pondycentralexcise.gov.in e-Filing & e-Payment/ GAR-7 : Puducherry Central Excise & Service Tax Commissionerate

Organization : Puducherry Central Excise & Service Tax Commissionerate
Service Name : e-Filing & e-Payment/ GAR-7
Applicable States/UT: Puducherry

Website :  https://pondycentralexcise.gov.in/
e-Filing:https://pondycentralexcise.gov.in/policy/e-records/e-filing%20homepage.htm
e-Payment : https://pondycentralexcise.gov.in/policy/E-payment/GAR-7_challan.htm

e-Filing & e-Payment/ GAR-7

Procedure for Electronic filing of Central Excise and Service Tax returns and Electronic Payment of Taxes:

Related : GST Puducherry e-Registration of VAT/ CST & View Status : www.statusin.in/4561.html

In continuation of its efforts for trade facilitation, CBEC has rolled-out a new centralized, webbased and workflow-based software application called Automation of Central Excise and Service Tax (ACES) in all 104 Commissionerates of Central Excise, service Tax and large Tax Payer Units (LTUs) as on 23rd December, 2009.

ACES is a Mission Mode project (MMP) of the Govt. of India under the national e-governance plan and it aims at improving tax-payer services, transparency, accountability and efficiency in the indirect tax administration in India. This application has replaced the current applications of SERMON, SACER, and SAPS used in Central Excise and Service Tax for capturing returns and registration details of the assessees.

Registration Process:
To transact business on ACES a user has to first register himself/herself with ACES through a process called “Registration with ACES”, This registration is not a statutory registration as envisaged in Acts/Rules governing Central Excise and Service Tax but helps the application in recognizing the bonafide users. Described below are steps for taking registration by a newassessee, existing assessee, non-assessee and a Large Tax Payer Unit (LTU).

E-filing of Returns:
The assesses can electronically file statutory returns of Central Excise and Service Tax by choosing one of the two facilities being offered by the department at present: (a) they can file it online, or (b) download the off-line return utilities which can be filled-in off-line and uploaded to the system through the internet.

a. Steps for preparing and filing returns:
(i) Returns can be prepared and filed on line by selecting the „File Return option under RET module after logging into the ACES.

(ii) All validations are thrown up during the preparation of the return in this mode and the status of the return filed using the online mode is instantaneously shown by ACES.

(iii) Returns can also be prepared and filed off-line. Assessee downloads the Offline return preparation utility available at http://www.aces.gov.in (Under Download)

(iv) Prepares the return offline using this utility. The return preparation utility contains preliminary validations which are thrown up by the utility from time to time.

(v) Assessee logs in using the User ID and password.

(vi) Selects RET from the main menu and uploads the return. Instructions for using the offline utilities are given in detail in the Help section, under „Download link and assessees are advised to follow them.

(vii) Returns uploaded through this procedure are validated by the ACES before acceptance into the system which may take up to one business day. Assessee can track the status of the return by selecting the appropriate option in the RET sub menu. The status will appear as “uploaded” meaning under process by ACES, “Filed” meaning successfully accepted by the system or “Rejected” meaning the ACES has rejected the return due to validation error. The rejected returns can be resubmitted after corrections.

(viii) Once the Central Excise returns are filed online in ACES or uploaded to the system using the off-line utility, the same cannot be modified or cancelled by the assessee. The Service Tax returns, however, can be modified once as per rules up to 90 days from the date of filing the initial return.

(ix) Self-assessed CE returns, after scrutiny by the competent officer, may result into modification. Both the „Original and the „Reviewed return can be viewed by the assessee online.

Procedure for e-Payment:
i. To pay Excise Duty and Service Tax online, the assessee has to enter the 15 digit Assessee Code allotted by the department under erstwhile SACER/SAPS or the current application ACES.

ii. There will be an online check on the validity of the Assessee Code entered. Only if the assessee has been registered in ACES (either in Central Excise or in case of Service Tax), will be validation be successful.

iii. If the Assessee code is valid, then corresponding assessee details like name, address, Commissionerate Code etc. as present in the Assessee Code Master will be displayed.

iv. Based on the Assessee Code, the duty / tax i.e. Central Excise duty or Service Tax to be paid will be automatically selected.

v. The assessee is required to select the type of duty / tax to be paid by clicking on Select Accounting Codes for Excise or Select Accounting Codes for Service Tax, depending on the type of duty / tax to be paid.

vi. At a time the assessee can select up to six Accounting Codes

vii. The assessee should also select the bank through which payment is to be made.

viii. On submission of data entered, a confirmation screen will be displayed. If the taxpayer confirms the data entered in the screen, it will be directed to the net-banking site of the bank selected.

ix. The taxpayer will login to the net-banking site with the user id/ password, provided by the bank for net-banking purpose, and will enter payment details at the bank site.

x. On successful payment, a challan counterfoil will be displayed containing CIN, payment details and bank name through which e-payment has been made. This counterfoil is proof of payment made