TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2009 (3) TMI 485
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....ndent is manufacturer of chemical compound falling under Chapter Heading No. 4005.00 and he cleared the same to their job worker, at Coimbatore for manufacture of further products. The further products, which were manufactured on a job work basis were supplied by the job worker to the mother unit, i.e. M/S. Elgitread (India) Ltd. Coimbatore, directly. From the mother unit, the said final products were further cleared for home consumption/export. It was noticed by the Revenue that since them was no sale involved in the clearance of said com pound from the respondent factory at Kottayi to the job worker and the respondent was clearing the same on payment of 16% duty on the value worked out under Rule 8 of the Central Excise Valuation Rules, 2....
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.... Customs duty liability at the time of import is being fulfilled though not by direct cash payment, but by adjustment under DEPB Scheme. The credit is accumulated in the pass book on account of exports made, are adjusted against import duty. This situation cannot be treated at par with full exemption and to that extent Notification No. 34/97-Cus. cannot be taken/treated as an exemption notification. Customs duty liability at the time of import is fully discharged, where sufficient credit is available in the DEPB book, it is by an adjustment and where sufficient credit is not available, it is by cash payment. Therefore irrespective of the manner of payment customs duty, duty element has to be added for valuation under Rule 8 of Central Excis....
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...., contemplates addition of expenses actually incurred by an assessee i.e. 115/- of cost of production or manufacture of such goods. It is submitted that the said rule contemplates determination of the assessable value on the basis of the cost c production or manufacture of the goods, which would indicate that the cost of production means it should be actual cost incurred by the Assessee. 4.1 It is also submitted that the entire demand is barred by limitation as show cause notice dated 20-9-2003 was issued for the period 18-10-2000 to 13-10-2001 as the issue was discussed with the officials of the Revenue when they visited the factory premises of the respondent on 5-9-2002. It is his submission that there is no allegation of willful mi....
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....and during the course of personal hearing. The issue to be decided is whether Notification No. 34/97-Cus. grants exemption from payment of Customs duty or whether debit through DEPB Pass Book is to be treated as payment of duty. The Lower Authority has found payment of duty through DEPB credit analogous to payments made through a credit card instead of by cash. The Lower Authority has also held that Notification No. 34/97-Cut does not provide for absolute or effective exemption from duty bat provides for payment of duty through DEPB credit. I am not in clined to accept the argument of the Lower Authority on both the counts. I accept the contention of the appellants that if an analogy is to be drawn with credit card payment, then the analogy....