The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has notified that non-reporting of Annual RODTEP Return (AAR) lead to denial of benefits under RODTEP Scheme.
Filing of Annual RODTEP Return
To assess the nature of inputs used in export production and the amount of actual taxes & duties incurred, as permissible under Para 4.54 of FTP, the exporters claiming RODTEP benefits shall be required to file an Annual RODTEP Return (ARR). The Annual RODTEP Return (ARR) for RoDTEP claims filed in a particular financial year shall be filed on DGFT portal by 31st March of the next financial year i.e. RODTEP claims information for Financial Year 2023-24 shall be required to be filed by 31.03.2025. This requirement for filing the annual return begins with the exporters (IECs) whose total RoDTEP claim exceeds Rs. 1 crore in a financial year across all 8-digit HS Codes.
Non-reporting of the ARR shall lead to denial of benefits under the RODTEP scheme and no further scroll out of RODTEP claims for the B s will be permitted at the Customs Port of Export after the grace period of three (3) months i.e. after 30th June.
A composition fee of Rs. 10,000/- will need to be paid for delayed filing of ARR upto 30ht June i.e. RODTEP claims information for Financial Year 2023-24 with composition fees can be filed within a grace period of 3 months ie.by 30.06.2025.
A composition fees of Rs.20,000 will need to be paid after 30th June. Subsequent to the payment of the applicable composition fee, the RoDTEP scrolls will be resumed within 45 days, till an online API based message exchange is established between DGFT and Customs. The resumption of scroll out shall also cover the Shipping Bills that were not scrolled out earlier on account of non-compliance of ARR.
The physical/digital records substantiating the duty remission claims, as filed in ARR, will need to be maintained for a period of five (5) years which may be produced before the concerned authority assessing the ARR.
ARR filings may also be periodically assessed for necessary due diligence and presented before RoDTEP Committee for suitable revision of rates including for the consideration of higher rates wherever warranted.
Certain ARR cases may also be identified by the IT-assisted risk-based criteria, for further scrutiny to assess the nature of inputs used in export production and the amount of actual taxes & duties incurred, as permissible under Para 4.54 of FTP.
After due assessment is made by the concerned authority, who has been mandated in this regard, the RODTEP scrip holder will be liable to refund/surrender any excess claims based on the order passed after the scrutiny under the relevant customs head. Failure to regularise the excess claims within a specified time frame will lead to stopping of further benefits under the Scheme.
The procedure for filing of Annual RoDTEP Return (ARR) is being notified.
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Notice Details
Public Notice No. 27 /2024-25
Date: 23 October, 2024
