Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Excise & Customs
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Circular No. 191/01/2016-Service Tax
New Delhi, Dated the 29th March, 2016
To
The principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners of Central Excise and
Service Tax (All),
The Director General of Audit,
The Director General of Systems & Data management,
The Director General of Central Excise Intelligence,
The Commissioners of Service Tax (Audit) (All)
The Commissioners of Central Excise (Audit) (All)
Subject: Extension of e-payment deadline and of banking hours
Madam/Sir
The Reserve Bank of India has issued instruction vide notification
RBI/2015-16/342 dated March 17,2016 wherein it has been decided that all agency
bank shall keep the counters of their designated branches conducting government
business open for full day on March 30, 2016 and till 8.00 p.m. March 31,2016.
All electronic transactions would, however, continue till midnight of March 31,
2016.
- Thus the assessees can make e-payment till the mid night of March
31,2016.
- It is requested that that the trade notice may be issued to publicize the
extended e-payment hours as well as the extended banking hours.
Yours faithfully,
(Rajeev Yadav)
Director (Service Tax)
F. No. 137/155/2012-Service Tax (Pt-II)
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