Surrender of central excise registration by ssi unit.

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Querist : Anonymous

Querist : Anonymous (Querist)

18 July 2014 We are SSI unit. In FY 2013-14, our clearance was below 150 lakhs. Due to labour scarcity, dull market conditions, and health problems of Partner, even the current year clearance is expected to be around 100-120 lakhs. Therefore, as we were not supposed to keep the Central Excise registration, we surrendered the same online on 31st March'2014 through the ACES.
However, even after passage of three and half months, the Assistant Commissioner has not communicated acceptance of our surrender request. Nor our status is updated in ACES - it is still showing as ACTIVE. It may be noted that we have filed all returns, and no dues are pending. The Range officer told us that they have submitted verification report of no dues to the division office. Why is our surrender request not being accepted then? What is our status as on today : Are we still a registerd assessee? Do we require to file ER-3 for June ending quarter? In 2014-15, we are issuing computerised invoices in our own format and not on format prescribed under CE rules. The range inspector verbally told us that having complied with all formalities, we are now not bound to act like a registered assessee, and free to issue our own invoices. Would the experts please help us and clarify the matter. Thanks.

Arun Kumar Singh

Arun Kumar Singh (Expert)
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18 July 2014 If you have surrender your registration then no need to maintain excise procedure.

Querist : Anonymous

Querist : Anonymous (Querist)

18 July 2014 Thanks Sir. But the Asstt.Commissioner should not take so long in formally communicating acceptance of our surrender request.It is written in ACES faq that as soon as the surrender request is accepted, the assessee status is flagged as INACTIVE in the ACES, and an auto-generated email is sent by the system. We have not received any such email yet.

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