OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS & CENTRAL EXCISE,HYDERABAD — IV COMMISSIONERATE, POSNETT BHAVAN, RAMKOTI,

HYDERABAD

TRADE NOTICE(TECH) NO. 08/2007 Dt.29.3.2007General NO. 08/2007

Sub: Implementation of EASIEST and e-payment from01.04.07 — Reg.

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Copy of Board's letter F.No.IV/(23)/2/2006-Systems/4699 dated13.03.07 with regard to Implementation of EASIEST, along with enclosures isforwarded herewith for information, guidance and necessary action.

2. The contents of this Trade Notice may be brought to the notice ofTrade and all concerned.

Encl: as above.

(B.V. SIVA NAGA KUMARI)ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER(TECH.)

Issued from file C.No.V/8/1/2007-Tech

To

All concerned as per Distribution list I

Copy submitted to the Commissioner of Central Excise, Hyderabad I/II/IIICommissionerates.

Copy submitted to the Additional Director General of Audit, Audit Bhavan, 92,Avantinagar, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad — 500 004.

Copy to all Section Heads of Hyderabad — IV Commissionerate, Hyderabad.

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OFFICE. OF THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS t7;HYDERABAD ZONE, OPP.L.B.STADIUM, DASHEERLIAGNI,

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C.No.IV/16/115/2007 — CC(HZ) SystemsToThe CommissionerCustoms & Central Exc.seHyderabad -A-FUJI] &I\ CommissionerateHyderabad.

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n, 1c. n\Sub Implementation of EASIEST and c jOit)p.0'.'y'Orp.01'; •1" )07 -- reg.

Please find enclosed copy of letter No.1\1123/2/2006 System is clat141r.:1,`,!907received from Member (Computerisation) on the above mention' d subject. In 1Wscontext your attention is further invited to copies of letters Nes.LP IY/E-Baltinh( kr//216 dated 19.7.2006 and FDP/E-Bank/2005-06 dated . 10.5.2005 is Fired by (:ori;rf 4U

of Accounts, which are enclosed herewith as Annexures & II resp'!ctively.

2. I have been directed by the Chief Commissioner, Cirstony Central Ey.cirv;)

Service Tax, Hyderabad Zone to request you to take all necessary 1.et:rs to on:ime theimplementaliwQLQZUT...aal..-xztrt:nt from 01.42'007and to issue Trade Notices on top most priority. You ale further rew..4nted to ourrri;;.:einterac=iv Deetings-witil-the assesses of your jurisdiction so a.s ti f make them ,illrare

of the requirements for implementation of the above mentioned lick me.

3. You are requested to kindly send an action taken report on this isf.i,ue thisoffice on priority basis.

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Hew Delhi. Dated:- 13.03.2007

All Chief Commis5ioners or(

Director General of Service el

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cut rat ..xcisc and Service Tax,.IX

:Subject: Ir)plcrnuitatimi o if,A; :j1; • h p ro, e-payment.from Ill .(4.200/1— reg.

) The Honorable Finance id:nista : iti P t'hidatubaram inaugurated the Electronic

.,.(:, 011111,1AT s ystem in Excise and Service fax (EASIEST) on 07.03.200! in New Delhi'11...,:3-1. ts the System for collect:1( n and i,• n011,ing of Revenue in Central Fxcise and Service

Ia . ': From 01.01.2007 the single etIt ly 01 r I r. new eluilkui has to be used by the taxpayers instead,.f ;l i e present ' 1R.6 illallan. An over ;te‘\ of • lic EA Su-ST is given as annexure . ' The Board

1 / :-" "yic Nolfuft\!0.08/20074:FA N'i ) bled 0 .03.2007 made it mandatory for an assessee. whoha-: paid duty. of Rs.50 Lakl ► s or mare in : • re preceeding fmancial year, to deposit the dutyeleei Tonicall y through iniernet bavkiti

During the inaugural hinctior , the' I, , He. Finance Minister had stressed on the fact that

accurate revenue collection igure:; pavineni needs to be popularized amongst The

:axpaers and banks. This would 'ClIS1.71,; i',at the revenue collection data is accurate. Aninlimnation and user guide pamphlet is her enclosed for distribution amongst. taxpayers andbanks. A. brief note on e-payment

kx;ed as A nnexurc111111•Mmionnir

writ, the list of hanks authorized for Internet banking is

You arc requested to organize ine.• rigs with the taxpayers and associations in yourturi: . dietion and brief thew about Ile sing!: i..,opy of challan and c-payment. You may also

:ifivrai-t with the banks authorized io cull , , Central 1;xeise duties and Service Tax in your

,irisdkion and ask them to give Nvidc. publit to internet banking amongst their clients.

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(A.K.Raha)iYiember(Computcrization)

Annexure A

!Oyer- •icr. 91.E '!'kit is 4 III Ali44?

Backryrnwd

TIv; .iystem for collectior and 1 oori(w or revenues in CBEC was a manual

in which four copies of chl tiled by the tax payer. The EASIEST

AccOmithig :Npsterit Evc iand Service Tax) was conceptualized on the

.ru,,rre tines as 01. TAS(OPUrre ;te" r r tirrn Svstern) of CIWT with the difference

;h , : 1 the E3lSIPST has p.,' . ovideil for bused validation checks hp the receiving

, • ,hartics an d eau hers an in •holk( pir rectification of errors. The weaknesses

In the exiiitim.), manual

The manual system

Non-uniform stand

syslcni ITC w , ; InIkvvs:

is mo p • cumbersome and time consuming

and or ; • linbcring challans

Data entry being d)ne i.e Range/Div:sion and the PAO

office

Inhibits electronic filiir;1 ! , 1 returns as the tax payer has to submit hard

copy of challans.

1-hc EASIEST Scheme cni/isagc !(at. a single challan would be used for payment

of Central Excise duly and Service Tar: i )stead or earlier four copies of the chat Ian. The

salient features of the Ex3 r EsT socirw;

( i ) '.1.-he collecting bank cairn rcs information ill the challan including a 15

digit asscs:T:e cock and Challan Identification Nunihcr(CIN)

which is a combmAtion ot ItSR code, challan tender date and challan

sequence 111.1(111)(N'.

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I he. EASIEST data ullnitted electronically to the Focal Point

Bank(FP11) FPB sfiltids c, wiled data to the Link Cell in Nagpur which is

uploaded to the NSIDL 3C:1 .

l'hc N dOWDIOAIS EAS Idata from the NSDL server and the same is

made available to tile I);\ l'hc single physical copy of the challan is sent

by the coll,:ctinr 1. 1,ranch Lhc FPB which further sends it to the PAO

along with the screills of (I • collecting branches as well as the main scroll

of the FPB.

The PAO is expect

EASIEST data acid

veritica.tion by die

.-)d to v, lily the details of the physical challans with the

make , orrections in the data. The EASIEST data after

PAO made available to the field offices of CBEC

ihrough the. NIC:3ei-ver

(v) In the manual system ifi.ciliation between challan and return keeps

pending tOr a long

said reconciliatioli

3. Advantages of I):,A.S

time re uhing in huge backlo1-,. EASIEST will enable

ilmost mnicdiately after the return is filed.

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Uni loyin sysi en or c- hit numbering minces scope of frandnlent

eliallam and Jsists ification.

Will encourage ')laic filing of the reli u as also electronic

payment of du y/l.a.x the need for suhmitting a hard copy of the

challan with 1h( rcum, dispensed with.

0301 is capin(1 . 1 or? °nee at the bank level and is also subject to

validation cheek by di l l Receiving Bank branches

Bank

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Reveiine colle i tivo becor»e available online from lhe banks

on a daily ba:..;*r

^ Challan details ,an by the l'A()

Verification of I ii details can be done online by the Assessing

Officer._

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:c:.4 (.)/ co , banks;, Narne of 12,--3kk Name of Bank

Union Bank or india 1 . 7. Canara Bank

State Bank of India Allahabad Bank

- Punjab 1\lational Batik Central Bank

Indian Overseas Ban State Bank of Mysore

5. State Bank of Travalcore United Bank of India

p . Bank of India Bank of Baroda

i Corporal ion 13,ank 23. UCO Bank

8. Slate Bank of ‘ja.tiraElltr;„, 21 Dena Bank

9 Indian Bank UTI Batik. .

State Bank of Pal is la ICICI Bank

it . State Bank of Ilyderab:H1 ) /HDFC 13ank

1 2 , Syndicate Bank 28. IDB1 Bank

- 13. State Bank of Elikatu r k Ja:pur

/1. Vi jay Bank

i State Bank of Indore

16 , Bank of IVIabarastra

Annexure

C-pOyFRICUll 0 Ga' It:,xeist and Service Tax

c-payment is a mode of pavan':

pulyment offered by the banks in der TM'

scheme facilitates anytime any,:e iterated once the hansaelion is cotnplpp yrnent of Central 1:7,xcisc and -vier,.

FtHlily is available to:-Registered Central Excise., Scrviubased Assessee Code.

, 1 in addition to the conventional methods oftic security norms Of Reserve I3ank of India.u'e payment and an instant cyber receipt isIt provides the convenience of making onlineti ougli flank's Internet banking service.

fax A.ssessee who possesses the 15 digit PAN

Customer of any at ithorize I banl hick provide e-Payment solution.Customers having Banks' nierne l eanl ingCustomers who have given thc • piton for effecting Central Excise/Service Taxpayment through the Internet with the ant horized bank.

lime of Payment:-This is a 2'1x7 facility.All payments effected up to t) p H. will be accounted fOr the day as that day'sreecipt.Payments effected a fter p.m. will be accounted as the next working day'sreceipt.

occ411111 •e for Payment:-Customer should log-on to the ft. nk's Internet site after entering the user Id andpassword provided to then by iI 1),InkThe y should fill the on-line ChalkThe customer should select the :‘ propriate tax type from the pop up menu andenter the tax amminh.I hereafter the challan should he s • tbmilled CIcctronically.the customer has to tht:trOafter ,: tier his User Id and Password to cutter in thesecured c-banking area.Customer should select an aceoluit for debiting the total lax amount.Authorize the payment.

Challans 'ire Receipts:-ti)/ber receipt vNith liutisact ion number of the bank becomes availableimmediately..

(he next working dayt copic Of the (Mahal's duly signed and stamped aremade available to the tax Oyer at t IC given address by the bank.

Advaciiiig,es to the etistoinites:-Ease of operation anul con'Facility is available 2.4x7.No (moue and waiting.

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On line filling of !tingle (11).11;111.Minimum fields of the ch.; Elan to he filled. Most Of the fields are populatedautomatically.

• Selection of lax type is Ito u dror ',own menu.Distant Cyber receipt with 3a.nb number becomes available.kecei pied copy of the dial ar13 deli vered at the customer's address.

of 26 Banks authorized to col ect (xi {cal Excise dillies and Service tax electronicallythrough internet banking is attached as an iexu'e C.

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Nlartle of 'BankName of Central Excise/Service 'FaxCommissioncrate for which the Batik

is authorised to collect Revenuethrough c-Payment

Union 13ank of Ind commissioncrates

Stale Bonk of India All Comniissieneratcs

3. Punjab Notional nk AI I Commissionerates

Indian Overseas iJ nk All Cornmissionerates

5. State Dank of Trav neorc All Commissionerates

G. Bank of Inch All Commissioncrates

1. Corporation Bank All Conunissionerates

State Bank of Saul; :Aitr All Commissionerates

Indian Bank All Commissionerates

10. State Bank of Patiala All Commissioncrates

i State Bank of 1 lydorabad

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All Conimissionerates

12. Syndicate Bonk All Commissioncrates

State Bank of Bikaner &. All Commissionerates

Vijay Bonk All Commissionerates