Goa Excise

1. Labels of Liquor brands are required to be registered/ renewal every financial year by the registered dealer so that the brands can be manufactured, imported& sold in the State of Goa or can be exported from the State of Goa.

2. The labels are registered/renewed by the licence holder of the Distilleries, Breweries, Wineries, Country Liquor units, wholesalers Importers and stockiest.

3. The labels needs to comply to the Rule 16 of the Goa Excise Duty Act 1964 and Rules.

4. The manufacturer/wholesaler can apply for recording or renewal of labels through Goa Excise Management System (GEMS) only.

5. The application received online is scrutinized and verified by the Excise Inspector incharge of the Unit/Station and Challan is issued for payment of fees for label registration/renewal.

6. Along with the application, the dealer needs to upload scanned copied of label and paid challan copy.

7. The labels which are imported from other State or Country the dealer has to have an authority letter from the parent company to apply for recording in the State of Goa, along with the approval letter and labels copies approved from the exporting State which are to be uploaded with the application along with other documents.

8. In case of renewal, the labels which are proposed for renewal should be the replica of labels which are approved for last financial year. Application for renewal of label has to be made on or before 31st March every financial year or else has to apply for fresh registration.

9. After the receipt of payment, the application is then forwarded online to the Head Office for processing and approval.

Procedure & Checklist for Label Registration/Renewal

Excise Label Registration in Goa is an essential for businesses that manufacture, import, or sell alcoholic beverages in the state. Labels of Liquor brands are required to be registered/ renewal every financial year by the registered dealer so that the brands can be manufactured, imported, & sold in the State of Goa or can be exported from the State of Goa. The label registration is managed by the Department of Excise, Government of Goa. The labels are registered/renewed by the license holder of the Distilleries, Breweries, Wineries, Country Liquor units, wholesalers Importers, and stockiest.

Sr.No.	Particulars	Details
1	Competent Authority	Department of Excise, Government of Goa
2	URL/s	Excise Department: https://goaexcise.gov.in/ Goaonline:https://goaonline.gov.in Excise Department: https://goaexcise.gov.in/ Goaonline:https://goaonline.gov.in
3	Type of service	Operations
4	Act / Rule	Goa Excise Duty Act 1964 and Rules
5	Service mode	Online through GEMS Portal Goa Excise Management System
6	Online mode notification	Pls see the section below
7	Timeline for approval	Pls see the timeline section below
8	Validity of approval	1 year (till the end of the FY)
9	Renewal	Before end of each Financial Year
10	Provision of Deemed Approval	Not Applicable
11	Auto Renewal	Not Applicable
11	Auto Renewal – URL	Not Applicable

Step by Step Procedure for approval with timeline

Sr.No.	Action by User Type	Stages/Steps	Time taken for approval
1	User / Investor	Registered Business entity on GEMS Portal	Not Applicable
2		Logs in to the GEMS Portal
3		Navigates to Label Registration
4		Applicant fills in the application form, uploads the necessary documents along with the labels to be registered.

5		The application received online is scrutinized by the Dealing Hand for documents and upload of label copies and submitted to the Excise Inspector for issue of challan	--
6	Department	The Excise Inspector, incharge of the Unit/Station issues challan for payment as per the prescribed Notification. After the payment of the challan issued, the application is forwarded online to the Head Office for processing and approval. Application is reviewed by the Dealing Hand at the Head Office which is further scrutinized for the particulars to be printed on the label as per Rule 16 of the Goa Excise Duty Act and Rules 1964, the application is forwarded to Superintendent of Excise,which is then verified and forwarded to the Asst. Commissioner of Excise.	5 days
7		The Asst. Commissioner of Excise approves the application and submits to the Commissioner of Excise Dept for approval.	5 days
8		Decision on the application by the Commissioner of Excise	5 days
9	GEMS Portal	Final approved documents is viewed by the user / investor for printing at their end.	Real time
10	User / Investor	User / Investor logs in to download the Certificate from GEMS portal.	Not Applicable

Checklist of documents: Following documents are required to avail the license

#	Document	Registration / Renewal
1	Scanned copies of label	Registration
2	The labels which are imported from other State or Country the dealer must have an authority letter from the parent company to apply for recording in the State of Goa, along with the approval letter and labels copies approved from the exporting State which are to be uploaded with the application along with other documents.	Registration
3	Only authority letter from the parent company to apply for renewal of labels which are approved for last financial year.	Renewal