News for 'Central Board of Excise'

BMW to get Rs 650-crore tax notice

BMW to get Rs 650-crore tax notice

Rediff.com9 May 2013

CBEC alleges that the company imported semi-knocked down cars but paid duty for completely-knocked down car units.

Delhi govt transfers 12 IAS officers after raid on Sisodia

Delhi govt transfers 12 IAS officers after raid on Sisodia

Rediff.com20 Aug 2022

Those transferred include special secretary of health and family welfare Udit Prakash Rai, a 2007 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Service tax dept to auction Vijay Mallya's planes: CBEC

Service tax dept to auction Vijay Mallya's planes: CBEC

Rediff.com3 Apr 2016

Total disputed liability of Mallya with respect to service tax to the tune of Rs 535 cr

Tariff value of gold, silver cut

Tariff value of gold, silver cut

Rediff.com18 Apr 2013

Tariff value is the base price on which the customs duty is determined to prevent under -- invoicing.

Govt slashes tariff value of gold, silver

Govt slashes tariff value of gold, silver

Rediff.com16 Apr 2013

Tariff value is the base price on which the customs duty is determined to prevent under -invoicing.

Pranab hints at further liberalising FDI policy

Pranab hints at further liberalising FDI policy

Rediff.com8 Jun 2011

He said with an aim to make the FDI policy user friendly, all prior regulations and guidelines have been consolidated into a comprehensive document.

Govt cuts import tariff values of gold, silver

Govt cuts import tariff values of gold, silver

Rediff.com15 Feb 2013

The government on Friday slashed the import tariff value of gold to $535 per 10 gram and reduced the rate for silver marginally to $1,003 per kg due to weakening global prices of precious metals.

Indirect tax mop up to cross Rs 2,00,000 cr

Indirect tax mop up to cross Rs 2,00,000 cr

Rediff.com24 Feb 2006

The Finance Ministry on Friday said indirect tax collections are likely to cross Rs 2,00,000 crore (Rs 2000 billion) this fiscal, well above the target of Rs 1,92,215 crore (Rs 1922.15 billion).

Railways tops in corruption complaints: CVC

Railways tops in corruption complaints: CVC

Rediff.com3 Aug 2016

As many as 12,394 complaints of alleged corruption were received against railway employees.

Govt lowers import tariff value of gold to $550 per 10 gm

Govt lowers import tariff value of gold to $550 per 10 gm

Rediff.com15 Dec 2012

The tariff value of silver has, however, been hiked marginally to $1062 a kg

Govt hikes import tariff value of gold, silver

Govt hikes import tariff value of gold, silver

Rediff.com15 Nov 2012

The tariff value, which is released every fortnight, is the base price on which the customs duty is determined to prevent under-invoicing.

Exports under duty exemption to be monitored

Exports under duty exemption to be monitored

Rediff.com2 Apr 2010

The Central Board of Excise and Customs has put in place a comprehensive mechanism for verification and monitoring of exports made under various duty exemption or reward schemes.

Khyati Multimedia bags order from CBEC

Khyati Multimedia bags order from CBEC

Rediff.com15 Jan 2003

Khyati Multimedia-Entertainment Ltd has informed BSE that the company has received an order worth Rs 700 million from Central Board of Excise and Customs Department.

Hotels: Now, no service tax on room service

Hotels: Now, no service tax on room service

Rediff.com10 May 2011

While clarifying the provisions of service tax to be levied on services provided by air conditioned restaurants with licence to serve liquor, the CBEC said the value added tax excluded from the taxable value.

Good news for NRIs: No service tax on remittances

Good news for NRIs: No service tax on remittances

Rediff.com10 Jul 2012

The government said remittances from abroad will not attract service tax, putting to rest the concerns raised in view of new tax norms.

Govt cuts import tariff value of gold

Govt cuts import tariff value of gold

Rediff.com29 Jun 2012

The government on Friday slashed import tariff value of gold to $507 per 10 grams and of silver to $871 a kg following fall in global prices of the precious metals.

Govt hikes import tariff value of gold

Govt hikes import tariff value of gold

Rediff.com7 Jun 2012

In the wake of rising global prices of precious metals, the government on Thursday hiked import tariff value of gold to $531 per 10 grams, while the value was kept unchanged at $899 per kg for silver imports.

Govt exempts a slew of services from tax

Govt exempts a slew of services from tax

Rediff.com24 Jun 2010

The notification shall come into force on July 1.

Do we need a black money amnesty scheme?

Do we need a black money amnesty scheme?

Rediff.com9 Feb 2011

Sukumar Mukhopadhyay, former member, Central Board of Excise and Customs, and Govindrao Adik, MP and General Secretary, NCP, debate the pros and cons of offering amnesty to tax evaders.

Meeting FY'12 revenue targets not easy: Fin secy

Meeting FY'12 revenue targets not easy: Fin secy

Rediff.com8 Jun 2011

The government has set the indirect tax collection target for the current fiscal at Rs 3.92 lakh crore (Rs 3.92 trillion) and for direct taxes at Rs 5.32 lakh crore (Rs 5.32 trillion).

Stop criticising policies, finance ministry warns employees

Stop criticising policies, finance ministry warns employees

Rediff.com6 Feb 2017

The instructions cite service rules that bar any government servant from making any adverse criticism of any policy or action of the government.

'Service tax collection to swell over Rs 10000 cr'

'Service tax collection to swell over Rs 10000 cr'

Rediff.com6 Aug 2003

With the scope of expanding excise and customs duties getting increasingly limited, the government would turn to service tax for widening the tax base, mop up from which is expected to fetch over Rs 10,000 crore by 2005.

'This Budget had to make a fine balance'

'This Budget had to make a fine balance'

Rediff.com2 Mar 2011

We thought if tax rates were not increased, manufacturing units would have more profits and that would be further invested in growth. Automatically, with growth, taxes go up.

Govt aims to exceed indirect tax figure estimate

Govt aims to exceed indirect tax figure estimate

Rediff.com24 Feb 2011

Ahead of Union Budget, the government on Thursday said it hopes to exceed the indirect tax collection estimate of Rs 3.36 lakh crore for this fiscal in view of the buoyancy in the economy.

GST rates to be around 16% to 20%

GST rates to be around 16% to 20%

Rediff.com28 Jun 2011

The Central Board of Excise and Customs on Tuesday said that tax rates under the proposed Goods and Services Tax regime in India is likely to be between 16 per cent and 20 per cent.

Ministries lock horns over EPFO

Ministries lock horns over EPFO

Rediff.com23 Nov 2009

EPFO manages a corpus of about Rs 257,000 crore with subscribers' base of over 4.5 crore.

Service tax e-filing to be mandatory in 2 months

Service tax e-filing to be mandatory in 2 months

Rediff.com12 Nov 2009

Electronic filing of service tax will be made compulsory in the next two months," CBEC member Y G Parande told reporters on the sidelines of a PHD chamber seminar.

Unfinished home properties get costlier

Unfinished home properties get costlier

Rediff.com2 Jul 2010

Last week, the Central Board of Excise and Customs notified that a service tax of 10 per cent would be levied on the gross value of a housing property under construction from July 1.

'Healthcare tax will not hurt common man'

'Healthcare tax will not hurt common man'

Rediff.com3 Mar 2011

"We have clarified we are giving 50 per cent abatement and in the course of time when the GST is coming most of the services will be there. We are not touching common man because government hospitals are out, less than 25 beds are out," Central Board of Excise and Customs Chairman S Dutt Majumder said on the sidelines of a CII post-Budget event.

Enhanced GST mop-up should now be 'new normal': FM

Enhanced GST mop-up should now be 'new normal': FM

Rediff.com1 Jul 2021

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said taxpayer base has almost doubled to 1.28 crore in four years of rollout of the historic tax reform and the enhanced GST mop up in the recent months should now be the "new normal". In a written message to tax officers on the fourth anniversary of GST rollout, she said implementing any reform of this scale in a large and diverse country like India can be highly challenging, but GST has brought about ease in taxpayer compliance and reduced common man's tax burden.

Tax notice slapped on 350 firms

Tax notice slapped on 350 firms

Rediff.com7 Oct 2004

Banking services under service tax scanner

Banking services under service tax scanner

Rediff.com3 Jun 2008

The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has started tightening the noose around tax evaders. This year, the department intends to profile banking and financial services, port services and business auxiliary services to pinpoint taxability of various components to enforce compliance. More services will be profiled in subsequent years.

SEZ Act needs overhaul: CBEC

SEZ Act needs overhaul: CBEC

Rediff.com28 Jan 2010

The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has recommended an overhaul of the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Act 2005 saying it has detected gross violations of duty and tax concessions causing it to suffer a revenue loss of Rs 1,75,000 crore to date.

Service tax: More sops for SEZ units

Service tax: More sops for SEZ units

Rediff.com4 Mar 2009

The government has broadened the ambit of services exempted from service tax for Special Economic Zones as services provided to these zones even from outside would not be taxable.

Taxman tightens noose on service tax

Taxman tightens noose on service tax

Rediff.com29 Dec 2008

The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) have tightened noose on commercial renting of immovable property and telephone companies by receiving information through other sources to detect any possible evasion of service tax.

FTP tax sops to cost India Rs 22 bn  more

FTP tax sops to cost India Rs 22 bn more

Rediff.com31 Aug 2009

The new Foreign Trade Policy announced a slew of tax concessions to boost exports, which have been on the downslide since October 2008.

India: Higher tax collections signal recovery

India: Higher tax collections signal recovery

Rediff.com15 Jul 2009

Customs collections are six per cent higher during April-June this year over the previous quarter, mainly on account of higher imports of raw materials and capital goods, Central Board of Excise and Customs chairman P C Jha told PTI. Stating that collections are higher on account of improved imports of raw materials and capital goods, he said, this certainly would lead to improvement in manufacturing sector, though the results would be seen 2-3 months later.

New services tax to earn Rs 12 bn for govt

New services tax to earn Rs 12 bn for govt

Rediff.com7 Jul 2009

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee included some more services within the service tax ambit in the Budget 2009-10.