<h1>Government Tightens Tax Compliance: New Filing Requirements and Data Collection from Third Parties for Assessees.</h1> The Central Government has issued notifications to enhance tax compliance by collecting information from third-party sources and manufacturers. Assessees must file an ER-7 statement declaring their factory's annual production capacity by April 30 of the following financial year, with the 2007-08 statement due by October 31, 2008. Modifications to the small-scale exemption scheme now require additional details like PAN and VAT numbers. Excise officials are tasked with identifying tax evasion-prone commodities and verifying production data against electricity consumption. Changes to ER-4, ER-5, and ER-6 filing criteria now require assessees with over Rs.1 crore in duty payments to file these returns.