GST Bills may be introduced in Lok Sabha on Monday

GST Bills may be introduced in Lok Sabha on Monday
GST
Dated:- 25-3-2017

New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) The government is likely to table the four legislations for implementation of the goods and services tax in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
The Union Cabinet already cleared the four supplementary GST legislations CGST, IGST, UTGST and Compensation Law for introduction and passage in the ongoing session of Parliament.
Besides, the Cabinet has approved amendments in the Customs and Excise A

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Releasing of GST Compensation to States

Releasing of GST Compensation to States
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Dated:- 24-3-2017

Pending introduction of GST in the Country, Union Cabinet in its meeting held on 17.03.2015, decided for payment of 100% CST compensation to the States/UTs for year 2010-11, 75% CST compensation for year 2011-12 and 50% CST Compensation for year 2012-13 to be worked out as per guideline dated 22.08.2008. Accordingly, full CST compensation for year 2010-11 and 2011-12 has been released to the States during FY 2014-15 & 20

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GST Bills to be introduced in Parliament next week: FM

GST Bills to be introduced in Parliament next week: FM
GST
Dated:- 24-3-2017

New Delhi, Mar 23 (PTI) – Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said supporting legislations for implementation of goods and services tax will be introduced in Parliament next week.
The finance minister maintained that GST is likely to be rolled out from July 1.
Jaitley said there is long procedure before the Bills are introduced in Parliament and the GST Council cleared those four bills only last week.
"All that exercise has been completed in the last 2-3 days… Next week, it should be introduced in Parliament and then taken up for consideration," he said at an award function of CNBC TV18.
Jaitley further said nine different regulations

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he added.
Earlier this week, the Union Cabinet cleared four supplementary GST legislations CGST, IGST, UTGST and Compensation Law.
Yesterday, the Cabinet approved amendments in the Customs and Excise Act relating to abolition of cesses and surcharges on various goods and services to facilitate implementation of GST. These amendments too will be introduced in Parliament.
To a query on relationship that the RBI and the government share, Jaitley said both have got defined areas of jurisdiction.
"At the end of the day, both have to respect those defined areas… you also have to bear in mind that the elected government is the only accountable institution.
Therefore, its decisions have a significant value," the finance minister

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APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF ‘CGST’ TO ‘IGST’

APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF ‘CGST’ TO ‘IGST’
By: – DR.MARIAPPAN GOVINDARAJAN
Goods and Services Tax – GST
Dated:- 24-3-2017

Section17 of 'The Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016' provides that the provisions relating to registration, valuation, time of supply of goods, time of supply of services, change in rate of tax in respect of supply of goods or services, input tax credit and utilization thereof, distribution of input tax credit by an Input Service Distributor, job work, accounts and records, payment, tax deduction at source, return, tax collection at source, audit, assessment, adjudication, demands, refunds, interest, recovery of tax, offences and penalties, inspection, search and seizure, prosecution and power to arrest, appeals, review, advance ruling and compounding shall apply, so far as may be, in relation to the levy of tax under this Act as they apply in relation to levy of tax under the CGST Act,2016.
The applicable rules topic

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uired, under Section 28, to issue the invoice with respect to the supply; or
* the date on which the supplier receives the payment with respect to the supply.
Time of supply of services
Section 13 of the Act deals with the time of supply of services. Section 13(2) provides that the time of supply of services shall be the earlier of the following dates, namely,-
* the date of issue of invoice by the supplier or the last date on which he is required, under Section 28 to issue the invoice with respect to the supply; or
* the date on which the supplier receives the payment with respect to the supply.
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, in cases where there is a change in the rate of tax in respect of goods or services, shall be determined as per the provisions contained in Section 14 of the Act.
Input tax credit and utilization
Chapter V of the Act deals with input ta

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with the special procedure for removal of goods for certain purposes.
Payment of tax
Chapter IX deals with the payment of tax. The following are the sections dealing with the payment of tax-
* Section 44 – Payment of tax, interest, penalty and other amounts;
* Section 45 – Interest on delayed payment of tax;
Tax Deduction at source
Section 46 of the Act deals with tax deduction at source. The said section provides that the Central or a State Government may mandate a department or establishment of the Central or State Government or local authority or Governmental agencies or such persons or category of persons as may be notified by the Central or the State Government on the recommendations of the GST Council.
The proviso to Section 17 of the IGST Act provides that in the case of tax deduction at source, the deductor shall deduct tax at the rate of 2% from the payment made or credited to the supplier.
Return
Chapter VIII of the Act deals with filing of various types of retur

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t. The following are the sections dealing with Audit-
* Section 63 – Audit by tax authorities;
* Section 64 – Special Audit;
* Section 65 – Power of CAG to call for information for audit.
Assessment
Chapter XV of the Act deals with the assessment types and procedures. The following are the sections dealing with the assessment-
* Section 57 – Self assessment;
* Section 58 – Provisional assessment;
* Section 59 – Scrutiny of returns;
* Section 60 – Assessment of non filers of returns;
* Section 61 – Assessment of unregistered persons;
* Section 62 – Summary assessment in certain special cases.
Adjudication, demand and recovery of tax
Chapter XVII of the Act deals with the above. The following are the sections dealing with adjudication, demand and recovery of tax-
* Section 66 – Determination of tax not paid or short paid or erroneously refunded or input tax credit wrongly availed or utilized for any reason other than fraud or any willful misstatement or suppressio

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ax amount, if any. The following are the sections dealing with refunds-
* Section 48 – Refund of tax;
* Section 49 – Refund in certain cases;
* Section 50 – Interest on delayed refunds;
* Section 51 – Consumer Welfare Fund;
* Section 52 – Utilization of the fund.
Offences and penalties
Chapter XIX of the Act deals with offences and penalties. The following sections deal with offences and penalties-
* Section 85 – Offences and penalties;
* Section 86 – General penalty;
* Section 87 – General disciplines related to penalty;
* Section 88 – Power to impose penalty in certain cases;
* Section 89 – Detention, seizure and release of goods and conveyances in transit;
* Section 90 – Confiscation of goods and/or conveyances and levy of penalty;
* Section 91 – Confiscation of penalty not to interfere with other punishments.
Inspection, search, seizure and arrest
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ls with appeals and revision-
* Section 98 – Appeals to First Appellate Authority;
* Section 99 – Revisional powers of Chief Commissioner or Commissioner;
* Section 100 – Constitution of the National Appellate Tribunal;
* Section101 – Appeals to the Appellate Tribunal;
* Section 102 – Order of the Appellate Tribunal;
* Section 103 – Procedure of Appellate Tribunal;
* Section 104 – Interest on refund of pre-deposit;
* Section 105 – Appearance by authorized representative;
* Section 106 – Appeal to the High Court;
* Section 107 – Appeal to the Supreme Court;
* Section 108 – Hearing before Supreme Court;
* Section 109 – Sums due to be paid notwithstanding appeal etc.,
* Section 110 – Exclusion of time taken for copy;
* Section 111 – Appeal not to be filed in certain cases;
* Section 112 – Non appealable decisions and orders.
Advance Ruling
Chapter XXII of the Act deals with advance ruling. The following are the sections dealing with advance ruling-
* Sect

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Job work) CGST law applicable in IGST also.
Rgds,
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Dated: 25-3-2017
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In case of refund of IGST paid on deemed export supplies claimed by the receiver of qualifying goods (inter-state sale) is the jurisdictional authority in the receiving state authorised to sanction and grant refund of half of the IGST by debit to the CGST account and other half to the SGST account of the originating state or instead the receiving state as the respective CGST and state wise deemed export notifications 47, 48 and 49 have been issued under the CGST Act and the state acts and no parallel notification has been issued under IGST Act?
Do these enabling provisions in the CGST (applicability to IGST Act) empower the proper officer to sanction and grant refund in the receiving state even if the IGST was paid in the originating state utilising IGST and/or CGST and or SGST credit or cash, if short)/
Thanking you in anticipation
Dated: 1-1-2018
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Govt may table 4 GST bills in Parliament today: Minister

Govt may table 4 GST bills in Parliament today: Minister
GST
Dated:- 23-3-2017

New Delhi, Mar 23 (PTI) The government may table four GST supplementary legislations in Parliament today, a union minister said.
"We can do it today as well. A meeting on GST will be chaired by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today," Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal said when asked about tabling of the four GST bills in the Lok Sabha.
He was speaking to reporters on the sidelines

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APPLICABILITY OF GST LAW ON EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

APPLICABILITY OF GST LAW ON EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
By: – Vatsalya Bhardwaj
Goods and Services Tax – GST
Dated:- 23-3-2017

As per the present Service-tax law, all educational institutions are exempt from service-tax. In this regard, reference can be made to Notification on providing for exemption vide which all schools rendering education from pre-school to higher secondary level, are exempt. Further all universities providing qualification recognized by the Government are also exempt. All Government educational institutions including vocational education courses are also exempt. Educational institutions set up under specific Act are also exempt like Indian Institute of Management. In other words, all educational institutions except which are of commercial nature and carrying on coaching activities are exempt. It can be said that considering the importance of education, all educational institutional institutions have been kept out of purview of service-tax.
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ducation as a part of an approved vocational education course.”
In view of above definition of governmental authority, exemption has been provided as per proposed law from GST only in respect of education being provided by institutions set up by the Government or where Government is having participation of 90% or more. As a result of aforesaid provision in revised Model GST law, all other educational institutions which are being run by other charitable institutions will become chargeable to GST. As per the proposal, rate of tax under GST which is likely to be applicable in case of educational services would be 18%. As a result of levy of GST on educational services, the cost of education in all private schools, universities, etc. will become costlier at least by 18%.
It can be said that the proposal, as it appears, to levy GST on educational services will not be fair and logical and it will not be in public interest. It is, therefore, desirable that the Government should re-consider

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, whether small or big in case such institutions are not excluded from the scope of applicability of GST law.
Reply By Ganeshan Kalyani as =
Nice article Sir. Education is a basic necessity in today's world. In middest of rising cost, inflation meeting ends became difficult. It is battle for poor to meet their ends. Education is the power which can eliviate the poverty. Thus , this should have been free or atleast free from tax. Getting admission is like buying education. If the leaders want to improve the nation, the primary is to free education. When people develop nation develops, when society develops nation develops , when thought develops nation develops, to develop thoughts education is must. Taxing education is like restricting education to the people who can afford to spend. What can poor do, if education is costly. The government should consider this aspect before final law is finalised. Thanks.
Dated: 23-3-2017
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AGRICULTURE UNDER GST – WHETHER TAXABLE

AGRICULTURE UNDER GST – WHETHER TAXABLE
By: – Dr. Sanjiv Agarwal
Goods and Services Tax – GST
Dated:- 23-3-2017

The revised model GST law on GST (version-II) defines agriculture and agriculturist. The agriculture is out of scope of GST and agriculturist is not a taxable person.
Agriculture [Section 2(7)]
As per section 2(7) of the revised Model GST law, 'agriculture' means all its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, includes floriculture, horticulture, the raising of crops, grass or garden produce and also grazing, but does not include dairy farming, poultry farming, stock breeding, the mere cutting of wood or grass, gathering of fruit, raising of man-made forest or rearing of seedlings or plants.
Therefore, agriculture would include:
* all its grammatical variations
* all its cognate expressions,
* floriculture, (cultivation of ornamental flowers)
* horticulture, (cultivation of garden)
* sericulture, (rearing of silk worms)
* the

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the purpose of Section 2(i) of the Act. [T.N. Godavarman Thirumulkped v. Union of India, 1996 (12) TMI 390 – Supreme Court of India , para 4] [Forest Conservation Act (69 of 1980), S.2(i)].
The terms forest is to be understood in the dictionary sense and also that any area regarded as a forest in the Government records, irrespective of ownership would be forest. [M.C. Mehta v. Union of India (2004) 12 SCC 118, 181, para 82]
'Forest means such large areas where agricultural is not done and which is covered by trees and shrubs. Land having an average number of 200 trees per hectare ought to be treated as 'forest'. [ T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad (98) v. Union of India, (2006) 5 SCC 28, 32, para 3]
The Indian Forest Act, 1927 covers all categories of forests and extends to whole of territories specified in First Schedule of the Constitution.
Agriculturist [Section 2(8)]
As per section 2(8) of the revised Model GST law, 'agriculturist' means a person who cultivate

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servants or by hired labour. Further, in the case of a Hindu Undivided Family, land shall be deemed to be cultivated personally, if it is cultivated by any member of such family.
This expression has been used in the definition of 'agriculturist' and a person will be considered as an 'agriculturist' only when a person cultivates land personally. To cultivate personally would imply carrying on agricultural operations on his own account by employing own labour, family's labour or hired labour under own supervision or of his family. In case of HUF, it could be done by any member of HUF.
The explanation clarifies that cultivation can be treated as being cultivated personally if it is done by servants or by hired labour in case of widow, minor, physically or mentally disabled persons or serving members of armed forces of Union.
Where persons who do not cultivate personally by employing a labour but do so by awarding contract of cultivation on sharing basis, which is ge

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GST – Migration of Central Excise and Service tax Assessees – Formation of Help Disk

GST – Migration of Central Excise and Service tax Assessees – Formation of Help Disk
Trade Notice No. 03/2017 – 3 A Dated:- 23-3-2017 Trade Notice
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OFFICE OF TILE COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE & SERVICE TAX
NO. 1, WILLIAMS ROAD, TIRUCIICIIIRAPALLI – 620 001.
Dated: 23.03.2017
Trade Notice No. 03/2017 – 3 A
Sub : Reg.
Attention of Trade and general public is invited regarding Migration of Central Excise and Service tax Assessees to GST. To facilitate smooth migration of assesses to GSTN and sort out any problems faced by assesses, a GST SEVA KENDRA would be functioning in the above address. This SEVA Kendra would remained functional on Saturday/ Sunday up to 31.03.2017.
The following Officers are hereby nominated to as

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Cabinet approves Amendment of in the Customs and Excise Act, relating to abolition of cesses and surcharges on various goods and services to facilitate implementation of GST Regime

Cabinet approves Amendment of in the Customs and Excise Act, relating to abolition of cesses and surcharges on various goods and services to facilitate implementation of GST Regime
GST
Dated:- 22-3-2017

Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the following proposals:
i. Amendment to the Customs Act, 1962;
ii. Amendments to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975;
iii. Amendment to the Central Excise Act, 1944;
iv. Repeal of the Central Excise Tariff Ac

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GST rollout from July 1 to make goods cheaper: Jaitley

GST rollout from July 1 to make goods cheaper: Jaitley
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Dated:- 22-3-2017

New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) Hopeful of the GST rollout from July 1, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said it will create one of the world's biggest single markets and make commodities cheaper and tax evasion difficult.
Speaking at the 23rd Conference of the Commonwealth Auditor General, Jaitley said India has "hugely" a non-tax compliant society and the government banned higher denomination notes to curb the tendency of people to deal in cash that lead to tax evasion as well as terror financing.
He said the reform measures undertaken by the government will help India clock 7-8 per cent growth and retain the tag of fastest growing major

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akes goods, commodities and services little cheaper and far more convenient," Jaitley said.
The Union Cabinet this week cleared four supplementary GST legislations which will be introduced in Parliament in the ongoing budget session.
"The laws which enable this (GST) are now before Parliament which hopefully should get cleared and once they do get cleared then by the middle of this year we hope to see the implementation as far as this law is concerned," Jaitley said.
In terms of tax compliances, he said India ranks fairly high as a non-compliant state.
"Therefore, one of the efforts of the state has been how to bring non-compliance to an end. Once the GST is introduced it will be a great check as far as evasion is co

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pee notes.
"(With demonetisation) Anonymity which was attached to this high level of cash operating in market that anonymity disappeared as it had to be deposited in bank.
"This has also increased the trend towards digitisation of economy, (will) act as disincentive to continuing to deal in a shadow or parallel economy and lead to a further integration of informal with formal economy," Jaitley said.
He said the size of India's GDP in the near future will be bigger, size of formal economy will increase and will be cleaner.
As regards growth, Jaitley said India would continue to remain amongst the fastest growing economies of the world.
"For the last three years we have been the fastest growing major economy, we w

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Trying to implement GST from July 1, says Jaitley

Trying to implement GST from July 1, says Jaitley
GST
Dated:- 22-3-2017

New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said he is hopeful of rolling out the biggest tax reform GST from July 1 which will make goods and services cheaper and tax evasion difficult.
The Finance Minister also said achieving a growth rate of 7-8 per cent is plausible and if economies pick up globally then the country's growth rate can go up further.
Demonetisation, Jaitley said, will act as a disincentive towards continuing to deal with shadow economy, and integration of informal with formal economy will increase the size of the GDP and make it cleaner.
"The biggest taxation reform what we are trying to implement from July 1

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Interstate Jobwork without payment of tax

Interstate Jobwork without payment of tax
Query (Issue) Started By: – Vishnu Dutt Gupta Dated:- 21-3-2017 Last Reply Date:- 4-4-2017 Goods and Services Tax – GST
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# GST Applicability on Interstate Job Work ??
( As per CGST Law in chapter XI A – Job work allowed without payment of tax and should be return in prescribed time one year for input)
But in IGST law no procedure mentioned for Job work.
as per Miscellaneous -17 in Chapter IX of IGST law :
Application of certain provisions of the CGST Act, 2016 to I G S T
The provisions relating to registration, valuation, time of supply of goods, time of supply of services, change in rate of tax in respect of supply of goods or services, input tax credit and utiliz

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k without payment of GST.
However, it is advisable not to opt for the provision, instead pay GST on movement of goods,the credit is availed by the job worker who in turn pays the GST at the time of supplying (returning the goods after processing) on which the credit can be availed at your end.
In the end, as the set off is available, the tax impact is neutral.
This will save unnecessary litigation and reconciliation.
Regards
S.Ramaswamy
Reply By MARIAPPAN GOVINDARAJAN:
The Reply:
Your assumption is correct.
Reply By Ganeshan Kalyani:
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Paying and taking credit would block working capital.
Reply By Vishnu Dutt Gupta:
The Reply:
Thanks to all for valuable reply.
As per Mr. Ramaswamy we can do but we want to know availabi

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Modification in GST reg portal

Modification in GST reg portal
Query (Issue) Started By: – venkat eswaran Dated:- 21-3-2017 Last Reply Date:- 1-4-2017 Goods and Services Tax – GST
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Dear all,
While we migrat to GST portal the Validation error comes for one of the PAN no of the directors. WE have deleted that particular record and got ARN no. and migrated to GST. After that can we modify the directors details? from April onwards we need to add one more director name also. How we can do that? Still

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Additional place of business after GST migration

Additional place of business after GST migration
Query (Issue) Started By: – Aitha RajyaLakshmi Dated:- 21-3-2017 Last Reply Date:- 6-10-2017 Goods and Services Tax – GST
Got 16 Replies
GST
Sir
What is the process we shall follow in a case when a new place of business is established after GST migration?
Reply By MARIAPPAN GOVINDARAJAN:
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If the new place of business is in the other State you have to obtain separate registration. If it is within the State no separate registration is required. In my view you can add the new establishment in the Registration certificate.
Reply By Ramaswamy S:
The Reply:
Under the GST, One state one registration.
If the new premises is within the same state, then the new premises is

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se explain
Reply By KASTURI SETHI:
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You are to add additional place of business in application form in common portal of GSTN. Any well conversant computer operator can do this. Thus your additional place of business will be on the records of the department. There is no problem in amending registration certificate whenever there is any change .
Reply By MARIAPPAN GOVINDARAJAN:
The Reply:
If you get a registration in the GST Regime and if you want to establish a new place of business which is of same nature or incidental there to, then you can add the new place of establishment as additional place of business by amending the registration certificate.
Reply By Nagaraj Dalabhanjan:
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May i know what is the time limit f

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By Minhaj Seth:
The Reply: Thank You So Much For This Forum. I would like to ask. I am a Amazon Seller In Gujarat. I would like to Add Their Ahmadabad Freight. As Additional Place Of Business. When I login To GST portal. My Profile Says NA. Where do I get that updated. If someone can please help me with this one. My GSTIN is Registered in Gujarat Itself.
Reply By Hasmukh Patel:
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Till date
We can not amend registration for additional place of business even if it is under rule. Pls. login GST PORTL and try for add new location.You can't do it.
Reply By Amit Bansal:
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Hi
I have heard #apob can be added in Gst by a manual process. Can anyone help me this case.
Regards
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Addi

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The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi approves the four Goods and Services Tax (GST) related bills today

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi approves the four Goods and Services Tax (GST) related bills today
GST
Dated:- 20-3-2017

The GST law will be the biggest reform in the area of Indirect Taxes in the history of independent India
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today approved the following four Goods and Services Tax (GST) related bills:
1.   The Central Goods and Services Tax Bill 2017 (The CGST Bill)
2.   The Integrated Goods and Services Tax Bill 2017 (The IGST Bill)
3.   The Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Bill 2017 (The UTGST Bill)
4.   The Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to the States) Bill 2017 (The

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taxes into a single tax, it would mitigate cascading or double taxation in a major way and pave the way for a common national market. The Goods and Services Tax will thus help in the realization of the objective of “One Nation, One Tax” and improve the Ease of Doing Business climate in the country. It will also indirectly benefit the common man by reducing the tax burden especially on the daily consumer items of the common man.
Introduction of GST would also make Indian products competitive in the domestic and international markets. Studies show that this would have a boosting impact on economic growth. It is expected that the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax law will lead to an increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the c

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for levy and collection of tax on inter-state supply of goods or services or both by the Central Government. The UTGST Bill makes provisions for levy on collection of tax on intra-UT supply of goods and services in the Union Territories without legislature. Union Territory GST is akin to States Goods and Services Tax (SGST) which shall be levied and collected by the States/Union Territories on intra-state supply of goods or services or both. The Compensation Bill provides for compensation to the states for loss of revenue arising on account of implementation of the goods and services tax for a period of five years as per section 18 of the Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016.
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MRP based item in GST

MRP based item in GST
Query (Issue) Started By: – venkat eswaran Dated:- 20-3-2017 Last Reply Date:- 23-3-2017 Central Excise
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Central Excise
DEar all,
our is a MRP based valuation in Central excsie pmt after rebate of some % on MRP we paying excise duty. In GST how this is to be treated. Whether the same MRP based valuaiton is continued in GST also?
Kindly share your views on this
Thanks in advance
Venkat
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Cabinet approves four GST Bills

Cabinet approves four GST Bills
GST
Dated:- 20-3-2017

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the following four GST related bills:
1. The Central Goods and Services Tax Bill 2017 (The CGST Bill)
2. The Integrated Goods and Services Tax Bill 2017 (The IGST Bill)
3. The Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Bill 2017 (The UTGST Bill)
4. The Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to the States) Bill 2017 (The Compensation Bill)
The above four Bills have been earlier approved by the GST Council after thorough, clause by clause, discussion over 12 meetings of the Council held in the last six months.
The CGST Bill makes provisions for levy and collection of tax on intra-state supply of g

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HOW TO MIGRATE INTO GST GOODS AND SERVICE TAX) REGIME

HOW TO MIGRATE INTO GST GOODS AND SERVICE TAX) REGIME
By: – CSSANJAY MALHOTRA
Goods and Services Tax – GST
Dated:- 20-3-2017

HOW TO MIGRATE INTO GST GOODS AND SERVICE TAX) REGIME
Reply By Ganeshan Kalyani as =
Thanks for sharing the procedure. It is very useful. Thanks.
Though the GSTN had requested to do enrolment before 31.01.2017, most of the assesses are still waiting to complete their enrolment due to various reasons. In some state the department has yet to issue login credential to the assesse. The J&K has not yet started the process.
Though there is no revised timeline given, the assesse need to understand that Government may at anytime declare last day for enrolment and complying after that time would lead difficulty. Hence enrolment to be carried out at right time.
Dated: 20-3-2017
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Sir,
Actually, it is the best article. It is very simple to understand and practise. I have noted step-wise points in my diary. It will surel

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agree to provide details as per the provisions of Proposed Model Goods and Services Tax Act (GST Act).
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Maintenance of Accounts and other record in GST Law

Maintenance of Accounts and other record in GST Law
By: – Sanjeev Singhal
Goods and Services Tax – GST
Dated:- 18-3-2017

No specific list of accounts or record has been prescribed in Section 53 of GST Law. It only talked about the true and correct accounts of production or manufacture of goods, inward and outward supply of goods and /or services, accounts of stock of goods, record of input credit availed and output tax payable or paid.
Accounts and other Record
* Every registered taxable person shall maintain at his principal place of business [as mentioned in the certificate of registration] the following record
* Accounts of production or manufacture of goods
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accounted for and proceed with provision of Section 66 and 67 of the act.
* Every owner or operator of warehouse or godown shall maintain record of consigner, consignee and all other relevant details of the goods as prescribed whether person is registered or not.
Period of retention of accounts
* Every RTP shall keep the record of all books of accounts and other record and shall retain the same until the expiry of 60 month from the due date of furnishing the annual return .
Example :
Record of FY 2017-18 shall be retain till 31.12.2023.
Provided that where RTP is in appeal, revision or any other proceeding before any appellate or tribunal or court , whether filed by him or by department, or under investigation of offence , shall r

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Input tax credit – Matching / Mismatching Concept in Present Tax Laws vis-à-vis GST Laws

Input tax credit – Matching / Mismatching Concept in Present Tax Laws vis-à-vis GST Laws
By: – Anuj Bansal
Goods and Services Tax – GST
Dated:- 17-3-2017

The concept of Input Tax credit has always been an issue to look into for the industry. The industry has huge expectations and there are a lot of eyes on how the concept of Input Tax Credit related to goods and/or services and matching mismatching concept of input tax credit will be dealt with in the GST regime. Let us discuss whether GST has something to cherish about or not.
The eligibility and conditions for taking input tax credit are discussed under Sec 16 of the revised Model GST Law. The section broadly talks about the conditions, circumstances and ways through which the assesse can claim input tax credit under the GST regime. There are certain conditions which the assessee needs to fulfill in order to avail the input tax credit. One of the important condition provided in Sec 16(2)(c) states that:-
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the selling and purchasing dealer are cross checked across dealers whose TIN is mentioned in their respective returns and a mismatch report is generated. The buyer can view the report on the website of department immediately after filing of Annexure by corresponding sellers. In case there is any mismatch in the reports i.e. let say selling dealer has shown lesser amount of sales but the Buying Dealer shows the correct amount of purchases. Thus, Buying Dealer has claimed more input and he will be penalized for no default on his part. However, in reverse case i.e. Selling Dealer having shown more amount of sales and the purchase amount being correctly entered by the Buying Dealer, the mismatch report will be generated without any penalty being levied on buyer. However, under Service Tax Laws there is no such provision or mechanism in law to check whether tax paid by the receiver of services is duly deposited by the provider of services or not. In order to have control and avoid leakage i

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note in his valid return then purchasing dealer shall be eligible to take the credit again and accordingly his output tax liability shall be reduced which was added earlier in his return. Any interest paid earlier shall also be refunded to the purchasing dealer. However, no provision is mentioned in law for any interest to be refunded for the period when such output tax liability was wrongly charged from the purchasing dealer till the date of refund.
Case 2:- Where reduction of output tax liability exceeds the corresponding reduction in claim for Input Tax credit i.e. in case the credit note issued by the selling dealer is not correspondingly recorded by the purchasing dealer in his return then such discrepancy shall be communicated to both such persons in the manner as may be prescribed. Now two situations may arise:-
* If it is not rectified by the purchasing dealer in his valid return for the month in which the discrepancy is communicated shall be added to the output tax liabili

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ectified before filing the return of September 2017 i.e 20th October 2017 or date of filing of annual return for F.Y. 2016-17 whichever is earlier, It is important to note that in case such period passes away then no such rectification is allowed and input tax credit related to them will be lost.
This mechanism of matching mismatching seems to be highly automated and thus all the returns of selling dealer as well as purchasing dealer will be linked with each other, so that any change on one side will be correspondingly reflected on the other side. Therefore, both the seller as well as purchaser is required to be very careful in filing the returns and in uploading sale / purchase details. Even a slight mismatch in the details will lead to unnecessary demands and may also lead to litigation for recovery of tax. In the whole process, it may be observed that Government is at no loss. Whatever deposit is made by the seller would be available to the purchaser and in case of mismatch Governm

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POWERS OF GST OFFICERS UNDER CGST ACT

POWERS OF GST OFFICERS UNDER CGST ACT
By: – DR.MARIAPPAN GOVINDARAJAN
Goods and Services Tax – GST
Dated:- 17-3-2017

Appointment of GST Officers
Section 5 of Model GST Act, 2016 ('Act' for short) provides for appointment of officers under the CGST. The Board may appoint such persons as it may think fit to be officers under the Act. The Board may authorize a Principal Chief Commissioner/Chief Commissioner of CGST or a Principal Commissioner/Commissioner of CGST or an Additional/Joint or Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of CGST to appoint officers of CGST below the rank of Assistant Commissioner of CGST.
Powers of CGST officers
Section 6 of the Act provides that subject to such conditions and limitations as the Board may impose, a GST officer may exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred or imposed on him under the Act. He may exercise the powers on any other CGST officer who is subordinate to him. The Commissioner may, subject to such conditions and limitati

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riting any other officer of CGST to inspect any places of business of the taxable person or the persons engaged in the business of transporting goods or the owner of the operator of warehouse or godown or any other place.
Section 79(2) provides that where the officer concerned, either pursuant to an inspection carried or otherwise, has reasons to believe that any goods liable to confiscation or any documents or books or things, which in his opinion shall be useful for or relevant to any proceedings are secreted in any place, he may authorize in writing any other officer to search and seize or may himself search and seize such goods, documents, books or things.
Power to arrest
Section 81 gives powers to Commissioner to arrest any person. Section 81(1) provides that if the Commissioner has reason to believe that any person has committed an offence as detailed below-
* supplies any goods and/or services without issue of any invoice or grossly misdeclares the description of the supply

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his section shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 relating to arrest.
Power to summon persons to give evidence and produce documents
Section 82 provides that any CGST officer, duly authorized by the competent authority in this behalf, shall have power to summon any person whose attendance he considers necessary either to give evidence or to produce a document or any other thing in any inquiry which such officer is making for any of the purposes of this Act.
Access to business premises
Section 83 provides that any CGST officer authorized by the Additional/Joint Commissioner of CGST shall have access to any place of business of a registered taxable person to inspect books of account, documents, computers, computer programs, computer software, whether installed in a computer or otherwise, and such other things as he may require and which may be available at such place, for the purposes of carrying out any audit, scrutiny, verifi

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ulling the said decision or order.
Power to collect statistics
Section 141 of the Act provides that the Commissioner, if it considers that for the purposes of the better administration of the Act, it is necessary so to do, may by notification, direct that statistics be collected relating to any matter dealt with, by or in connection with the Act. Upon such notification being issued, the Commissioner, or any person authorized by the Commissioner in this behalf may call upon all concerned persons to furnish such information or returns as may be specified therein relating to any matter in respect of which statistics is to be collected.
General power to make regulation
Section 155 provides that the Commissioner may make regulations consistent with the Act and rules, generally to carry out the purposes of this Act.
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Electricity under GST

Electricity under GST
Query (Issue) Started By: – Aitha RajyaLakshmi Dated:- 16-3-2017 Last Reply Date:- 18-3-2017 Goods and Services Tax – GST
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Payment of Taxes, Interest and Penalty in GST law

Payment of Taxes, Interest and Penalty in GST law
By: – Sanjeev Singhal
Goods and Services Tax – GST
Dated:- 16-3-2017

How the liabilities in respect of Tax , interest, penalty and other dues under the GST shall be paid, have been summarized hereunder. How the same shall be entered in various register etc. All this is prescribed in Section 44 and Section 45 of the revised GST Law and GST Payment Rules ,2016.
Payment of Tax , Interest , Penalty
* Every deposit made for tax , interest, penalty and fees shall be credited to Electronic Cash Ledger in Form-GST PMT-3.
* The input tax credit in the return of taxable person shall be credited to his Electronic Credit Ledger to be maintained as per Form -GST PMT-2.
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dit Ledger of SGST shall be utilized for first payment of SGST and then IGST afterwards.
* Input tax credit available in Electronic Credit Ledger of SGST can not be utilized for payment of CGST or vice versa.
* The balance in the cash or credit register after payment of taxes , interest and penalty or fees under the act may be refunded as prescribed under Section- 48 and the amount refunded shall be reduce from the respective ledger a/c.
* All amount payable by taxable person shall be debited in Electronic Liability Register in Form-GST PMT-1. Payment of every liability by registered taxable person shall be by debiting the electronic credit ledger and crediting the electronic liability register.
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PROSECUTION UNDER MODEL GST ACT

PROSECUTION UNDER MODEL GST ACT
By: – DR.MARIAPPAN GOVINDARAJAN
Goods and Services Tax – GST
Dated:- 16-3-2017

Introduction
Chapter XX of the Model Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 ('Act' for short) provides for prosecution and compounding of offences. In this article the provisions relating to prosecution under this Act are going to be discussed. Section 92(1) provides the list of offences for which punishments is there and provides punishments according to the value involved in the offence. Section 93 provides about cognizance of offences. Section 94 provides the presumption of culpable mental state.
Offences
Section 92(1) of the Act provides the list of offences for which the person concerned is punishable under this Section.
Whoever commits any of the following offence is punishable-
* supplies any goods and/or services without issue of any invoice or grossly misdeclares the description of the supply on invoice, in violation of this provisions of this Act, to

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/or documents or furnishes any false information with an intention to evade payment of tax due under this Act;
* obstructs or prevents any officer in discharge of his duties under this Act;
* acquires possession of, or in any way concerns himself in transporting, removing, depositing, keeping, concealing, supplying, or purchasing or in any other manner deals with, any goods which he knows or has reason to believe are liable to confiscation under this Act or the rules made there under;
* receives or is in any way concerned with the supply of, or in any other manner deals with any supply of services which he knows or has reason to believe are in contravention of any provisions of this Act or the rules made there under;
* tampers with or destroys any material evidence or documents;
* fails to supply any information which he is required to supply under this Act or the rules made there under or (unless with a reasonable belief, the burden of proving which shall be upon him, that t

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ies under this Act;
* Tampers with or destroys any material evidence or documents;
* Fails to supply any information which he is required to supply under this Act or the rules made there underor (unless with a reasonable belief, the burden of proving which shall be upon him, that the information supplied by him is true) supplies false information.
Subsequent commission of offence
Section 92 (2) provides that if any person convicted of an offence under this section is again convicted of offence under this section, then he shall be punishable for the second and for every subsequent offence with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 5 years and with fine. In the absence of special and adequate reasons to the contrary to be recorded in the judgment of the Court, the imprisonment referred in Section 92(1) and 92(2) shall not be for a term of less than six months.
Cognizable offences
Section 92(4) provides that the following offences indicated in Section 92(1)-
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taxable goods and/or services where the amount of tax evaded or the amount of input tax credit wrongly availed or the amount of refund wrongly taken exceeds ₹ 1 crore shall be cognizable and non bailable. The Commissioner concerned shall be the competent authority to take cognizance of the offence.
Section 92(5) provides that a person shall not be prosecuted for any offence under this section except with the previous sanction of the designated authority.
Section 93 provides that no court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable except with the previous sanction of the designated authority and no court inferior to that of a Magistrate of the First Class, shall try any such offence.
Non cognizable offence
Section 92(3) provides that notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 all offences under this Act, except the offences referred to in Section 92(4) shall be non cognizable.
Culpable mental state
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and such person, shall be liable to a penalty in terms of clause (a) or clause (b) of sub­section (1) of section 11AC of the Excise Act or sub-section (1) of section 76 of the Finance Act, as the case may be;
Section 11AC(1)(a) provides penalty not exceeding ten per cent of the duty so determined or rupees five thousand, whichever is higher;
Section 11AC(1)(b) provides the amount of penalty liable to be paid by such person shall be twenty-five per cent. of the penalty imposed, subject to the condition that such reduced penalty is also paid within the period so specified;
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