Mandatory E-Payment of Customs Duty.

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....andatory E-Payment of Customs Duty. <br>News and Press Release<br>Dated:- 7-9-2012<br><BR>Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Finance 07-September-2012 17:22 IST Mandatory E-Payment of Customs Duty E-payment facility at Customs locations was introduced in 2007 and is available through more than one authorized bank at all major Customs locations having ICES facility. Thoug....

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....h voluntary, the facility has been used by numerous importers. Besides expediting the process of payment of Customs duty and clearance of imported goods, the facility of e-payment has resulted in reduction of transaction cost. In order to further reduce transaction cost of the importers and as a trade facilitation measure, it has been decided to make e-payment mandatory for importers registered u....

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....nder Accredited Clients Programme and importers paying customs duty of one lakh rupees or more per Bill of Entry with effect from 17.09.2012. CBEC has issued instructions advising all Chief Commissioners of Customs to give wide publicity to enable trade to be ready in case any change in their software or any internal procedure for effecting e-payment is required. As a large number of taxpayers wo....

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....uld be required to pay the taxes electronically, it is requested that importers, trade and industry may be provided all assistance so as to help them in adopting the new procedure. E-payment is advantageous to tax payers as well as the Government. To the taxpayers, it affords the facility of making payments from their own offices on a 24X7 basis. It also facilitates quicker release of cargo. To t....

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....he Government, it ensures immediate collection of taxes and error free data relating to tax payments. ***** DSM/RS/GN<BR> News - Press release - PIB....