#Budget2015 Basic Custom duty on motor vehicle for transport of goods is now 40%.

1. Custom Tariff  Heading  8704 ,that for  motor vehicles for the transport of goods, is being increased from 10% to 40%. 
   

#Budget2015 Basic custom duty increased on motor vehicle for transport of ten or more person

1. The tariff rate of basic customs duty on goods falling under all the tariff items of heading 8702 that is motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, including  is being increased from 10% to 40%. 
   

#Budget2015 Re-adjudication cases will not come under purview of Settlement Commission

3. The proviso to clause (b) of section 127A relating to the provisions of Settlement Commission is being amended to 
   
                                         delete the reference to “in appeal or revision, as the case may be” so as to provide that when any proceeding is referred back, whether in appeal or revision or otherwise, by any court, Appellate Tribunal Authority or any other authority to the adjudicating authority for a fresh adjudication or decision, then such case shall not be entitled for settlement. 
   

#Budget2015 penalty on improper export is also quantified ,subjected to payment of duty &interest

3. Section 114 provides for penalty for attempt to export goods improperly, etc. 
   
   Section 114 is being amended so as to substitute clause (ii) to provide that any person who, in relation to any dutiable goods, other than prohibited goods, does or omits to do any act which act or omission would render such goods liable to confiscation under section 113, or abets the doing or omission of such an act, shall, subject to the provisions of section 114A, be liable to a penalty not exceeding 10% of the duty sought to be evaded of Rs.5000, whichever is greater. 
   
   
   It is also being provided that in cases of short levy or non- levy or short payment or non-payment and erroneous refund of duty for reasons of collusion or any willful mis-statement or suppression of facts, if the duty as determined under sub-section (8) of section 28 and the interest payable thereon under section 28AA is paid within 30 days from the date of communication of the order of the proper officer determining such duty, the amount of penalty liable to paid by such person under this section shall be 25% of the penalty so determined. 
   

# Budget2015 penalty under section 112 is also reduced for improper importation of dutiable goods

1. Section 112 provides for penalty for improper importation of goods, etc. 
   
   Section 112 is being amended so as to substitute sub-clause (ii) of clause (b) to provide that any person who acquires possession of or is in any way concerned with or in any other manner deals with any dutiable goods, other than prohibited goods, which he knows or has reasons to believe are liable to confiscation under section 111, shall, subject to the provisions of section 114A, be liable to a penalty not exceeding 10% of the duty sought to be evaded or Rs.5000, whichever is greater.
   
   
   Penalty for erroneous refund of duty is  25% of such duty ,provided that demanded duty & interest paid within 30 days.
   
   
    It is also being provided that in cases of short levy or non-levy or short payment or non-payment and erroneous refund of duty for reasons of  collusion or any willful mis-statement or suppression of facts, if the duty as determined under sub-section (8) of section 28 and the interest payable thereon under section 28AA is paid within 30 days from the date of communication of the order of the proper officer determining such duty, the amount of penalty liable to paid by such person under this section shall be 25% of the penalty so determined.
   
    
   

#Budget2015 Intenational short payment of duty will also attract 10% less penalty

0. After Amedment of  Section 28 of Customs Act, 1962,  penalty amount for wilfully short payment  of duty is reduced from 25% to 10 %.
   
   It is Provided that in cases involving fraud or collusion or wilful mis-statement or suppression of facts or contravention of any provision of the Act or rules with the intent to evade payment of duty, the amount of penalty payable shall be 15% instead of the present 25%. 
   

#Budge2015- No penalty for short payment of duty if paid within 30 days.

1. This is landmark amendment , bonafide short payment of duty  will not attract fine .
   
   By  Inserting a proviso in sub-section (2)of Section 28 of Customs Act thereof to provide that in cases not involving fraud or collusion or wilful mis-statement or suppression of facts or contravention of any provision of the Act or rules with the intent to evade payment of duty, no penalty shall be imposed if the amount of duty along with interest leviable under section 28AA or the amount of interest, as the case may be, as specified in the notice, is paid in full within 30 days from the date of receipt of the notice and the proceedings in respect of such person or other persons to whom the notice is served shall be deemed to be concluded; 
   

For Mega Power Project status provisional, condition is being amended to prescribe furnishing of bank guarantee or fixed deposit receipts for a period of 66 months.

S. No. 338 of Notification No. 12/2012-Central Excise dated17-3-2012 provided Nil excise duty on goods for setting up of Mega Power Project specified in List No. 11 of the said Notification.

 In case of goods for a Project for which certificate regarding Mega Power Project status is provisional, the exemption is subject inter alia to condition that the Chief Executive Officer of the Project furnishes a bank guarantee or fixed deposit receipt for a term of 36 months or more.


 This condition is being amended to prescribe furnishing of bank guarantee or fixed deposit receipts for a period of 66 months. Condition No. 43(b) of Notification No.12/2012- Central Excise, dated 17th March, 2012 as amended by notification No.12/2015-Central Excise, dated 1st March, 2015 refers. 

setting up of Ultra Mega Power Project. Fixed deposit conditions amended

S. No. 337 of Notification No. 12/2012-Central Excise dated 17-3-2012 provided Nil excise duty on goods for setting up of Ultra Mega Power Project specified in List No. 10 of the said Notification.

 In case of goods for a Project for which certificate regarding Ultra Mega Power Project status is provisional, the exemption is subject inter alia to condition that the Chief Executive Officer of the Project furnishes a bank guarantee or fixed deposit receipt for a term of 36 months or more.


This condition is being amended to prescribe furnishing of bank guarantee or fixed deposit receipts for a period of 42 months. Condition No. 42(b) of Notification No.12/2012- Central Excise, dated 17th March, 2012 as amended by notification No.12/2015-Central Excise, dated 1st March, 2015 refers.

Goods manufactured domestically and supplied against International Competitive Bidding are eligible for full excise duty exemption provided that such goods when imported attract Nil Basic Customs Duty and Nil CVD

This is  as per S.No.336 of notification No.12/2012-Central Excise dated 17.03.2012 read with Condition No.41.
The condition is being amended so as to provide that if imported goods are eligible for Nil Basic Customs Duty and Nil CVD subject to certain conditions, then the said conditions shall also apply mutatis mutandis to such goods when manufactured domestically and supplied against International Competitive Bidding for the purposes of availing of the said excise duty exemption. Condition No.41 of notification No.12/2012- Central Excise, dated 17th March, 2012 as amended by notification No.12/2015- Central Excise, dated 1st March, 2015 refers. 

NO IMPORT DUTY ON LIFE SAVING DRUGS FOR PERSONAL USE.

Notification No.12/2012-Customs [S.No.148(C)] fully exempts Basic Customs Duty and CVD leviable on life saving drugs and medicines imported by an individual for personal use subject to the Condition No.10, which stipulates that importer produces a certificate (in prescribed form) issued by the Director General or Deputy Director General or Assistant Director General, Health Services, New Delhi, Director of Health Services of the State Government or the District Medical Officer/Civil Surgeon of the district, in each individual case, that the goods are life saving drugs or medicines.

 The prescribed Form is being amended so as to provide that such certificate shall be valid for a period of one year in case of patients who have to import such drugs and medicines on a regular basis. Condition No.10 of notification No.12/2012-Customs, dated 17th March, 2012 as amended by notification No.10/2015-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2015 .

Basic Custom Duty is being reduced on Organic LED (OLED) TV panels from 10% to Nil.

Basic Custom Duty is being reduced on Organic LED (OLED) TV panels from 10% to Nil. 

As per S.No.432 of notification No.12/2012-Customs, dated 17th March, 2012 as amended vide notification No.10/2015-Customs, dated 1st March, 2015 . 

Custom duty on digital still image video camera is now reduced.

@ravindrakumar: #CustomDuty # digital still image video camera  effective customs duty is reduced and now it is 12.88%@globaltaxation

Digital invoice are accepted now

@ravindrakumar: #digitalsignedinvoice  #Budget2015  digital signed invoice are recognised as par with physical signed invoice.

CENVAT credit claim is now one year

@ravindrakumar: #cenvatcredit #Budget2015 now CENVAT credit for inputs and input service can be taken within one year from date of supplier's Invoice.

effective service tax rate of transport of gods by road shall increase from 3.09% to 4.2%(without SBC) and 4.8% (With SBC

@ravindrakumar: #ServiceTax  effective service tax rate of transport of gods by road shall increase from 3.09% to 4.2%(without SBC) and 4.8% (With SBC).

Different penalty for different stages

@ravindrakumar: #Budget2015 #penalty  now different stages of adjudicating proceedings will attract different rate of penalty. Early is better!

Mobile phone-custom duty increased.

@ravindrakumar: #Budget2015 #Mobilephone  custom duty increased 6.5% on mobile phone. This is because of excise duty.

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Basic Customs Duty Reduction

1. Basic Custom Duty is being exempted on High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) for manufacture of telecommunication grade optical fibres or optical fibre cables. Item-11 of List-5 of notification No.12/2012-Customs, dated 17th March, 2012 as amended vide notification No.10/2015-Customs, dated 1 st March, 2015 refers.
2. Basic Custom Duty is being reduced from 10% to 7.5% on Water Blocking Tape, Ethylene– propylene–non-conjugated diene rubber (EPDM) and Mica glass tape for use in the manufacture of insulated wires and cables (except sub-heading 8544 11), subject to actual user condition. Notification No.12/2012-Customs, dated 17th March, 2012 as amended by notification No.10/2015-Customs, dated 1st March, 2015 [new S.Nos.247A-247C] refers.
3. Basic Custom Duty is being reduced from 10% to 7.5% on metal parts for use in manufacture of electrical insulators, subject to actual user condition. Notification No.12/2012-Customs, dated 17th March, 2012 as amended vide notification No.10/2015-Customs, dated 1st March, 2015 [new S.No.334B] refers.
4. Basic Custom Duty is being reduced from 10% to Nil on Digital Still Image Video Cameras capable of recording video with minimum resolution of 800x600 pixels, at minimum 23 frames per second, for at least 30 minutes in a single sequence, using the maximum storage (including the expanded) capacity. Notification No.12/2012-Customs, dated 17th March, 2012 as amended vide notification No.10/2015-Customs, dated 1st March, 2015 [new S.No.428A] refers. Basic Custom Duty is also being also reduced from 5% to Nil on parts and components for use in the manufacture of such Digital Cameras. S.No.429 of notification No.12/2012-Customs, dated 17th March, 2012 as amended vide notification No. 10/2015- Customs, dated 1st March, 2015 refers.
5. Basic Custom Duty is being reduced on Organic LED (OLED) TV panels from 10% to Nil. S.No.432 of notification No.12/2012-Customs, dated 17th March, 2012 as amended vide notification No.10/2015-Customs, dated 1st March, 2015 refers.
6. Basic Custom Duty is being exempted on Black Light Unit Module also for manufacture of LCD/LED TV panels, subject to actual user condition. S.No.432B of notification No.12/2012-Customs, dated 17th March, 2012 as amended by notification No.10/2015- Customs, dated 1st March, 2015 refers.  
7. Basic Custom Duty is being reduced from 5% to Nil on magnetron (upto 1 KW) used for the manufacture of domestic microwave oven. S. No. 433 of notification No.12/2012-Customs, dated 17th March, 2012 as amended vide notification No.10/2015-Customs, dated 1st March, 2015 refers.
8. Special Additional Duty (SAD) is being exempted on all goods [except populated PCBs] for use in the manufacture of ITA bound goods covered by Notification Nos. 25/1998-Customs dated 2nd June, 1998, 24/2005-Customs dated 1st March, 2005, 25/2005-Customs dated 1st March, 2005, subject to actual user condition. Notification No.21/2012-Customs, dated 17th March, 2012 as amended vide notification No.11/2015-Customs, dated 1st March, 2015 [new S.No. 14D] refers.
9. Special Additional Duty (SAD) is being exempted on all inputs for use in the manufacture of LED driver and MCPCB for LED lights and Fixtures & LED Lamps, subject to actual user condition. Notification No.21/2012-Customs, dated 17th March, 2012 as amended vide notification No.11/2015-Customs, dated 1st March, 2015 [new S.No.14F] refers. 

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Basic Customs Duty Reduction

1. Basic Customs Duty on C- Block Compressor [8414 90 11], Crank Shaft [8414 90 11] and Over Load Protector (OLP) & Positive thermal co-efficient [8536 20 90] for use in the manufacture of Refrigerator compressors is being reduced from 7.5% to 5%. Notification No.12/2012-Customs, dated 17th March, 2012 as amended by notification No.10/2015- Customs, dated the 1st March 2015 [new S. Nos. 399A and 399B] refers.
2. Basic Customs Duty on specified components [8537 10 00] of CNC Lathe machines and Machining Centres, namely Ball screws [8483 40 00], Linear Motion Guides [8466 93 90] and CNC Systems is being reduced from 7.5% to 2.5%, subject to actual user condition. Notification No.12/2012-Customs, dated 17th March, 2012 as amended by notification No.10/2015-Customs, dated the 1st March 2015 [new S. Nos. 406B, 406C and 406D] refers.
3. Basic Customs Duty on ceria zirconia compounds [ 2825 60 20], cerium compounds [2846 10 90] and zeolite [3824 90 90] is being reduced from 7.5% to 5% for use in manufacture of washcoat, which is used in catalytic converters, subject to actual user condition. Notification No.12/2012-Customs, dated 17th March, 2012 as amended by notification No.10/2015- Customs, dated the 1 st March 2015 [new S. Nos. 371A, 371B and 371C] refers.
4. Parts and components of cash dispenser and automatic bank note dispensers [heading 8473 40] are exempt from Basic Customs Duty. However, since the classification of parts was not mentioned in the relevant notification, there were doubts about the scope of the exemption for parts of cash dispenser and automatic bank note dispensers. As the ‘parts and components of cash dispensers and automatic bank note dispensers’ were specifically included in the description of goods even though their classification was not, it is clarified that the benefit of exemption from Basic Customs Duty was available to parts and components of cash dispenser and automatic bank note dispensers, in accordance with CBEC circular 9/96- Customs dated 13.2.96 [F.No.528/4/96-Customs (TU)]. Prospectively, the S. No. 408 of the Notification No. 12/2012- Customs dated 17-3-2012 is being amended to include the classification [8473 40] of parts and components of cash dispensers and automatic bank note dispensers. S. No. 408 of Notification No. 12/2012-Cus, as amended vide notification No.10/2015-Customs dated 1 st March, 2015 refers.
5. Basic Custom Duty is being exempted on evacuated tubes with three layers of solar selective coating for use in the manufacture of solar water heater and system, subject to actual user condition. Notification No.12/2012-Customs, dated 17th March, 2012 as amended vide notification No.10/2015-Customs, dated 1st March, 2015 [new S.No.399C] refers.
6. Basic Custom Duty and CVD are being exempted on parts, components and accessories for use in the manufacture of tablet computer. Also, Basic Custom Duty and CVD are being exempted on sub-parts for use in manufacture of parts, components and accessories of tablet computers. Both BCD and CVD being exempt, vide S. No. 1 of notification No 21/2012- Customs, dated 17-3-2012, the SAD on these goods will also be exempt. These exemptions are subject to actual user condition. Notification No.12/2012-Customs, dated 17th March, 2012 as amended vide notification No.10/2015-Customs, dated 1st March, 2015 [new S.No.407A] refers.