Amendment in Notification No.1/2017 – State Tax (Rate), dated the 29th June, 2017 - 24/2018- State Tax (Rate) - S.O.278 - Bihar SGST

Commercial Tax Department The 31st December 2018 Notification no. 24/2018- State Tax (Rate) S.O.278, Dated 31st December 2018- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 9 and sub-section (5) of section 15 of the Bihar Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Governor of Bihar, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification No.1/2017 State Tax (Rate), dated the 29th June, 2017 of Commercial Taxes Department, published in the Bihar Gazette, Extraordinary, vide number. 544, dated the 29th June, 2017, namely:- In the said notification, - (A) in the opening paragraph, after the words, brackets and figures sub-section (1) of section 9 , the words, brackets and figures and sub-section (5) of section 15 , shall be inserted; (B) in Schedule I - 2.5%, (i) S. Nos. 23,24 and the entries relating thereto, shall be omitted; (ii) after S. No. 123 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and the entries shall be inserted, namely: - 123A 2515 11 00 Marble and travertine, crude or roughly trimmed ; (iii) S. No. 198A shall be re-numbered as S. No. 198AA, and before S. No. 198AA as so re-numbered, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely: 198A 4501 Natural Cork, raw or simply prepared ; (iv) in S. No. 224, for the entry in column (2), the entry 63 [other than 6305 32 00, 6309] shall be substituted; (v) in S. No. 225, for the entry in column (3), the entry Footwear of sale value not exceeding ₹ 1000 per pair shall be substituted; (vi) for S. No. 225A and the entries relating thereto, the following serial numbers and the entries shall be substituted, namely: - 225A 6602 00 00 Walking-Sticks including seat sticks 225B 6815 Fly ash bricks or fly ash aggregate with 90 percent or more fly ash content; Fly ash blocks ; (vii) in S.No. 234, in the entry in column (3), , the following Explanation shall be inserted in the end, namely, Explanation: If the goods specified in this entry are supplied, by a supplier, along with supplies of other goods and services, one of which being a taxable service specified in the entry at S.No. 38 of the Table mentioned in notification in the notification No.11/2017 State Tax (Rate), dated the 29th June, 2017 of Commercial Taxes Department, published in the Bihar Gazette, Extraordinary, vide number. 554, dated the 29th June, 2017), the value of supply of goods for the purposes of this entry shall be deemed as seventy per cent of the gross consideration charged for all such supplies. The remaining thirty per cent of the gross consideration charged shall be deemed as value of the said taxable service ; (viii) S. No. 243A shall be re-numbered as S. No. 243B, and before S. No. 243B as so re-numbered, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely: 243A 8714 20 Parts and accessories of carriage for disabled persons ; (C) in Schedule II - 6%, (i) after S. No. 101 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial numbers and the entries shall be inserted, namely: - 101A 4502 00 00 Natural cork, debacked or roughly squared, or in rectangular (including square) blocks, plates, sheets or strip (including sharp-edged blanks for corks or stoppers) 101B 4503 Articles of natural cork such as Corks and Stoppers, Shuttlecock cork bottom 101C 4504 Agglomerated cork (with or without a binding substance) and articles of agglomerated cork ; (ii) S.No. 102,126 and the entries relating thereto, shall be omitted; (iii) S.No. 171A shall be re-numbered as S. No. 171AA, and before S.No. 171AA as so re-numbered, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely:- 171A 63053200 Flexible intermediate bulk containers ; (iv) in S. No. 173, in the entry in column (3), the words and commas walking-sticks, seat-sticks, shall be omitted; (v) S. No. 177 and the entries relating thereto, shall be omitted; (D) in Schedule III - 9%, (i) S. No. 121A shall be re-numbered as S. No. 121B, and before S. No. 121B as so re-numbered, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely:- 121A 4012 Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber ; (ii) S. Nos. 142, 143, 144 and the entries relating thereto, shall be omitted; (iii) in S. No. 369A, for the entry in column (3), the entry Transmission shafts (including cam shafts and crank shafts) and cranks; bearing housings and plain shaft bearings; gears and gearing; ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, including torque converters; flywheels and pulleys, including pulley blocks; clutches and shaft couplings (including universal joints) shall be substituted; (iv) after S. No. 376AA and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely: - 376AAA 8507 Lithium-ion accumulators (other than battery) including lithium-ion power bank ; (v) in S. No. 383A, in the entry in column (3), after the words television cameras , the comma and words ,digital cameras and video camera recorders , shall be inserted; (vi) in S.No. 383C, in the entry in column (3), for the figure and word 68 cm ,the figure and word 32 inches shall be substituted; (vii) in S.No. 384, in the entry in column (3), for the figure and word 20 inches , the figure and word 32 inches shall be substituted; (viii) S. No. 440A shall be re-numbered as S. No. 440B, and before S. No. 440B as so re-numbered, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely: 440A 9504 Video game consoles and machines, articles of funfair, table or parlour games, including pintables, billiards, special tables for casino games and automatic bowling alley equipment [other than playing cards, ganjifa card, chess board, carom board and other board games of 9504 90 90 like ludo etc.] ; (E) in Schedule IV - 14%, (i) S. No. 47 and the entries relating thereto, shall be omitted; (ii) S. No. 135and the entries relating thereto, shall be omitted; (iii) in S.No. 139, in the entry in column (3), after the words other than Lithium-ion battery , the words and other lithium ion accumulators including lithium ion power banks shall be inserted; (iv) S. No. 151 and the entries relating thereto, shall be omitted; (v) in S.No. 154, in the entry in column (3), for the figure and word 20 inches and the figure and word 68 cm , both, the figure and word 32 inches shall be substituted; (vi) for S. No. 174 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and the entries shall be substituted, namely: - 174 8714 Parts and accessories of vehicles of heading 8711 ; (vii) S. No. 215 and the entries relating thereto, shall be omitted. 2. This notification shall come into force on the 1st January, 2019. [(File No. Bikri kar/GST/vividh-21/2017 (Part-4) 7265)] By the order of Governor of Bihar, Dr. Pratima. Commissioner State Tax -cum-Secretary.