Regarding making E-payment of Customs duty mandatory.

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....;                                                 Subject: Making E-payment of Customs duty mandatory-regarding.   Sir / Madam,                 E-payment facility at Customs locations was introduced in 2007 and is available through more than one authorised bank at all major Customs locations having ICES facility. Though voluntary, the facility has been made use of by numerous importers. Besides expediting the process of payment of d....

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....-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Procedure for e-payment Payment of Customs duty               In continuation of its efforts for trade facilitation, CBEC has now implemented centralized application called Indian Customs EDI System (ICES1.5) and E-payment facility has been extended to all ICES locations from more than one authorized bank. (a) Person desirous of availing the E-payment facility must approach the designated bank at the location for opening an INTERNET ACCOUNT (Annexure); (b) The Central Board of Excise and Customs has set up a CUSTOM E-Payment Gateway (CEG) at ICEGATE (www.icegate.gov.in....

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.... bank site, the user will be shown the details of the challan including the amount to be paid. The user shall be prompted to confirm the payment option; (i)   On successful payment, a cyber receipt will be generated by the bank for successful transaction. Then user may take the printout of the cyber receipt for his reference. The bank will prompt the user to come back to the CEG (Customs E-Payment Gateway) after completion of the bank transaction; (j)   The user must come back to the ICEGATE site to complete the transaction;   (k)  In case of an incomplete transaction or link failure, a VERIFY option is automatically activated against the concerned challan for verification of the duty payment details. In case of....