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Amendment to Central Excise Rules, 2002 by Budget 2016–Simplified Tabular Analysis

September 11, 2018

Revision of Excise Returns | Removal of ER-7 Returns | Revision of ER-3 | No Late Filing Penalty of Annual Return | Budget 2016

Amendment in Central Excise Rules, 2002 by Notification No. 08/2016 – Central Excise (N.T.) of Union Budget 2016:-

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No requirement for filing of ER-7 | Revision of ER-1 possible | No penalty for late filing of Annual Return | Revision of ER-3 possible

S.No	Amendment	Governing Provisions	Applicability Date	Remarks
1.	Change in calculation of Interest under Rule 7(4) of CER, 2002.	Not. No. 08/2016 Central Excise Rules, 2002	1^stMarch, 2016	Eg. For clarity :- Goods under provisional assessment, cleared in the month of January, 2015, say a provisional duty of Rs 5000 is paid on the 6th February, 2015 [due date under sub-rule (1) of rule 8], a further duty of Rs 9000 is paid on the 15th April, 2015, and on the same day the documents for final assessment are submitted by the assessee. Final assessment order is issued on the 18th June, 2015, assessing the duty payable on goods as Rs 15000, and consequently the assessee pays a duty of Rs 1000 on the 30th June, 2015, then no interest shall be payable on Rs 5000, interest shall be payable on Rs 9000 from the 7th February, 2015, till the 15th April, 2015, and interest shall be payable on Rs 1000 from the 7th February, 2015, till the 30th June, 2015 as due date for payment of duty of Rs 15000 is the 6th February, 2015.
2.	Increase in clearance limit of eligibility criteria of Manufacturer of Jewellery to Rs. 12 Crores	Change in Explanation-1 to Second Proviso of Rule 8 of CER, 2002	1^st April, 2016	“Jewellery” means articles of jewellery, other than articles of silver jewellery but inclusive of articles of silver jewellery studded with diamond, ruby, emerald or sapphire, falling under chapter heading 7113 of the First Schedule of the Tariff Act
3.	Removal of requirement of Self-Attestation of Duplicate Invoice for Transporter by the Manufacturer	Change in Proviso to Rule 8 of Central Excise Rules, 2002	1^st April, 2016
4.	Submission of “Annual Return” instead of “Annual Financial Information Statement” to the Superintendent	Change in Rule 12(2) clause (a) & (b) of CER, 2002	1^st April, 2016
5.	Additional Requirement of submission of submission of “Annual Return” for 100% Export-Oriented Unit.	Addition of Rule 12(2) clause (c) to CER, 2002	1^st April, 2016	*Sub-Clause (a) & (b) of Rule12(2) shall apply mutatis mutandis* to 100% Export Oriented Unit.**
6.	No requirement of filing ER-7 for declaration of Annual Production Capacity.	Omission of Rule 12(2A) of CER, 2002	1^st April, 2016
7.	No penalty for late filing of Annual Return u/r 12(2).	Change in Rule (6) of CER, 2002
8.	Revision of Return filed under Rule 12(1) and (2).	Addition of sub-rule 8(a) & (b) in CER, 2002	1^st April, 2016	For Clarity:- · ER-1 filed for Oct’15 on 10^thNov’15, can be revised upto 30^th Nov’15 · Annual Return filed under Rule 12(2A) for F.Y. 2014-15 on 28^th Nov’15 can be revised upto 27^thDec’15 i.e within a period of one month.
9.	Revision of Return filed by 100% Export-Oriented Undertaking upto the end of the calendar month in which the original return is filed.	Addition of Rule 17(7) in CER, 2002	1^st April, 2016
10.	Insertion of proviso to Rule 26(1) for conclusion of penalty liability.	Addition of Provsio to Rule 26(1)	1^st April, 2016	Proviso:– “Provided that where any proceeding for the person liable to pay duty have been concluded under clause (a) or clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 11AC of the Act in respect of duty, interest and penalty, all proceedings in respect of penalty against other persons, if any, in the said proceedings shall also be deemed to be concluded.”

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