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5 Year Excise Free Holiday for Units in Kutch District of Gujarat

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..... the manufacture of the said goods by the said unit] Provided that in the case of a unit having an original value of investment in plant and machinery installed in the factory below rupees twenty crore on the date of commencement of commercial production in that unit, the exemption contained herein shall apply only for the first clearances upto an aggregate value not exceeding twice the value of such investment from the date of commencement of commercial production, in each year. 2[2. The duty payable on value addition shall be equivalent to the amount calculated as a percentage of the total duty payable on the said excisable goods of the description specified in column (3) of the Table below (hereinafter referred to as the said Table) and falling within the Chapter of the said First Schedule as are given in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Table, 3"when manufactured starting from inputs specified in the corresponding entry in column (5) of the said Table in the same factory," at the rates specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said Table: 4TABLE S.No. Chapter of the First Schedule Description of goods Rate Description of i .....

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..... r of Central Excise or the Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, after such verification as may be deemed necessary, shall refund the duty payable on value addition, computed in the manner as specified in paragraph 2 to the manufacturer by the 15th of the month following the one in which the statement as at clause (a) above has been submitted. 2C Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-paragraph 2B above,- (a) the manufacturer at his own option, may take credit of the amount calculated in the manner specified in paragraph 2 in his account current, maintained in terms of the Excise Manual of Supplementary Instructions issued by the Central Board of Excise and Customs. Such amount credited in the account current may be utilized by the manufacturer for payment of duty, in the manner specified under rule 8 of the Central Excise Rules, 2004, in subsequent months, and such payment shall be deemed to be payment in cash; (b) the credit of the refund amount may be taken by the manufacturer in his account current , by the 7th of the month following the month under consideration; (c) a manufacturer who intends to avail the option under clause (a) shall exercise his .....

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..... the amount credited in the account current, shall be taken as payment of duty by way other than utilisation of CENVAT credit under the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004. 2.1 5(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph 2, the manufacturer shall have the option not to avail the rates specified in the said Table and apply to the Commissioner of Central Excise or the Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, as the case may be, having jurisdiction over the manufacturing unit of the manufacturer for fixation of a special rate representing the actual value addition in respect of any goods manufactured and cleared under this notification, if the manufacturer finds that the actual value addition in the production or manufacture of the said goods is at least 115 per cent of the rate specified in the said Table and for the said purpose, the manufacturer may make an application in writing to the Commissioner of Central Excise or the Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, as the case may be, not later than the 30th day of September in a financial year for determination of such special rate, stating all relevant facts including the proportion in which the material or components are us .....

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..... h, the actual value addition in respect of said goods shall be calculated on the basis of the financial records of the preceding financial year, taking into account the following: (i) Sale value of the said goods excluding excise duty, Value Added Tax and other indirect taxes, if any, paid on the goods; (ii) Less: Cost of raw materials and packing material consumed in the said goods; (iii) Less: Cost of fuel consumed if eligible for input credit under CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004; (iv) Plus: Value of said goods available as inventory in the unit but not cleared, at the end of the financial year; (v) Less: Value of said goods available as inventory in the unit but not cleared, at the end of the financial year preceding that under consideration. Special rate would be the ratio of actual value addition in the production or manufacture of the said goods to the sale value of the said goods excluding excise duty, Value Added Tax and other indirect taxes, if any, paid on the goods. 7(5) The manufacturer shall be entitled to refund at the special rate fixed under sub-paragraph (2) in respect of all clearances of excisable goods manufactured and cleared under this notification with effe .....

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..... sistant Commissioner or the Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, that the unit in respect of which exemption is claimed is a new unit and has been set up during the time period specified in condition (i) above. (iii) Before effecting clearances under this notification, the manufacturer shall also furnish a declaration regarding the original value of investment in plant and machinery installed in the factory as on the date of commencement of commercial production, to the Assistant Commissioner or the Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be. (iv) The manufacturer shall also produce a certificate from the said Committee confirming the original value of investment and such a certificate shall be produced within a period of one month from the date of commencement of commercial production, or such extended period as the said Assistant Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner may allow. (v) In case on the basis of such certification, or otherwise, the original value of investment in plant and machinery, (a) is found to be less than rupees twenty crore but was declared to be rupees twenty crore or more, the manufacturer shall be liable to pay back the .....

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..... dance with the Accounting Standards issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India on Accounting for Fixed Assets. Annexure 1. Goods falling under Chapter 24 of the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986); 2. The following goods, falling under the said First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985, namely:- (a) Candles; (b) Footwear of a retail sale price not exceeding ₹ 125 per pair; (c) Tableware and kitchenware of glass; (d) Imitation jewellery; (e) Monochrome television receivers; (f) Vacuum and gas-filled bulbs of retail sale price not exceeding ₹ 20 per bulb; (g) Sunglasses for correcting vision; (h) Watches and clocks of retail sale price not exceeding ₹ 500 per piece; (i) Rubberised coir mattresses; (j) Toothbrushes; (k) Kerosene, that is to say, any hydrocarbon oil (excluding mineral colza oil and white spirit) which has a smoke content of 18 mm or more [determined in the apparatus known as smoke point lamp in the manner included in the Bureau of Indian Standards Specification ISI : 1448 (P.31) - 1968 as in force for the time being] and is ordinarily used as an illuminant in oil burning lamps; (l .....

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..... Central Excise, as the case may be, by the 7th day of the next month in which the duty has been so paid. (b) The Assistant Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, after such verification, as he may deem necessary, shall refund the amount of duty paid other than the amount of duty paid by utilization of CENVAT credit during the month under consideration to the manufacturer by the 15th day of the next month. Provided that in cases, where the exemption contained in this notification is not applicable to some of the goods produced by a manufacturer, such refund shall not exceed the amount of duty paid less the amount of the CENVAT Credit availed of, in respect of the duty paid on the inputs used in or in relation to the manufacture of goods cleared under this notification. (c) If there is likely to be any delay in such verification, the Assistant Commissioner or the Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, shall refund the amount on provisional basis by the 15th day of the next month to the month under consideration, and thereafter may adjust the amount of refund by such amount as may be necessary in the subsequent refunds admiss .....

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..... rification, as may be deemed necessary, shall determine the amount correctly refundable to the manufacturer and intimate the same to the manufacture by 15th day of the next month to the month under consideration. In case the credit taken by the manufacturer is in excess of the amount determined, the manufacturer shall, within five days from the receipt of the said intimation, reverse the said excess credit from the said account current maintained by him. In case, the credit taken by the manufacturer is less than the amount of refund determined, the manufacturer shall be eligible to take credit of the balance amount; (f) in case the manufacturer fails to comply with the provisions of clause (a) to (e), he shall forfeit the option, to take credit of the amount of duty during the month under consideration, other than by way of utilisation of CENVAT credit under the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2002,in his account current on his own, as provided for in clauses (a) and (c); (g) the amount of the credit availed irregularly or availed of in excess of the amount determined correctly refundable under clause (e) and not reversed by the manufacturer within the period specified in that clause, shall .....

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..... ch the materials or components are used in the production or manufacture of goods: Provided that the Commissioner of Central Excise or the Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise may, if he is satisfied that the manufacturer was prevented by sufficient cause from making the application within the aforesaid time, allow such manufacturer to make the application within a further period of thirty days: Provided further that the manufacturer supports his claim for a special rate with a certificate from his statutory auditor containing an estimate of value addition in the case of goods for which a claim is made, based on the audited balance sheet of the unit, for the preceding financial year;" 6. For the words "six months", the words "three months" has been substituted vide Notification No. Supra 7. Has been substituted vide Notification No. Supra before it was read as "5. The manufacturer shall be entitled to refund at the special rate fixed under sub-paragraph (2) in respect of all clearances of excisable goods manufactured and cleared under this notification with effect from the date on which the application referred to at sub-paragraph (1) was fil .....

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