Supersession Notification No.ERTS(T) 65/2017/22, dated the 29th June, 2017 - ERTS (T) 4/2019/44 - Meghalaya SGST

GOVERNMENT OF MEGHALAYA EXCISE, REGISTRATION, TAXATION STAMPS DEPARTMENT NOTIFICATION The 7th March, 2019 No.ERTS (T) 4/2019/44 . - In exercise of the powers conferred under the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 10 of the Meghalaya Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Act No. 10 of 2017) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act),and in supersession of the notification No.ERTS(T) 65/2017/22, dated the 29th June, 2017, published in the Gazette of Meghalaya, Extraordinary, Part II, No. 109 dated 5th July, 2017 except as things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Government of Meghalaya, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby specifies that an eligible registered person, whose aggregate turnover in the preceding financial year did not exceed seventy five lakhs rupees, may opt to pay, in lieu of the tax payable by him under sub-section (1) of section 9 of the said Act, an amount of tax as prescribed under rule 7 of the Meghalaya Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017: Provided further that the registered person shall not be eligible to opt for composition levy under sub-section (1) of section 10 of the said Act if such person is a manufacturer of the goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table below and falling under the tariff item, sub-heading, heading or Chapter, as the case may be, as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Table, namely:- TABLE Sl. No. Tariff item, Sub-heading, heading or Chapter Description (1) (2) (3) 1. 2105 00 00 Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa. 2. 2106 90 20 Pan masala. 3. 24 All goods, i.e . Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes. Explanation. - (i) In this Table, tariff item , sub-heading , heading and chapter shall mean respectively a tariff item, sub-heading, heading and chapters as specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975). (ii) The rules for the interpretation of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), including the Section and Chapter Notes and the General Explanatory Notes of the First Schedule shall, so far as may be, apply to the interpretation of this notification. 2. This notification shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 2019. H. MARWEIN, Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of Meghalaya, Excise, Registration, Taxation Stamps Department.