Setting up of ACES Certified Facilitation Centres (CFCs) - Central Excise - Central Excise Trade Notice No. 06/2011

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE, 71. CLUB ROAD, BELGAUM-590001 Dated 06/05/2011 Central Excise Trade Notice No. 06/2011 Sub: Setting up of ACES Certified Facilitation Centres (CFCs) CBEC has entered into MoUs with Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI) and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) for setting of ACES Certified Facilitation Centres (CFCs) by their Members. These Centres will be set up by eligible Members of ICAI/ICWAI/ICSI, holding valid Certificates of Practice issued by the Institutes. This initiative aims at providing services to taxpayers who may not have requisite IT infrastructure/resources, to use ACES. The services would be available to the assessees on payment of prescribed service charges for various services such as digitization of paper documents and on-line filing/ uploading of documents such as Application for Registration, Returns, Claims, Permissions and Intimations etc. in ACES. The CFCs can perform al] the functions in ACES on behalf of taxpayers who authorize them to work in ACES. The taxpayers who need the services of the CFCs can avail the benefit. Similarly, the local members of ICAI, ICWAI and ICS], may apply to their respective institutes for setting up of CFCs in their jurisdiction for taking the benefit of the scheme. This issues with the approval of the Commissioner. (RAJIV K. AGRAWAL) DEPUTY COMMISSIONER