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The Customs & Central Excise department was established in the year 1855 by the then British Governor General of India, to administer customs laws in India and collection of import duties/land revenue. It is one of the oldest government departments in India.
After Independence, the Imperial Customs Service was reconstituted as the Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise) in 1953. The nature of the service underwent a transformational change with the enactment of the One Hundred and First Amendment of the Constitution of India , which overhauled the administration of indirect taxation in ...
Its initial mandate was under Customs Act, 1962, Central Excise Act, 1944 and Gold (Control) Act, 1968. Service tax was introduced by Chapter V of Finance Act, 1994 [5] and this also was added to the jurisdiction of CEGAT.
Logo of Customs and Central Excise. In 2015–2016, the gross tax collection of the centre from excise amounted to ₹ 2.80 trillion (US$32 billion). [17] Central Excise Act, 1944, which imposes a duty of excise on goods manufactured or produced in India;
Pondicherry (Administration) Act: 1962: 49 Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act: 1962: 50 Defence of India Act: 1962: 51 Customs Act: 1962: 52 Manipur (Sales of Motor Spirit and Lubricants) Taxation Act: 1962: 55 State Associated Banks (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act: 1962: 56 Delhi Motor Vehicles Taxation ...
Direct tax in the form of an income tax was introduced by Sir James Wilson in India in 1860 to overcome the difficulties created by the Indian Rebellion of 1857. [12] The organisational history of the Income-tax Department, however, starts in the year 1922, when the Income-tax Act [4], 1922 gave, for the first time, a specific nomenclature to various Income-tax authorities.
Assistant Commissioner is the entry level rank for the officers of Administration cadre. They play vital role in field administration. At first, they are posted at office of the Deputy Commissioner in Districts. As Executive Magistrates, they conduct mobile courts under the Mobile Court Act, 2009.
Chairperson, Central Board of Indirect taxes and Customs or Chairperson, CBIC is the senior most IRS (C&IT) officer in the Government of India. The Chairperson is the ex officio Secretary to the Government of India and also cadre controlling authority of the Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Indirect Taxes). Sanjay Agarwal, IRS (C&CE:88) is the ...