Seeks to amend MGST Act so as to provide for application of Composition rules to persons opting to pay tax under notification No.ERTS(T) 4/2019/40 Dated Shillong,the 7th March, 2019. - ERTS(T) 4/2019/201 - 09/2018-State Tax (Rate) - Meghalaya SGST

GOVERNMENT OF MEGHALAYA EXCISE, REGISTRATION, TAXATION STAMPS DEPARTMENT Notification No. 9/2018-State Tax (Rate) Dated Shillong, the 29 th March, 2019. No. ERTS(T) 4/2019/201 - In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 9, sub-section (1) of section 11, sub-section (1) of section 16 of the Meghalaya Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Act 10 of 2017) , (herein after referred to as the said Act ), the Government of Meghalaya, on the recommendations of the Council, and on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following amendments in the notification No. 2/2019 - State Tax (Rate) issued vide No. ERTS (T) 4/2019/40, dated the 7 th March 2019, namely:- In the said notification, - (i) in the Table, in column 3, after clause 7, the following clause shall inserted, namely: - 8. Where any registered person who has availed of input tax credit opts to pay tax under this notification, he shall pay an amount, by way of debit in the electronic credit ledger or electronic cash ledger, equivalent to the credit of input tax in respect of inputs held in stock and inputs contained in semi-finished or finished goods held in stock and on capital goods as if the supply made under this notification attracts the provisions of section 18(4) of the said Act and the rules made there-under and after payment of such amount, the balance of input tax credit, if any, lying in his electronic credit ledger shall lapse. ; (ii) in paragraph 3, in the Explanation, after clause (ii), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: - (iii) the Meghalaya Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, as applicable to a person paying tax under section 10 of the said Act shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to a person paying tax under this notification. . 2. This notification shall come into force on the 1 st day of April, 2019. Sd/- H. Marwein Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of Meghalaya Excise, Registration, Taxation Stamps Department. Memo No. ERTS(T) 4/2019/201-A Dated Shillong, the 29 th March, 2019.