Proper officer can't invoke the bank guarantee till assessee exhausted statutory remedy0 comments Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Where Competent Authority had detained goods of assessee under
transport and demanded tax as well as penalty and assessee furnished bank
guarantee for tax and penalty imposed and had goods released, Competent
Authority was restrained from invoking bank guarantee till assessee exhausted
statutory remedy
No Detention of goods on the issue of misclassification or undervaluation under GST3 comments Sunday, June 10, 2018
The Kerala High Court in a
very important judgement namely Sameer Mat Industries vs the State of
Kerala has held that Issue
of misclassification and under valuation of goods has to be gone into by
respective Assessing Officers and not by detaining officer.
GSTN has enabled online filing of letter of Undertaking for exports3 comments Saturday, February 24, 2018GSTN enabled online filing of LuT. Instructions for filing LUT online on GST Portal are given below:- 1. Go to User Services and Select the Tab “Furnishing Letter of Undertaking” 2. Select the Financial Year for which you want to furnish the LUT 3. If you have already furnished LUT Offline, for previous period, please attach the same here and continue to file your application 4. If you're filing LUT, please read and select all the three checkboxes for accepting the conditions prescribed in Letter of Undertaking 5. Enter the details of two independent witnesses 6. Primary Authorized signatory or other Authorized signatory can sign the Application Form 7. Once signed and filed, Form cannot be edited. Eway bills officially suspended as notification issued.1 comments Saturday, February 3, 2018Government of India has recisended the notification No 74/2017 of CGST which made eway bill compulsory under rule 138 to 138D of CGST Rules. For this purpose notification No 11/2018 CGST has been issued. The implications of this notification is that eway bill is no more compulsory as Rules 138 to 138D have been made inoperative as they were before the issuance of notification No 74/2017 CGST. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE CENTRAL BOARD OF EXCISE AND CUSTOMS New Delhi: 02.02.2018 Notification No. 11/2018 – Central Tax [F. No. 349/58/2017-GST(Pt.)] Dr. SREEPARVATHY S.L., Under Secy. Compulsory generation of e-way bill deferred-GOI tweets0 comments Thursday, February 1, 2018
The official handle of GST
of Government of India has tweeted that the trial phase of generation of eway
bill both for intra-state and inter-state will continue and the date from which
it will be made compulsory will be notified shortly.
No e-way bill required till 01.04.2018 for intra-state supplies of goods in Punjab1 comments Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Punjab Government has
notified under Rule 138(14)(d) of Punjab GST Rules, 2017 that e-way bill will
not be required to be generated for a period of two months from 1st Feburary,
2018 for intra-state supply of goods provided such goods do not cross the
State boundry during the transit. However, a person may voluntarily generate
e-way bill for intra-state supplies.
GST Rate on old and used motor vehicles reduced-latest notifications1 comments Monday, January 29, 2018
Government has
issued the Notification No. 8/2018 Central Tax Rate read with state Tax
Notification, whereby it has reduced the Rate of GST on old and used vehicle as
follows:
E-way bill under GST - an overview2 comments Sunday, January 28, 2018
E-Way Bill is knocking at the door as the date of its
implementation has been notified 01.02.2018. This article focuses certain main
points in the eway bill mechanism.
What is e-way bill: Section 68 of the
CGST Act, 2017 empowers Government to require any person in charge of a
conveyance carrying any consignment of goods of value exceeding the prescribed
amount to carry with him prescribed documents. In pursuance of provisions of
section 68, Rules 138 to 138D have been legislated prescribing Eway Bill in
form GST EWB 01 along with other documents which a person incharge of
conveyance carrying goods of value exceeding Rs. 50000/-, is required to carry
during the movement of goods.
Who is required to generate Eway bill and when it is required: Eway
bill is required to be generated by the following persons:
1. every registered person who causes the movement of goods of
consignment value exceeding Rs. 50000/-
(i) in relation to a supply; or
(ii) for reasons other than supply; or
(iii) due to inward supply from an unregistered person,
It is pertinent to mention here that Eway Bill has to be generated
before the movement of goods start and is required only by a registered person,
and not by an unregistered person, however, unregistered person may voluntarily
generate eway bill. Eway bill may be generated voluntarily even where the
consignment value does not exceed Rs. 50000/-.
2. where goods are sent by a principal located in one State
to a job worker located in any other State, the e-way bill shall be generated
by the principal irrespective of the value of the consignment.It is to be noted
that limit of Rs. 50000/- in case of intra-state movement of goods for job work
purposes will continue to apply.
3. where handicraft goods are transported from one State to
another by a person who has been exempted from the requirement of obtaining
registration under clauses (i) and (ii) of section 24, the e-way bill shall be
generated by the said person irrespective of the value of the consignment.
Consignment value of Rs. 50000/- as stated above has to be
determined in accordance with Section 15 of CGST Act, which deals with
valuation of supply and the consignment value of Rs. 50000/- shall be counted
by including not only the value of goods but also the GST and Cess if any
charged on it.
Generation of E-way bill: Eway bill has two
parts,Part-A and Part-B. Part-A includes details of invoice/challan/credit note
and the details of receipient and transporter, whereas Part-B only has
information with regard to vehicle no. when you
have prepared invoice relating to your business transaction, but don’t have the
transportation details. You can enter invoice details in Part-A of eway bill
and keep it ready for transportation, once the transportation is ready.
It is worth mentioning here that mere filing
Part-A is not valid for movement of goods on road, except for the movement of
goods from the place of the supplier or the receipient as the case may be to
the place of transporter where the distance between the two is less than 10
KMs.
Who is to file Part-A: Part-A has to be
filed mandatorily by the registered person who causes the movement of goods
whether as consignor or as consignee or as recipient, whether the goods are
transported in his own conveyance or by railways or by air or by vessel.
Part-A can also be filed by the transporter and it is mandatory
for the transporter to file Part-A, if the supplier or receipient fails to do
so and the consignment value exceed Rs. 50000/-
For example if A transporter is carrying 5 different
consignments of five different suppliers and receipients in one vehicle the
value of each consignment is say Rs. 20000/-, in such case the total value of
consignments carried in the vehicle comes to Rs. 100000/- In such case although
it was not mandatory for supplier of receipient of each consignment to
generate eway bill but in such case it is mandatory for the transporter to
generate eway bill by filing both Part-A and Part-B.
Part-A can also be filed by an unregistered person voluntarily,
however, it has been stated in Explanation 2 of Rule 138(3) that if goods are
supplied by an unregistered person to a registered recipient and recipient is
known at the time of commencement of movement of goods, then the movement shall
be said to be caused by such registered receipient.
In other words meaning thereby if supply is by an unregistered
person to a registered person, then it is mandatory for the registered
receipient to generate eway bill, ofcource if the consignment value exceed Rs.
50000/-.
Where the goods to be transported are supplied through an
e-commerce operator (for example: amazon, flipkart etc), Part-A may also be
furnished by such e-commerce operator.
Who is to file Part-B: As stated above
also, Part B only contains information with regard to vehicle number.
In case movement is caused by own conveyance or a hired
conveyance, it is the person causing the movement has to file Part-B
In case of movement by rail or by air or vessel Part
-B has to be mandatorily filed by the registered person and along with it the
serial number and date of Railway Receipt or the Air consignment note or Bill
of Lading are also required to mentioned in the Part-A.
If the goods are handed over to a transporter for
transportation by Road Part-B will be filed by the transporter.
The unique feature of Eway bill is that Part B of eway bill can be
updated in the following circumstances:
1. where the goods are transferred from one
conveyance to another, in such case Part-B will be mandatorily updated with new
vehicle number before such transfer and further movement of goods.
For
example: If the vehicle breaks down when the goods are
being carried with EWB, then the transporter can cause to repair the vehicle
and continue the journey. If he is going to change the vehicle, then he has to
enter the new vehicle details for that EWB on the web-site using ‘Update
vehicle number’ option and continue the journey with new vehicle.
Part-B can be updated as many times as it Is required but
should be done within validity period. It has also been further provided in 2nd proviso
to Rule 138(9) that the unique number generated by filing Part-A shall be valid
for 72 hours for updation of Part-B.
2. There may be instances that transporter assign
the consignment to other transporter after booking from the supplier or recipient.
In such situation Rule 138(5A) provides that the transporter may assign the
e-way bill number to another registered or enrolled transporter for updating
the information in Part-B. It is worth noting here that whenever Part-A is
filed by the registered person and he has to mention the transporter’s GSTIN or
enrollment id in Part-A, if the goods are handed over to transporter.
However,
once the details of the conveyance are updated by the transporter in part-B
then supplier or recipient who had furnished Part-A will not be allowed to
assign the eway bill number to another transporter.
Validity of E-way Bill: E-way Bill’s validity
has been prescribed under Rule 138 in terms of distance involved in the
movement of goods. It as follows:
It should be noted here that the period of validity shall be
counted from the time at which the e-way bill has been generated and each day
shall be counted as twenty four hours.
Rule 138(10) further provides that where, under circumstances of
an exceptional nature, the goods cannot be transported within the validity
period of the e-way bill, the transporter may generate another e-way bill after
updating the details in Part B of FORM GST EWB-01.
Cancellation of E-way Bill: Rule 138(9) provides
for cancellation of eway bill within 24 hours of generation of the e-way bill,
which can be done in the following circumstances:
-Where goods are not transported at all or
-are not transported as per the details furnished in the e-way
bill.
However, an e-way bill cannot be cancelled if it has been
verified in transit in accordance with the provisions of rule 138B.
Consolidated E-way bill: Where multiple
consignments are intended to be transported in one conveyance, the transporter
may indicate the serial number of e-way bills generated in respect of each such
consignment electronically on the common portal and a consolidated e-way bill
in FORM GST EWB-02 maybe generated by him on the said common portal prior to
the movement of goods.
Acceptence and rejection of e-way bills: The
eway bills generated shall be made available to a registered supplier if
generated by recipient or transporter and vice versa to the registered
recipient if generated by supplier or transporter. The same has to be accepted
or rejected by the supplier or recipient as the case may be, however if nothing
is done within seventy two hours then it shall be deemed that he has accepted
the said details.
When no e-way bill is required:Rule 138(14) provides with
a non-abstante clause the circumstances where no eway bill is required, these
are as follows:
(a) where the goods being transported are specified in Annexure;
(b) where the goods are being transported by a non-motorised
conveyance;
(c) where the goods are being transported from the port, airport,
air cargo complex and land customs station to an inland container depot or a
container freight station for clearance by Customs;
(d) in respect of movement of goods within such areas as are
notified under clause (d) of sub-rule (14) of rule 138 of the Goods and
Services Tax Rules of the concerned State;
(e) where the goods, other than de-oiled cake, being transported are
specified in the Schedule appended to notification No. 2/2017- Central tax
(Rate) dated the 28th June, as amended from time to time;(the schedule is
for tax free or nil rated goods)
(f) where the goods being transported are alcoholic liquor for
human consumption, petroleum crude, high speed diesel, motor spirit (commonly
known as petrol), natural gas or aviation turbine fuel; and
(g) where the goods being transported are treated as no supply
under Schedule III of the Act.
Documents and devices to be carried with a conveyance: Rule 138A
prescribes following documents which a person incharge of a conveyance must
carry:
(a) the invoice or bill of supply or delivery challan, as the case
may be; and
(b) a copy of the e-way bill or the e-way bill number, either
physically or mapped to a Radio Frequency Identification Device embedded on to
the conveyance in such manner as may be notified by the Commissioner.(there is
no such notification till the date when this article is written).
(c) Rule 138A(2) also provides facility of generation of Invoice
reference number by uploading on the e-way bill portal the tax invoice in form
GST INV-1, which will be valid for thirty days from the date of uploading and
in which case no physical invoice is required to be carried along with the
conveyance.
Verification of documents and conveyance: Rule
138B and Rule 138C empowers the proper officer (who is duly authorized to do so
either by Commissioner or an officer empowered in this regard)to intercept any
conveyance to verify the e-way bill or number thereof.
Physical verification of conveyance can be done only by the proper
officer who is duly athorised to do so, however physical verification of
conveyance can also be done by any officer other than proper officer after
obtaining necessary approval, if there is receipt of specific information on
evasion of tax.
Rule 138C also mandates the proper officer to record online
summary inspection report of every inspection of goods in transit in Part-A of
form GST EWB 03 and a final report within three days in Part-B of the said
form.
Once a physical verification of a conveyance is done in a state or
in any other State then further physical verification can be done unless a
specific information with regard to evasion of tax is made available
subsequently.
Certain important FAQs
Question: How to enter multiple modes of
transportation, i.e., road, rail, ship, air for the same e-way bill?
Answer: One e-way bill can go
through multiple modes of transportation before reaching the destination. As
per the mode of transportation, the EWB can be updated with new mode of
transportation by using ‘Update Vehicle Number’.
Let us assume the goods are moving from Cochin to Chandigarh
through road, ship, air and road again. First, the taxpayer generates the EWB
by entering first stage of movement (by road) from his place to ship yard and
enters the vehicle number. Next, he will submit the goods to ship yard and
update the mode of transportation as Ship and transport document number on the
e-way bill system. Next, after reaching Mumbai, the taxpayer or concerned
transporter updates movement as road from ship to airport with vehicle number.
Next the taxpayer or transporter updates, using ‘update vehicle number’ option,
the Airway Bill number. Again after reaching Delhi, he updates movement through
road with vehicle number. This way, the e-way bill will be updated with
multiple mode of transportation.
Question: How to handle the goods which moves through
multiple transshipment places?
Answer: Some of the consignments move
from one place to another place till they reach their destinations. Under this
circumstance, each time the consignment moves from one place to another, the
transporter needs to enter the vehicle details using ‘Update Vehicle Number’
option, when he starts moving the goods from that place or the transporter can
also generate ‘Consolidated EWB’ with the EWB of that consignment with other
EWBs and move to the next place. This has to be done till the consignment
reaches destination. But it should be within the validity period of EWB.
Question: How to
generate e-way bill for multiple invoices belonging to same consignor and
consignee?
Answer: If multiple invoices are
issued by the supplier to recipient, that is, for movement of goods of more
than one invoice of same consignor and consignee, multiple EWBs have to be
generated. That is, for each invoice, one EWB has to be generated, irrespective
of same or different consignors or consignees are involved. Multiple invoices
cannot be clubbed to generate one EWB. However after generating all these EWBs,
one Consolidated EWB can be prepared for transportation purpose, if they are
going in one vehicle.
Question: How to enter invoice having different states for
“Bill to” and “Ship to” places and what will be the tax rates?
Answer: If the addresses involved in 'Bill to' and 'Ship to' in a
invoice/bill belongs to one legal name/taxpayer as per GSTIN within the state,
then one e-way bill has to be generated. That is, if the 'Bill to' is principal
place of business and 'Ship to' is additional place of business of the GSTIN or
vice versa in a invoice/bill, then one e-way bill is sufficient for the
movement of goods.
If the addresses involved in 'Bill to' and 'Ship to' in a
invoice/bill belongs to different legal names/taxpayers, then two e-way bills
have to be generated. One e-way bill for first invoice, second e-way bill is
from 'Bill to' party to 'Ship to' party based on the invoice/bill of the 'Bill
to' party. This is required to complete the cycle of transactions and taxes
will change for inter-state transactions.
For example, A has issued invoice to B as 'Bill to'
with C as 'Ship to'. Legally, both B and C are different taxpayers. Now, A will
generate one e-way bill and B will issue invoice and generate one more e-way
bill. As goods are moving from A to C directly, the transporter will produce
both the invoices and e-way bills to show the shortcut movement of goods.
Question: How to generate e-way bill, if the goods of one
invoice is being moved in multiple vehicles simultaneously?
Answer: Where the goods are being transported in a semi knocked down
or completely knocked down condition the EWB shall be generated for each of
such vehicles based on the delivery challans issued for that portion of the
consignment and;
(a) the supplier shall issue the complete invoice before dispatch
of the first consignment;
(b) the supplier shall issue a delivery challan for each of the
subsequent consignments, giving reference of the invoice;
(c) each consignment shall be accompanied by copies of the
corresponding delivery challan along with a duly certified copy of the invoice;
and
(d) the original copy of the invoice shall be sent along with the
last consignment
Please note that multiple EWBs have to generate
under this circumstance. That is, the EWB has to be generated for each
consignment based on the delivery challan details along with the corresponding
vehicle number.
“semi knocked-down”
is used to describe a product that is exported in a set
of parts that have been
partly put together, and which are then all put together for sale to customers:
"completely knocked-down" is
used to describe a product that s sold or transported in a
set of parts, which must be put
together before the product can be used by
the customer:
For example: Motorcycles can be transported in
completely knocked-down kits, hich reduced transport costs because less space was needed to transport them.
Recommendations made by the GST Council in the 23rd meeting at Guwahati on 10th November, 20170 comments Friday, November 10, 2017
The GST Council, in its 23rd meeting held at Guwahati on 10th November 2017, has recommended the followingfacilitative measuresfortaxpayers:
Exporters must file GSTR-1E for every month to speed up their refund claims4 comments Thursday, November 2, 2017
The Government of India vide
notification 51/2017 of Central tax has amended Rule 96 and Rule 96A of the
CGST Rules, 2017 to give relief to exporters in a step to speed up the refund
process.
No space for transitional credit in GST return form 3b2 comments Thursday, August 3, 2017
That’s because the relevant GSTR 3B form doesn’t provide any column for carry-forward of credit from the earlier regime of central excise duty, service tax and value added tax. Companies will thus be unable to adjust the tax paid against their liability. Experts said this does not seem to be the government’s intention and it must clarify this quickly as industry is counting on this adjustment and would now need funds to pay GST in full. “This will cause substantial cash flow problems for the taxpayers unless the assessees are allowed to utilise transitional credit on a provisional basis,” The GST Council, the apex decision-making body for the new tax regime, had approved a liberal transition framework to ensure smooth sailing when making the switch. Any entity can claim credit of service tax or VAT paid in the previous regime against GST liability. If it does not have proof of payment of tax, it can take advantage of the deemed benefit norm. The key benefit of GST is that there is no cascading of tax through seamless availability of input tax credit. Companies have to file form GSTR 3B, a summarised return, for July by August 20. That for August has to be filed by September 20. The format of this return includes a summary of details of outward supplies, inward supplies liable to reverse charges and input tax credit eligible on various procurements made during the month. But the form does not provide space for carry-forward of credit from the earlier regime. This essentially implies that the GST liability for the months of July and August will have to be settled in cash. There is a mechanism for claiming credit from the previous regime but that has not been integrated with the GST filing process. This transitional credit will be available only after filing of GSTR TRAN-1 on the GSTN common portal. Even if a taxpayer files TRAN-1 prior to August 20 (that is, prior to filing GSTR 3B for July), the credits would not be allowed to be migrated in GST as there is no specific table for disclosing opening credit in GSTR 3B. TRAN-1 and TRAN-2 are the forms for transition of input tax credit while GSTR 3B is the form in which actual GST payable is filed. To be sure, input tax credit can be availed of after September in all instances. Tax experts are seeking a clarification or a change in the form. “It cannot be the intention of the government to deny the benefit of input credit, “It could lead to huge cashflow issues for industry, running into thousands of crores. A clarification or amendment in Form(GSTR) 3B is needed urgently.” Leviability of IGST on High sea sales of imported goods1 commentsCircular No. 33 /2017-Cus F.No.450/131/2017-CusIV Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue (Central Board of Excise and Customs) All Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners of Customs /Customs All Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise/GST, All Principal Commissioners/Commissioners of Customs / Customs (Preventive), All Principal Commissioners/ Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise/GST. Sir /Madam, Subject: Leviability of Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) on High Sea Sales ofimported goods and point of collection thereof-reg. Reference has been received in the Board regarding clarity on Leviability of Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) on High Sea Sales of imported goods. 2. The issue has been examined in the Board. 'High Sea Sales' is a common trade practicewhereby the original importer sells the goods to a third person before the goods are entered forcustoms clearance. After the High sea sale of the goods, the Customs declarations i.e. Bill of Entryetc is filed by the person who buys the goods from the original importer during the said sale. Inthe past, CBEC has issued various instructions regarding high sea sales appropriating the contractprice paid by the last high sea sales buyer into the Customs valuation [Circular No. 32/2004-Cus.,dated 11-5-2004 refers]. 3. As mentioned earlier, all inter-state transactions are subject to IGST. High sea sales ofimported goods are akin to inter-state transactions. Owing to this, it was presented to the Boardas to whether the high sea sales of imported goods would be chargeable to IGST twice i.e. at thetime of Customs clearance under sub-section (7) of section 3 of Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and alsoseparately under Section 5 of The Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. 4. GST council has deliberated the levy of Integrated Goods and Services Tax on high sea sales in the case of imported goods. The council has decided that IGST on high sea sale (s) transactions of imported goods, whether one or multiple, shall be levied and collected only at the time of importation i.e. when the import declarations are filed before the Customs authorities for the customs clearance purposes for the first time. Further, value addition accruing in each such high sea sale shall form part of the value on which IGST is collected at the time of clearance. 5. The above decision of the GST council is already envisioned in the provisions of sub- section (12) of section 3 of Customs Tariff Act, 1975 inasmuch as in respect of imported goods, all duties, taxes, cessess etc shall be collected at the time of importation i.e. when the import declarations are filed before the customs authorities for the customs clearance purposes. The importer (last buyer in the chain) would be required to furnish the entire chain of documents, such as original Invoice, high-seas-sales-contract, details of service charges/commission paid etc, to establish a link between the first contracted price of the goods and the last transaction. In case of a doubt regarding the truth or accuracy of the declared value, the department may reject the declared transaction value and determination the price of the imported goods as provided in the Customs Valuation rules. 6. Field formations are requested to decide the cases of high sea sales of imported goods
accordingly. Difficulties, in the implementation of this circular may be brought to the knowledge
Yours faithfully
No requirement of certificate from GST officer to claim higher rate of drawback0 comments Monday, July 31, 2017CIRCULAR NO.32/2017-Cus, Dated: July 27, 2017 Sub: Clarification regarding exports under claim for drawback in the GST scenario. As you are aware, the higher All Industry Rates (AIRs) under Duty Drawback scheme viz. rates and caps available under columns (4) and (5) of the Schedule of All Industry Rates of Duty Drawback have been continued for a transition period of three months i.e. 1.7.2017 to 30.9.2017 (Circular No. 22/2017-Customs dated 30.6.2017). 2. Various issues have been highlighted by field formations and exporters regarding the requirement of a certificate to be obtained from the jurisdictional GST officer prescribed vide Note and Condition 12A of Notification 131/2016-Cus (N.T.) dated 31.10.2016 as amended by Notification 59/2017-Cus (N.T.) dated 29.6.2017. The certificate aimed to ensure that there was no double neutralisation of taxes by way of credit/refund and drawback. However, in view of factors such as absence of clarity about jurisdictional GST officer, time lag between exports and the requisite returns to be filed under GST laws, etc., the said certificate from GST officer may not be available immediately at the time of export. 3. Keeping in mind the above difficulties, the Government has amended Note and Condition 12A of Notification 131/2016-Cus (N.T.) dated 31.10.2016 by Notification 73/2017-Cus (N.T.) dated 26.7.2017 and dispensed with the requirement of the certificate from GST officer to claim higher rate of drawback. To facilitate exports, the higher rate of drawback can be claimed on the basis of self-declaration to be provided by exporter in terms of revised Note and Condition 12A of aforesaid Notification. 4. Since Notes and Conditions of Notification No. 131/2016-Cus (NT) dated 31.10.2016 (as amended) are integral part of the rates of drawback given under the Schedule to said Notification, accordingly in terms of the Section 75(3) of the Customs Act, 1962 and Rule 5(2) of the Customs, Central Excise Duties and Service Tax Drawback Rules, 1995, it may be noted that the changes made in Note and Condition 12A shall be applicable w.e.f. 1.7.2017 itself. Thus, exports which have been made from 1.7.2017 onwards shall be governed by the revised Note and Condition 12A. For all exports made w.e.f 1.7.2017 for which higher rate of drawback is claimed, exporter has to submit the self-declaration in the format attached. This format is also being suitably included in the EDI shipping bill. In respect of exports that have already been made, exporters may submit a single declaration regarding the export products covered in past shipping bills for which let export order has been given from 1.7.2017 onwards. This shall be irrespective of any certificate or declaration, if any, given earlier. 5. Another aspect that may be noted is that there could be cases where export goods had been cleared from factory, warehouse, etc. prior to 1.7.2017 but let export order has not been issued before 1.7.2017. Such goods are not supplies under GST and accordingly, said Note and Condition 12A is not applicable. For such goods, the declaration from exporter or certificate from the then Central Excise officer as applicable in terms of Note and Condition 12 of said Notification No. 131/2016-Customs (NT) shall continue. 6. As part of audit checks, the need for regular sample checking of the veracity of declarations accepted for disbursing AIR drawback claims has been highlighted in Board’s instruction F. No. 603/01/2011-DBK dated 11.10.2013. The said instruction is reiterated for the purpose of audit checks for above cited self-declarations. Directorate General of Audit (Central Taxes) is also being asked to have the declarations given by exporters about non-availment of ITC/refund etc. in respect of exports under drawback verified at the time of audit of these units/exporters. These checks will thus ensure that there is no double neutralisation of taxes by simultaneous availment of credit/refund and drawback. 7. In order to further facilitate exporters, it may be ensured that all pending drawback claims are disposed of on priority and zero pendency be maintained. Supplementary claims whenever filed should also be processed on priority. 8. Wide publicity on these aspects may be given by way of issuance of trade notice and field officers also should be sensitised. [F. No. 609/64/2017-DBK] No GST on second hand goods if sold lower than purchase price2 comments Tuesday, July 18, 2017Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Finance Position regarding applicability of the Margin Scheme under GST for dealers in second hand goods in general andfor dealers in old and used empty bottles in particular. Doubts have been raised regarding the applicability of the Margin Scheme under GST for dealers in second handgoods in general and for dealers in old and used empty bottles in particular. Rule 32(5) of the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Rules, 2017 provides that where a taxable supply isprovided by a person dealing in buying and selling of second hand goods i.e., used goods as such or after suchminor processing which does not change the nature of the goods and where no input tax credit has been availedon the purchase of such goods, the value of supply shall be the difference between the selling price and the purchase price and where the value of such supply is negative, it shall be ignored. This is known as the marginscheme. Further, notification No.10/2017-Central Tax (Rate), dated 28.06.2017 exempts Central Tax leviable on intra-State supplies of second hand goods received by a registered person, dealing in buying and selling of second hand goods [who pays the central tax on the value of outward supply of such second hand goods as determinedunder sub-rule (5)] from any supplier, who is not registered. This has been done to avoid double taxation on theoutward supplies made by such registered person, since such person operating under the Margin Scheme cannotavail input tax credit on the purchase of second hand goods. Thus, Margin Scheme can be availed of by any registered person dealing in buying and selling of second hand goods [including old and used empty bottles] and who satisfies the conditions as laid down in Rule 32(5) of theCentral Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017. Duty drawbacks under GST0 comments Sunday, July 16, 2017In GST regime, duty drawback may lose relevance as there would be seamless
No amendments have been made to the drawback provisions (Section 74 or
At present Duty Drawback Scheme under Section 75 neutralises Customs duty,
A transition period of three months is also being provided from date of
For exports during this period, exporters
can claim higher rate of duty drawback (composite AIR) subject to conditions
that no input tax credit of CGST/IGST is claimed, no refund of IGST paid on export
goods is claimed and no CENVAT credit is carried forward. A declaration from
exporter and certificate from jurisdictional GST officer in this regard has been
prescribed in the notification related to AIRs. This will prevent double availment of
GST Transition of ITC on goods taxable at first stage under VAT9 comments Sunday, April 23, 2017
The most important and the
very first step towards GST is the transition provisions under GST law. The
transition provisions with regard to input tax credit are very important. In
this article I concentrate on how the credit of taxes paid on the goods taxable
at first stage especially under Punjab VAT Act, 2005, would be available under the GST
regime.
Taxable event under GST-supply and its scope2 comments Thursday, January 19, 2017
Taxable event: Taxable
event is very important matter in every tax law. Its determination is most
crucial for the proper implementation of any tax law. Taxable event is that on
the happening of which the charge is fixed. It is that event which on its
occurrence creates or attracts the liability to tax.
Complete User Guide for Migration to GST in Punjab1 comments Monday, December 12, 2016
GST Migration starts from 16 December 2016 for State of Punjab. Migration will close on 31st December 2016. Registrants will be provided Provisional ID and Password by ETD, to Login to the GSTN Portal (www.gst.gov.in)
Documents required for migration into GST in Punjab6 comments
The migration from VAT to GST is going to start from 16th December and this migration will continue till 31st December. To migrate into GST regime a provisional user I'd and password is required, which can be obtained from the jurisdictional excise and taxation department.
Schedule and documents required for enrollment under GST2 comments Tuesday, November 8, 2016
The schedule of the enrolment for GST activation drive for states is given below. The date to complete the enrolment will be during the specified dates as given below. However, the window will be open till 31/01/2017 for those who miss the chance.
Puducherry, Sikkim
Start Date: 08/11/2016
End Date: 23/11/2016
Gujrat, Maharashtra, Goa, Daman and Diu, Dadra Nagar Haveli, Chhattisgarh
Start Date: 14/11/2016
End Date: 29/11/2016
Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram
Start Date: 30/11/2016
End Date: 15/12/2016
Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan
Start Date: 16/12/2016
End Date: 31/12/2016
Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
Start Date: 01/01/2017
End Date: 15/01/2017
Service Tax Registrants
Start Date: 01/01/2017
End Date: 31/01/2017
Delta All Registrants (All Groups)
Start Date: 01/02/2017
End Date: 20/03/2017
GST Registration shall start at www.gst.gov.in. Assessees with verified PAN shall be allowed to fill details & submit proofs.
All the taxpayers registered under any of the Acts as specified viz. taxes which are subsumed , are expected to visit the GST System Portal and enroll themselves.
Before enrolling with GST System Portal, you must ensure to have the following information/ documents available with you:-
I. Provisional ID received from State/Central Authorities;
II. Password received from the State/Central Authorities;
III. Valid Email Address;
IV. Valid Mobile Number;
V. Bank Account Number
VI. Bank IFSC
Documents
a. Proof of Constitution of Business:
i. In case of Partnership firm: Partnership Deed of Partnership Firm (PDF and JPEG format in maximum size of 1 MB)
ii. In case of Others: Registration Certificate of the Business Entity (PDF and JPEG format in maximum size of 1 MB)
b. Photograph of Promoters/ Partners/Karta of HUF (JPEG format in maximum size of 100 KB)
c. Proof of Appointment of Authorized Signatory (PDF and JPEG format in maximum size of 1 MB)
d. Photograph of Authorized Signatory (JPEG format in maximum size of 100 KB)
e. Opening page of Bank Passbook / Statement containing Bank Account Number; Account Number, Address of Branch, Address of Account holder and few transaction details (PDF and JPEG format in maximum size of 1 MB)
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