Government wants to popularise e-taxation in North East
The Income-tax Department has set up a Regional Computer Centre at Shillong, for this purpose. Government has provided the facility of electronic filing of monthly/quarterly excise returns, namely, ER-1, ER-2. ER-3 under Central Excise Rules, 2002 and dealers return prescribed under sub-rule (6) of rule 7 of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2002(?) to all manufacturers of excisable goods, EOUs and registered dealers with effect from 30.06.2004. The facility to file excise returns electronically is optional, and is available to all assesses.
This information was given by Shri S.S. Palanimanickam, Minister of State for Finance in reply to a question raised by Shri Anwar Hussain in the Lok Sabha on Friday.The babus who prepared the minister's reply are either not aware that the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2002 simply do not exist or they are so careless that they don't mind their minister making a goof inside parliament. It is about three years since the 2002 rules have been superseded by the 2004 Rules!