Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
केंद्रीय अप्रत्यक्ष कर एवं सीमा शुल्क बोर्ड
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Mottoदेशसेवार्थ करसंचय (Sanskrit)
Tax collection in Service of the Nation
Agency overview
Formed26 January 1944; 80 years ago (26 January 1944)
Employees19,178 (Gazetted Officers)
53,754 (Non Gazetted Officers)
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agencyIndia
Operations jurisdictionIndia
Governing bodyGovernment of India
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersMinistry of Finance, North Block, New Delhi, India
Elected officer responsible
Agency executive
  • Shri Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, IRS, Chairperson
Parent agencyDepartment of Revenue
Facilities
Branches91
Website
cbic.gov.in

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), formerly the Central Board of Excise and Customs, is a statutory body under the Department of Revenue, Government of India. It oversees the administration of indirect taxes, including customs duties, excise duties, and the Goods and Services Tax (GST). CBIC's function also extends to prevention of smuggling, illicit financial activities, and regulation and control of narcotics through its attached/subordinate offices.

The Customs & Central Excise department was established in the year 1855 by the then British Governor General of India, to administer customs laws in India and collection of import duties/land revenue. It is one of the oldest government departments in India.

Currently, the Customs and Central Excise/GST department comes under the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India. The agency is staffed by ministerial staff selected through Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducted matric level, higher secondary level, executive officers through combined graduate level exams and IRS officers through Civil Services Examination who start their careers as Assistant Commissioners/Directors in the field with a few senior- most officers who become Chairman/Members of CBIC/CESTAT/Settlement Commission.

CBIC extends April GST payment, The due date of payment of tax for the month of April 2022 by taxpayers under the QRMP scheme via GST PMT-06 has been extended till May 27, 2022.[1]

  1. ^ Team, BS Web. "LIVE news: CBIC extends April GST payment, return form filing dates". www.business-standard.com. Retrieved 17 May 2022.