TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
Central Excise -Introduction of New Excise Control Code (ECC) Number based on Permanent Account Number (PAN) allotted by the Income-tax Department-Instructions regarding-
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....his matter is enclosed for your information. (See Annexure-I). In pursuance of the aforesaid, it has been decided to issue a new series of Excise control Code Number (New ECC Number) to all Central Excise assessees and registered dealers (hereinafter referred to as 'concerned persons). The Central Excise assessees and registered dealers shall obtain New ECC Number before 1.1.2000. Instructions for the allotment of ECC Number to Service Tax assessees will be issued separately. The procedure for allotment of New ECC Number to concerned persons is specified in Paragraph 3 of this Circular. 2. Components of New ECC Number The new ECC number will be alphanumeric. The first part would be the 10-Character PAN issued by Income-tax authorities to that concerned person to whom the New ECC Number is to be allotted. The second part would comprise of a fixed 2-Character alpha-code, which will be as follows: Category Code (1) Central Excise manufacturers (Including registered warehouses) XM (2) Registered Dealers XD This will be followed by 3-Character numeric-code - 001, 002, 003.......etc. In case, a manufacturer, registe....
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....r/card issued by the Incometax Department), to the Jurisdictional Range Superintendent of Central Excise and obtain a dated acknowledgement. An entry should be made in a register (serially numbered) indicating name of the concerned person, address, Range and the existing ECC Number and date of forwarding of application, New ECC Number (to be filled when allotted). The Entry Number (Receipt Number) should be endorsed on the Acknowledgement Slip. (3) A Special Counter will be opened in each of the Ranges for receipt of the application. The acknowledgement will be given immediately. (4) All applications will be forwarded to Divisional Office. A Special Cell will be constituted in each Division to process the papers immediately. Where the applications are complete in all respects and there is only one factory of the PAN-holder or more than one factory within the jurisdiction of the said Division, New ECC Number will be allotted within 3 working days and the letter will be issued by the Assistant/Deputy Commissioner to the concerned persons (applicants) in the form given in Annexure -III. One copy of the letter will also be forwarded to the concerned Pay & Accounts Officer (PAO). ....
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....ome-tax. The Income Tax Department has already been requested to allot PAN on priority basis to all Central Excise assessees and Registered Dealers. 7. It is further mentioned that the New ECC Number will be introduced w.e.f. 1.1.2000. However, the existing ECC Number will continue to be mentioned in all the excise documents which specify/prescribe for mentioning of ECC Number, including the TR-6 Challans. However, from 1.4.2000, only the New ECC Number will be used. 8. In the said application, the Location Code is to be filled in by the Range Office. After re-organisation of Commissionerates, the Directorate of Statistics & Intelligence has already allocated revised location six digits Codes to all Range Offices. 9. The process for allotment of the New ECC Code should be started immediately. It should be taken up as a Special Drive by the field formations and the work should be completed latest by 15th December, 1999. For this purpose, the Commissioners should interact with the field officers and the assessees so that the applications are received expeditiously and processed under the supervision of sen....
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....es/exporters/importers. It is also used to identify in some cases the concerned office where the person would be assessed or registered. Further an alphanumeric number helps in processing of the information relation to the assessee on computers. A working Group comprising officers of the different Departments had examined the feasibility of adopting a Common Identifier by the various agencies. I was abserved that the assessee will be considerably benefited if he has to obtain just one identification number for use by the various Government agencies. With the increasing import and export activity and universal extension of modvat, it has become necessary to develop, linkages between export transactions, the manufacturing activity and the export transactions. Besides, maintaining a complete profile of a person concerned, wherein the records of his conduct with any of the Government Departments could be ascertained, such a linkage can help in verification of availment of modvat, excise rebate on exports etc. Such a measure would be particularly helpful in introducing selective risk based assessment of import/export trans....
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....nbsp; • Permanent Account Number (Issued by the Income Tax Department) (Attested copy to be enclosed) • Applicant's Factory/Ware....
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.... Sl.No. Name and address Whether factory or warehouse or Dealer Existing ECC No. Registration No. Tel. No(s). 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fax No. E-Mail No. Range Division Commissionerate 7 8 9 10 11 [Please furnish the aforesaid information for each of the other such factory(ies) / warehouse(s) / dealer's premise(s)] I/We hereby certify that the information given in this form is true, correct and complete in every respect and that I am authorised to sign on behalf of the applicant. Date : &....