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For latest Notifications/Circulars of Central Excise and Service Tax click here CBEC Circular No. 956/17/2011-CX, dt 28th September, 2011, regarding Procedure for electronic filing of Central Excise and Service Tax returns and for electronic payment of excise duty and service tax click here CBEC Circular No. 955/16/2011-CX, dt 15th Sept., 2011, regarding Mandatory e-filing of Central Excise Returns in ACES, for Central Excise assesses click here CBEC Circular No. 919/09/2010 CX, dt 23rd March 2010 on ACES, both for Central Excise & Service Tax assesses click here 1. Modified version of the Service Tax Return (ST3) for the quarter Apr-Jun,2012 is now available for uploading to ACES .It is available in 'DOWNLOADS' section in offline version only and not online version. In view of the implementation of the Negative List concept in Service Tax with effect from 1st July, 2012, the return filing cycle of six months (April-September, 2012) has been spilt. This new ST 3 Return will be only for the period April-June, 2012, when Negative List was not introduced. This return is available in offline utility only with view and print facility in online mode. The last date of filing the ST 3 return for the quarter Apr-Jun,2012 has been extended by CBEC up to 25th November, 2012 vide Order No 3/2012 dated 15th October, 2012.( To view order no: 3/2012 dated 15th October,2012 click here) 1. Regarding filing of return for the period from July-September, 2012, further announcements will be made in due course. 2. ST3 returns for the past half- yearly return filing periods up to March, 2012 can also be filed now both through offline and online versions. 3. Please do not wait until the last moment and file your return now to avoid congestion and inconvenience. 4. Assessees can also take the help of the Certified Filing Centres ( CFCs) for filing returns. (for details please 'CFC' link) 5. For any other assistance please see 'Help' link . 2. Rows 9A and 16A have been inserted in the ER-1 return form introduced as per Notification No. 12/2012-CE(NT). This enables entry of transfer of credit of additional duty leviable under sub-section (5) of section 3 of the Customs Tariff Act from one registered premises to another.The row 9A enables entry of credit taken from another unit of the same registrant while row 16A enables entry of credit utilized by transfer to another unit of the same registrant. The entry can be made only in corresponding column no.6 of the table no. 8 Details of credit taken and utilized. Row 9A reads as follows; Row 9A : Credit taken from inter-unit transfer of credit under Rule 10A of CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004" Row 16A reads as follows: Row 16A credit utilized towards inter-unit of credit under Rule 10A of CENVAT Credit Rules,2004. Column 6 reads as follows: Additional duty of Customs under Section 3(5) of the customs Tariff Act, 1975. ( To view notification No 12/2012-CE (NT), click here.) 3. The rate of duty for manufacturers of goods availing notification No.1/2011 has been increased from 1% to 2% vide notification No 16/2012-CE dated 17-3-2012. In view of above change , ER-8 return has been suitably modified to enable entry of multiple rates by the assesses ( To view notification No 16/2012 CE, click here.) Earlier, dealers who imported goods or purchased goods from other importers had difficulty in filing dealer returns in ACES, as the ACES application did not allow such dealers to mention their own Central Excise registration number, or the IEC Code of the importer in the column prescribed for mentioning the CE Registration number in the block "Documents based on which credit is passed on" in the dealer return . The application has now been modified, so that 1st or 2nd stage dealers who have either imported goods on their own or have purchased goods from other Importers can mention their own IEC code or the IEC Code of the importers in the prescribed column. The ACES application will verify if the IEC code is a valid one available in the database or not and in case of invalid IEC codes, the returns will be rejected. In case of rejection, the dealers can incorporate the correct IEC codes and e-file the return. ACES New Features: 1. A sub-menu "Print Acknowledgement" is available in each module to take a print of response/acknowledgment message at a later point of time. 2. Assessees can file ER7 return now through online, offline utility and xsd schema 3. "XLS upload" (Template Upload) is available in A1 and ST1 form at the relevant places for capturing multiple addresses/premises offline and then uploading the same online. CBEC Order No. 02/2011- ST dt 13-12-2011, specifying time limit for submission of documents, for a complete service tax registration application (click here) Visit 'HELP' section above, for detailed steps for registering with ACES by New Assessees & Existing Assessees (using TPIN mail) E-filing of Central Excise Returns (ER1,ER-2,ER-3,ER-4,ER-5,ER-6, ER-7 & ER-8) made mandatory for All Assessees wef 01.10.2011 vide Notification No. 21/2011 and No. 22/2011 - Central Excise, both dated 14.09.2011 (click here for Notification No. 21/2011) (click here for Notification No. 22/2011) E-filing of Service Tax Returns (ST-3) made mandatory for All Assessees wef 01.10.2011 vide Notification No. 43/2011 - Service Tax, dated 25.08.2011 (click here for Notification) MOUs with ICAI/ICWAI/ICSI regarding ACES Certified Facilitation Centre extended upto 31-3-2013. For details click on link. Users can now download GAR 7 Challan form for payment of Central Excise Duty and Service Tax, available in Download Section. Process for ACES Certified Facilitation Centre made operational. For details click on CFC link. Assessee Code mandatory for Excise & Service Tax Payments R.B.I has issued Circular DGBA.GAD.No.H - 850/41.07.003/2010-11 dated 29th July 2010, making it mandatory for the authorised banks to accept Central Excise and Service Tax payments from only those assessees whose Assessee Codes (Registration Numbers) exist in the EASIEST Directory. With effect from 1st September, 2010, banks will not accept payments unless the Assessee Code exists in the Assessee Code Directory, which is down-loaded by the banks from the EASIEST ( NSDL) portal, who receive it from the CBEC's ACES Registration Database. (Click here for RBI circular) The assessees can themselves verify the existence of their Assessee Codes in the NSDL website (www.cbec.nsdl.com) and if it does not exist, they can approach the jurisdictional officers. In case the registration number has not been generated by the system (erstwhile SACER /SAPS or the current ACES application), assesses have to apply afresh for a new Registration Certificate through ACES as a new assessee. Assessees may note that the assessee code is transferred to Assessee Code Directory only after the registration certificate is issued by the jurisdictional Officer.

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E-Filing Circular E-filing of ER 2, ER 4, ER 5 , ER 6 returns made mandatory for assesses, who have paid Central Excise duty of Rs. 10 lakh or more( including payment by utilistaion of Cenvat credit) in the previous financial year. All Dealers to e-file Returns mandatorily wef 1st June, 2010. For details see Notification No 20-21/2010 CE (NT) dtd. 18.05.2010 and CBEC Circular No. 926/16/2010 CX, dtd. 28th May 2010 (Click here for Circular) CBEC has issued a Circular No. 919/09/2010-CX dated 23rd March 2010 on the procedure for Electronic filing of Central Excise and Service Tax Returns and for Electronic Payment of Excise Duty and Service Tax.

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