The Automation of Central Excise and Service Tax (ACES) is a Mission Mode Project under the

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being implemented by the

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(CBEC) in India. It is targeted at the 20,000 users of the CBEC in 245 cities across India and seeks to automate the processes of CBEC along with providing e-services to the users both online and through facilitation centres.

Services

In order to achieve its objective, areas that needed immediate attention were prioritized and following facilities have been provided to the taxpayers under ACES: *Online Registration of Central Excise Assessees and online

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*Online Registration of Service Tax Assesses and online amendment *Electronic filing of Central Excise Returns *Electronic filing of Service Tax Returns *Electronic filing of claims, permissions, intimations submitted by assessees in the course of business with the Department. *Instant E-acknowledgement of documents with a Unique Document Identification Number

Financials

The project is being implemented at a total cost of less than Rs 20 Crores (Indian) from its inception till 2016.

References

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External links

* http://www.persmin.nic.in * https://web.archive.org/web/20110903002623/http://aces.excisegst.com/ Custom and excise duties in India E-government in India