Customs – PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 24/2017 – Dated:- 27-6-2017 – GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS CUSTOM HOUSE, PORT AREA, VISAKHAPATNAM – 530 035 F. No. S2/08/2017-ED1 Date: 27/06/2017 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 24/2017 Subject: Reg. Attention of Importers/Exporters, Custom Brokers & Trade is invited to Implementation of GST from 1st July, 2017. Reference is also invited to Taxation Law (Amendments) Act, 2017 (18 of 2017), bringing out amendments in Customs and Central Excise legislations in alignment with GST implementation. Further reference is invited to various decisions in GST Council meeting , documentation of the same in CBEC Website and also the advisory issued by Member(Customs) vide D.O. letter dated 20.6.17 on Customs related matters on introduction of Goods and Service Tax regime and PN 23/2017 issued by Custom House, Visakhapatnam. 2. The legislations referred above have necessitated changes in Bill of Ent
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tegrated tax in respect of goods specified will be in respective schedules. Similar is the case for GST Compensation Cess Schedule under Section 8(2) of GST (Compensation to States) Act, 2017. The importer shall have to quote the notification number and serial number in the format
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mption Notification should be referred. 5. Declaration of CETH: The Central Excise Tariff shall get stand amended w.e.f. the day the Taxation Law (Amendments) Act, 2017 comes into force. In such a scenario, the Central Excise levy is applicable on certain goods, while it is not applicable on certain goods. Wherever the additional customs duty (CVD) is levied, CETH as applicable may be declared. In case of Non- Applicability of CETH, NOEXCISE should be quoted. 6. Identification of GST Beneficiary: To avail IGST Benefits on Imports, declaration of State Code and GSTIN in Bill of Entry is mandatory. The same needs to be added in CTX Table of the BE Declaration. In any case of non-availment of IGST, State Code along with one of the other Identity proof listed below needs to be provided, so as to enable apportionment to the respective states. Description GSTIN-Imp. Regn_Type Type of IEC to be declared GST Benefit (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) GSTIN Normal G TP,CMP,CAS,ISD,NR,TDS, Individual Yes GSTIN
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With the implementation of GST, there would be seamless credit flow of IGST to the GSTIN Beneficiary mentioned in the Bill of Entry on filing of Returns. However to avail the IGST credit, the importer needs to mention the Port Code, Bill of Entry Number, Bill of Entry Date, aggregate IGST Taxable value, Total IGST Amount, Total GST Compensation Cess in the GST Return which would be validated online with ICEGATE. For the benefit of the Importers, the above details would be made available in the Final copy of the Bill of Entry. 8. IGST Availment in case of Manual Bill of Entry : Since all the validation related to IGST refund or flow of IGST credit would happen electronically between Customs EDI and GSTN, it is imperative here that the required data is captured electronically without fail for all the imports and exports whether or not they are made through EDI locations. In case of EDI locations, Board has issued instructions vide F.NO. 401/81/2011-Cus Ill dated 2nd June 2017 and PN 22/2
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ilised input tax credit; or (b) he may supply goods or services or both, subject to such conditions, safeguards and procedure as may be prescribed, on payment of integrated tax and claim refund of such tax paid on goods or services or both supplied. 10. Under the GST Laws, taxpayers would be filing their outward supply returns on GSTN for all the supplies made by them including exports. For exports, they will be required to quote the Shipping Bill and export invoice details which shall be validated by the Customs EDI system. The confirmation of the export by Customs shall be made once the EGM is filed and closed (in case of 'CDs. it should be Gateway EGM not train Summary). Based on this validation only the taxpayer (exporter) shall be granted refund of the IGST paid by him on the exported goods. This validation shall also act as the proof of export in case the exporter has made the supply under bond or LUT without payment of IGST. For facilitating the above, Shipping Bill forms ha
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icate whether the exports are being made on: P – Payment of IGST LUT – Under Bond or LUT NA – Where IGST is not applicable, i.e. the supply is non-taxable; including exports made by non GST registered exporters 13. Taxable Value and IGST Paid Since the actual quantity and value of the goods finally exported may sometimes be at variance with that indicated on the export invoice, these particulars have to be individually declared for every item. Here, Taxable Value is the value of the item actually being exported on which IGST has been paid. In case of short shipments due to shut out/back to town, IGST has to be calculated proportionately item wise in the invoice based on the actual quantity of exports. This is further explained by the following illustration: Illustration: An exporter raises an export invoice as below: Item Quantity (units) Unit Price (Rs) Total Price IGST (Rs) A 1000 200 2,00,000 24,000 B 2000 100 2,00,000 24,000 4,00,000 48,000 Due to some reasons, he finally exports o
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d two special characters ( / and – ). The export invoice should be issued by the supplier cum exporter in compliance with the GST Invoice Rules. It may also be noted that as per the GST Invoice Rules, in case of export of goods or services, the invoice shall carry an endorsement SUPPLY MEANT FOR EXPORT ON PAYMENT OF INTEGRATED TAX or SUPPLY MEANT FOR EXPORT UNDER BOND OR LETTER OF UNDERTAKING WITHOUT PAYMENT OF INTEGRATED TAX , as the case may be, and shall also contain the following details: (i) name and address of the recipient;(ii) address of delivery; and (iii) name of the country of destination. Other details to be given in the invoice table of the Shipping Bill shall include Third Party remittance details as per RBI requirements, Terms Place(INCOTERMS), End Use (as per the codes available in Imports)etc., as the case may be. The End Use of the Item should be declared against each of the item. The list is provided in Annexure-I. 15. Changes in Drawback Declarations A new declarati
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ffix as A or C, an exporter is required to declare two codes only, i.e. (1) DBK001 or DBK002 and (2) DBK003 16. Container Details Certain details about the Containers are required in line with the International customs communication as well as with a view to implement e-way bill module in future. Some of this information has been kept optional for now like Movement Document Number etc. Fields which have to be mandatorily declared are: Container Size – As per the codes specified in ISO Directory available on icegate website at https://www.icegate.gov.in/SWlFT/single window docs.html Seal Type Indicator – BTSL, RFID, ESEAL (mandatory for factory stuffed goods meant for exports). 17. Transitory Provisions for BE: The Advance/Prior BE filed before the implementation of GST and regularized for implementation may not have relevant declarations for Duty and GSTIN Identifier details. In such clearances may not be allowed in the system. Same applies to Ex Bond BE filed after implementation in r
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or Animal Food or Feed (Trading/ commercial distribution) FSA200 For manufacture/processing as a Animal Food/Feed (Manufacture/Actual Use) FSA800 For use research use as animal Food FSA900 Foods & Supplements -For Personal use FSH100 Food – For Consumer use under commercial distribution (Trading)- Retail or wholesale FSH200 Food – For manufacture/ commercial Processing (Manufacture/Actual Use) FSH700 Food -For Internal use in Hotels-Restaurant FSH710 Food -For Public Display or Exhibition FSH750 Food -For use in International Sports Events FSH800 Food -For Research Use FSH900 Food – For personal consumption FSH910 Food – For distribution in a natural disaster (if received gratis) FSH920 Food -For Charitable Use FSH930 Food -For use in a Diplomatic Establishment GNX100 Generic -For Consumer use under commercial distribution (for Trading – wholesale or retail) GNX200 Generic -For Commercial Assembly or processing (For Manufacture/Actual use) GNX300 Generic -For use as Fertilizers or
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