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TMI BlogDefinitions.X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... er mercantile agent, by whatever name called, who carries on the business of supply or receipt of goods or services or both on behalf of another; (6) "aggregate turnover" means the aggregate value of all taxable supplies (excluding the value of inward supplies on which tax is payable by a person on reverse charge basis), exempt supplies, exports of goods or services or both and inter-State supplies of persons having the same Permanent Account Number, to be computed on all India basis but excludes central tax, State tax, Union territory tax, integrated tax and cess; (7) "agriculturist" means an individual or a Hindu Undivided Family who undertakes cultivation of land- (a) by own labour, or (b) by the labour of family, or (c) by servants on wages payable in cash or kind or by hired labour under personal supervision or the personal supervision of any member of the family; (8) "Appellate Authority" means an authority appointed or authorised to hear appeals as referred to in section 107; (9) "Appellate Tribunal" means the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal constituted under section 109; (10) "appointed day" means the date on which the provisions of this Act shall come ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... thorities; 5[(18) *****] (19) "capital goods" means goods, the value of which is capitalised in the books of account of the person claiming the input tax credit and which are used or intended to be used in the course or furtherance of business; (20) "casual taxable person" means a person who occasionally undertakes transactions involving supply of goods or services or both in the course or furtherance of business, whether as principal, agent or in any other capacity, in a State or a Union territory where he has no fixed place of business; (21) "central tax" means the central goods and services tax levied under section 9; (22) "cess" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act; (23) "chartered accountant" means a chartered accountant as defined in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 (38 of 1949). (24) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of central tax and includes the Principal Commissioner of central tax appointed under section 3 and the Commissioner of integrated tax appointed under the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act; (25) "Commissioner in the Board" means t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Government may, subject to such conditions, as it may, by notification, specify; (33) "continuous supply of services" means a supply of services which is provided, or agreed to be provided, continuously or on recurrent basis, under a contract, for a period exceeding three months with periodic payment obligations and includes supply of such services as the Government may, subject to such conditions, as it may, by notification, specify; (34) "conveyance" includes a vessel, an aircraft and a vehicle; (35) "cost accountant" means a cost accountant as defined in 6[clause (b)] of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959 (23 of 1959); (36) "Council" means the Goods and Services Tax Council established under article 279A of the Constitution; (37) "credit note" means a document issued by a registered person under sub-section (1) of section 34; (38) "debit note" means a document issued by a registered person under sub-section (3) of section 34; (39) "deemed exports" means such supplies of goods as may be notified under section 147; (40) "designated authority" means such authority as may be notified by the Board; (41) "document" includes written or pr ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act, 2017; (55) "goods and services tax practitioner" means any person who has been approved under section 48 to act as such practitioner; (56) "India" means the territory of India as referred to in article 1 of the Constitution, its territorial waters, seabed and sub-soil underlying such waters, continental shelf, exclusive economic zone or any other maritime zone as referred to in the Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and other Maritime Zones Act, 1976 (80 of 1976), and the air space above its territory and territorial waters; (57) "Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act" means the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017; (58) "integrated tax" means the integrated goods and services tax levied under the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act; (59) "input" means any goods other than capital goods used or intended to be used by a supplier in the course or furtherance of business; (60) "input service" means any service used or intended to be used by a supplier in the course or furtherance of business; 20[(61) "Input Service Distributor" means an office of the supplier of goods or services or bot ..... 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(d) a Cantonment Board as defined in section 3 of the Cantonments Act, 2006 (41 of 2006); (e) a Regional Council or a District Council constituted under the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution; (f) a Development Board constituted under article 371 7[and article 371J] of the Constitution; or (g) a Regional Council constituted under article 371A of the Constitution; (70) "location of the recipient of services" means,- (a) where a supply is received at a place of business for which the registration has been obtained, the location of such place of business; (b) where a supply is received at a place other than the place of business for which registration has been obtained (a fixed establishment elsewhere), the location of such fixed establishment; (c) where a supply is received at more than one establishment, whether the place of business or fixed establishment, the location of the establishment most directly concerned with the receipt of the supply; and (d) in absence of such places, the location of the usual place of residence of the recipient; (71) "location of the supplier of services" means,- (a) where a supply is made from a place of business for which the regi ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... oth, whether as principal or agent or in any other capacity, but who has no fixed place of business or residence in India; (78) "non-taxable supply" means a supply of goods or services or both which is not leviable to tax under this Act or under the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act; (79) "non-taxable territory" means the territory which is outside the taxable territory; (80) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette and the expressions "notify" and "notified" shall be construed accordingly; 16[(80A) "online gaming" means offering of a game on the internet or an electronic network and includes online money gaming; (80B) "online money gaming" means online gaming in which players pay or deposit money or money's worth, including virtual digital assets, in the expectation of winning money or money's worth, including virtual digital assets, in any event including game, scheme, competition or any other activity or process, whether or not its outcome or performance is based on skill, chance or both and whether the same is permissible or otherwise under any other law for the time being in force;] (81) "other territory" inclu ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ss in the certificate of registration; (90) "principal supply" means the supply of goods or services which constitutes the predominant element of a composite supply and to which any other supply forming part of that composite supply is ancillary; (91) "proper officer" in relation to any function to be performed under this Act, means the Commissioner or the officer of the central tax who is assigned that function by the Commissioner in the Board; (92) "quarter" shall mean a period comprising three consecutive calendar months, ending on the last day of March, June, September and December of a calendar year; (93) "recipient" of supply of goods or services or both, means- (a) where a consideration is payable for the supply of goods or services or both, the person who is liable to pay that consideration; (b) where no consideration is payable for the supply of goods, the person to whom the goods are delivered or made available, or to whom possession or use of the goods is given or made available; and (c) where no consideration is payable for the supply of a service, the person to whom the service is rendered, and any reference to a person to whom a supply is made shall be con ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... r services or both, shall mean the person supplying the said goods or services or both and shall include an agent acting as such on behalf of such supplier in relation to the goods or services or both supplied; 18[Provided that a person who organises or arranges, directly or indirectly, supply of specified actionable claims, including a person who owns, operates or manages digital or electronic platform for such supply, shall be deemed to be a supplier of such actionable claims, whether such actionable claims are supplied by him or through him and whether consideration in money or money's worth, including virtual digital assets, for supply of such actionable claims is paid or conveyed to him or through him or placed at his disposal in any manner, and all the provisions of this Act shall apply to such supplier of specified actionable claims, as if he is the supplier liable to pay the tax in relation to the supply of such actionable claims;] (106) "tax period" means the period for which the return is required to be furnished; (107) "taxable person" means a person who is registered or liable to be registered under section 22 or section 24; (108) "taxable supply" means a supply ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... cher" means an instrument where there is an obligation to accept it as consideration or part consideration for a supply of goods or services or both and where the goods or services or both to be supplied or the identities of their potential suppliers are either indicated on the instrument itself or in related documentation, including the terms and conditions of use of such instrument; (119) "works contract" means a contract for building, construction, fabrication, completion, erection, installation, fitting out, improvement, modification, repair, maintenance, renovation, alteration or commissioning of any immovable property wherein transfer of property in goods (whether as goods or in some other form) is involved in the execution of such contract; (120) words and expressions used and not defined in this Act but defined in the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, the Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act and the Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in those Acts; 15[****] ******************** Notes:- 1. Substituted vide THE FINANCE ACT, 2018, w.e.f 29-03-2018 before it was read as, "Central Board of Exc ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... n and Diu]; 11[(d) ****]" 13. Omitted vide Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of Central Laws) Order, 2020 dated 18-03-2020 before it was read as "and" 14. Inserted vide Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of Central Laws) Order, 2020 dated 18-03-2020 15. Omitted vide Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of Central Laws) Order, 2020 dated 18-03-2020 before it was read as "(121) any reference in this Act to a law which is not in force in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, shall, in relation to that State be construed as a reference to the corresponding law, if any, in force in that State." 16. Inserted vide THE CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2023 dated 18-08-2023 w.e.f. 01-10-2023 17. Inserted vide THE CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2023 dated 18-08-2023 w.e.f. 01-10-2023 18. Inserted vide THE CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2023 dated 18-08-2023 w.e.f. 01-10-2023 19. Inserted vide THE CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2023 dated 18-08-2023 w.e.f. 01-10-2023 20. Substituted vide THE FINANCE ACT, 2024 dated 15-02-2024 w.e.f. 01-04-2025 before it was read as, &qu ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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