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With merging of XCuSE and XCuSE ST CDs, Volume 3.2 of Taxindiaonline's XCuSE is the most comprehensive electronic library on Indirect Taxation in India.

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On enactment of the Finance Act, 2008, Taxindiaonline's XCuSE has been updated as on 31st May, 2008 and the new version 3.2 is released with the following additions :

+ The Finance Act, 2008
+ All the updates to statutes according to the Finance Act, 2008
+ Supplement 2008 to the Foreign Trade Policy
+ Budget Speeches since Independence
+ Finance Bills since 2000
+ The Service Tax Dispute Resolution Scheme, 2008
+ Now, the Taxindiaonline's XCuSE is fully comprehensive with merging of complete and unabridged Service Tax data.
+ Subject Search is provided in case law section. Now, Full text search can be made on case laws.
+ Separate section is provided for accessing individual Circular / Notification / Public Notice.
+ Second level Menu bar is improved.
+ Hundreds of new case laws / analyses are added.

As is well known, Taxindiaonline’s XCuSE is the only digital resource for updated content on all aspects of the Indian Indirect tax laws and is regularly updated with all the latest amendments proposed in various Notifications, Finance Acts, etc.

First of its kind in India, this huge library contains almost everything you need in the field of Indirect Taxes and you can access them with a click in your computer or even carry them around in your laptop. Entire Library is developed in such a manner that any user even without much knowledge of using computers can understand its working and usage in a few minutes span. This Library is a must for anybody dealing with Indirect Tax laws. In this release, the content is updated as on 1^st March, 2008.

WITH THIS UPDATE, THE LIBRARY CONTAINS:

Central Excise:

+ The Central Excise Act, 1944
+ The Central Excise Rules, 2002
+ The Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004
+ The Central Excise (Appeals) Rules, 2001
+ The Central Excise (Settlement of Cases) Rules, 2001
+ The Central Excise (Removal of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty for Manufacture of Excisable Goods) Rules, 2001
+ The Central Excise Valuation (Determination of Price of Excisable Goods) Rules, 2000
+ Central Excise (Advance Rulings) Rules, 2002
+ The Central Excise (Removal of Difficulties) Rules, 2005
+ The Central Excise (Compounding of Offences) Rules, 2005
+ All Notifications, both Tariff and Non Tariff since 1986
+ Currently Valid Notifications both Tariff and Non Tariff (updated as on 30th June, 2006)
+ Central Excise Tariff Rescinded Notifications List
+ Circulars since 1986
+ The Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985
+ Rules of Interpretation
+ First Schedule (New 8-digit)
+ Second Schedule (New 8-digit)
+ M.R.P. Schedule
+ National Calamity Contingent Duty
+ Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of special importance) Act, 1957
+ Additional Duties of Excise (Textiles and Textile Articles) Act, 1978
+ Additional Duty rates under Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of special importance) Act, 1957
+ Additional Duty on Motor Spirit
+ Additional Duty on High Speed Diesel
+ Special Additional Excise Duty under Section 147 of the Finance Act, 2002
+ Additional Duty on Pan Masala and Certain Tobacco Products
+ Education Cess
+ Secondary and Higher Education Cess
+ Additional Duty on Tea and Tea Waste
+ Other Excise Duties and Cesses
+ Central Excise Manual of CBEC Instructions with all appendices.
+ The Authority for Advance Rulings on Central Taxes Bill, 2007.
+ Relevant provisions of various Finance Acts
+ The Central Excise (Determination of Retail Sale Price of Excisable Goods) Rules, 2008

Customs:

+ The Customs Act, 1962
+ Whole lot of Allied Acts / Rules / Regulations
+ All Notifications, both Tariff and Non Tariff since 1986
+ Currently Valid Notifications both Tariff and Non Tariff (updated as on 30th June, 2006)
+ Customs Tariff Notifications Rescinded.
+ Circulars
+ Forms
+ Relevant provisions of various Finance Acts
+ The Customs Tariff Act, 1975
+ Rules of Interpretation
+ First Schedule
+ Second Schedule - Export Tariff
+ Additional Duty
+ Special Duty
+ Special Additional Duty
+ Additional Duty of Customs under Sub-section 5 of Section 3 of the Finance Act, 2005
+ Additional Duty on Tea and Tea Waste
+ Transformer Oil (Additional Duty) Rules, 1978
+ Additional Duty on Motor Spirit (commonly known as petrol)
+ Additional Duty on high speed diesel Oil
+ National Calamity Contingent Duty
+ Education Cess
+ Secondary and Higher Education Cess
+ Customs Manual of CBEC Instructions
+ Import Prphibitions
+ Dedicated List of Anti Dumping Duty Notifications

Service Tax:

+ Chapters V and VA of the Finance Act, 1994
+ Service Tax Rules, 1994
+ Service Tax (Advance Rulings) Rules, 2003
+ Service Tax Export of Services Rules, 2005
+ The Service Tax (Registration of Special Category of Persons) Rules, 2005
+ The Service Tax (Determination of Value) Rules, 2006
+ The Taxation of Services (Provided from Outside India and Received in India) Rules, 2006.
+ The Works Contract (Composition Scheme for Payment of Service Tax) Rules, 2007.
+ The Service Tax (Publication of Names) Rules, 2008 are provided.
+ The Service Tax Dispute Resolution Scheme, 2008
+ Education Cess
+ Secondary and Higher Education Cess
+ Service Tax Forms
+ Notifications
+ Currently valid Notifications (updated as on 30th June, 2006)
+ Exemptions in Service Tax
+ Circulars

Special Economic Zones:

+ The Special Economic Zones Act, 2005
+ The Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006
+ SEZ Instructions
+ SEZ Notifications
+ Expert comments on various aspects of Special Economic Zones

Foreign Trade Policy 2004-2009:

+ Highlights
+ Commerce Minister's Speech
+ Policy
+ Procedures
+ Appendices
+ Aayaat Niryaat
+ SION Norms
+ DEPB Schedule
+ Drawback Schedule
+ ITC (HS) Classification
+ Supplement 2005 To Foreign Trade Policy 2004-2009
+ Supplement 2006 To Foreign Trade Policy 2004-2009
+ Supplement 2007 To Foreign Trade Policy 2004-2009
+ Supplement 2008 To Foreign Trade Policy 2004-2009
+ DGFT Public Notices
+ DGFT Circulars
+ DGFT Notifications
+ RBI Circulars

Allied Acts:

+ A large number of Allied Acts, Rules and Regulations
+ Unabridged versions of Finance Acts since 1998

Budgets:

+ All the Budget Speeches since Independence and Finance Bills since 2000.
+ Fully searchable and complete documentation for Budgets of 2007 and 2008.

Value Added Tax Laws of:

+ Andhra Pradesh
+ Arunachal Pradesh
+ Assam
+ Bihar
+ Chhattisgarh
+ Delhi
+ Goa
+ Gujarat
+ Haryana
+ Himachal Pradesh
+ Jammu & Kashmir
+ Karnataka
+ Kerala
+ Maharashtra
+ Pondicherry
+ Punjab

Archives:

+ The Central Excise Rules, 1944 (Rescinded)
+ The Central Excise (No.2) rules, 2001 (Rescinded)
+ The Cenvat Credit Rules, 2001 (Rescinded)
+ The Cenvat Credit Rules, 2002 (Rescinded)
+ The Central Excise Valuation Rules, 1975 (Rescinded)
+ The Computers (Additional Duty) Rules, 2004
+ Central Excise Tariff First Schedule (old 6-digit)
+ Central Excise Tariff Second Schedule (old 6-digit)
+ Old Central Excise Manual of CBEC Instructions.
+ Exim policy 1997-2002
+ Exim Policy 2002-2007
+ The Sea Customs Act, 1878.
+ Bangkok Agreement Rules, 1976

MAIN FEATURES OF THE LIBRARY ARE:

+ The interface is elegant and user-friendly.

+ User can navigate to any topic directly from the tree of contents on the home page.

+ Topics can also be accessed by clicking on the Main Index link provided on the home page.

+ Back and Forward features have been improved. If the user visited a number of pages and intends to see a page which is in the middle of visited pages, it can be accessed directly by clicking on the button menu on the Back/Forward Buttons of the Toolbar.

+ The user need not have any experience on computers and the entire package can be understood in a few minutes. And, a detailed help is provided as part of the library.

+ Full Text Search is available and is made very simple.

+ Case Law search is simple and easily understandable. User need not open new pages to retrieve the required case laws. Subject search is available exclusively for Case Laws.

+ To make the search faster, the content is divided into different branches like Central Excise Manual, Central Excise Tariff, etc. A user can search a specific branch of laws or all the topics.

+ Individual Notifications or Circulars can now be retrieved.

+ Search within search is also possible.

+ Search can be conducted on three operators - All (System searches for all the given words), Any (System searches for any of the given words) and Phrase (It searches for the given words in the same order of sequence).

+ All the searches are auto-saved.

+ Unique feature of the library is that history of amendments are documented in the form of tooltips.

+ Another unique feature of the application is that the user can make notes topic-wise or in general. All Notes are taken back up by the system automatically.

+ Frequently visited pages can be added to Favourites List and the Favourites list is taken back up by the system automatically.

+ Find feature is also available.

+ Content can be selected and copied into another applications like MS WORD.

+ Page set up feature is also available to suit the paper-size of the user.

+ Print Preview feature is available. However, it works only if the user's computer is running with Internet Explorer 5.5 or above.

+ Print can be given directly from the toolbar button or by opening the print settings dialogue box for any printer settings.

+ Once used on a computer, the application cannot be copied on to another system. It doesn't work. In order to make the programme available at the lowest possible price, hardware lock is avoided and only software system is developed to lock the application to a specific computer.

Just imagine the comfort of carrying this whole library in your laptop. If you have to carry the books, it will occupy a full suit case and weigh more than 20 kgs.

Installation & Registration:

Installation of the library is very simple. Just insert the CD into CD drive and relax. It starts automatically and guides the user. Installation of the trial version works only for 10 times. Once registered, it runs for 1000 times. For registering the product, press 'Register' button on the initial splash window or use Menu item Help > Register XCuSE and get guided.

Once installed, you don't even need the CD again to access the programme.

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