Goods and Services Tax

Section 18 – GST – States – INPUT TAX CREDIT – Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – 18. Availability of credit in special circumstances.- (1) Subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed- (a) a person who has applied for registration under this Act within thirty days from the date on which he becomes liable to registration and has been granted such registration shall be entitled to take credit of input tax in respect of inputs held in stock and inputs contained in semi-finished or finished goods held in stock on the day immediately preceding the date from which he becomes liable to pay tax under the provisions of this Act; (b) a person who takes registration under sub-section (3) of section 2

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rson becomes a taxable supply, such person shall be entitled to take credit of input tax in respect of inputs held in stock and inputs contained in semi-finished or finished goods held in stock relatable to such exempt supply and on capital goods exclusively used for such exempt supply on the day immediately preceding the date from which such supply becomes taxable: Provided that the credit on capital goods shall be reduced by such percentage points as may be prescribed. (2) A registered person shall not be entitled to take input tax credit under sub-section (1) in respect of any supply of goods or services or both to him after the expiry of one year from the date of issue of tax invoice relating to such supply. (3) Where there is

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f input tax in respect of inputs held in stock and inputs contained in semi-finished or finished goods held in stock and on capital goods, reduced by such percentage points as may be prescribed, on the day immediately preceding the date of exercising of such option or, as the case may be, the date of such exemption: Provided that after payment of such amount, the balance of input tax credit, if any, lying in his electronic credit ledger shall lapse. (5) The amount of credit under sub-section (1) and the amount payable under sub-section (4) shall be calculated in such manner as may be prescribed. (6) In case of supply of capital goods or plant and machinery, on which input tax credit has been taken, the registered person shall pay a

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Section 151 – GST – States – MISCELLANEOUS – Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – 151. Power to collect statistics.- (1) The Commissioner may, if he considers that it is necessary so to do, by notification, direct that statistics may be collected relating to any matter dealt with by or in connection with this Act. (2) Upon such notification being issued, the Commissioner, or any person authorised by him in this behalf, may call upon the concerned persons to furnish such

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Section 17 – GST – States – INPUT TAX CREDIT – Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – 17. Apportionment of credit and blocked credits.- (1) Where the goods or services or both are used by the registered person partly for the purpose of any business and partly for other purposes, the amount of credit shall be restricted to so much of the input tax as is attributable to the purposes of his business. (2) Where the goods or services or both are used by the registered person partly for effecting taxable supplies including zero-rated supplies under this Act or under the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act and partly for effecting exempt supplies under the said Acts, the amount of credit shall be restricted to so much of the input tax as is attributable to the said taxable supplies including zero-rated supplies. (3) The value of exempt supply under sub-section (2) shall be such as may be prescribed, and shall include supplies on which the recipient is liable to pa

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1) of section 18, input tax credit shall not be available in respect of the following, namely:- (a) motor vehicles and other conveyances except when they are used (i) for making the following taxable supplies, namely: (A) further supply of such vehicles or conveyances; or (B) transportation of passengers; or (C) imparting training on driving, flying, navigating such vehicles or conveyances; (ii) for transportation of goods; (b) the following supply of goods or services or both:- (i) food and beverages, outdoor catering, beauty treatment, health services, cosmetic and plastic surgery except where an inward supply of goods or services or both of a particular category is used by a registered person for making an outward taxable supply of the same category of goods or services or both or as an element of a taxable composite or mixed supply; (ii) membership of a club, health and fitness centre; (iii) rent-a-cab, life insurance and health insurance except wh

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s of clauses (c) and (d), the expression construction includes re-construction, renovation, additions or alterations or repairs, to the extent of capitalisation, to the said immovable property; (e) goods or services or both on which tax has been paid under section 10; (f) goods or services or both received by a non-resident taxable person except on goods imported by him; (g) goods or services or both used for personal consumption; (h) goods lost, stolen, destroyed, written off or disposed of by way of gift or free samples; and (i) any tax paid in accordance with the provisions of sections 74, 129 and 130. (6) The Government may prescribe the manner in which the credit referred to in sub-sections (1) and (2) may be attributed. Explanation.- For the purposes of this Chapter and Chapter VI, the expression plant and machinery means apparatus, equipment, and machinery fixed to earth by foundation or structural support that are used for making outward supply of good

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Section 150 – GST – States – MISCELLANEOUS – Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – 150. Obligation to furnish information return.- (1) Any person, being- (a) a taxable person; or (b) a local authority or other public body or association; or (c) any authority of the State Government responsible for the collection of value added tax or sales tax or State excise duty or an authority of the Central Government responsible for the collection of excise duty or customs duty; or (d) an income tax authority appointed under the provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961; (Central Act 43 of 1961) or (e) a banking company within the meaning of clause (a) of section 45A of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934; (Ce

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Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013; (Central Act 30 of 2013) or (k) the recognised stock exchange referred to in clause (f) of section 2 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956; (Central Act 42 of 1956) or (l) a depository referred to in clause (e) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Depositories Act, 1996; (Central Act 22 of 1996) or (m) an officer of the Reserve Bank of India as constituted under section 3 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934; (Central Act 2 of 1934) or (n) the Goods and Services Tax Network, a company registered under the Companies Act, 2013; (Central Act 18 of 2013) or (o) a person to whom a Unique Identity Number has been granted under sub-section (9)

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e Commissioner, or an officer authorised by him in this behalf, considers that the information furnished in the information return is defective, he may intimate the defect to the person who has furnished such information return and give him an opportunity of rectifying the defect within a period of thirty days from the date of such intimation or within such further period which, on an application made in this behalf, the said authority may allow and if the defect is not rectified within the said period of thirty days or, the further period so allowed, then, notwithstanding anything contained in any other provisions of this Act, such information return shall be treated as not furnished and the provisions of this Act shall apply. (3) Where

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Section 148 – GST – States – MISCELLANEOUS – Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – 148. Special procedure for certain processes.- The Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, and subject to such conditions and safeguards as may be prescribed, notify certain classes of registered persons, and the special procedures to be followed by such persons including those with regard to registration, furnishing of return, payment of tax and administration of such persons.

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Section 149 – Goa SGST – MISCELLANEOUS – Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Section 149 – 149. Goods and services tax compliance rating.- (1) Every registered person may be assigned a goods and services tax compliance rating score by the Government based on his record of compliance with the provisions of this Act. (2) The goods and services tax compliance rating score may be determined on the basis of such parameters as may be prescribed. (3) The goods and services tax compliance rating sco

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Section 16 – GST – States – INPUT TAX CREDIT – Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – CHAPTER V Input Tax Credit 16. Eligibility and conditions for taking input tax credit.- (1) Every registered person shall, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed and in the manner specified in section 49, be entitled to take credit of input tax charged on any supply of goods or services or both to him which are used or intended to be used in the course or furtherance of his business and the said amount shall be credited to the electronic credit ledger of such person. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, no registered person shall be entitled to the credit of any input tax in r

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of such supply has been actually paid to the Government, either in cash or through utilisation of input tax credit admissible in respect of the said supply; and (d) he has furnished the return under section 39: Provided that where the goods against an invoice are received in lots or instalments, the registered person shall be entitled to take credit upon receipt of the last lot or instalment: Provided further that where a recipient fails to pay to the supplier of goods or services or both, other than the supplies on which tax is payable on reverse charge basis, the amount towards the value of supply along with tax payable thereon within a period of one hundred and eighty days from the date of issue of invoice by the supplier, an a

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Section 147 – GST – States – MISCELLANEOUS – Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – 147. Deemed Exports.- The Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, notify certain supplies of goods as deemed exports , where goods supplied do not leave India, and payment for such supplies is received either in Indian rupees or in convertible foreign exchange, if such goods are manufactured in India. – – statute, statutory provisions legislation, law, enactment, Acts, Rules

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Section 146 – GST – States – MISCELLANEOUS – Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – 146. Common Portal.- The Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, notify the Common Goods and Services Tax Electronic Portal for facilitating registration, payment of tax, furnishing of returns, computation and settlement of integrated tax, electronic way bill and for carrying out such other functions and for such purposes as may be prescribed. – – statute, statutory provision

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Section 145 – GST – States – MISCELLANEOUS – Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – 145. Admissibilty of micro films, facsimile copies of documents and computer printouts as documents and as evidence.- (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force,- (a) a micro film of a document or the reproduction of the image or images embodied in such micro film (whether enlarged or not); or (b) a facsimile copy of a document; or (c) a statement contained in a document and included in a printed material produced by a computer, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed; or (d) any information stored electronically in any device or media, including any hard copies made of

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Section 15 – GST – States – TIME AND VALUE OF SUPPLY – Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – 15. Value of taxable supply.- (1) The value of a supply of goods or services or both shall be the transaction value, which is the price actually paid or payable for the said supply of goods or services or both where the supplier and the recipient of the supply are not related and the price is the sole consideration for the supply. (2) The value of supply shall include- (a) any taxes, duties, cesses, fees and charges levied under any law for the time being in force other than this Act, the Central Goods and Services Tax Act and the Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act, if charged separately by the supplier;

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lanation.- For the purposes of this sub-section, the amount of subsidy shall be included in the value of supply of the supplier who receives the subsidy. (3) The value of the supply shall not include any discount which is given- (a) before or at the time of the supply if such discount has been duly recorded in the invoice issued in respect of such supply; and (b) after the supply has been effected, if- (i) such discount is established in terms of an agreement entered into at or before the time of such supply and specifically linked to relevant invoices; and (ii) input tax credit as is attributable to the discount on the basis of document issued by the supplier has been reversed by the recipient of the supply. (4) Where the

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rols or holds twenty-five per cent. or more of the outstanding voting stock or shares of both of them; (v) one of them directly or indirectly controls the other; (vi) both of them are directly or indirectly controlled by a third person; (vii) together they directly or indirectly control a third person; or (viii) they are members of the same family; (b) the term person also includes legal persons. (c) persons who are associated in the business of one another in that one is the sole agent or sole distributor or sole concessionaire, howsoever described, of the other, shall be deemed to be related. – – statute, statutory provisions legislation, law, enactment, Acts, Rules, Regulations, Taxation Tax Management India – tax

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Section 144 – GST – States – MISCELLANEOUS – Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – 144. Presumption as to documents in certain cases.- Where any document- (i) is produced by any person under this Act or any other law for the time being in force; or (ii) has been seized from the custody or control of any person under this Act or any other law for the time being in force; or (iii) has been received from any place outside India in the course of any proceedings under this Act or any other law for the time being in force, and such document is tendered by the prosecution in evidence against him or any other person who is tried jointly with him, the court shall- (a) unless the contrary is proved by such

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Section 143 – GST – States – MISCELLANEOUS – Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – CHAPTER XXI Miscellaneous 143. Job work procedure.- (1) A registered person (hereafter in this section referred to as the principal ) may, under intimation and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, send any inputs or capital goods, without payment of tax, to a job worker for job work and from there subsequently send to another job worker and likewise, and shall,- (a) bring back inputs, after completion of job work or otherwise, or capital goods, other than moulds and dies, jigs and fixtures, or tools, within one year and three years, respectively, of their being sent out, to any of his place of business, without

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is engaged in the supply of such goods as may be notified by the Commissioner. (2) The responsibility for keeping proper accounts for the inputs or capital goods shall lie with the principal. (3) Where the inputs sent for job work are not received back by the principal after completion of job work or otherwise in accordance with the provisions of clause (a) of sub-section (1) or are not supplied from the place of business of the job worker in accordance with the provisions of clause (b) of sub-section (1) within a period of one year of their being sent out, it shall be deemed that such inputs had been supplied by the principal to the job worker on the day when the said inputs were sent out. (4) Where the capital goods, other than

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Section 14 – GST – States – TIME AND VALUE OF SUPPLY – Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – 14. Change in rate of tax in respect of supply of goods or services.- Notwithstanding anything contained in section 12 or section 13, the time of supply, where there is a change in the rate of tax in respect of goods or services or both, shall be determined in the following manner, namely:- (a) in case the goods or services or both have been supplied before the change in rate of tax, (i) where the invoice for the same has been issued and the payment is also received after the change in rate of tax, the time of supply shall be the date of receipt of payment or the date of issue of invoice, whichever is earlier; or (ii)

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t is received before the change in rate of tax, the time of supply shall be the date of receipt of payment or date of issue of invoice, whichever is earlier; or (iii) where the invoice has been issued after the change in rate of tax but the payment is received before the change in rate of tax, the time of supply shall be the date of issue of invoice: Provided that the date of receipt of payment shall be the date of credit in the bank account if such credit in the bank account is after four working days from the date of change in the rate of tax. Explanation.- For the purposes of this section, the date of receipt of payment shall be the date on which the payment is entered in the books of account of the supplier or the date on whi

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Section 142 – GST – States – TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS – Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – 142. Miscellaneous transitional provisions.- (1) Where any goods on which tax, if any, had been paid under the existing law at the time of sale thereof, not being earlier than six months prior to the appointed day, are returned to any place of business on or after the appointed day, the registered person shall be eligible for refund of the tax paid under the existing law where such goods are returned by a person, other than a registered person, to the said place of business within a period of six months from the appointed day and such goods are identifiable to the satisfaction of the proper officer: Provided that if the said goods are returned by a registered person, the return of such goods shall be deemed to be a supply. (2) (a) where, in pursuance of a contract entered into prior to the appointed day, the price of any goods is revised upwards on or after the appoi

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ent of the credit note has reduced his input tax credit corresponding to such reduction of tax liability. (3) Every claim for refund filed by any person before, on or after the appointed day for refund of any amount of input tax credit, tax, interest or any other amount paid under the existing law, shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of existing law and any amount eventually accruing to him shall be refunded to him in cash in accordance with the provisions of the said law: Provided that where any claim for refund of the amount of input tax credit is fully or partially rejected, the amount so rejected shall lapse: Provided further that no refund shall be allowed of any amount of input tax credit where the balance of the said amount as on the appointed day has been carried forward under this Act. (4) Every claim for refund filed after the appointed day for refund of any tax paid under the existing law in respect of the goods exported before or after th

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provisions of the existing law, and the amount rejected, if any, shall not be admissible as input tax credit under this Act: Provided that no refund shall be allowed of any amount of input tax credit where the balance of the said amount as on the appointed day has been carried forward under this Act; (b) every proceeding of appeal, revision, review or reference relating to recovery of input tax credit initiated whether before, on or after the appointed day under the existing law shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of the existing law, and if any amount of credit becomes recoverable as a result of such appeal, revision, review or reference, the same shall, unless recovered under the existing law, be recovered as an arrear of tax under this Act and the amount so recovered shall not be admissible as input tax credit under this Act. (7) (a) every proceeding of appeal, revision, review or reference relating to any output tax liability initiated whether before

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d, whether before, on or after the appointed day under the existing law, any amount of tax, interest, fine or penalty becomes recoverable from the person, the same shall, unless recovered under the existing law, be recovered as an arrear of tax under this Act and the amount so recovered shall not be admissible as input tax credit under this Act; (b) where in pursuance of an assessment or adjudication proceedings instituted, whether before, on or after the appointed day under the existing law, any amount of tax, interest, fine or penalty becomes refundable to the taxable person, the same shall be refunded to him in cash under the said law, and the amount rejected, if any, shall not be admissible as input tax credit under this Act. (9) (a) where any return, furnished under the existing law, is revised after the appointed day and if, pursuant to such revision, any amount is found to be recoverable or any amount of input tax credit is found to be inadmissible, the same shall, unles

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to the extent the tax was leviable on the said goods under the Goa Value Added Tax Act, 2005; (Central Act 9 of 2005) (b) notwithstanding anything contained in section 13, no tax shall be payable on services under this Act to the extent the tax was leviable on the said services under Chapter V of the Finance Act, 1994; (Central Act 32 of 1994) (c) where tax was paid on any supply, both under the Goa Value Added Tax Act, 2005 (Goa Act 9 of 2005) and under Chapter V of the Finance Act, 1994, (Central Act 32 of 1994) tax shall be leviable under this Act and the taxable person shall be entitled to take credit of value added tax or service tax paid under the existing law to the extent of supplies made after the appointed day and such credit shall be calculated in such manner as may be prescribed. (12) Where any goods sent on approval basis, not earlier than six months before the appointed day, are rejected or not approved by the buyer and returned to the seller on or after the

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made by the deductor under the said section where payment to the said supplier is made on or after the appointed day. (14) Where any goods or capital goods belonging to the principal are lying at the premises of the agent on the appointed day, the agent shall be entitled to take credit of the tax paid on such goods or capital goods subject to fulfilment of the following conditions: (i) the agent is a registered taxable person under this Act; (ii) both the principal and the agent declare the details of stock of goods or capital goods lying with such agent on the day immediately preceding the appointed day in such form and manner and within such time as may be prescribed in this behalf; (iii) the invoices for such goods or capital goods had been issued not earlier than twelve months immediately preceding the appointed day; and (iv) the principal has either reversed or not availed of the input tax credit in respect of such,- (a) goods; or (b) capital goods

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Section 141 – GST – States – TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS – Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – 141. Transitional provisions relating to job work.- (1) Where any inputs received at a place of business had been despatched as such or despatched after being partially processed to a job worker for further processing, testing, repair, reconditioning or any other purpose in accordance with the provisions of existing law prior to the appointed day and such inputs are returned to the said place on or after the appointed day, no tax shall be payable if such inputs, after completion of the job work or otherwise, are returned to the said place within six months from the appointed day: Provided that the period of six months may, o

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le if the said goods, after undergoing manufacturing processes or otherwise, are returned to the said place within six months from the appointed day: Provided that the period of six months may, on sufficient cause being shown, be extended by the Commissioner for a further period not exceeding two months: Provided further that if the said goods are not returned within a period specified in this sub-section, the input tax credit shall be liable to be recovered in accordance with the provisions of clause (a) of sub-section (8) of section 142: Provided also that the person despatching the goods may, in accordance with the provisions of the existing law, transfer the said goods to the premises of any registered person for the purpo

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he Commissioner for a further period not exceeding two months: Provided further that if the said goods are not returned within the period specified in this sub-section, the input tax credit shall be liable to be recovered in accordance with the provisions of clause (a) of sub-section (8) of section 142: Provided also that the person despatching the goods may, in accordance with the provisions of the existing law, transfer the said goods from the said other premises on payment of tax in India or without payment of tax for exports within the period specified in this sub-section. (4) The tax under sub-sections (1), (2) and (3) shall not be payable, only if the person despatching the goods and the job worker declare the details of

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Section 140 – GST – States – TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS – Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – 140. Transitional arrangements for input tax credit.- (1) A registered person, other than a person opting to pay tax under section 10, shall be entitled to take, in his electronic credit ledger, credit of the amount of Value Added Tax, and Entry Tax, if any, carried forward in the return relating to the period ending with the day immediately preceding the appointed day, furnished by him under the existing law in such manner as may be prescribed: Provided that the registered person shall not be allowed to take credit in the following circumstances, namely:- (i) where the said amount of credit is not admissible as input tax credit under this Act; or (ii) where he has not furnished all the returns required under the existing law for the period of six months immediately preceding the appointed date; or (iii) where the said amount of credit relates to goods sol

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erson opting to pay tax under section 10, shall be entitled to take, in his electronic credit ledger, credit of the unavailed input tax credit in respect of capital goods, not carried forward in a return, furnished under the existing law by him, for the period ending with the day immediately preceding the appointed day in such manner as may be prescribed: Provided that the registered person shall not be allowed to take credit unless the said credit was admissible as input tax credit under the existing law and is also admissible as input tax credit under this Act. Explanation .- For the purposes of this section, the expression unavailed input tax credit means the amount that remains after subtracting the amount of input tax credit already availed in respect of capital goods by the taxable person under the existing law from the aggregate amount of input tax credit to which the said person was entitled in respect of the said capital goods under the existing law. (3) A regi

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is in possession of invoice or other prescribed documents evidencing payment of tax under the existing law in respect of such inputs; and (iv) such invoices or other prescribed documents were issued not earlier than twelve months immediately preceding the appointed day: Provided that where a registered person, other than a manufacturer or a supplier of services, is not in possession of an invoice or any other documents evidencing payment of tax in respect of inputs, then, such registered person shall, subject to such conditions, limitations and safeguards as may be prescribed, including that the said taxable person shall pass on the benefit of such credit by way of reduced prices to the recipient, be allowed to take credit at such rate and in such manner as may be prescribed. (4) A registered person, who was engaged in the sale of taxable goods as well as exempted goods or tax free goods, by whatever name called, under the existing law but which are liable to tax under th

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f account of such person within a period of thirty days from the appointed day: Provided that the period of thirty days may, on sufficient cause being shown, be extended by the Commissioner for a further period not exceeding thirty days: Provided further that the said registered person shall furnish a statement, in such manner as may be prescribed, in respect of credit that has been taken under this sub-section. (6) A registered person, who was either paying tax at a fixed rate or paying a fixed amount in lieu of the tax payable under the existing law shall be entitled to take, in his electronic credit ledger, credit of value added tax in respect of inputs held in stock and inputs contained in semi-finished or finished goods held in stock on the appointed day subject to the following conditions, namely: (i) such inputs or goods are used or intended to be used for making taxable supplies under this Act; (ii) the said registered person is not paying tax under sect

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Section 139 – GST – States – TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS – Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – CHAPTER XX Transitional Provisions 139. Migration of existing taxpayers.- (1) On and from the appointed day, every person registered under any of the existing laws and having a valid Permanent Account Number shall be issued a certificate of registration on provisional basis, subject to such conditions and in such form and manner as may be prescribed, which unless replaced by

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Section 138 – GST – States – OFFENCES AND PENALTIES – Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – 138. Compounding of offences.- (1) Any offence under this Act may, either before or after the institution of prosecution, be compounded by the Commissioner on payment, by the person accused of the offence, to the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be, of such compounding amount in such manner as may be prescribed: Provided that nothing contained in this section shall apply to- (a) a person who has been allowed to compound once in respect of any of the offences specified in clauses (a) to (f) of sub-section (1) of section 132 and the offences specified in clause (l) which are relatable to offences

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pecified in clause (g) or clause (j) or clause (k) of sub-section (1) of section 132; and (f) any other class of persons or offences as may be prescribed: Provided further that any compounding allowed under the provisions of this section shall not affect the proceedings, if any, instituted under any other law: Provided also that compounding shall be allowed only after making payment of tax, interest and penalty involved in such offences. (2) The amount for compounding of offences under this section shall be such as may be prescribed, subject to the minimum amount not being less than ten thousand rupees or fifty per cent. of the tax involved, whichever is higher, and the maximum amount not being less than thirty thousand r

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Goods and Services Tax – GST – Dated:- 12-6-2017 – REVISED THRESHOLD LIMIT FOR COMPOSITION LEVY [As per discussions in the 16th GST Council Meeting held on 11th June, 2017] Sub section (1) of section 10 read with sub-section (2) of the same section of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 [CGST Act] provides that an eligible registered person, whose aggregate turnover in the preceding financial year did not exceed ₹ 50 lakh, may opt to pay, in lieu of the tax payable by him, an amount calculated at the rate of: 1. 1% of turnover in State or turnover in Union Territory in case of a manufacturer; 2. 2.5% of turnover in State or turnover in Union Territory in case of persons engaged in making supplies referred to in Paragraph 6(b

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Section 137 – GST – States – OFFENCES AND PENALTIES – Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – 137. Offences by Companies.- (1) Where an offence committed by a person under this Act is a company, every person who, at the time the offence was committed was in charge of, and was responsible to, the company for the conduct of business of the company, as well as the company, shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where an offence under this Act has been committed by a company and it is proved that the offence has been committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to any negli

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Section 136 – GST – States – OFFENCES AND PENALTIES – Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – 136. Relevancy of statements under certain circumstances.- A statement made and signed by a person on appearance in response to any summons issued under section 70 during the course of any inquiry or proceedings under this Act shall be relevant, for the purpose of proving, in any prosecution for an offence under this Act, the truth of the facts which it contains, (a) when the per

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Section 135 – GST – States – OFFENCES AND PENALTIES – Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – 135. Presumption of culpable mental state.- In any prosecution for an offence under this Act which requires a culpable mental state on the part of the accused, the court shall presume the existence of such mental state but it shall be a defence for the accused to prove the fact that he had no such mental state with respect to the act charged as an offence in that prosecution. Exp

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Section 134 – GST – States – OFFENCES AND PENALTIES – Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – 134. Cognizance of offences.- No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act or the rules made thereunder except with the previous sanction of the Commissioner, and no court inferior to that of a Magistrate of the First Class, shall try any such offence. – – statute, statutory provisions legislation, law, enactment, Acts, Rules, Regulations, Taxation Tax Ma

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Section 133 – GST – States – OFFENCES AND PENALTIES – Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – 133. Liability of officers and certain other persons.- (1) Where any person engaged in connection with the collection of statistics under section 151 or compilation or computerisation thereof or if any officer of State tax having access to information specified under sub-section (1) of section 150, or if any person engaged in connection with the provision of service on the common portal or the agent of common portal, wilfully discloses any information or the contents of any return furnished under this Act or rules made thereunder otherwise than in execution of his duties under the said sections or for the purposes of prosecution

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