E-filing of excise, service tax returns mandatory - Income Tax Forum ...

The government wants to strengthen its information technology backbone before switching to GST. It is designing a single portal for?registration, filing returns and payment of taxes under GST. The system, called GST-N, will automatically segregate the data that needs to go to the state system. Payments will be done through RBI clearing accounts for states and the Centre. A pilot project is being undertaken in 11 states. States are expected to move to this IT platform even before the introduction of GST. The new platform would provide a common PAN-based taxpayer identification, a common return, and a common challan for tax payment. This will have the facility of reconciliation of transaction across different taxes value added tax, income tax and central excise resulting in detecting tax evasion and plugging loopholes.

Sub: Mandatory?e-filing?of Central Excise Returns in ACES-regarding?
It has been decided to make it mandatory for the assessees to submit the prescribed Central Excise?Returns electronically w.e.f. 1st ?day ?of ?October, ?2011. ? ?In ?this ?regard, the Central Excise (Fourth?Amendment) Rules, 2011 has been issued vide?Notification?No. 21/2011-CE (NT) dated 14.09.2011,?amending Rule 12 and Rule 17 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002. ?Similarly, the CENVAT Credit?(Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2011 has been issued vide?Notification?No.22/2011-CE (NT) dated?14.09.2011, amending Rule 9A of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004. ?The above mentioned changes will?come into effect on 01.10.2011.?

The following amendments have been made in Central Excise Rules, 2002 and CENVAT Credit Rules,
2004:?

ER-1 Return, filed under Rule 12(1) of the Central Excise Rules, 2002, will have to be electronically?filed irrespective of the duty paid in the preceding financial year.?

ER-2 Return, filed by 100% EOUs under Rule 17 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002, will be required to?be filed electronically irrespective of the duty paid in the preceding financial year.?

ER-3 Return, filed under the provisos to Rule 12(1) of the Central Excise Rules, 2002, will be required?to be filed by the concerned assessees including SSI units electronically irrespective of the duty paid?in the preceding financial year.?

ER-4 Return (Annual?Financial Information?Statement), filed under Rule 12(2) (a) of the Central?Excise Rules, 2002 will continue to be filed electronically by the assessees who are not exempted?from filing such?statement?by a?notification.?

ER-5 and ER-6 Returns, pertaining to principal inputs filed under Rule ?9A ?of ?the ?CENVAT ?Credit ?Rules, ?2004, ?will ?continue to be electronically filed by the assessees who?are not exempted from filing such declaration/return by a?notification.?

ER-7 (Annual Installed Capacity?Statement) filed under Rule 12(2A) (a) of the Central Excise Rules,2002, has to be filed by all assessees electronically.?

ER-8 Return, to be filed under the proviso to Rule 12(1) of the Central Excise Rules, 2002, by?assessees availing the exemption under?Notification?No.1/2011-CE dated 01.03.2011 has to be filed?electronically.?

3. As a large number of assessees may be required to file Central Excise Returns electronically as a?result ?of ?the ?above ?changes, ?it ?is ?requested ?that ?they ?may ?be ?provided ?all ?assistance ?so ?as ?to ?help?them in adopting the new procedure.?

4. Field Formations and Trade may also be informed suitably.?
5. Hindi version will follow

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