MANU/EXCR/0002/2019
Ministry : Ministry of Finance
Department/Board : CBEC Excise
Circular No. : 1069/2/2019-CX
Date : 08.05.2019
Notification/ Circulars Referred : Circular No.956/17/2011-C.Ex dated 28.9.2011 MANU/EXCT/0087/2011
Citing Reference:
Circular No.956/17/2011-C.Ex dated 28.9.2011 MANU/EXCT/0087/2011 Referred
To
The Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners (All)/
The Principal Director Generals/Director Generals (All)
Revised Procedure for electronic filing of Central Excise returns and for electronic payment of Excise duty and Service tax arrears under the new portal www.cbic-gst.gov.in
Sir/Madam,
Attention is invited to the Circular No.956/17/2011-C.Ex dated 28.9.2011 issued by the Board with regard to the procedure for electronic filing of CE & ST Returns and for electronic payment of Excise Duty and Service Tax.
2. Consequent to the Roll out of GST w.e.f. 1.7.2017, GST tax payers are required to transact through the Common Portal (www.gst.gov.in). The taxpayers who deal with Goods attracting levy of Central Excise even after 1.7.2017, continue to access www.aces.gov.in to register, file returns, file refund applications as well as make payments. Service Tax taxpayers also access www.aces.gov.in, to pay arrears as well to file ST-3 returns late (with applicable penalty/interest etc.).
3. In order to integrate the existing ACES functionalities of CE & ST into CBIC-ACES-GST Backend Application and migrate the legacy data from the ACES Application to the CBIC-ACES-GST Backend Application. DG, Systems has completed all preparatory activities for seamless integration.
4. The actual migration of Data from ACES Application to CBIC-ACES-GST Application is proposed to commence from 02.05.2019 and expected to be completed on 25.05.2019. During the transition period of Data Migration, the ACES Application Menus will be disabled. As a result, both the taxpayers as well as the Departmental Officers will not be able to do any transactions in the ACES Application during the transition period (02.05.2019 to 25.05.2019). Further, while the ACES Application will........