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Definition of Common Working Days
By: – Pradeep Jain
Goods and Services Tax – GST
Dated:- 30-1-2017

DAILY DOSE OF UPDATE BY CA PRADEEP JAIN
Definition of Common Working Days
Taking further to our discussion, we are continuing our discussion the definitions given under Section 2 of revised GST law and comparing the same with old model GST law to know the changes made in revised law:-
2(25) Common working days: The new definition reads as follows:
Common working days in respect of a State shall mean such days in succession which are not declared as a gazetted holiday by the Central Government or the concerned State Government;
This is a new definition added in the Revised GST Act. There is no reference of common working days at any place other than this definition in the Act. However, as per opinion of the author the "working days" wherever used in Act should be taken as common working days. In the In the absence of the definition, there could have been a s

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nder a contract, whether or not by means of a wire, cable, pipeline or other conduit, and for which the supplier invoices the recipient on a regular or periodic basis;
2(31) Continuous supply of services: the definition reads as follows:
means a supply of services which is provided, or agreed to be provided, continuously or on recurrent basis, under a contract, for a period exceeding three months with periodic payment obligations and includes supply of such service as the Central or a State Government may, whether or not subject to any condition, by notification, specify;
There is no concept of continuous supply of goods under present Central excise or VAT/CST laws. Under service tax, continuous supply of service is defined to mean any service which is provided or agreed to be provided continuously or on recurrent basis, under a contract, for a period exceeding three months with the obligation for payment periodically or from time to time. Govt notified telecom services, works contr

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iver, whether or not any invoice has been issued or any payment has been received by the supplier of service;
(ii) Where the due date of payment is not ascertainable from the contract: When the supplier of service receives the payment, or issues an invoice, whichever is earlier;
(iii) Where the payment is linked to the completion of an event: The time of completion of that event;
The event of supply is central to levy of GST. When supply of goods or services is not done, mere raising of invoice/payment received is being treated as time of supply. It is not made clear what happens in such a scenario whereby payment is received/invoice raised but supply does not take place.
The multiple events, namely raising invoice/making payment in case of supply of goods/services or say completion of event-in case of supply of service triggering the tax levy, confirms that the Govt wants to ensure tax is collected at the earliest point of time. This would create difficulties for long term con

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Definition of Business Vertical
By: – Pradeep Jain
Goods and Services Tax – GST
Dated:- 30-1-2017

DAILY DOSE OF GST UPDATE BY CA PRADEEP JAIN
Definition of Business Vertical
Taking further to our discussion, we are continuing our discussion the definitions given under Section 2 of revised GST law and comparing the same with old model GST law to know the changes made in revised law:-
2(18): Business Vertical: The new definition reads as follows:
“business vertical” means a distinguishable component of an enterprise that is engaged in supplying an individual product or service or a group of related products or services and that is subject to risks and returns that are different from those of other business verticals;
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inition. But the definition itself seems to be a complicated definition to understand. A preliminary interpretation led to a belief that as like the current system of registration in excise and service tax where separate registration is taken for separate premise, the new regime will also provide a similar facility. It is expressly stated in the new law that the business verticals situated in the same State will have an option to avail single or separate registration for all such business verticals. A very important thing to note here is that the term used here is business vertical and not business premise. Thus the definition becomes critical altogether when it comes to registration.
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it of separate registration or not. There is no specific provision in this regard and it is not clear that whether all the business verticals located in the same premises can be registered separately or not. However, if one looks into the practical aspect, it is found that for registration, details of constitution, name, bank account etc. is to be given by the assesses. This indicates that different business segments in the same premises may be separately registered only if the bank account is separate and separate accounting is being done for the said business as risks and returns are also required to be different. Moreover, practically assessees would avoid taking separate registration as taking separate registration will increase the adm

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GST won't lead to job losses at tax dept: Jaitley
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Dated:- 28-1-2017

New Delhi, Jan 27 (PTI) Ahead of the rollout of GST, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today sought to address concerns of job loss from reduced work of tax officials, saying they should have no insecurity as enough work and opportunities will be available to them in the new indirect tax regime.
"I see no reason really for disquiet for the simple reason (that) opportunities which are available to people in service and the matter of policy and constitutional guarantee are all protected," he said at the Investiture Ceremony 2017 and International Customs Day 2017 organised by CBEC here.
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state (and) by Centre (will) all be integrated into one and therefore resulting in one assessment.
"Multiple systems on assessment which is there at present will evolve into a newer kind of system," he said.
He was responding to Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) Chairman Najib Shah's remarks drawing his attention to "the rising disquiet in the cadre", saying there were human resource issues in the service.
Jaitley said the revenue to be collected is going to expand and there will be expansion of economic activity as well.
"Therefore even though you have two parallel machineries which could now be converging into similar kind of activities and shared responsibility, I think the future will stand witn

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Impact of GST on Automobile Dealers Industry
By: – Ravi Kumar Somani
Goods and Services Tax – GST
Dated:- 28-1-2017

The Indian auto industry is one of the largest in the world. The industry accounts for 7.1 per cent of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Almost 13% of the revenue from central excise is from this sector and claims a size of 4.3% of total exports from India. Despite its contribution to the economy and growth potential, this sector has been combating the hardship of high tax rates for substantially a long period of time now with central excise duty ranging between 12.5% to 30% coupled with introduction of multiple cesses at revenues whims and fancies, most recent being infrastructure cess.
Apart from the high tax rates, industry has seen extensive litigations on VAT v/s Service Tax tussle, valuation issues in case of PDI charges, warranties, taxation on handling charges and many more. Thus, introduction of GST shall be a breather for this sec

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sale of vehicles. Further, in case of inter-state sale of the vehicles, they will be collecting and paying IGST (i.e. Integrated GST, which is nothing but the summation of CGST + SGST). Impact of GST on various aspects is as examined below:
1) Impact on Credits:
Currently, automobile dealers are not able to avail CENVAT credit on the following indirect taxes paid by them:
* CST Paid on purchase of vehicle, spares, consumables, accessories and assets;
* Excise Duty paid on purchase of vehicles, spares, consumables and accessories;
* NCCD, Auto Cess and Infrastructure Cess paid on purchase of vehicles;
* CVD paid on any imported Spares, accessories and consumables;
* SBC paid on input services;
* Reversal of proportionate CENVAT credit of service tax due to trading activity – Showroom Rent, Advertisement expenses etc.
In GST Regime, all the above duties/ taxes will get subsumed, therefore dealers should be able to avail the input tax credit of all its procurements of go

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ize Cars
7,50,000
18%
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1,35,000
7,50,000
2,22,000
Luxury Cars
20,00,000
28%
2%
6,00,000
20,00,000
6,82,000
SUVs
16,00,000
28%
2%
4,80,000
16,00,000
5,93,000
* Since IGST and cesses shall be fully available as credit in the GST regime, therefore they will not form part of purchase cost and can be set-off from output GST payable on sale of the vehicle.
* Procurements are assumed to be in the course of Inter-state. GST rates have been assumed to be at such levels based on the various news reports and the reports issued by various committees formed by the Ministry of Finance.
As noted above, reduction in procurement cost is substantial as cascading of taxes was just adding to the cost in this sector.
3) Impact on the Sale Price:
Since, the procurement cost reduces in GST and if the benefit of the same is fully passed on to the consumer, then it leads to reduction in sale price of the vehicles as tabulated below:
Type of Vehicle
Sale Price Current Regime
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lers in the GST regime:
* Vehicle Transfers: transfer of vehicle/ spares to other premises will be liable for GST if the transfer is in the course of inter-state trade. Further, if there are separate dealerships of a dealer and separate GST registration number is obtained for each such dealership, then transfer of any goods/ services between such dealerships will also be liable for GST. This shall block the working capital as the taxes needs to be paid from own funds and collection of taxes will be at a later date only when such goods/ services are eventually sold.
Free Service Coupon vouchers: These coupons will be issued at the time of sale of the vehicle. As per the time of supply rule, GST on such coupons needs to be paid immediately on the date of issue of such vouchers. As per the policy of some manufacturers, the amounts in respect of such coupons will be redeemed to the dealers only once the customer brings the vehicle for repair to the workshop. Therefore, dealers would ha

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ankers/ Insurers: As details of the commission will be provided by bankers/ insurers at a later dates with constant changes involved. Therefore, generally dealers pay service tax on such receipts only upon receipt of commission;
* Income from manufacturer: Various commissions, incentives, reimbursements, warranty receipts etc. are received from manufacturer. Dealer dont pay taxes on these incomes on accrual basis as the same may or may not get approved by the manufacturer at a later date. Therefore, currently service tax is paid on receipt basis only when the amount is credited by the manufacturer and is reflected in the manufacturer's statement.
However, the luxury of paying taxes on receipt basis will not be accepted in the GST regime as everything will be system driven. Therefore, dealers will have to either get its system corrected with the bankers and manufacturers immediately to ensure smooth transition into the GST regime or else it would have to take the brunt of taxes on i

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cts various amounts from customers which are mere reimbursements and are paid back as it is to someone else. In other words, these amounts are collected merely as a pure agent such as:
* Insurance of the vehicle;
* Temporary/ Permanent Registration charges,
* High Security Number Plate Charges;
* Credit Card Swiping Charges etc.
Currently, Service Tax is not paid on such values, if collected as a pure agent. Ideally, these receipts must also be kept out of the GST net, or else it would create further valuation tussle in the GST regime.
Road Tax/ Life Tax: Currently, service tax or VAT is not paid on the Road Tax element. However, in the GST regime, value for the purpose of paying GST must also include Road Tax. Section 15 of the revised model law clearly states that no taxes shall be allowed as reduction from the value except CGST, SGST and IGST. Therefore, duplication of taxes to this extent shall continue, if not timely represented by the associations. Road tax rates are

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as 'Extended warranty' or 'Road side assistance', Service Tax is being paid only on commission element. However, in GST regime, such tax treatment may not be acceptable and dealers will have to pay GST initially on the entire value of the warranty receipts and the amounts charged by the manufacturer can later be taken as a credit. Adoption of this would require tremendous efforts.
6) Reduced current litigations:
Currently, the sector is facing disputes on the following areas:
* Valuation in Servicing of vehicle: Complexity in bifurcation of the material and labour component in the servicing of vehicle has led to multiple disputes as both the service tax and sale tax authorities demand taxes on a higher component.
* Handling Charges: Whether it is liable for VAT or Service Tax has led to demand of taxes from both the authorities and thereby disputes.
* Registration charges: Disputes were noted on applicability of service tax on various charges that are merely collected as pure

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ascertain the value of stock as on the appointed day and based on the availability of the invoice, credit can be availed. Further, even if proper excise invoice is not available with the dealer still a percentage as prescribed can be taken as credit to transit its excise credit in the GST regime.
* VAT/ SAD: Similarly, if a dealer is not availing the credit of VAT/SAD currently due to restriction in the state VAT law, then credit can be availed based on the ascertainment of stock as on appointed day. However, if the credit of VAT is being currently availed then the same needs to be properly reflected in the last VAT return to transfer such credits to the GST regime.
* Credit of CST: The same cannot be availed based on the stock availability as on the appointed day.
* Entry Tax: Credit of same can be availed subject to possession of appropriate documents for the same in states where such set off is permissible.
8) Impact due to Anti-Profiteering Measures:
Since a dealer will

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7 Returns in one financial year for each registration apart from ISD returns, if any. Further, returns filed will be matched online with the support of the IT infrastructure with the returns of the vendors/ customers. In case taxes are not paid by the vendors or if the returns are not filed by the vendors, then the credit of such taxes is denied to the customers. Therefore, timely payment of taxes, filing of returns needs to be ensured in the GST regime.
* Accounting: Coordination/ communication, flow of documents from various branches to accounts department should be before 10th of the subsequent month. Therefore, accounting function needs to be more robust, live and automatic. As far as possible, a dealer must map its accounting framework with other processes in an ERP environment and therefore finance & accounts department needs to be better structured to cope up with the needs of the GST regime.
* IT Infrastructure: In GST regime, businesses have to move from the manual environ

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Agreements re-alignment to suit the needs of GST of breaking up into the multiple supplies, composite supplies or missing the supplies;
* Business re-structuring/ Transaction re-structuring needs to be assessed and implemented;
* Understanding the impact on various business departments including procurement, sales & Marketing, finance & Accounts, IT, Admin & HR etc. and re-structuring the same to suit the needs of the GST;
* Optimizing the transitional credits, future credits.
* Assessing the capacity building to meet the needs of the GST;
* Strategizing the right pricing to create right balance between margins and volumes;
* Ensure original entries are verified, keep evidences of tax payments etc;
* Representing through various bodies/ associations on various adverse provisions of the GST law;
* Conducting in-house training programs for learning & development of staff to ensure smooth implementation into the new regime.
* CA Madhukar N Hiregange
* CA Ravi Kumar So

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Impact of GST on Inter State & Imports Transactions of Goods
By: – Ranjan Mehta
Goods and Services Tax – GST
Dated:- 28-1-2017

Prelude:-
Revised Model GST Law has been released by GST Council Secretariat in the month of November, 2016. Whatever be the fate of GST in this Budget session, this is certain that Govt. needs to bring it by 15th Nov, 2017, otherwise we will be living in an Indirect Tax Free World. In this context, it is very pertinent to understand, the impacts, GST is going to have on the various aspects of business. Since the incidence of GST, the ways in which businesses are done in India are going to change. Major re-hauling will be required, since currently taxes in a big away effect the Business Modelling in India. Every business process will needed to be relooked critically and re-engineered as per the foregoing provisions of GST Law to achieve the maximum benefit for business.
Present Regime: –
CST:- In Case of inter state sale of goods, presently C

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eplacement for VAT/Sales tax.
Anti dumping and anti subsidy duties have some very different conceopts in case imported products, which we are not focussing in this article.
Subsumation of duties under GST:-
Following are the duties are going to be subsumed in relation to IGST.
* CST
* Additional duty of customs/countervailing duty u/s 3(1) in lieu of Excise
* Special Additional Duty u/s 3(5) in lieu of VAT/Sales Tax
Anti-dumping, anti-subsidy duties and Basic Customs duties are not going to be subsumed under GST. Thus, we can understand that largely GST is going to subsume only those levies/duties which were part of or relevant to current levies of excise and VAT.
Provisions and Law:-
The provisions related to Interstate trade are contained in the IGST Law. IGST- The Integrated Goods and Service Tax Act contains the provisions related to assessment of Place of Supply of Goods. It is only the Place of Supply provisions which will determine that whether on a particular transa

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of supply may get changed from intra state to interstate. Thus, the taxation would also needed to be changed from CGST/SGST to IGST.
* In case of Import of Goods:- In case of import of goods the provision is as follows:-
“PROVIDED that the Integrated Goods and Services Tax on goods imported into India shall be levied and collected in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) at the point when duties of customs are levied on the said goods under section 12 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), on a value as determined under the first mentioned Act.”
Thus in case of imports, levy of IGST arise when the goods are going to cross the custom barriers of India and where the custom duties are levied. The Custom duty is levied at time when good are cleared from the port/airport after showing proper documentation (Bill of entry, Invoice etc.)
This leads to a further question whether on High Sales and Transhipment GST will be levied?
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td in Baroda. Place of supply shall be Baroda.
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Third Party Scenario
Where material was supplied to a party on the direction of a third person, place of supply shall be Principal Place of Business of that third person.
Ex 1 A Ltd in Ahmedabad directed B Ltd in New Delhi to deliver goods to C Ltd in Bangalore; Place of supply shall be Ahmedabad and B Ltd shall charge IGST.
Ex-2 A Ltd in Kanpur directed B Ltd in Dehradun to supply material to Branch of A Ltd in Haridwar. The Place of supply for B Ltd shall be Kanpur; even where goods physically has not crossed the boundary of Uttarakhand.
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Where there is no movement
Where there is no movement involved; Place of supply shall be the location of goods at the time of delivery to recipient.
A Ltd a Mining unit in Raipur made available lumps of Marble to B Ltd. However since lumps were huge, B Ltd asked A Ltd for permission to break them into pieces do some preliminary work and then transfer from there to Ranchi; Place of supply sha

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provisions-
Provisions of sec 7(2) and 7(3) have created some deeming fiction into the law which have created a lot of confusion in the minds of practitioners and Law experts. I am trying to incorporate a few here for your knowledge.
Problem in sec 7(2)
Ex- A Ltd situated in Mumbai want to supply some material to B Ltd at Indore. A supplies material ex-factory usually, however since B Ltd could not arrange vehicle, they asked A Ltd to arrange for the vehicle for them for which they will reimburse.
In This case the Place of supply shall be Indore, being the movement terminated for delivery at Indore only. A Ltd would Charge IGST on the invoice.
Consider the same example and choose the answer if the vehicle was arranged by B Ltd.
The Place of supply in this case will be Mumbai, since the movement of goods terminated for delivery in Mumbai itself i.e. material delivered to the transporter on behalf of B Ltd. A Ltd will charge CGST and SGST in his invoice since this is an Intra stat

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x liability, hence finally transfer the credit to Haridwar.
The state tax authorities will, in this case cause objections; since as per destination based consumption tax principle they should get tax since the place of actual supply is Uttarakhand only. However through flow back of invoice from Kanpur HO to Haridwar, Uttarakhand is in anyway going to get their share in IGST. But still the state tax authorities will try to get taxes at first stage only, as it may be difficult to get it at later stage. Further, it will be difficult for the assessee also, to prove such flowback.
Ex-2 A Ltd in Kanpur supplied material to B Ltd in Nagpur on the direction of C Ltd in Kolkata;
The place of supply in this case shall be Kolkata and the goods shall be deemed to be supplied to Kolkata as per sec 7(3). However the actual delivery took place at Nagpur.
Here to move the complete cycle of credit; A Ltd will raise invoice to C Ltd and who in turn will raise invoice to B Ltd. All invoices will be I

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B Ltd in Jaipur to transport some material to its branch in Mumbai.
What would be the scenario?? I would leave it for readers' guess and contemplation, since if we go by 7(3) then Place of supply is Dubai and in such cases 7(3) does not apply and 8(2) will apply. However since material is not going out of India, again the applicability of 7(3) arise. Thus, it is a circular loop.
Conclude
The current provisions for place of supply of goods are quite confusing and will give birth to a lot of litigation issues post GST roll out. Govt should look out to simplify these provisions and provide more clarifications, So that Industry could prepare better.
Govt is set to roll out GST by 01st July, with many issues still to be catered. In order to bring a simplified GST the Govt should amend the provisions cohesively sitting with the Industry, since it is the Industry who is the biggest stakeholder apart from the consumers.
(CA Ranjan Mehta, Jaipur, +91-9672372075, ranjan.mehta@jainshrimal.i

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Transactional Value of Job Work under Model GST Law
Query (Issue) Started By: – Partha Sarkar Dated:- 27-1-2017 Last Reply Date:- 29-1-2017 Goods and Services Tax – GST
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What would be transactional value under "Job Work" on which GST to be applicable.It itself the Principal value of the Items on which job work to be done or it would be the service/Job order value between customer or service provider.Means an Items to be reconditioned or repaired whose orig

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Demonetisation, GST to fetch more revenues to govt: Jaitley
GST
Dated:- 27-1-2017

Visakhapatnam, Jan 27 (PTI) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday put up a spirited defence of demonetisation, saying the drive "shook" the financial system for a short while, but will integrate the shadow economy with the formal in the long run and ensure better tax compliance.
He said most contentious issues regarding the Goods and Services Tax (GST) have been sorted out between the Centre and states and the new indirect tax regime is at the final stages of implementation.
"This (demonetisation), coupled with GST, in the days to come will ensure much larger revenues as far as states and the central government are concerned an

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ater number with the formal economy.
"The size of the formal economy is expanding, so are the transactions in the banking system and through the digital mode," he said.
As for the implementation of GST, the finance minister said new indirect tax regime will make India one single market, eliminate multiple assessments, check evasion and bring more revenues into the system.
"I am glad that almost all state governments have actively co-operated in making this a reality. Most of the contentious issues have been sorted out in the GST Council, a forum where you will see deliberative democracy in action.
Those are now at final stages of implementation," Jaitley said.
The government plans to implement GST, which will subsum

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FM may cut taxes, lack of indirect-tax data may make it tough
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Dated:- 27-1-2017

New Delhi, Jan 26 (PTI) Battling slump in demand after shock demonetisation, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley may look to spur consumption through lower taxes in next week's Budget, but he faces a peculiar situation as precise projections of indirect tax collection in 2017-18 are unavailable due to GST.
Finance Ministers usually weave around their welfare spending proposals based on projections of direct and indirect tax collections in the fiscal.
Projections of collection in direct taxes, made up of personal and corporate tax, would be available but with the rollout of Goods and Services Tax (GST) deferred till July 1, no reliable projectio

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RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE MADE BY GST COUNCIL
By: – DR.MARIAPPAN GOVINDARAJAN
Goods and Services Tax – GST
Dated:- 27-1-2017

Functions of GST Council
Article 279A (4) provides that GST council shall make recommendations to the Union and the States on-
* the taxes, cesses and surcharges levied by the Union, the States and the local bodies which may be submitted in the goods and services tax;
* the goods and services that may be subject to, or exempted from the goods and services tax;
* model Goods and Services Tax Laws, principal of levy, apportionment of Goods and Services Tax levied on applies in the course of inter-State trade or commerce under Article 269A and the principles that govern the place of supply;
* the threshold limit of turnover below which goods and services may be exempted from the goods and services tax;
* the rates including floor rates with bands of goods and services tax;
* special provisions with respect to the States of Arunachal Pradesh,

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n 2(24) – 'Common portal' means the common GST electronic portal approved by the Central Government and State Governments, on the recommendation of the Council, for the specified purpose, as may be notified under the Act;
* Section 2(37) – 'Deemed exports' as notified by the Central Government/State Government on the recommendations of the Council, refer to those transactions in which the goods supplied do not leave India and payment of such supplies is received either in India rupees or in convertible foreign exchange;
* Section 2(83) – 'regulations' means the regulations made by the Commissioner under any provision of the Act on the recommendation of the Council.
* Section 2(88) – 'rules' means the rules made by the Central Government under any provision of the Act on the recommendation of the Council.
Levy and collection of Central/State Goods and Service tax
* Section 8(1) – There shall be levied a tax collected the Central/State Goods and Services Tax (CGST/SGST) on all i

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t, and all the provisions of this Act shall apply to such electronic commerce operator as if he is the person liable for paying the tax in relation to the supply of such services;
Composition Levy
* Section 9 – Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act but subject to Section 8(3), on the recommendation of the Council, the proper officer of the Central or a State Government may, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed, permit a registered taxable person, whose aggregate turnover in the preceding financial year did not exceed ₹ 50 lakh, to pay, in lieu of the tax payable by him, an amount calculated at such rate as may be prescribed, but not less than 2.5% in case of a manufacturer and 1% in any other case, of the turnover in a State during the year.
* Proviso (e) to Section9 – who is a manufacturer of such goods as may be notified on the recommendation of the Council;
Exemption
* Section 11 (1) – If the Central or a State Gover

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ernment in this behalf on the recommendation of the Council shall be determined in such manner as may be prescribed
Registration – exemption
* Section 23(13) – The Central or a State Government may, on the recommendation of the Council, by notification, specify the category 6 of persons who may be exempted from obtaining registration under this Act;
Tax invoice
* Section 25(1) – proviso – Provided that the Central/State Government may, on the recommendation of the Council, by notification, specify the categories of goods and/or supplies in respect of which the tax invoice shall be issued within such time as may be prescribed;
* Section 25(2) – proviso – Provided the Central/State Government may, on the recommendation of the Council, by notification, specify the categories of services in respect of which any other document issued in relation to the supply shall be deemed to be a tax invoice subject to such conditions and limitations as may be prescribed;
Continuous supply of go

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table to the tax or interest borne by such other class of applicants as the Central or a State Government may, on the recommendation of the Council, by notification, specify.
Refund in certain cases
* Section 49 – The Central/State Government may, on the recommendation of the Council, by notification, specify any specialized agency of the United Nations Organization or any Multilateral Financial Institution and Organization notified under the United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1947, Consulate or Embassy of foreign countries and any other person or class of persons as may be specified in this behalf, who shall, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed, be entitled to claim a refund of taxes paid on the notified supplies of goods or services received by them.
Interest on delayed refunds
* Section 50 – If any tax ordered to be refunded under Section 48 to any applicant is not refunded within 60 days from the date of receipt of application under s

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ts or any periodic return or document containing details of payment of tax and other details of transaction of goods or services or transactions related to a bank account or consumption of electricity or transaction of purchase, sale or exchange of goods or property or right or interest in a property, under nay law for the time being in force, shall furnish an information return of the same in respect of such periods, within such time, in such form (including electronic form) and manner, to such authority or agency as may be prescribed.
Power of Central (or State) Government to make rules
* Section 154(1) – The Central Government (or the State Government) may, on the recommendation of the Council, make rules, including rules conferring the power to issue such notifications with retrospective effect under those rules, to carry into effect the purposes of this Act.
Removal of difficulties
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SECTION 2(37) DEEMED EXPORTS
By: – Pradeep Jain
Goods and Services Tax – GST
Dated:- 27-1-2017

DAILY DOSE OF GST UPDATE BY CA PRADEEP JAIN
SECTION 2(37) DEEMED EXPORTS:-
In continuation to our updates on definitions in Revised Model GST Law, we hereby discuss the definition of deemed exports which reads as follows:-
“Deemed Exports”, as notified by the Central Government/State Government on the recommendation of the Council, refer to those transactions in which the goods supplied do not leave India, and payment for such supplies is received either in Indian Rupees or in convertible foreign exchange;
The term 'deemed exports' is often referred in the context of Foreign Trade Policy but it is observed that the proposed GS

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s pertinent to mention that deemed exports under DGFT cover supply of goods under advance authorisation, supply to EOU/STP/EHTP/BTP, supply of capital goods against EPCG etc. Since the objective of introducing the concept of deemed exports under FTP is different. It allows the one of three benefits viz. refund of Terminal excise duty, duty drawback and advance authorisation to supplier of goods. The proposed revised GST Law proposes to remove any ambiguity as regards transactions that will be considered as deemed exports. This is for the reason that under GST Law, relevance of deemed exports is limited to grant of refund of taxes on supply of goods regarded as deemed exports. Even this will not allow the removal of gods at nil rate of duty

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Consignment Sales Agent (CSA) change in GST
Query (Issue) Started By: – Avinash Agarwal Dated:- 26-1-2017 Last Reply Date:- 30-6-2017 Goods and Services Tax – GST
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GST
Dear All,
As there used to be CSA in case of VAT regime where company used to transfer stock to CSA against F-form, where all the sale proceeding used to be transferred directly to company and CSA used to get commission.
However, now in GST it is understood that F-form format is waived off. All transfer of goods will be in the form of Sale & Purchase.
So, how do you see as the tax implication in such case for CSA agent who is receiving the goods and selling it for company. Since all transactions are done in CSA's TIN/GSTIN, how do we justify i

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registration for VAT /CST was taken by CSA. In the same way under GST as well the main dealer would enrol by adding the CSA's address as additional place of business. CSA would not require to get separate registration. This is my view. Thanks.
Reply By YAGAY AND SUN:
The Reply:
However this is optional to show CSA's place as additional place of business. Further its Turnover will be added in your company's turnover.
Reply By Ganeshan Kalyani:
The Reply:
It is better to show the additional place of business in the enrolment form.
Reply By Prashant Asija:
The Reply:
Hi with reference to the abovce discussion we need to know the treatment on stock held by consignment agent
1. Either we will treat that as our stock and take

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GSTN registration for One PAN and multiple TIN within state
Query (Issue) Started By: – NAUSHERAWAN SM Dated:- 25-1-2017 Last Reply Date:- 26-1-2017 Goods and Services Tax – GST
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We have one PAN and multiple TIN in Jharkhand. Let me know the registration procedure for GSTN.
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The Reply:
Sir, you can enrol with one TIN and add other TIN/location as additional place of business.
If your business verticals are different then separate GSTN i

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Arrival of HSN
Query (Issue) Started By: – NAUSHERAWAN SM Dated:- 25-1-2017 Last Reply Date:- 26-1-2017 Goods and Services Tax – GST
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Let me know how we can arrive of HSN code. We are manufacturing Motor Vehicle Parts, Excavator Parts, Parts and spares of engine, Forgings, Castiangs.
Reply By Ganeshan Kalyani:
The Reply:
For the purpose of GST enrolment, the HSN code of Central Excise is to be referred. However, under GST the same is not yet finalised.
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Approach for selection of Registrations for issuance of Provisional IDs Overview
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Dated:- 25-1-2017

CBEC has started the process of migrating the existing Central Excise (CE) and Service Tax (ST) registrations to GST and issue Provisional IDs to them. As a mandatory requirement, only PAN based registrations would be issued Provisional ID. It is therefore, advised that all Assessees having non-PAN based registrations, get their registrations converted to PAN based to obtain Provisional IDs.
Since GST registration will be based on PAN and State, only one Provisional ID will be issued to a given PAN for a given state, irrespective of the number of registration on that PAN in that state. For Ex – PAN 'XXXXX1111X' has 10 CE registrations in the state 'Maharashtra' from 'XXXXX1111XXM001' to 'XXXXX1111XXM010'. In such cases only one Provisional ID will be issued to the registration 'XXXXX1111XXM001' (first registration when sorted alphabetically). In case the assessee wishes

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case there are multiple registrations for the same 'State' and 'PAN' combination, then the first registration in the alphabetical order would be granted the Provisional ID.
In Step 2, all registrations belonging to 'EM' category would be selected for issuance of Provisional IDs. In this step, only those registrations would be issued a provisional ID where the combination of 'State' and 'PAN' is not already occurring in Provisional IDs issued in Step 1. Similarly for step 3 'XD' registrations would be selected and Provisional ID issued to only those registrations where the combination of 'State' and 'PAN' is not already occurring in Step 1 and Step 2. Similarly step 4 and 5 would be executed.
Additionally, Each CE registration contains 2 addresses – one for the Head Office and another for the Business Premise. For a given CE registration, if the 'State' for the 'Head Office' and 'Business Premise' is different, then the registration will be eligible for issuance of 2 provisional IDs w

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in Non-Centralized registrations. In this case, 10 (15 – 5) provisional IDs would be issued.
Once the list of registrations in ST to be issued Provisional IDs is selected (including both Centralized and Non-Centralized), this would be checked with the list of registrations selected for Provisional IDs for CE. All ST registrations where the combination of 'State' and 'PAN' is same as that used in any of the CE registrations already selected would be removed from the list and would not be issued any Provisional ID.
Summary:
1. Provisional IDs would be issued only for PAN based registrations.
2. Only one Provisional ID would be issued for multiple registrations where the combination of 'State' and 'PAN' is same and it would be for the first registration selected in the alphabetical order.
3. For CE registrations, the order of selection is 'XM', 'EM', 'XD', 'ED' and 'EI'
4. For ST registrations, the order for Non-Centralized is 'SD', 'ST' and 'SE'.
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Composition levy on GST , IMPACT on Industry
By: – Tarun Agarwalla
Goods and Services Tax – GST
Dated:- 25-1-2017

Composition scheme under Model GST Law, its impact on industry
A. Introduction:
1. The New Model GST Law ( henceforth “MGL”) as made available in the public domain as on 26th November 2016 have brought out many changes with respect to the provisions with respect to composition levy. Composition Levy has been present in indirect taxes to address the small business units or specific business units having complexity in the valuation of taxable amount.MGL section 9 talks about payment of taxes in lieu of normal tax liability under section 8 of MGL, talks about Levy in general. Composition scheme also brings a lesser compliance requirements, however, composition scheme normally successful in B to C segment rather than B to B segment.
2. At present almost all the state VAT laws normally have provisions for taxpayers to opt for composition scheme. Broadly two ty

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; 10 Lakhs.
d) Further composition levy facility is to be used on all India PAN basis. It means all the registration across India belongs to the same PAN must avail the scheme.
e) Once on a particular day, the aggregate turnover exceeds ₹ 50 lakhs, the scheme deemed to be withdrawn from such date.
f) If the proper officer has reasons to believe that a taxable person was not eligible for the scheme, the taxable person shall pay tax under normal provisions and penalty.
5. Restriction for the scheme: – under the provision of section 9(1) of MGL, Composition semen could not be allowed in the following class of taxable persons:-
a) who is engaged in the supply of services, or
b) who makes any supply of goods which are not liveable to tax under this Act, or
c) who makes any inter-State outward supplies of goods; or
d) who makes any supply of goods through an electronic commerce operator who is required to collect tax at source under section 56; or
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t (including Real estate, builders) would be regarded as services and not goods. In this respect the following issues may found relevant:-
a) The transitional provisions section 172 may be used fully for such cases where a composition dealer may not be eligible under MGL.
b) Works contractor normally be under composition scheme of Sate VAT and service tax normally be paid under abatement forging the CENVAT on inputs. In this case the Cenvat Credit on stocks, semi fished and finished stocks may not be available under section 172 of MGL. However, section 169 related to the general availability of credit may come for rescue. However, it is the subject matter of further analysis.
9. What would be regarded as composition scheme under earlier law gave not been provided in the MGL. For instance, there are cases in excise where the special rate of duty has been allowed without taking any CENVAT credit. In the MGL it is given that, Persons Manufacturing, specified items may not opt for compo

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ale, transfer, barter, exchange, licence, rental, lease or disposal or any other means made or agreed to be made by such person in the course or furtherance of business.
11. Impact on decisions in GST
a) As the small dealers in the majority of states are operating with the existing turnover limit of ₹ 50 lakhs. The impact may not be much. However, the majority of them may not cover due to the enhancement of taxable limit of ₹ 20 lakhs from the existing ₹ 10 lakhs.
b) The persons present in more than one state with the same PAN may face a new difficulty in tracking the turnover limit of ₹ 50lkh, collectively.
c) Input tax credit as per section 18(3) of MGL, the carry forward credit and compliance there off may discourage to the scheme.
d) A majority of works contract cases were availing the composition scheme as there was no turnover limit earlier. However, at present, the segment was regarded as service and hence not eligible at all for the composition sche

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Definition of Turnover in a State and Zero rated supply
By: – Pradeep Jain
Goods and Services Tax – GST
Dated:- 25-1-2017

DAILY DOSE OF GST UPDATE BY CA PRADEEP JAIN
Definition of Turnover in a State and Zero rated supply
Taking further to our discussion, we are continuing our discussion the definitions given under Section 2 of revised GST law and comparing the same with old model GST law to know the changes made in revised law:-
2(107): Turnover in a State: The new definition reads as follows:
Turnover in a State means the aggregate value of all taxable supplies, exempt supplies, exports of goods and / or services made within a State by a taxable person and inter-state supplies of goods and / or services made from the S

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is Act;
As a result the taxable person opting for composition levy, while calculating the limit of 50 lakhs as turnover in a state won't have to include such non taxable supplies giving the benefit of additional margin of turnover.
Also the Input service distributors, while calculating the ratio of the units where the cenvat has to be distributed, won't have to include the value of non taxable supplies to the total turnover.
But there is definition of "exempt service" given under Section 2(44) which reads as follows:-
“exempt supply” means supply of any goods and/or services which are not taxable under this Act and includes such supply of goods and/or services which attract nil rate of tax or which may be exempt from tax under

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Zero rated supply: the new definition reads as follows:
Zero rated supply means supply of any goods and/or services in terms of section 15 of the IGST Act 2016
In the IGST act it is defined as any of the following taxable supply of goods and/or services, namely –
(a) export of goods and/or services; or
(b) supply of goods and/or services to a SEZ developer or an SEZ unit
First of all it should be noted that reference is given that of section 15 whereas it should have been section 16. There seems to be a clerical error. Further if compared to the old definition, it can be noted that supply to SEZ unit or developer have been included in the scope of zero rated supplies. Also the old definition had the condition that cenvat shall be allow

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GEMS & JEWELLERY INDUSTRY UNDER GST REGIME (PART-3)
By: – Dr. Sanjiv Agarwal
Goods and Services Tax – GST
Dated:- 25-1-2017

Job work and GST
Gems and jewellery sector is highly labour intensive and lot of work is done on a job work basis involving manual labour. The principal manufacturer has the option to send taxable goods without payment of GST to a job worker and bring it back, after processing, to any of his own place of business, for supplying such goods on payment of GST or export it. The principal also has the option to directly supply final products to end customers on payment of GST or export from the premises of job worker itself, subject to fulfillment of applicable conditions. GST credit is allowed in case of direct receipt of inputs or capital goods by the job worker, subject to receipt of goods back by the principal within specified period i.e., one year/ three years.
Under the present service tax, job works in relation to cut and polished diamonds and

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would be treated as non-taxable and not as zero rated.
However, definition of import of service does not specify such exclusion. Logically, definition of import of service also excludes services imported from overseas branch but clarity should bring for better understanding.
Supply provided to domestic branch in other States shall be considered as distinct person. Accordingly, IGST would be leviable on such supplies.
Domestic / SEZ Supply
For units located in SEZ having operations across India and providing supply of services to customers located across India, the issue would arise as to where to pay GST and whether this would require splitting of invoices based on various locations of the service provider or the service recipient.
For this purpose, the model GST law has prescribed the requirement of determination of the location from where the services are provided and the place of supply of such services, so that GST may be paid to the appropriate Government.
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ice Tax.
Comparison between taxability under existing indirect tax laws and the model GST are as follows:
Taxes
SEZ units
Present regime
GST regime
Customs Duty
Exempt
Basic Custom Duty – Upfront exemption may continue
Excise Duty
Service Tax
CST/VAT
Upfront exemption / refund
Payable (subsequently refundable)
As per revised Model GST law, if a SEZ unit is receiving zero rated supply, it shall be eligible to claim refund of IGST paid by the registered taxable person on such supply. But again this will lead to blockage of working capital which may lead to increase in price.
Supply of goods and/ or services to or by a SEZ unit, shall be deemed to be a supply of goods and/or services in the course of inter-State trade or commerce. Accordingly, on supply of goods and/or services to or by a SEZ unit shall attract IGST at the prescribed rate but it may not exceed twenty eight percent as proposed now.
Exports
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Stock lying with consignment agent and brances
Query (Issue) Started By: – RAM SHARMA Dated:- 24-1-2017 Last Reply Date:- 26-1-2017 Goods and Services Tax – GST
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Dear Sir,
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Whether we have to reverse cenvat credit and vat utilized in manufactuing of finished goods lying with our agent/brances or will be paid IGST on appointed date ? (Section 192 193,to 194)
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Clarification on invoice serial number
Query (Issue) Started By: – saket s Dated:- 24-1-2017 Last Reply Date:- 29-4-2017 Goods and Services Tax – GST
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GST
Dear Sir,
Need clarification on invoice serial number in GST. As per Invoice draft rule it says that we should have one unique series for one financial year. We have 3 warehouses in the same State following difference sequel of series at present and we want same to be continued in GST law also. Is it possible to continue this practice under GST regime?
Saket
Reply By YAGAY AND SUN:
The Reply:
This can be allowed but there is no specific provision in Model GST Law. It may be clarified when the final GST Law would come in force.
Reply By Ganeshan Kalyani:
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GST: PREPARING FOR JULY 2017 NOW!!
By: – Dr. Sanjiv Agarwal
Goods and Services Tax – GST
Dated:- 24-1-2017

GST Council's 9th meeting was held recently on 16th January, 2017 for the ninth time, second time in 2017, for deciding upon the unresolved issues, mainly about the cross empowerment and territorial jurisdiction of states. This meeting was considered significant for timing of GST as the last attempt to reconcile and make the states agree, if the Union Government was still eyeing at 1st April, 2017 for GST introduction. However, the GSTC did decided the issues before it but also deferred GST schedule by a quarter to 1st July, 2017.
States wanted that they should control the entire assessee base including service tax assessees below the threshold limit of ₹ 1.5 crore whereas Centre was of the view that the States lack expertise and knowledge in service tax. While this may be true in the present scenario, training can always be imparted and no such beginni

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enges. GSTC also agreed to states being allowed to have control over territorial waters. Though general consensus is being looked at, States like West Bengal and Kerala still continue to be in opposite camp.
The Centre and States have agreed to share the entire taxation base for assessment with a horizontal division. According to the agreed formula, which will apply for both goods producers and service providers, States will have the power to assess 90 per cent of all assessees with a GST turnover of ₹ 1.5 crore or less and the remainder will be with the Centre. Further, assessees with a GST turnover of over ₹ 1.5 crore will be assessed in a 50:50 ratio by the Centre and States. Intelligence-based enforcement powers will vest with assessing officers of both the Centre and States for all assessees.
Both have agreed that no assessee would be controlled by two authorities and there would be computer-based enforcement at both the Centre and the states. Those assessees who fal

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able w.e.f. 1st July, 2017, i.e., in 2017-18 fiscal, for quarter-I, we will have present tax regime and for remaining three quarters, we will be having GST in place. Even if it is delayed beyond July 2017, the transition may not be an issue as it is a transaction tax. July may be a reality, hopefully so.
GST Council is also understood to be working on tax rate structure for services. This could be in 2-3 slabs for basic, standard and luxury / high end services. If this is through, we will end up in having too many GST rates which may not be desirable. It is expected that finalizing of segment wise GST rates will take some more time.
On industry front, as the date comes nearer, there are going to be major challenges which inter alia include cash flow management, working capital, logistics, IT solutions, inventory planning and so on. Planning on all these fronts is subject to final law, rules, rates and credit / refund rules.
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Definition of Principal place of business, Proper Officer and Services
By: – Pradeep Jain
Goods and Services Tax – GST
Dated:- 24-1-2017

DAILY DOSE OF GST UPDATE BY CA PRADEEP JAIN
Definition of Principal place of business, Proper Officer and Services
Taking further to our discussion, we are continuing our discussion the definitions given under Section 2 of revised GST law and comparing the same with old model GST law to know the changes made in revised law:-
2(77) Principal place of business: the new definition reads as follows:
Principal place of business means the place of business specified as the principal place of business in the certificate of registration;
The old definition read as follows:
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every registered premise would have to be classified as principal place of business inviting litigation. Deleting the condition of keeping books of accounts has made the definition simple to follow and now the assessee can name any of his premises as principal place of business. But there is no need to keep books of accounts there only. It can be kept at any place of business.
2(79) Proper Officer: the new definition reads as follows:
Proper Officer in relation to any function to be performed under this Act, means the officer of goods and services tax who is assigned that function by the Commissioner of CGST / SGST;
The old definition reads as follows:
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but does not include money and securities;
Explanation 2.- Services does not include transaction in money other than an activity relating to the use of money or its conversion by cash or by any other mode, from one form, currency or denomination, to another form, currency or denomination for which a separate consideration is charged.
The old definition read as follows:
“services'' means anything other than goods; Explanation: Services include intangible property and actionable claim but does not include money.
The amendment bought in the definition is that Securities explicitly excluded from services definition. We have told in our earlier update that securities are excluded from the definition of "goods" under Section 2(49)

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GEMS & JEWELLERY INDUSTRY UNDER GST REGIME (PART-2)
By: – Dr. Sanjiv Agarwal
Goods and Services Tax – GST
Dated:- 23-1-2017

Place of Registration
In the present indirect tax regime, there is a concept of Centralized registration under Central tax laws.
Under GST regime, registration may be required in each State from where supplies are being made. Hence, manufacture/dealer may need to obtain registration in each State where there is a premises (including site office) from where services are being provided. Centralized registration will no longer be available.
Returns
Under existing indirect tax laws, assessee has to submit 2 half yearly returns under Service Tax, monthly /quarterly return under Central Excise and quarterly returns under VAT laws in a year. Model GST Act provides following returns which are required to be submitted by the registered person :
S.no.
Return
Periodic return to be filed for
To Be Filed By
1.
GSTR-1
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bsequent month. This provision places the liability for non-compliance on the recipients, i.e., the companies, as against their vendors.
Similar provisions have been prescribed wherein details of credit notes issued by a supplier have to match with the corresponding reduction of input tax credit claimed by the recipient. Accordingly, if the recipient does not adjust the input tax credit, the tax and interest would be recovered from the supplier. This provision places liability on companies for non-compliance by vendors.
Rate of GST
While rates of GST on are likely to be in the range of 5-28 percent, what rate of GST shall be applicable to gems and jewellery is not yet decided. The lowest rate as per slabs agreed upon in GST Council is 5 percent. However, lower rate is not ruled out. The industry is demanding for a tax slab of 1-2 percent.
Payment
Any tax, interest, penalty, fee, etc., shall be paid via internet banking or by using credit/debit cards or NEFT or RTGS. This amount s

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has been liberally defined for being eligible to claim input tax credit in respect of capital goods. “Capital goods” means goods, the value of which is capitalized in the books of accounts of the person claiming the credit and which are used or intended to be used in the course or furtherance of business. Accordingly, input tax credit will be eligible for capital goods only on those goods, the value of which is capitalized in the books of accounts. This will enable many taxable persons to claim cenvat credit.
A taxable person (exporter) may claim refund of any unutilized input tax credit at the end of any tax period. In other words, exporter of services shall be eligible to get refund on eligible inputs, capital goods and input services.
Input Service Distributor Concept (ISD)
As in the present Cenvat Credit Rules, ISD concept is proposed for transfer of credit of input services between two or more locations. ISD can transfer credit of all types of GST (CSGT, SGST or IGST). Consid

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Transitional Challenges in GST implementation
By: – Ravi Kumar Somani
Goods and Services Tax – GST
Dated:- 23-1-2017

India is committed to implement Goods and Service Tax (GST). GST is expected to be implemented from April 2017 or a little later. The tax system is currently in the drafting stages with a few undecided issues holding up the agreement between the states and the Centre. The implementation of GST does not just involve tax reform, it is instead a complete business reform. Therefore, changing the historical ways of doing business calls for larger challenges and increased sense of responsibility as any slip up can also have the business continuity/ survival risks. This article discusses the various transitional aspects that needs to be looked into and the challenges that the businesses face in doing the same. Various transitional challenges are as under:
Finalising the GST Transition Model:
The first and foremost challenge in the implementation of the GST is

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model, GST is implemented with collaborated efforts of internal team and the outside professionals clearly dividing the roles and responsibilities of internal team and the external experts. This is more appropriate model for major of the companies who have fairly decent capacities in respect of the executing manpower and knowledge of the taxation system. The capacity and the knowledge can be optimally utilized by partnering with the professionals.
Credits Transit, Maximization, documentation, Methodology:
Various transitional provisions has been prescribed to deal with transfer of credits in the GST regime. However, transition of credits is going to be a big challenge in the GST regime especially for the following businesses:
* Where credits in books are not reconciled with returns over a period of time;
* Book stocks never match with the physical stocks. There is no regular stock taking exercise being conducted;
* Tax invoices received from vendors not being properly documen

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transition. Therefore, proper care must be taken while availing/ transferring the credits ensuring due compliance of the law. Whether to avail the credit of disputed items could be a vital decision which would require legal confirmation considering the latest case laws as also the time limit of 1 year of the invoice. Further, businesses must have proper documentation, trails in place to establish the claim of the credit at a later date during departmental audits.
Business Model Re-structuring:
All businesses will undergo a change due to advent of GST. However, the businesses who act and restructure its model as per the requirement of the GST will have a competitive edge over others. Various re-structuring aspects that can be looked into are as under:
* Whether to change the manufacturing location, principle place of business;
* Adding locations of supply being closer to customers/ vendors – Making national presence – No state barriers for supply;
* Shutting down locations, war

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s under:
* Strategizing the stock transfers to avoid working capital blockage;
* Breaking a composite supply into multiple different supplies – For Ex: Combos with aerated drinks in restaurants, Cinema halls;
* Merging multiple supplies into a composite supply – For Ex: Vaastu, High Rise Premium to be merged with construction;
* Determining whether a transaction to be restructured as a Composite supply or as a Mixed supply;
* Clear breaking up the Price to optimize taxes;
* Revisiting the Discounts policy – Nature of discount, Cash discount or trade discount, whether linked to invoice or not;
* Security Deposits in lieu of advances to ease cash flows;
* Reviewing pricing of all related party vendors to avoid disputes in transaction value – Able to establish arms length;
* Doing away with the policy of raising Mother Purchase Order's with supplies over a period of time.
This is just an illustrative list, there can be many more aspects to transactional restructuring, t

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can be intimated to the department for records purpose.
What if certain transitional aspects are practically difficult to implement:
There can be certain transitional aspects which would be more complex in a practical scenario and there may not be only one view of the same. For instance: Determining the quantum of availing credits based on stock or determining the right pricing for goods/ services in the GST regime considering the anti-profiteering measures. In such cases, businesses shall face challenge in selecting the right approach. Further, the approach adopted may easily be contradicted by the department. Therefore, in such scenarios businesses must have proper documents, evidences in place and if possible get the same duly certified by the competent authorities to establish its claim.
Updation of various GST laws for each state in a quick short time and complying with the procedural aspects of each state:
In embracing a change it becomes crucial for businesses and professio

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sses to quantify the benefit and determine the commensurate reduction in pricing that would be required to off-set the benefit. This shall be very complex aspect that the businesses are going to face. The consequences of the same will be faced at the time of departmental audits in the GST regime. Therefore, due care needs to be taken under the guidance of the professionals while dealing with such loosely drafted provisions in the law without clear guidance.
Filing of the last return in the current tax regime:
Filing of the last return in the current tax regime is like a last chance to make good the old issues and start afresh. Based on the impact assessment, complete sanctity check for the last 1 year must be done and the same must be given effect to in the last returns. Missed credits, doubtful credits, credits reversed to buy peace etc. can now be availed in the last return with proper intimation to the department. Transactions overlapping between the two regimes must be clearly un

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Constant communication with the vendors/ customers and their support is very crucial in smooth transition. Carrying along the un-organized vendors into the GST regime is a risky affair. Many aspects of the GST regime such as matching concept, compliances etc. will be perturb the business in GST regime if the vendors are not organized. Therefore, the challenging task of the vendor evaluation/ assessment and their preparedness for the GST must be assessed well in advance during the transitional phase so that the loose link the chain is not carried along to the GST regime. Vendors who understand can pass on the benefit and ensure that the intermediate supplier is not out of pocket when the customer reduces the prices.
Nature and extent upto which ERP system must be tweaked:
Needs of the businesses from ERP shall undergo a change in the GST regime, but the crucial decision making factor is to understand the nature and extent of the tweaking to the ERP that is required to be done to atle

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g its impact could be a risky proportion. Further, impact assessment helps in channelizing the transitional efforts in the right areas. Various aspects that needs to be considered in the process of impact analysis are as under:
* Understand self business first – As-is mapping of the business transactions
* Perform minimum past one year sanity check
* Credit Maximization, Review of present credits & compliance
* Performing various ratio analysis to understand the business and its GST impact
* Assess detailed impact on business as a whole, business transactions and impact on various business departments.
* Proactively mitigate the risks of the negative impact. Enhance the positive impact.
* Implementation not restricted to Finance & Accounts department. Readiness and learning equally required by procurement, production, stores, Sales & Marketing, IT, Admin & HR departments also.
Businesses acting early on the GST impact to have edge over competitors.
Conclusion:
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Kalyan Tourist Home Versus State of Kerala
GST
2017 (1) TMI 1716 – KERALA HIGH COURT – TMI
KERALA HIGH COURT – HC
Dated:- 23-1-2017
S.T. Rev. No. 33 of 2014
GST
T.B. Radhakrishnan And Devan Ramachandran, JJ.
For the Appellant : Thomas Abraham and K.P. Pradeep
For the Respondent : Mohammed Rafiq, Sr. Government Pleader
ORDER
T.B. Radhakrishnan, J.
1. These revisions are by an assessee who is eligible to pay tax at compounded rate under S. 7 of the Kerala General Sales Tax Act, 1963, 'Act', for short. It is also not in dispute that the assessee is one who has a bar attached hotel of and below two star. This means that if he opts under S. 7 for payment of tax at compounded rate, he would be governed by S. 7(1)(i), which provision has two Clauses – (a) and (b), which operate in alternative. Clause (a) or (b) would apply depending upon which would bring home to the Revenue through the compounded scheme, higher revenue as tax. The assessee applied for payme

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ything depends upon the turnover or the total amount that would be generated as revenue through the taxes from the assessee for the relevant period to decide as to whether it is Clause (a) or (b) of S. 7(1)(i) that would apply. Decisions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in Bhima Jewellery (M/s.) v. Asstt. Commissioner (Assessment), Kerala & Anr. (2014 (71) VST 110 (SC) : 2014 KHC 5346), Raju Jacob v. Sales Tax Officer (2006 (1) KLT 788 : 2006 KHC 246), Koothattukulam Liquors v. Deputy Commissioner of Sales Tax (2015) 12 SCC 794) and Annie George, Proprietrix v. The State of Kerala (2007 (1) KLT SN 4 (C. No. 6) : 2006 KHC 1701) do not go away from the principle that we have stated herein to that effect. While Koothattukulam Liquors (supra) dealt with a case of payment of tax at compounded rate on the basis of excise duty component, other decisions, particularly Bhima Jewellery (supra), deal with the quality of the contract of compounding and specifically state that compounding

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that rate of tax and the question whether the assessee would be able to opt as between Clauses (a) and (b) of S. 7(1)(i), is also within the bargain on which the compounding is accepted. So much so, the stand of the Revenue that the assessee/revision petitioner had to pay the particular amounts demanded by the assessing authority under S. 7 does not stand.
2. Be that as it may, we have also considered yet another submission. The plea of the assessee through its learned counsel is that the assessee had voluntarily made an option and the assessing authority had accepted tax from him. He, therefore, tries to build up a plea somewhere in the realm of what could be thought of, too remotely, as exchequer. We notice this to say that the crucial further argument is that the Accountant General's office had made an audit of the office, and in the course of the audit, the Accountant General's squad had pointed out that the assessee had not paid the entire amounts due under S. 7(1) of th

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gement of the State. In the course of such exercise, it is well within its fiscal management of the State Government and also through the controlling and regulatory power of the Accountant General's office to point out the statutory officers concerned, the deficit in payment of taxes. What has been done in the case in hand is that when the Accountant General's audit squad had pointed out the deficiency and deficit in the payment of taxes payable under S. 7(1) by the assessee, a notice was issued by the assessing authority calling upon the assessee to pay the balance amount. After such notice, a reply was delivered by the assessee. That was considered and thereafter, an order was issued apparently under S. 7. Calling it as an assessment order or a notice demanding payment, in law and in fiscal jurisprudence, it makes no difference because all that has been asked for is requiring the payment of amounts which are due to be paid merely by operation of law and not on the basis of an

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the assessing authority has accepted the option, and therefore, could not have done so without making a concession against any claim for further amounts. We state this argument only to be rejected because there is no question of any misrepresentation of any nature, since the payment of tax consequent on an option exercised by the assessee does not depend upon any representation of the assessing authority or any other statutory authority under the Act. What we say now is in tandem with what we have already said as to the automatic flow of the consequences of option. Further, there is no question of the assessee opting either for a particular rate of tax or for opting as between Clauses (a) and (b) of S. 7(1)(i) of the Act adverse to the interest of the Revenue. For the aforesaid reasons, we are of the view that the Tribunal cannot be criticised of having failed to decide or having left undecided any question of law which arises for decision in these cases. These revisions fail.
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Place of Supply and registration
Query (Issue) Started By: – Chandrashekhar Kandpal Dated:- 21-1-2017 Last Reply Date:- 23-1-2017 Goods and Services Tax – GST
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GST
We are in the business of publication of magazines and organising international trade exhibitions. I will be grateful if you could advise us on the following with respect to GST implications:
We publish the magazines in Maharashtra and the Advertisers are from all over the world. We send the copy of the magazine along with the invoice to the client. As per place of supply of services, the service provided to a registered person shall be the location of such person. Here I presume registered person means the recipient registered in the state from where t

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) IGST or (b) SGST & CGST.
Question 2. If we organise an Exhibition in other state where we have branch office. Do we need to take registration in that state? if yes, will it be a regular registration or Causal Taxable person.
Question 3 .If we organise an Exhibition in other state where we do not have branch office – Do we need to take registration as Casual Taxable Person or regular registration?
Further, In case of Casual Taxable person, the estimated liability is required to be paid in advance and the registration is valid for 90 days only, which can be extended with the approval.
Normally an Exhibition is planned more than a year in advance and its very difficult to ascertain the liability in such advance period, moreover we start

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