending on 30th June, 2016, s ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... hall be the 10th August, 2016; and iii. as separate rules are being prescribed for articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both falling under heading 7113 of the said Schedule to the said Tariff Act, applicability of Rule 12AA is being restricted to articles of precious metals falling under heading 7114 . 36/2016 - Central Excise (N.T.) Seeks to amend the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 in relation to articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both, falling under heading 7113 of the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) , so as to include a principal manufacturer of articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... as manufacturer for the purposes of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 . 37/2016 - Central Excise (N.T.) Seeks to provide a modified format for quarterly return, ER-8, for return of excisable goods cleared at the Central Excise duty rate of 1% [including articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both, falling under heading 7113 ] or 2%. 38/2016 - Central Excise (N.T.) Seeks to amend notification No. 35/2001-Central Excise (N.T.) so as to: (i) provide that a person engaged in the manufacture of articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both, falling under chapter heading 7113 of the First Schedule to the Central Excise ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) may get himself registered by 31st day of July, 2016; (ii) exempt a person engaged in the manufacture of articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both, falling under chapter heading 7113 of the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) from the requirement to submit plan of the factory premises under simplified registration procedure. 39/2016 - Central Excise (N.T.) Seeks to amend notification No. 17/2006-Central Excise (N.T) dated the 1st August, 2006 so as to exempt a manufacturer or principal manufacturer of articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both, falling under heading 7113 of the Centra ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... l Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) from filing of annual return. 40/2016 - Central Excise (N.T.) Seeks to amend notification No. 36/2001-Central Excise (N.T.) dated 26th June, 2001 , so as to exempt a manufacturer or principal manufacturer of articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both, falling under heading 7113 of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) from taking central excise registration upto the full exemption limit, which is being increased to ₹ 10 Crore. 43/2016 - Customs Seeks to exempt organic sugar upto a quantity of 10,000 MT in a year, from export duty subject to specified conditions. B. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Circulars issued : Circular No. Gist of circulars 1040/28/2016 -CX Clarification on computation of exemption and eligibility and exemption limits and other related issues for small scale industries [SSI] exemption under Notification No. 8/2003-CE dated 1st March 2003 in respect manufacturer or principal manufacturer of articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both. 1041/29/2016 - CX Guidelines for Excise Audit of Manufacturers / Principal Manufacturers of articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery 1042/30/2016 - CX Export related procedural simplifica ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... tions - excise duty on articles of jewellery falling under heading 7113. 1043/31/2016 - CX General procedures regarding excise duty on articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both falling under heading 7113. 1044/32/2016 - CX Guidelines for issue of summons, visits, search, seizure, arrest and prosecution regarding manufacturers or principal manufacturers of articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both. 1045/33/2016 - CX Taxability of stock on February 29, 2016 - Excise duty imposition on articles of jewellery in the Budget 2016-17. All these notifications and circ ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ulars along with Joint Secretary (TRU-I) D.O. on the subject, can be downloaded from the CBEC website ( http://www.cbec.gov.in ). ****** DSM/AR - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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