Goods and Services Tax – GST – By: – Mr. M. GOVINDARAJAN – Dated:- 21-9-2018 – Date of effect The provisions of GST came into effect from 01.07.2017. Section 3 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 ( Act for short) provides that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision. Vide Notification No. 51/2018-Central Tax, dated 13.09.2018, the Central Government appointed 01.10.2018 as the date on which the provisions of section 52 (tax collected at source) of the Act will come into force. Who are to collect tax at source? Section 52(1) provides that every electronic commerce operator, not being an agent, shall collect an amount calculated of the net value of taxable supplies made through it by other suppliers where the consideration with respect to such supplies is to be collected by the operator. The power t
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on through the common portal. The proper officer may grant registration after due verification and issue a certificate of registration in FORM GST REG-06 within a period of three working days from the date of submission of the application. Amendment of registration certificate Rule 19 provides that where there is any change in any of the particulars furnished in the application for registration in Form GST REG-07 the registered person shall, within a period of fifteen days of such change, submit an application, duly signed or verified through electronic verification code, electronically in Form GST REG-14, along with the documents relating to such change at the common portal, either directly or through a Facilitation Centre notified by the Commissioner. If the particulars furnished is correct the proper officer will cause amendment of registration certificate. Where the proper officer is of the opinion that the amendment sought is either not warranted or the documents furnished therewi
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eipt of the reply to the notice to show cause, the certificate of registration shall stand amended to the extent applied for and the amended certificate shall be made available to the registered person on the common portal. Cancellation of registration certificate Where, upon an enquiry or pursuant to any other proceeding under the Act, the proper officer is satisfied that a person to whom a certificate of registration in Form GST REG-06 has been issued is no longer liable to collect tax at source under 52 the said officer may cancel the registration and such cancellation shall be communicated to the said person electronically in Form GST REG-08. The proper officer shall follow the procedure as provided in rule 22 for the cancellation of registration. Rate of tax Every electronic commerce operator, not being an agent, shall collect an amount calculated at such rate not exceeding one per cent., as may be notified by the Government on the recommendations of the Council, of the net value
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ousand rupees or an amount equivalent to the tax evaded or the tax not collected under section 52 or short collected or collected but not paid to the Government whichever is higher. Furnishing of statement Section 52(4) provides that every operator who collects the amount shall furnish a statement, electronically, containing the details of outward supplies of goods or services or both effected through it, including the supplies of goods or services or both returned through it, and the amount collected during a month, Form GSTR – 8, within ten days after the end of such month. The following information is to be furnished in Form GSTR – 8- Basic details; Details of supplies made through e-commerce operator; Amendments to details of supplies in respect of any earlier statement; Details of interest; Tax payable and paid; Interest payable and paid; Refund claimed from electronic cash ledger; Debit entries in cash ledger for TCS/interest payment (to be populated after payment of tax and subm
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er following the end of the financial year or the actual date of furnishing of the relevant annual statement, whichever is earlier. Matching with GSTR – 1 Section 52(8) provides that the details of supplies furnished by every operator shall be matched with the corresponding details of outward supplies furnished by the concerned supplier registered under this Act. Rule 78 provides that the following details relating to the supplies made through an e-Commerce operator, as declared in Form GSTR-8, shall be matched with the corresponding details declared by the supplier in Form GSTR-1- State of place of supply; and net taxable value where the time limit for furnishing Form GSTR-1 under section 37 has been extended, the date of matching of the above mentioned details shall be extended accordingly. The Commissioner may, on the recommendations of the Council, by order, extend the date of matching to such date as may be specified therein. Communication of discrepancies Section 52(9) provides t
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ier in his return in Form GSTR-3 for the month succeeding the month in which the details of discrepancy are made available and such addition to the output tax liability and interest payable thereon shall be made available to the supplier electronically on the common portal in Form GST MIS-3. Section 52(11) provides that the concerned supplier, in whose output tax liability any amount has been added, shall pay the tax payable in respect of such supply along with interest, at the rate specified under section 50(1) on the amount so added from the date such tax was due till the date of its payment. Powers of Authority Any authority not below the rank of Deputy Commissioner may serve a notice, either before or during the course of any proceedings under this Act, requiring the operator to furnish such details relating to- supplies of goods or services or both effected through such operator during any period; or stock of goods held by the suppliers making supplies through such operator in the
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