FACILITY OF FILING REBATE CLAIMS
BY EXPORTERS AND EXECUTION OF BOND OR LETTER OF UNDERTAKING EXTENDED
TO ALL COMMISSIONERATES
Taking into account
the growing international trade through minor ports, the Government
has decided to extend the facility of filing rebate claims by
the exporters and execution of bond or letter of undertaking,
which was earlier restricted to designated officers in 8 or 10
locations, to all commissionerates of Central Excise in the country
where port, airport, land customs station and post office of exportation
is located.
In view of this extended
facility, exporters have got more options to file claims for rebate
of central excise duty paid from the place where the export takes
place. This is in addition to the facility of filing the rebate
claims before the jurisdictional Assistant/ Deputy Commissioners
where export goods are manufactured or warehoused. Exporters who
export goods under bond or letter of undertaking without payment
of excise duty would also be benefited.
In the recent past
Government has initiated several steps towards facilitation of
trade and simplification of indirect tax procedures with the objective
of reducing the transaction cost of export thereby making exports
more competitive. The present move is yet another step in that
direction.
The details are available
at the CBEC website: www.cbec.gov.in.