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TMI BlogRecommendations made during GST Council meeting held on 22.12.2018X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Recommendations made during GST Council meeting held on 22.12.2018 - By: - Ganeshan Kalyani - Goods and Services Tax - GST - Dated:- 26-12-2018 - - Due date of filing GST Annual Return is extended Due date of filing GST Annual returns in FORM GSTR-9 , FORM GSTR-9A reconciliation statement in FORM GSTR-9C for the F.Y. 2017-18 shall be further extended till 30.06.2019. Change in GST rate from 28% to 18% Pulleys, transmission shafts and cranks, gear boxes etc. falling under HS Code 8483 . Monitors and TVs of upto screen size of 32 inches. Re-treaded or used pneumatic tyres or rubber Power bank of lithium ion batteries. Lithium ion batteries are already at 18%. Digital cameras and video camera recorders Video games consoles and other games and sports requisites falling under HS Code 9504 . Change in GST rate from 28% to 5% Parts and accessories for the carriages for disabled persons Change in GST rate from 18% to 12% Cork roughly squared or debagged. Articles of natural cork Agglomerated cork Change in GST rate from 18% to 5% Marble rubber Change in GST rate from 12% to 5% Natural c ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ork Walking stick Fly ash blocks Change in GST rate from 12% to NIL Music books Change in GST rate from 5% to NIL Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen, branded and put in a unit container. Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example by Sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption. Miscellaneous change in tax rates: Exemption from GST on supply of gold by Nominated Agencies to exporters of article of gold Jewellery. Exemption from GST on proceeds received by Government from auction of gifts received by President, Prime Minister, Governor or Chief Minister of a State and public servants, the proceeds of which is used for public or charitable cause. Exemption from IGST/Compensation cess on vehicles imported for temporary purposes under the Customs Convention on the Temporary importation of Private Road Vehicles (carnet de passages-en-douane). Rate of 5%/18% to be applied based on transaction value of footwear Uniform GST rate of 12% on Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container (FIBC) ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... from existing 5%/12% (depending on the value) Change in service tax rates: Services supplied by banks to Basic Saving Bank Deposit (BSBD) account holders under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) shall be exempted. Air travel of pilgrims by non-scheduled/charter operations, for religious pilgrimage facilitated by the Government of India under bilateral arrangements shall attract the same rate of GST as applicable to similar flights in Economy class (i.e. 5% with ITC of input services). GST rate on cinema tickets above ₹ 100 shall be reduced from 28% to 18% and on cinema tickets upto ₹ 100 from 18% to 12%. GST rate on third party insurance premium of goods carrying vehicles shall be reduced from 18% to 12% Services supplied by rehabilitation professionals recognised under Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 1992 at medical establishments, educational institutions, rehabilitation centers established by Central Government / State Government or Union Territories or entity registered under section 12AA of the Income-tax Act shall be exempted. Services provided by GTA to Government departments/local authorities which hav ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e taken registration only for the purpose of deducting tax under Section 51 shall be excluded from payment of tax under RCM and the same shall be exempted. Exemption on services provided by Central or State Government or Union Territory Government to their undertakings or PSUs by way of guaranteeing loans taken by them from financial institutions is being extended to guaranteeing of such loans taken from banks. To clarify that with effect from 31st January, 2018 degrees/ diploma awarded by IIMs under IIM Act, 2017 will be exempt from GST. To clarify that the services provided by IFC and ADB are exempt from GST in terms of provisions of IFC Act, 1958 and ADB Act, 1966. To clarify to West Bengal that services provided by Council/ Board of Primary/ Secondary/ Higher Secondary Education for conduct of examination to its students are exempt. To clarify that printing of pictures falls under service code 998386: Photographic and videographic processing services of the scheme of classification of services attract GST @18% and not under 998912: Printing and reproduction services of recorded media, on a fee or contract basis which attracts GST @12%. To clarif ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... y that leasing of pumps and reservoirs by the OMCs to petrol pump dealers is a mixed supply and the Licence Fee Recovery (LFR) charged for the same shall be leviable to GST @ 28%, the rate applicable to pumps. Leasing of land and buildings along with equipment shall fall under heading 9972 (real estate services) and attract GST rate of 18%. To clarify that the incentives paid by RBI to Banks under Currency Distribution and Exchange Scheme (CDES) are taxable. To clarify under section 11(3) of the CGST Act, 2017 that scope of entry for multi-modal transport with GST rate of 12% inserted w.e.f. date 26.07.2018, covers only transport of goods from a place in India to another place in India, that is, only domestic multi-modal transport. To clarify that the nature of business establishment making supply of food, drinks and other articles for human consumption will not determine whether the supply by such establishments is a supply of goods or services. It will rather depend on the constituents of each individual supply and whether same satisfies the conditions / ingredients of a composite supply‟ or mixed supply‟. To clarify that GST is exempt on supply of ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... food and drinks by an educational institution when provided by the institution itself to its students, faculty and staff and is leviable to GST of 5% when provided by any other person based on a contractual arrangement with such institutions. To clarify that the banking company is liable to pay GST on the entire value of service charge or fee charged to customers whether or not received via business facilitator or the business correspondent. To issue a clarification to Food Corporation of India (FCI) that the service provided by godown owner in case of lease with services, where the godown owner, besides leasing the warehouse, undertakes to carry out activities of storage and preservation of stored food grains, is the service of storage and warehousing of agricultural produce and the same is exempt. GST on solar power generating plant and other renewable energy plants: GST rate of 5% rate has been prescribed on renewable energy devices parts for their manufacture (bio gas plant/solar power based devices, solar power generating system (SGPS) etc) [falling under chapter 84, 85 or 94 of the Tariff]. Other goods or services used in these plants attract applic ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... able GST. Certain disputes have arisen regarding GST rates where specified goods attracting 5% GST are supplied along with services of construction etc and other goods for solar power plant. To resolve the dispute the Council has recommended that in all such cases, the 70% of the gross value shall be deemed as the value of supply of said goods attracting 5% rate and the remaining portion (30%) of the aggregate value of such EPC contract shall be deemed as the value of supply of taxable service attracting standard GST rate. Clarification on rate: While animal/cattle/aquatic/poultry feed are exempt vide S. No. 102 of notification No. 2/2017-Central Tax (Rate) , this exemption would not apply to their inputs such as fish meal, meat bone meal, bran, sharps, oil cakes of various oil seeds etc. Sprinkler system consisting of nozzles, lateral and other components would attract 12% GST rate under S.No. 195B of notification No. 1/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.6.2018 Movement of Rigs, Tools Spares and all goods on wheels on own account where such movement is not intended for further supply of such goods but for the provision of service does not involve a supp ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ly (e.g., movement of testing equipment etc.) and is not be liable to GST. The goods with description Bagasse Board [whether plain or laminated] falling under Chapter 44 attract GST at the rate of 12%. Concessional GST rate of 5% applies to the LPG supplied in bulk to an OMC by refiners/fractioners for bottling for further supply to household domestic consumers. Manure of determination of classification of vitamins, provitamins etc. as animal feed supplements Sattu or Chattua falling under HS code 1106 and attracts the applicable GST rate. Polypropylene Woven and Non-Woven Bags and PP Woven and Non-Woven Bags laminated with BOPP falls under HS code 3923 and attract 18% GST rate. 18% GST is applicable on wood logs including the wood in rough/log used for pulping. Turbo charger is classified under heading 8414 and attracts 18% GST and not 5% GST. Fabric even if embroidered or has stitching of lace and tikki etc., and even if sold in three piece fabric as ladies suit set, will be classifiable as fabric and would attract 5% GST. Scope of concessional rate of 5% GST rate for specified equipment for waste to energy plant. Rationalization: Parl ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... iament and State legislatures shall be extended the same tax treatment with regard to payment of tax under RCM (reverse charge mechanism)as available to Central and State Governments. Security services (supply of security personnel) provided to a registered person,except Government Departments which have taken registration for TDS and entities registered under composition scheme, shall be put under RCM. Services provided by unregistered Business Facilitator (BF) to a bank and agent of Business correspondent (BC) to a BC shall be put under RCM. Interest shall be levied on net payment: Interest should be charged only on the net tax liability of the taxpayer, after taking into account the admissible input tax credit, i.e. interest would be levied only on the amount payable through the electronic cash ledger. Changes in GST Annual Return Form Present return format has heading to specify the supplies as declared in returns filed during the year need to be furnished. Now, the heading is amended to specify the supplies as made during the year. Presently, HSN code of all inward supplies need to be furnished in GST Annual return. Now, it is ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... proposed that HSN code of those inward supplies whose value independently accounts for 10% or more of the total value of inward supplies shall be declared. All invoices pertaining to previous year irrespective of month in which such invoice is reported in FORM GSTR-1 by the supplier and auto populated in GSTR-2A of the recipient would be auto-populated in Table 8A of GST Annual return. ITC cannot be availed through FORM GSTR-9 FORM GSTR-9C. Monthly Return: The new return filing system shall be introduced on a trial basis from 01.04.2019 and on mandatorily basis from 01.07.2019. Due date of filing return in FORM ITC-04 is extended The due date for filing FORM GST ITC-04 for the period July 2017 to December 2018 shall be extended till 31.03.2019. In this return, the details of goods sent to job worker and received back after processing is furnished. Due date to file FORM GSTR-8 extended: The due date for furnishing FORM GSTR-8 by e-commerce operators for the month of October, November and December 2018 shall be extended till 31.01.2019. Input Tax Credit (ITC) ITC in relation to invoices issued by t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... he supplier during F.Y.17-18 may be availed by the recipient till the due date for furnishing of FORM GSTR-3B for the month of March 2019, subject to certain conditions. Refund A scheme of single authority for disbursement of the refund amount sanctioned by either the Centre or the State tax authorities would be implemented on pilot basis. The modalities for the same shall be finalized shortly. All the supporting documents/invoices in relation to a claim for refund in FORM GST RFD-01 shall be uploaded electronically on the common portal at the time of filing of the refund application itself, thereby obviating the need for a taxpayer to physically visit a tax officer for submission of a refund application. GSTN will enable this functionality on the common portal shortly. Following types of refunds shall be made available through FORM GST RFD-01A Refund on account of Assessment / Provisional Assessment / Appeal / Any other Order. Tax paid on an intra-State supply which is subsequently held to be inter-State supply and vice-versa Excess payment of tax and Any other refund In case of applications for refund in FORM GS ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... T RFD-01A (except those relating to refund of excess balance in the cash ledger) which are generated on the common portal before the roll out of the functionality described and which have not been submitted in the jurisdictional tax office within 60 days of the generation of ARN, the claimants shall be sent communications on their registered email ids containing information on where to submit the said refund applications. If the applications are not submitted within 15 days of the date of the email, the said refund applications shall be summarily rejected, and the debited amount, if any, shall be re-credited to the electronic credit ledger of the claimant. Clarifications shall be issued on certain refund related matters like refund of ITC accumulated on account of inverted duty structure, disbursal of refunds within the stipulated time, time allowed for availment of ITC on invoices, refund of accumulated ITC of compensation cess etc. One more window for completion of migration process is being allowed: One more window for completion of migration process is being allowed. The due date for the tax payers who did not file the complete FORM GST REG-26 but received on ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ly a Provisional ID (PID) till 31.12.2017 for furnishing the requisite details to the jurisdictional nodal officer shall be extended till 31.01.2019. Also, the due date for furnishing FORM GSTR-3B and FORM GSTR-1 for the period July, 2017 to February, 2019 / quarters July, 2017 to December, 2018 by such taxpayers shall be extended till 31.03.2019. Late fee on delay filing of return is waived Late fee shall be completely waived for all taxpayers in case FORM GSTR-1 , FORM GSTR-3B FORM GSTR-4 for the months/quarters July, 2017 to September 2018, are furnished after 22.12.2018 but on or before 31.03.2019. E-way bill can be generated only if GST return is filed Taxpayers who have not filed the returns for two consecutive tax periods shall be restricted from generating e-way bills. This provision shall be made effective once GSTN / NIC make available the required functionality. Changes made in the Act would be notified w.e.f. 01.02.2019: Changes made by CGST (Amendment) Act, 2018 , IGST (Amendment) Act, 2018 , UTGST (Amendment) Act, 2018 and GST (Compensation to States) Amendment Act, 2018 and the corresponding changes in SGST Acts ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... would be notified w.e.f. 01.02.2019. GST Council to refer the following issues to Committee / GoM indicated against them: Extending the composition scheme to small service providers. The rate of tax and threshold limit to be proposed Law Committee and Fitment Committee. Tax rate on lotteries Committee of States. Taxation on residential property in real estate sector Law Committee and Fitment Committee. Threshold limit of exemption under GST regime GoM on MSMEs. Other changes The GST Council in its 31st meeting held today at New Delhi has approved the proposal to form a 7 Member Group of Ministers to study the revenue trend, including analysing the reasons for structural patterns affecting the revenue collection in some of the States. The study would include the underlying reasons for deviation from the revenue collection targets vis a vis original assumptions discussed during the design of GST system, its implementation and related structural issues. The Group of Ministers will be assisted by the committee of experts from Central Government, State Governments and the NIPFP (National Institute of Public Finance and Planning), who would ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... study and share the findings with GoM. The GoM in turn would give its recommendation to the GST Council. The members of the GoM and the Committee of experts would be announced in due course of time. The requisite Notifications/Circulars for implementing the above recommendations of the GST Council shall be issued shortly. - Reply By Devender Wadhwa as = Dear Sir, Can you please discuss that this change in the GST rate affects the sector majorly and how much inflation is reduced (Expected)? Dated: 27-12-2018 Reply By KASTURI SETHI as = Dear Sh.Kalyani Ji, Nice compilation. It is ready recknor and useful. K.L.SETHI Dated: 27-12-2018 Reply By Ganeshan Kalyani as = Thanks Sri Kasturi Sir. 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