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TMI BlogCentral Board of Excise and Customs revises limit for arrest and prosecution substantially upwards ; In cases of outright smuggling or mis-declaration of baggage, the limits regarding value of offending goods have been revised from ₹ 5 lakh to ₹ 20 lakh among othersX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Central Board of Excise and Customs revises limit for arrest and prosecution substantially upwards ; In cases of outright smuggling or mis-declaration of baggage, the limits regarding value of offending goods have been revised from ₹ 5 lakh to ₹ 20 lakh among others - News and Press Release Dated:- 24-10-2015 - News - Persons involved in serious offences of tax evasion are liable fo ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... r arrest and prosecution under the Central Excise Act, 1994 , Finance Act, 1994 dealing with Service Tax and Customs Act, 1962 . Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has issued instructions from time to time prescribing the procedures, safeguards and threshold limits above which these powers are to be exercised with discretion and responsibility. CBEC has now issued fresh instructions to ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... day rescinding the past circulars and consolidating them at one place with following objectives. The monetary limits for arrest and prosecution have been revised substantially upwards to ensure that these powers are not used against small and medium businesses. Thus the limits in case of offence of evasion of tax or wrongful utilization of input tax credit in case of Central Excise and Ser ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... vice tax have been revised to ₹ 1 crore from ₹ 25 lakh and ₹ 10 lakh respectively. In case of evasion of tax under the Customs Act, the limits have been revised to ₹ 1 crore from ₹ 10 lakh in case of evasion of tax by wrongful availment of exemption or duty drawback. Similar, revisions regarding value of goods have been carried-out regarding appraisement of tax du ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ring import or export. In cases of outright smuggling or mis-declaration of baggage, the limits regarding value of offending goods have been revised from ₹ 5 lakh to ₹ 20 lakh. As in the past, there shall be no lower limit for arrest and prosecution in the cases of smuggling of fake Indian currency notes, arms, ammunitions and explosives and endangered species. The procedure to ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... be followed for arrest and sanction of prosecution has been revised and specified with adequate safeguards in these instructions to ensure that only in cases of serious nature above the revised thresholds, where there is strong prima-facie evidence, these powers are exercised. - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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