ABBREVATIONS FROM INDIRECT TAX

ABBREVATIONS  FROM  INDIRECT TAX
AA	Adjudicating authority
AC	Assistant commissioner
ACD(=ED)	Additional Custom Duty (Equal To Ed)(Popular Name is Cvd)
ACD(=VAT)	Additional Custom Duty (Equal To Ed)(Popular Name is Special Cvd)
ADD	Anti dumping duty
AED (GSI)	Additional excise duty (goods of special importance)
AED (TTA)	Additional excise duty(textiles & textiles articles)
AED (TTW)	Additional excise duty(tea & tea waste)
AAR	Authority for advance ruling
Av	Ad valorem
AV	Assessable value
AWB	Airway bill
B/E	Bill of entry
b/e	Bill of export
B/L	Bill of lading
BCD	Basic custom duty
B/D	Baggage declaration
BTP	Bio- technology park
CAG	Comptroller auditor general
CAS	Cost accounting standard
CBEC	Central board of excise & customs
CC	Commissioner of customs
CCC	Chief commissioner of customs
CCE	Commissioner of  central excise
CCCE	Chief commissioner of central excise
CD	Custom duty
CE	Central excise
CENVAT	Central value added tax
CEO	Central excise officer
CESTAT	Central excise and service tax appellate tribunal
CETA	Central excise tariff act
CFS	Container freight station
CG	Capital goods
CHA	Customs house agent
CIF	Cost insurance freight
CPC	Civil procedure code
Cr.P.C	Code of criminal procedure(1973)
CTA	Customs tariff act
Cus	Customs
CVD on SA	Countervailing on subsidized articles
CWF	Consumer welfare fund
Dbk	Drawback
DC	Deputy commissioner
DTA	Domestic tariff area
E.Cess	Education cess
ECC	Excise controller code
EA	Excise audit
ED	Excise duty
EHTP	Electronic hardware trade park
ELT	Excise law times
EM	Export manifest
EOU	100% export oriented goods
FA`	Final assessment
FA(year)	Financial act(year)
FOB	Free on board
FOR	Free on rail
FP	Final product
HC	High court
Hc	Home consumption
HSD	High speed diesel
HSN	Harmonized system of nomenclature
ICD	Inland container depot
ICS	Indian customs station
ICU	Inter- connected undertaking
ICW	Indian customs water
ICZ	Indian contiguous waters
IEEZ	Indian exclusive economic zone
IM	Import manifest
IMP	Intermediate product
IP	Input
IPC	Indian penal code
ITW	Indian territorial waters
LC	Landing charges
LDO	Light diesel oil
LEO	Let export order
LC	Letter of credit
LUT	Letter of undertaking
MRP	Maximum retail price
NCCD	National calamity contingent duty
NCS	Nepal customs station
Nm	Nautical mile
NOS	Not otherwise specified
NTV	Normal transaction value
PA	Provisional assistant
PAN	Income tax permanent account number
PLA	Personal ledger account
PO	Proper officer
PSC	Price sole consideration
RC	Registration certificate
RO	Range officer(superintendent of central excise)
RP	Related person
RSA	Rebate sanctioning authority
RSP	Retail sale price
S	Section
S/B	Shipping bill
SAD	Special additional duty
SAH E.CESS	Secondary and higher education cess
SC	Supreme courtscn
SCN	Show cause notice
SED	Special excise duty
Ser.Tax	Service tax
SEZ	Special economic zone
SFG	Semi finished goods
SGD	Safeguard duty
SRP	Self removal procedure
SSI	Small scale industry
SSP	Small service provider
STP	Software trade park
T	Tribunal
T/L	Time limit
TO	Turnover
TPR	Time&place of removal
TR	Tariff rate
TV	Transaction value
u/s	Under section
URP	Unrelated person
WEF	With effect from
WREF	With retrospective effect from
WHg	Warehousing
WST	Wholesale trade