TRADE NOTICE NO. 2/2005 DATED 16.06.2005

Subject 

 

Central Excise – setting up of Help Centres -Central Excise,  Service Tax and Customs, Chennai Zone – reg.

 

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The Hon’ble Finance Minister had in his Budget speech proposed to set up Help Centres for small taxpayers in co-operation with Industry Associations, Professional Bodies and NGOs.  Accordingly it has been suggested by the Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) to constitute help centres consisting of 6 to 8 members drawn from Chamber of Commerce, SSI Association, Industry specific Association of the area, local chapter of ICAI/ICWA, an NGO concerned with Central Excise, Customs and Service Tax matters, etc. The Additional/Joint Commissioner of the respective Central Excise Commissionerate will co-ordinate the functioning of the Help Centre.   It has also been suggested by the Board that such centres should not run from the Central Excise & Customs Offices but should function from the premises of Chambers of Commerce/Trade Association for the convenience of the Trade.

 

2. Accordingly to begin with two help centres are proposed to be set up in Chennai city, one for Chennai I and II Central Excise Commissionerates and the other for Chennai III, IV and Service Tax Commissionerates, taking into consideration that all the five Commissionerates have their headquarters in the City.

 

3. Objective of Help Centres:

 

       (a)      The objective of the Help Centres is primarily to provide an institutional mechanism for guiding and educating the Trade and Industry in all matters relating to Central Excise, Customs and Service Tax.  The Centre shall make the assessees aware of their rights & obligations and the advantage of tax compliance and also the consequences of non-compliance.   The centre shall also guide specially in issues relating to small scale sector.

      (b)            The proposed help centres shall also guide the trading public in customs matters such as, Baggage rules relating to foreign travel, EDI procedures, Drawback and refunds, classification matters, etc.

 

 

4. Location of Help Centres for Central Excise, Service Tax & Customs:

 

 (a)       Chennai I & II Central Excise Commissionerates and Chennai Customs Commissionerates – Help Centre 1

Help Centre on Customs and  Central Excise - Help Centre-1

The Madras Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Karumuthu Centre, 1st Floor, 634, Anna Salai,

Nandanam, Chennai: 600 035

Telephone: 24349452   - 24349871 Fax:           24349164

e-mail id: helpcentreone@gmail.com.

(b)       Chennai III, IV Central Excise Commissionerates and Service Tax Commissionerate – Help Centre - 2

 
Help Centre on Central Excise and Service Tax, - Help Centre-2

Confederation of Indian Industry, Southern Region,

98/1, Velachery Main Road,

Guindy, Chennai: 600 032        

 Telephone: 52444501

e-mail id: Fax:           e-mail id: helpcentretwo@gmail.com

  

 

5.                 Composition:

 

Help Centre-1

 

Sl.No.

Name

Represented by

1.

Additional/Joint Commissioner (Tech)

Chennai I  & II Commissionerates

2.

Additional/Joint Commissioner (Customs)

Chennai Customs Commissionerates.

3.

Shri. K. Guruswamy

Madras Chamber of Commerce & Industry

4.

Shri. S. Srinivasan

Ambattur Industrial Estate Manufacturers Association

5.

Shri. G.V. Parthasarathy

Tamilnadu Small & Tiny Industries Association, Guindy

6.

Shri.P. Rajendra Kumar

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Chennai Region.

 

Help Centre-2

 

Sl.No.

Name

Represented by

1.

Additional/Joint Commissioner (Tech)

Chennai III  & IV and Service Tax Commissionerates

2.

Shri K. Gopalakrishnan

Consultant

3.

Shri J. Sankarraman

Consultant

4.

Shri G. Krishnamurthy

SIDCO Electronics Complex

Guindy

5.

Shri K. Vijayakumar

6.

Shri G.V.Parthasarathy

Tamilnadu Small & Tiny Industries Association, Guindy

7.

Shri V.S. Thiagarajan

Industrial Manufacturers Association, MM Nagar

8.

Shri S. Sitaraman

SIPCOT Industries Manufacturers Association,Thirumudivakkam

  

6.                            Office Hours:    

  

 The Help Centres, to begin with shall be manned by a Superintendent Central Excise, Appraising Officer of Customs,  Superintendent of Customs and Inspector of Central Excise on a daily basis between 1400 and 1700 hrs (Monday through Friday except Government Holidays).  The members of the Help Centre shall meet the Trade on 10th and 20th of every month between 1400 and 1700 hrs. at the location of the respective help centers If these dates fall on a holiday,  the meetings will take place on the following working day.

 

7. The two help Centres shall start functioning with effect from 1.7.2005 at the premises indicated in para 4 above.. 

 

8.  The contents of the above trade notice may be brought to the notice of all concerned.

 ( Issued from file C.No.IV/16/126/2005-CZO-Tech)

 

 

 

 

 

Sd/--

(Dr. J. SRIDHARAN)

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