New Electronic Service Tax Refund (STR) scheme to exporters through the Indian Customs EDI System (ICES 1.5) with effect from 03.01.2012 - regarding

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..... s/Developers) on specified services used for export of goods covered in Notification 17/2009-ST dated 07.07.2009 (as amended) subject to certain conditions. It was proposed during the budget 2011 to introduce a scheme for the refund of these taxes on the lines of drawback of duties in a far more simplified and expeditious manner . 2. Accordingly, Government has proposed to introduce a simplified scheme for electronic refund of service tax to exporters, on the lines of duty drawback. With the introduction of this new scheme, exporters now have a choice: either they can opt for electronic refund through ICES system, which is based on the 'schedule of rates' or they can opt for refund on the basis of documents, by approaching the Ce .....

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..... of documents, through the Central Excise/Service Tax field formations should declare chapter/subheading number as 9801 in the electronic Shipping Bill. Minimum STR will be Rupees Fifty for an electronic shipping bill. An exporter who wants to get the chapter/sub heading number amended, for any reason, can get the same carried out through the ICES service centre by filing an amendment request; amendment request can also be filed through ICEGATE using Remote EDI System(RES) software. Exporters can track the status of their refund claim and details of refund amount through ICEGATE Document Tracking and Touch Screen Enquiry. 6. STR amount processed under the ICES will be disbursed through the branch of the authorized bank at each customs lo .....

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..... registered for receiving drawback amount, no new/separate account will be necessary for receiving service tax refund; but they should register their central excise registration or service tax code number with Customs ICES using Annexure-A Form, if they wish to opt for electronic STR. An exporter availing drawback scheme cannot have separate bank accounts for drawback and service tax refund. Annexure A PART- A BANK ACCOUNT REGISTRATION FOR E-STR I.E.C. Number : . IFS Code : . Bank Account Number : . Bank Name Address: . Certificate from the bank Certified that the above particulars are correct. Signature (Bank Branch Manager .....

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