Exemption on supply of gold by nominated agency for export of jewellery - 38/1/2017-Fin(R&C)(26/2018-Rate) - Goa SGST

GOVERNMENT OF GOA Department of Finance Office of the Commissioner of Commercial Taxes Notification 38/1/2017-Fin(R C)(26/2018-Rate) In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 11 of the Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Goa Act 4 of 2017), the Government of Goa, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, on the recommendations of the Council hereby exempts the intra-State supply of gold falling in heading 7108 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), when supplied by Nominated Agency under the scheme for Export Against Supply by Nominated Agency as referred to in paragraph 4.41 of the Foreign Trade Policy, read with relevant provisions of Chapter 4 of Handbook of Procedures, Volume-l, to registered exporter of jewellery (herein referred to as recipient ), from the whole of the State Tax leviable thereon, under section 9 of the Goa Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, subject to following conditions, namely:- (i) the Nominated Agency and the recipient shall follow the conditions and subject observe the procedures as prescribed in the Foreign Trade Policy read with Handbook of Procedures, Volume-l. (ii) the recipient shall export the jewellery made out of such gold within a period of 90 (ninety) days from the date of supply of gold to such recipient and shall provide copy of shipping bill or bill of export containing details of Goods and Services Tax Identification Number (GSTIN) alongwith the invoice for exports to the Nominated Agency within a period of 120 (one hundred and twenty) days from the date of supply by the Nominated Agency. (iii) wherever such proof of export is not produced within the period mentioned in clause (ii), the Nominated Agency shall pay the amount of State Tax payable on the quantity of gold not exported, along with interest from the date when tax on such supply was payable, but for the exemption. Explanation.- for the purpose of this notification,- (a) Foreign Trade Policy means the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, notified by Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry vide Notification No. 41/2015- 2020, dated 5th December, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-Section (ii) vide S. O. 3813, dated the 5th December, 2017; (b) Handbook of Procedures, means the Handbook of Procedure, notified by the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry vide Public Notice No. 43/2015-2020, dated the 5th December, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-I, Section 1, vide F. No. 01/94/180/333/AM 15/PC, dated the 5 th December, 2017; (c) Nominated Agency means entities mentioned in List 32 of Notification No. 50/2017- Customs dated the 30th June, 2017 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3 sub-section (i), vide, number G.S.R. 785 (E), dated the 30th June, 2017; (d) Heading means heading as specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975). 2. This notification shall come into force on the 1st January, 2019. By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa. Michael M. D Souza, Addl. Secretary, Finance. Porvorim, 31st December, 2018.