{"id":2987,"date":"2013-12-12T11:12:43","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T05:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itatonline.org\/info\/?p=2987"},"modified":"2013-12-12T11:13:44","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T05:43:44","slug":"cbec-vces-clarification-on-frivolous-unnecessary-queries-by-designated-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/cbec-vces-clarification-on-frivolous-unnecessary-queries-by-designated-authority\/","title":{"rendered":"CBEC VCES Clarification On &#8216;Frivolous\/Unnecessary&#8217; Queries By Designated Authority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In connection with the Service Tax Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme (VCES), the CBEC has issued Circular F. No. B1\/19\/2013-TRU dated 11.12.2013 cautioning the Designated Authority against raising &#8220;<em>frivolous\/unnecessary queries<\/em>&#8221; as to various aspects of the VCES. <\/p>\n<div class=\"journal2\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-downloadmanager\/images\/ext\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/download\/CBEC_clarification_111213.pdf\">CBEC VCES Clarification On 'Frivolous\/ Unnecessary' Queries By Designated Authority<\/a><\/strong> (8.4 KiB, 1,583 hits)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"amazonright\"> <iframe src=\"https:\/\/ws-in.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?t=tax00-21&#038;o=31&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B00EVPYU1U&#038;ref=tf_til&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr&#038;MarketPlace=IN&#038;ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;WS=1&#038;ID=8042_ProductLink&#038;Operation=GetProductLink&#038;\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>F. No. B1\/19\/2013-TRU (Pt.)<br \/>\nGovernment of India<br \/>\nMinistry of Finance<br \/>\nDepartment of Revenue<br \/>\nCentral Board of Excise &#038; Customs<br \/>\n(Tax Research Unit)<br \/>\n***<\/p>\n<p>New Delhi the 11th December, 2013<\/p>\n<p>To,<\/p>\n<p>All Chief Commissioners of Central Excise\/Service Tax<br \/>\nDirector General Service Tax<br \/>\nAll Commissioners of Central Excise\/Service Tax<\/p>\n<p>Madam\/Sir,<\/p>\n<p>Sub: The Service Tax Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme \u2013 issues for clarification \u2013 reg<\/p>\n<p>            The undersigned is directed to state that the  Board has issued clarifications on issues concerning various aspects of the VCES, vide circulars dated 13.05.2013, 8.08.2013 and 25.11.2013. A FAQ has also been issued on VCES.  However, certain instances have come to notice, as mentioned below, that the declarants under the VCES are still facing difficulties. <\/p>\n<p>2.         In one instance, the Designated Authority has asked a declarant, who has \u201ctax dues\u201d only for a part of the period covered by the Scheme, to furnish an undertaking that he had no unpaid \u201ctax dues\u201d for the remaining period covered by the Scheme. However, the Scheme does not envisage furnishing of any such undertaking. A declarant may have tax dues only for a part period covered by the Scheme. In terms of the Scheme a declaration of tax dues has to be made in Form VCES-I, which includes an undertaking that the information given in the declaration is correct and complete. Therefore, the Designated Authority should not ask for any other undertaking or declaration beyond what has been prescribed in the Scheme or Rules made there under.<\/p>\n<p>3.         In another instance, the Designated Authority has objected to the payment of the first tranche of 50%, payable by 31.12.2013, in installments. It is clarified that the Scheme only prescribes that the declarant would pay a minimum amount of 50% of the tax dues by 31.12.2013. Rest of the payment may be made by 30.6.2014, without any interest, and any amount remaining unpaid on 30.6.2014 shall be paid by 31.12.2014, with interest for the period of delay beyond 30.6.2014. There is no bar to pay these amounts in installments. For example a declarant may pay the 50% amount that he is required to pay by 31.12.2013 in more than one installment. Therefore, payment of 50% \u201ctax dues\u201d in lump-sum may not be insisted to.<\/p>\n<p>4.         In some instances, it has been observed that the Designated Authority has raised frivolous\/unnecessary queries as regards the veracity and the manner of calculation of tax dues. While the designated authority may cause arithmetical check as regards the correctness of computation of tax dues, the Scheme does not envisage investigation by the designated authority into the veracity of declaration. Only if the Commissioner has reason to believe that the declaration filed by the declarant is substantially false he may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, serve notice on the declarant requiring him to show cause why he should not pay the tax dues not paid or short-paid.  <\/p>\n<p>Yours faithfully,<\/p>\n<p>(S.Jayaprahasam)<br \/>\nTechnical Officer (TRU)<br \/>\nTel. No.: 2309 5547.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In connection with the Service Tax Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme (VCES), the CBEC has issued Circular F. No. B1\/19\/2013-TRU dated 11.12.2013 cautioning the Designated Authority against raising &#8220;<em>frivolous\/unnecessary queries<\/em>&#8221; as to various aspects of the VCES.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/cbec-vces-clarification-on-frivolous-unnecessary-queries-by-designated-authority\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-2987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-information","category-others","tag-vces"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}