FRESH SUMMONS BEING ISSUED TO SHIPPING COs

Shipping companies are being slapped with fresh summons by the Director General of Central Excise Intelligence (DG-CEI), asking them to submit full details of the services availed by their ships at foreign ports from August 2002 to March, 2006, for the purpose of assessing the cumulative service tax In this connection, it had issued summons to the companies, asking them “full details” of the services availed by their ships at foreign ports, their foreign exchange payments, including dry-docking expenses and other invoice details.