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EXCISE
Note:
- "Basic Excise Duty" means the excise duty set forth in the Fourth Schedule to the Central Excise Act, 1944.
- "Road and Infrastructure Cess" means the additional duty of central excise levied under section 112 of the Finance Act, 2018.
- "Special Additional Excise Duty" means a duty of excise levied under section 147 of the Finance Act, 2002.
- "NCCD" means National Calamity Contingency Duty levied under Finance Act, 2001, as a duty of excise on specified goods at rates specified in seventh schedule to Finance Act, 2001
- "Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess" means an additional duty of Excise that is levied under Section 125 of the Finance Act,
- Clause Nos. in square brackets [ ] indicate the relevant clause of the Finance Bill,
- Amendments carried out through the Finance Bill, 2022, come into effect on the date of its enactment, unless otherwise specified.
I. AMENDMENTS IN THE FOURTH SCHEDULE
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S. No. |
Amendment |
Clause of the Finance Bill, 2022 |
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1. |
Two new tariff items, that is, 2710 12 43 and 2710 12 44, falling under Chapter 27, have been inserted in the Fourth Schedule to the Central Excise Act, 1944, relating to E12 and E15 fuel blends, conforming to the new BIS specification [IS 17586] that has been issued for Ethanol Blended Petrol with percentage of ethanol up to twelve (E12) and fifteen (E15) percent respectively. This will align the Fourth Schedule to the Central Excise Act, 1944, with the similar proposed amendment in the sub-heading 2710 12 in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975. |
[98] |
II. CHANGE IN EFFECTIVE RATE OF ADDITIONAL BASIC EXCISE DUTY ON UNBLENDED PETROL AND DIESEL
In order to promote blending of Motor Spirit (commonly known as Petrol) with ethanol/methanol and blending of High Speed Diesel with bio-diesel, an additional Basic Excise Duty of Rs. 2 per litre on Petrol and Diesel, intended to be sold to retail consumers without blending, would be levied with effect from the 1st day of October, 2022.
III. AMENDMENTS IN THE SCHEDULE VII OF THE FINANCE ACT, 2001 (NCCD SCHEDULE)
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S. No. |
Amendment |
Clause of the Finance Bill, 2022 |
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1. |
The Seventh Schedule of the Finance Act, 2001, is being amended by substituting Central Excise tariff item 2709 20 00 with 2709 00 10 [Petroleum Crude] |
[125] |
IV. OTHER CHANGES [INCLUDING CERTAIN CLARIFICATIONS/TECHNICAL CHANGES]
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S. No. |
Amendment |
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1. |
Notification No. 49/2008-Central Excise (N.T.) dated 24.12.2008, provides for Retail Sale Price(RSP) based valuation for specified goods and prescribes an abatement as a percentage of retail sale price for such goods. This notification was issued under section 4A of the Central Excise Act, 1944. Since then statutory/legal position has changed. Accordingly, this notification has been superseded by notification No. 01/2022- Central Excise (N.T.) dated the 1st February, 2022, in order to align the notification No. 49/2008-Central Excise (N.T.) with the current legal position, post rollout of GST regime. |
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