Monday, February 28, 2011

Self Assessment of import duty is introduced for importer and exporter

Self assessment by importer  and exporter   is a  great step. It will reduce time of transaction and cost  of compliance with Customs formalities. Thus will lead more competitive  price of  Indian Goods  and improve
efficiency of Global Supply Chain. There will be random checks by Customs to prevent mis use of  self assessment practice. This scheme is operative in various form for past many years. But  ,now it is has been widen.   Detail procedure will be known only after  Notification or circular is issued by CBEC.

As per Task force of Ministry of Commerce, It is said that  reducing of transaction cost will yield saving of
  Rs 2100  Crore.

CBEC has EDI systems at  91 locations. Electronic filing and    CBEC web portal are great tool for reducing transaction cost.  Even  State Govts  have started accepting  Electronic Tax Returns.