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....ustoms Educational Cess - Cenvat credit<br> Query (Issue) Started By: - Laxmaiah Vanamamula Dated:- 12-4-2012 Last Reply Date:- 19-7-2015 Central Excise<br>Got 8 Replies<br>Central Excise<br>Dear sir, we have received Import Material from LG Chem , in Customs ( Duplicate (Importer copy) BCD > 264637.80 CVD > 666887.20 Customs EDucational Cess > 18630.50 Cutoms sec& H.Edu.Cess > 9315.20 we a....
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....re eligible to take Cenvat Credit above Edu.Cess & Sec.Cess ? Please clarify it, Thanking you , From, V.Laxmaiah,Sudhakar Pipes Reply By rakshit verma: The Reply: Dear Laxmaih Vide notification No. 13 & 14 of Customs, 2012, 2% & 1% education cess levied under CVD has been exempted, and underrule 3(1) of the Cenvat Credit Rule, 2004, credit was admissible on it, not on Customs cess which wa....
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....s/is also levied. Hence no cenvat on cess of CVD is allowabale as it is not being charged. regards R C VERMA 09810525780 Reply By NK SHETE: The Reply: Dear V.Laxmaiah I do agree with R C VERMA. In the recent budget, cesses leviable on the CVD portion of customs duty is being exempted. The cess paid on CVD was cenvattable and not Customs Cess. Reply By SRINIVAS MADALA: The Reply: we are no....
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....t eligible to take cenvat credit on customs ED & SH cess thanks srinivas Reply By Sadashiv Joshi: The Reply: Dear Verma Sir, I agree that we can't take cenvat credit on cess on custom duty. But what about the Edu Cess & H.Ed. Cess amount of CVD which is included in Customs Edu Cess of Rs. 1333.74(2 percent of 666887.20) & H.E.Cess of Rs.666.87 (1 percent of 666887.20). The above amount Rs.186....
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....30.50 & 9315.20 is calculated on both BCD & CVD figures. Kindly clarify. Regards, Sadashiv Joshi Reply By SHIVKUMAR SHARMA: The Reply: Dear Mr.Vanamamula I do agree with all our experts opinion & are not eligible to take cenvat credit of customs Education cess & Higher education cess. SHIVKUMAR SHARMA Reply By B Ravi: The Reply: Dear All, I see most of the reply given here about non entit....
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....lement of credit but is it the intent of the legislation to charge cess on CVD as custom CESS and not allow credit for the same. I do not think so. Most of the people are taking this literal interpretation and foregoing this benefit without exploring the possibility if there are any other interpretation possible which is more logical. Any suggestion/view are most welcome in this regards. Reply By....
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.... sanjay gupta: The Reply: Dear All In my Opinion since we can take credit on cess on CVD portion. Thanks Sanjay Gupta Reply By Gopal Rathi: The Reply: Sir, Credit in respect of Ed. Cess & S&H Cess of customs duty is not eligible by virtue of rule 3 of CCR. Moreover, your example with logical query; here your say is Customs cess is inclusive on the (Customs duty+CVD) However, it is the wa....
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....y Cess on customs is imposed, if you go back to a scenario prior to 2012 (i.e. Cess on CVD not being exempt) here also, the Calculation of customs duty were : (Customs duty+CVD+Cess on CVD+Cess on Customs duty) here also the total duties were considered (including cvd & cess thereof) for calculating Cess of Customs...<br> Discussion Forum - Knowledge Sharing ....