Packaged software or canned software shall be liable to duty subjection to MRP - abatement shall be 15% - 30/2010 - Central Excise - Non Tariff

Packaged software or canned software shall be liable to duty subjection to MRP - abatement shall be 15%

New Delhi, the 21^st  December, 2010 

Notification No. 30/ 2010-Central Excise (N.T.)

G.S.R. 997 (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 4A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.49/2008-Central Excise (N.T.), dated the 24th December, 2008, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 882(E), dated the 24th December, 2008, namely:-

        In the said notification, in the Table, after S. No. 93 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be inserted, namely:-

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
"93A.	8523	Packaged software or canned software	15".

Explanation.- For the purposes of this notification, "packaged software or canned software" means a software developed to meet the needs of variety of users, and which is intended for sale or capable of being sold off the shelf.

[F. No. 354/189/2009-TRU]

(Vikas)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note.- The principal notification No. 49/2008-Central Excise (NT) was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,  vide number G.S.R. 882(E), dated the 24th December, 2008, and last amended by  notification No. 19/2010-Central Excise (N.T.), dated the 29^th April, 2010 published vide number G.S.R.361(E), dated the 29^th April, 2010.