Introduction of facility of payment of rebate/refund claims amount directly to Assessee/Exporters 'Bank Account" - regarding - Central Excise - 01/2013

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, CENTRAL EXCISE SERVICE TAX MANIK BAGH PALCE POST BAG No. 10, Indore 452001 (M.P.) F.No. I(Gen)30-96/2012/CX/T/ Indore dated 26.02.2013 TRADE NOTICE NO.01/2013 Dated 24.02.2013 Subject: Introduction of facility of payment of rebate/refund claims amount directly to Assessee/Exporters 'Bank Account - regarding At present rebate/refund cheques are being issued and the same are sent by Registered Post or issued by hand to the authorized person. The present procedure entails a lot of paperwork and the authorized person is required to visit the office for collection of rebate/refund cheque. As a trade facilitation measure, a facility for payment of rebate/refund amount directly to assessee/exporter's bank account instead of by way of issue of cheque is being introduced for all refund/rebates sanctioned from the Central Excise Divisions Indore, Pithampur, Ujjain, Ratlam, Gwalior, Service Tax, Indore, ICD, Pithampur/ Kheda/ Dhannad/ Ratlam Gwalior and Air Cargo, Indore of Indore Commissionerate. 2. The procedure under the new facility would be as under; i) For all fresh claims filed after 01.03.2013, the claimants shall provide one time authorization in duplicate in the format annexed to this Trade Notice. ii) For all pending claims, where refund/rebate orders have not been issued, the claimant shall provide the necessary authorization by 01.01.2013. If the authorization is submitted (in original) with the fresh claims, a self-attested copy of the authorization may be given. iii) Assistant/Deputy Commissioner in charge of Divisions/ICD would forward a statement regularly to the State Bank of India/Central Bank of India, a soft copy through e-mail and a hard copy under signature of the Assistant/Deputy Commissioner along with a cheque for the consolidated refund/rebate amount. A copy of the authorization letter from the exporter will be retained by the Refund/Rebate section. iv) Upon receipt of the statement signed by the Assistant/Deputy Commissioner and the cheque for the consolidated refund/rebate amount, the bank would make payment/credit the refund/rebate amount to the respective accounts of the claimants through NEFT/RTGS charges as per RBI guidelines. 3. In case of any difficulty the assessee /exporters may contact the Assistant/Deputy Commissioner or the Division/ICD/Air Cargo or Assistant Commissioner (Technical) headquarters. 4. The contents of the trade facility may be brought to the notice of all members of the trade exporters and others stakeholders (JAI PARKASH) COMMISSIONER AUTHORISATION I.E.C. PAN NO. M/s. Excise Registration No. (for Manufacturer) Address Telephone No. Email ID Claimant s Bank A/c. Bank Name Bank Address 11 Digit Alphanumeric IFS Code I declare that the above particular are correct. I authorize payment of rebate amount for my/our rebate claims filed at the office of the Assistant/Deputy Commissioner to my above mentioned Bank Account through NEFT/RTGS after deduction of applicable NEFT/RTGS charges as per RBI guidelines. Name of the Representative/Signatory/ Representative of the importer. Signature Date Place Certified that the above details are correct Signature of Bank Manager along with Official seal.