ARE-1s for exports under bond.
Prerequisites
You have an excise bond from the government and have entered it in the system.
You have received a sales order from a customer located abroad. In the R/3 System, you have already created the delivery and the outgoing excise invoice. In the excise invoice, you have set the excise invoice type to Export Under Bond.
Process Flow
The excise clerk creates an ARE-1.
He then calls the local excise department and asks them to send an excise officer to check the goods.
The excise officer comes and checks that the goods match what is on the ARE-1. He fills out Part A of the form (Certification by the Central Excise Office).
The clerk then posts the ARE-1 and prints out the requisite number of copies.
The excise officer signs the ARE-1s and takes one copy with him.
The shipping department sends the goods to be exported, together with the excise invoice and the ARE-1.
Before the goods can leave the country, they have to go through the customs office, for example, at the airport or at the port.
When the goods arrive at customs, the customs officer checks whether the excise invoice and the ARE-1 match the goods.
If he finds that there are fewer goods than stated on the ARE-1, he enters the shortfall in the ARE-1.
He then fills out Part B of the ARE-1 (Certification by the Customs Officer) and sends it back to the excise clerk. One of the copies is in a sealed envelope.
When the excise clerk receives the ARE-1, he updates the ARE-1 in the R/3 System.
He fills out the various certification dates in the ARE-1 (for example, the date when the ARE-1 arrived back at your company).
If the customs officer noted a shortfall in the quantity of goods, the excise clerk enters the shortfall as well. Since the whereabouts of the missing goods cannot be accounted for, they no longer qualify for exemption from excise duty. Your company is therefore liable for the excise duty on the shortfall, plus interest, backdated to the date when you removed the goods from your premises. The clerk specifies which excise registers to pay the excise duty from.
The clerk sends the ARE-1 in the sealed envelope to the excise department.
The excise officer cross-checks this copy of the ARE-1 with his own copy. When he is satisfied that everything is correct, he sends the excise clerk a final confirmation.
When the excise clerk receives the confirmation, he closes the ARE-1.
The process is now complete.
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Creation of ARE 1 Form:
You create an ARE-1 when you want to export goods under bond.
Procedure
From the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Indirect Taxes ® Sales/Outbound Movements ® Exports Under Excise Regulations ® Exports ® Central Processing ® Create ARE-1.
In the top line:
Select Create ARE-1.
Select Outgoing Excise Invoice.
Enter the excise invoice that the ARE-1 is for and choose .
If the ARE-1 is to cover more than one excise invoice, repeat step (c) for each of them.
Assign an excise bond to the ARE-1.
On the Addresses tab, enter the addresses of your local excise department and the customs department that will process the ARE-1.
Their addresses will be printed on the ARE-1. For more information, see Automatic Address Determination.
On the Additional Data tab, maintain any long texts required in the ARE-1.
This information will be printed on the ARE-1. For more information, see Long Texts.
On the Package Details tab, enter any relevant information about how the goods are packaged.
This information will also be printed on the ARE-1.
Save the ARE-1.
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When you create an ARE-1, you must specify which bond covers it. You can change the bond until such time as you post the ARE-1.
Prerequisites
You have obtained an excise bond from the excise department and you have entered in the system.
Procedure
On the Bond/UT-1 Detail tab, enter the number of the excise bond that you want to cover the ARE-1 and the year in which it was issued.
Choose .
The system displays the bond details.
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When you have created an ARE-1 and the excise officer has confirmed that all the details are correct, you can post the ARE-1.
You can still make any changes that you need to before you post it.
Procedure
From the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Indirect Taxes ® Sales/Outbound Movements ® Exports Under Excise Regulations ® Exports ® Central Processing ® Post ARE-1.
In the top line:
Select Post.
Select ARE-1 Internal Document.
Enter the internal ARE-1 number and fiscal year and choose .
On the Certification Dates tab, enter the date and time that the goods are being dispatched.
Save the ARE-1.
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