Whereas, the draft of certain rules further to amend the Orissa Entry Tax Rules, 1999, which the State Government propose to make was published as required by sub-section (1) of Section 37 of the Orissa Entry Tax Act, 1999 (Orissa Act 11 of 1999), in the extra-ordinary issue No.1996 of the Orissa Gazette, dated the 30th November 2010 in the notification of the Government of Orissa in the Finance Department No.49477-CTN-5/2010-F., dt.30th November 2010 bearing SRO No.561/2010 inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby till the expiry of the period of fifteen days from the date of publication of the said notification in the Orissa Gazette;
And whereas, objections and suggestions received in respect of the said draft have duly been considered by the State Government; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 37 of the said Act, the State Government do hereby make the following rules further to amend the Orissa Entry Tax Rules, 1999, namely:-
1. (1) These rules may be called the Orissa Entry Tax ( Amendment) Rules, 2011.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Orissa Gazette.
2. In the Orissa Entry Tax Rules, 1999 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 10-
(i) in sub-rule (1)-
(i-a) in clause (a), and the proviso thereto, the word and symbol "Deputy"/ shall be inserted before the words "Assistant Commissioner" wherever occur;
(i-b) for clause (c), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
"(c) from such date and in such manner as may be specified by the Commissioner by notification, the return required to be furnished under clause (a) or (b) of sub-rule (1), sub-rule (2) and sub-rule 2A may also be filed electronically.;
(i-c) after clause (c) so substituted, the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:-
"(d) The Commissioner may, by notification specify the date from which all or a certain class of dealers shall, subject to such conditions as may be specified, submit return through the electronic mode only,
(e) Every dealer who claims to have made sales against Declarations in Form E-15 or E-16 or both shall, in respect of such claim, furnish a statement in Form E-3A indicating particulars of sale of Scheduled goods made against declaration in Forms E-15 and E-16 along with the return."
(ii)) in sub-rule (2), in clause (a) and clause (c), the word and symbol " Deputy"/ " shall respectively be inserted before the words "Assistant Commissioner" where appear;
(iiii) after sub- rule (2), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:-
(2A) in addition to the returns filed under sub-rule (1) and subject to subrule (2), every dealer registered under the Act shall furnish an annual return within six months from the end of the year in such Form as will be specified by the Commissioner by notification.;
(iv)) in sub-rule (3), in clause (a), the word and symbol "Deputy"/ shall be inserted before the words "Assistant Commissioner";
(v) in sub-rule (4),-
(i) in clause (a), the words and comma "or the date of assessment, whichever is earlier" appearing therein shall be omitted; and
(ii) in clause (b), after the words "receipted challan" the words "or e-challan" shall be inserted.
3. In the said rules, in rule 11, in sub-rule (1), in clause (d), the word "two" shall be substituted by the word "three".
4. In the said rules, in rule 32,-
(i) in sub-rule (1),
(i-a) in the proviso to clause (c), for the symbol full-stop ".". the symbol and word ";or" shall be substituted;
(i-b) after clause (c), the following clause shall be added, namely: -
"(d) by sending it by fax message or by electronic mail service if any such address is furnished to the Department" and
(ii) after sub-rule (2), the following sub-rule shall be added, namely: -
(3) Where the authority issuing notice is satisfied that there is reason to believe that the dealer or the person to whom the notice is issued is keeping out of the way for the purpose of avoiding service or that for any other reason the notice can not be served in the ordinary way, in such cases, orders may be passed for service by advertisement in a daily newspaper circulating in the locality in which the dealer or the person to whom the notice is issued is last known to have resided, carried on business or personally worked for gain.
5. In the said rules, for Form "E-3" the following Form shall be substituted, namely:-
"Form E 3
RETURN
[See subrules (1) and (2) of rule 10]
PART A
.
PART B
Tax
subject to tax @1%.
subject to tax @2%.
((i) + (ii) )
PART - C
(to be filled in addition to Part B if the dealer is a manufacturer of scheduled goods)
(proof of payment to be attached)
No.
DECLARATION
I .................................................... do solemnly declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief the information furnished in the above return is true and complete and that it relates to the period from ........................
Date:
Place:
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Period covered under the return ___________________________________
Date of receipt of the return ___________________________________
Amount of Tax paid ___________________________________
Mode of payment ___________________________________
6. In the said rules, in Form "E-19" for the words and symbols "Assistant Commissioner of Sales Tax/Sales Tax Officer ________________ circle / _________________ Range" the following shall be substituted, namely:-
"Registering Authority"
7. In the said rules, in Form "E-21" "E-22" "E-23" and "E-24" before the words "Assistant Commissioner of Sales Tax" appearing at the bottom, the word and symbol "Deputy/" shall respectively be inserted.
8. In the said rules, for Form "E-27" the following Form shall be substituted, namely:-
"Form E 27
[See rule 11 (5) (c)]
AUDIT VISIT REPORT
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(i) ET Registration certificate
(ii) ET return files and corresponding records
(iii) ET payment record
(i) Level of taxable sales
(ii) Revenue compliance
(iii) Complexity of accounts
(iv) Sensitive commodities being dealt in.
9. In the said rules, in Form "E-28" before the words "Assistant Commissioner of Sales Tax" appearing at the bottom, the word and symbol "Deputy/" shall be inserted.
10. In the said rules, in Form "E-35" in Part-B, before the words "Assistant Commissioner of Sales Tax" wherever occur, the word and symbol "Deputy/" shall be inserted.
By order of the Governor
(S. Rout)
Under-Secretary to Government