Excise Duty ExemptionExcise Procedures & Litigation UpdatesSimplified Central Excise Norms for Jewellery Sector

Notification No.

                            Gist of notifications

26/2016             –

Central Excise

Seeks to amend notification No. 12/2012-Central Excise so as to prescribe 1% excise duty (without input and capital goods credit) on parts of articles of jewellery falling under heading 7113 of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986), and to prescribe a criteria for classification of an articles of jewellery or part of articles of jewellery or both as that of a particular precious metal.

27/2016             –

Central Excise

Seeks to partially exempt Central Excise duty on articles of jewellery falling under heading 7113 of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) manufactured by:

(a)    re-conversion of jewellery given by the retail customer, or

(b)    mounting of precious stone given by the retail customer.

28/2016             –

Central Excise

Seeks  to  amend  notification  No.  8/2003-Central  Excise  dated  1st March, 2003, so as to increase for articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both, falling under heading 7113 of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986):

(a)    the SSI Exemption limit from Rs. 6 crore to Rs. 10 crore; and

(b)   the SSI Eligibility limit from Rs. 12 crore to Rs. 15 crore.

29/2016             –

Central Excise

Seeks to amend notification No. 17/2011-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2011, so as to exclude handicrafts falling under heading 7113 of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986), from the purview of excise duty exemption for “handicrafts”.

33/2016 – Central

Excise (N.T.)

Seeks to notify, for articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both, falling under heading 7113 of the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986),

(a) for articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both (other than those which are manufactured from the precious metal provided by the retail customer), the first sale value, that is the value at which such articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both, are sold for the first time, as the tariff value;

(b) for articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both manufactured from the precious metal provided by the retail customer, the value which is sum of,-

i.    the cost of additional materials used by the manufacturer or principal manufacturer, as the case may be, for making such articles of jewellery;

ii.  the labour charges charged by the manufacturer or principal manufacturer, as the case may be, from the retail customer; and

iii. the value of precious metal provided by the retail customer, as the tariff value.

34/2016 – Central

Excise (N.T.)

Seeks to notify the Articles of Jewellery (Collection of Duty) Rules, 2016, applicable to articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both falling under heading 7113 of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986). These rules, inter-alia, provide manner of payment of Central  Excise  duty on  articles  of jewellery or parts  of articles  of jewellery or both, including an optional scheme for payment of such Excise duty.

35/2016 – Central

Excise (N.T.)

Seeks to amend the Central Excise Rules, 2002 in relation to articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both, falling under heading 7113 of the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986), so as to:

i.    provide that the quarterly return (ER.8) will also apply to the manufacturers or principal manufacturers of parts of articles of jewellery, falling under heading 7113;

ii. prescribe that the date of submission of quarterly return, for manufacturers or principal manufacturers of articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both, falling under heading

7113, for quarter ending on 31st March, 2016, and quarter ending on 30th June, 2016, shall be the 10th August, 2016; and

iii. as separate rules are being prescribed for articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both falling under heading 7113 of the said Schedule to the said Tariff Act, applicability of Rule 12AA is being restricted to articles of precious metals falling under heading 7114.

36/2016 – Central

Excise (N.T.)

Seeks to amend the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 in relation to articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both, falling under heading 7113 of the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986), so as to include a principal manufacturer of articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both as manufacturer for the purposes of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004.

37/2016 – Central

Excise (N.T.)

Seeks to provide a modified format for quarterly return, ER-8, for return of excisable goods cleared at the Central Excise duty rate of 1% [including articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both, falling under heading 7113] or 2%.

38/2016 – Central

Excise (N.T.)

Seeks to amend notification No. 35/2001-Central Excise (N.T.) so as to:

(i)      provide that a person engaged in the manufacture of articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both, falling under chapter heading 7113 of the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) may get himself registered by 31st day of July, 2016;

(ii)     exempt  a  person  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  articles  of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both, falling under chapter heading 7113 of the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) from the requirement to submit plan of the factory premises under simplified registration procedure.

39/2016 – Central

Excise (N.T.)

Seeks to amend notification No. 17/2006-Central Excise (N.T) dated the 1st  August,  2006  so  as  to  exempt  a manufacturer or principal manufacturer of articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both, falling under heading 7113 of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) from filing of annual return.

40/2016 – Central

Excise (N.T.)

Seeks to amend notification No. 36/2001-Central Excise (N.T.) dated 26th June, 2001, so as to exempt a manufacturer or principal manufacturer of articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both, falling under heading 7113 of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) from taking central excise registration upto the full exemption limit, which is being increased to Rs. 10 Crore.

43/2016              –

Customs

Seeks to exempt organic sugar upto a quantity of 10,000 MT in a year, from export duty subject to specified conditions.

Circular No.

Gist of circulars

1040/28/2016 – CX

Clarification  on  computation  of  exemption  and  eligibility  and exemption limits and other related issues for small scale industries [SSI] exemption under Notification No. 8/2003-CE dated 1st March 2003 in respect manufacturer or principal manufacturer of articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both.

1041/29/2016 – CX

Guidelines   for   Excise   Audit   of   Manufacturers   /   Principal Manufacturers of articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery

1042/30/2016 – CX

Export related procedural simplifications – excise duty on articles of jewellery falling under heading 7113.

1043/31/2016 – CX

General procedures regarding excise duty on articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both falling under heading 7113.

1044/32/2016 – CX

Guidelines for issue of summons, visits, search, seizure, arrest and prosecution regarding manufacturers or principal manufacturers of articles of jewellery or parts of articles of jewellery or both.

1045/33/2016 – CX

Taxability of stock on February 29, 2016 – Excise duty imposition on articles of jewellery in the Budget 2016-17.