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Posting of staff at Customs areas and collection of Cost Recovery Charges

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..... th no change in custodianship or area after 26.06.2002; b. the facility notified before 26.06.2002 but part or whole of the same premises transferred (on lease basis or otherwise) to a new custodian, on or after 26.06.2002 (e.g. Airport Authority of India is custodian for the whole Mumbai Air Cargo Complex upto 26.06.2002, and after 26.06.2002 they have transferred the custodianship for the part of Air Cargo Complex to Air India); and c. the facility notified before 26.06.2002, but premises extended after 26.06.2002 under the same custodianship. 3.1.3 The conditions and obligations already being discharged by the earlier custodian for such facilities such as Air Cargo Complexes, Courier Terminals or Ports to be retained and applied .....

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..... 13 CFS 0 1 1 1 1 4 Class A Airport 2 4 38 78 0 24 144 Class B Airport 3 4 29 48 0 16 97 Class C Airport 4 0 8 16 0 4 28 3.2.2. In the initial stages of operation of a facility due to less volume of work, full strength of the officers may not be required. In such cases, i .....

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..... shall process these proposals without delay and convey the decision thereon to the field formations concerned with a copy marked to the Board. 3.4 Payment of Cost Recovery Charges 6 3.4.1 The Cost Recovery Charges shall be payable by facilities at the uniform rate of 1.85 times of the monthly average cost 7 of the post plus other allowances (such as Dearness Allowance, House Rent Allowance, etc.) For this purpose, the following factors may also be kept in view for working out the cost regarding all the cost recovery posts: i. additional dearness allowance as and when sanctioned by the government should be considered, and arrears shall be recovered; and ii. if the relevant staff is in possession of government accommodatio .....

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..... r the containers that have already entered the facility. And for non-payment of advance, the entry of containers would be restricted till pending dues with interest are paid so that the facility does not have any uncleared containers once it is to be shut down. 3.5 Eligibility for Exemption from Cost Recovery Charges 3.5.1 The cost recovery posts should have the Department of Expenditure's specific permission for continuation before seeking/claiming exemption in respect of any given Customs facility. 3.5.2 The facilities are eligible to apply for exemption from payment of Cost Recovery Charges upon fulfilling the performance criteria as given in the table below. The facilities shall claim exemption if they meet both the cri .....

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..... nchmarks. 3.5.2.2 As mentioned earlier, the cost recovery posts that were sanctioned or diverted from the regular cadre strength to the various Customs facilities before 18.12.2013 (date of issuance of Cadre Restructuring Notification) were subsumed in the regular cadre strength of CBIC at that time 8 . Accordingly, the Chief Commissioners were authorized to grant exemption from payment of Cost Recovery Charges for the eligible facilities 9 . 3.5.2.3 In respect of all the cases for which exemption from cost recovery charges have not yet been granted though applications for the same are received, and all other cases for which applications would be received hereinafter, the exemption from the payment of Cost Recovery Charges shall b .....

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..... The exemption will be withdrawn if a facility does not meet the criteria even after the lapse of one-year grace period. 28.3.6.2. The jurisdictional Principal Commissioner or Commissioner of Customs shall therefore, monitor the performance of the facilities under their charge and take immediate measures, including recourse to para 7.1 to 7.4 above, in cases warranting withdrawal of exemption from Cost Recovery Charges. 3.7 Procedure for claiming/grant of exemption 3.7.1 The eligible facility may apply for exemption from Cost Recovery Charges to the jurisdictional Principal Commissioner or Commissioner of Customs. 3.7.2 The jurisdictional Principal Commissioner or Commissioner of Customs shall forward the proposal for regulariza .....

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