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....he powers conferred by section 164 of the Chhattisgarh Goods and Services tax Act, 2017 (7 of 2017), the State Government, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Chhattisgarh Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, namely:- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Chhattisgarh Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Rules, 2017. (2) They shall come into force on the 1st day of July, 2017. (i) In the Chhattisgarh Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, after rule 26, the following shall be inserted, namely:- "Chapter IV Determination of Value of Supply 27. Value of supply of goods or services where the consideration is not wholly in money.-Where the supply of goods or services is for a consideration not wholly in money, the value of the supply shall,- (a) be the open market value of such supply; (b) if the open market value is not available under clause (a), be the sum total of consideration in money and any such further amount in money as is equivalent to the consideration not in money, if such amount is known at the time of supply; (c) if the value of supply is not determinable under clause (a) or clause (b), be the value o....
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.... being supplied, or at the option of the supplier, be ninety percent. of the price charged for the supply of goods of like kind and quality by the recipient to his customer not being a related person, where the goods are intended for further supply by the said recipient. Illustration: A principal supplies groundnut to his agent and the agent is supplying groundnuts of like kind and quality in subsequent supplies at a price of five thousand rupees per quintal on the day of the supply. Another independent supplier is supplying groundnuts of like kind and quality to the said agent at the price of four thousand five hundred and fifty rupees per quintal. The value of the supply made by the principal shall be four thousand five hundred and fifty rupees per quintal or where he exercises the option, the value shall be 90 per cent. of five thousand rupees i.e.,four thousand five hundred rupees per quintal. (b) where the value of a supply is not determinable under clause (a), the same shall be determined by the application of rule 30 or rule 31 in that order. 2 30. Value of supply of goods or services or both based on cost.-Where the value of a ....
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....he supplier of services, the value in relation to the supply of foreign currency, including money changing, shall be deemed to be- 3 (i) one per cent. of the gross amount of currency exchanged for an amount up to one lakh rupees, subject to a minimum amount of two hundred and fifty rupees; (ii) one thousand rupees and half of a per cent. of the gross amount of currency exchanged for an amount exceeding one lakh rupees and up to ten lakh rupees; and (iii) five thousand and five hundred rupees and one tenth of a per cent. of the gross amount of currency exchanged for an amount exceeding ten lakh rupees, subject to a maximum amount of sixty thousand rupees. (3) The value of the supply of services in relation to booking of tickets for travel by air provided by an air travel agent shall be deemed to be an amount calculated at the rate of five percent. of the basic fare in the case of domestic bookings, and at the rate of ten per cent. of the basic fare in the case of international bookings of passage for travel by air. Explanation. For the purposes of this sub-rule, the expression “basic fare" means that part of the air fare on wh....
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.... is available, shall be deemed to be NIL. 33.Value of supply of services in case of pure agent.-Notwithstanding anything contained in the provisions of this Chapter, the expenditure or costs incurred by a supplier as a pure agent of the recipient of supply shall be excluded from the value of supply, if all the following conditions are satisfied, namely,- (i) the supplier acts as a pure agent of the recipient of the supply, when he makes the payment to the third party on authorisation by such recipient; (ii) the payment made by the pure agent on behalf of the recipient of supply has been separately indicated in the invoice issued by the pure agent to the recipient of service; and (iii) the supplies procured by the pure agent from the third party as a pure agent of the recipient of supply are in addition to the services he supplies on his own account. Explanation. For the purposes of this rule, the expression "pure agent†means a person who- (a) enters into a contractual agreement with the recipient of supply to act as his pure agent to incur expenditure or costs in the course of supply of goods or services or both; (b) neit....
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....supply of goods or services or both of like kind and quality†means any other supply of goods or services or both made under similar circumstances that, in respect of the characteristics, quality, quantity, functional components, materials, and the reputation of the goods or services or both first mentioned, is the same as, or closely or substantially resembles, that supply of goods or services or both. Chapter V Input Tax Credit Documentary requirements and conditions for claiming input tax credit.- (1) The input tax credit shall be availed by a registered person, including the Input Service Distributor, on the basis of any of the following documents, namely,- (2) (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) an invoice issued by the supplier of goods or services or both in accordance with the provisions of section 31; an invoice issued in accordance with the provisions of clause (f) of sub- section (3) of section 31, subject to the payment of tax; a debit note issued by a supplier in accordance with the provisions of section 34; a bill of entry or any similar document prescribed under the Customs Act, 1962 or rules made thereunder ....
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....t or the provisions of this Chapter, that had been reversed earlier. 38. Claim of credit by a banking company or a financial institution.-A banking company or a financial institution, including a non-banking financial company, engaged in the supply of services by way of accepting deposits or extending loans or advances that chooses not to comply with the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 17, in accordance with the option permitted under sub-section (4) of thatsection, shall follow the following procedure, namely,- (a) the said company or institution shall not avail the credit of,- (i) the tax paid on inputs and input services that are used for non-business purposes; and (ii) the credit attributable to the supplies specified in sub-section (5) of section 17, in FORM GSTR-2; (b) the said company or institution shall avail the credit of tax paid on inputs and input services referred to in the second proviso to sub-section (4) of section 17 and not covered under clause (a); 7 39. (c) fifty per cent. of the remaining amount of input tax shall be the input tax credit admissible to the company or the institution and shall be ....
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....n territory in which the Input Service Distributor is located, be distributed as input tax credit of central tax and State tax or Union territory tax respectively; (ii) in respect of a recipient located in a State or Union territory other than that of the Input Service Distributor, be distributed as integrated tax and the amount to be so distributed shall be equal to the aggregate of the amount of input tax credit of central tax and State tax or Union territory tax that qualifies for distribution to such recipient in accordance with clause (d); (g) the Input Service Distributor shall issue an Input Service Distributor invoice, as prescribed in sub-rule (1) of rule 54, clearly indicating in such invoice that it is issued only for distribution of input tax credit; (h) the Input Service Distributor shall issue an Input Service Distributor credit note, as prescribed in sub-rule (1) of rule 54, for reduction of credit in case the input tax credit already distributed gets reduced for any reason; (i) any additional amount of input tax credit on account of issuance of a debit note to an Input Service Distributor by the supplier shall be distribu....
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....med after reducing the tax paid on such capital goods by five percentage points per quarter of a year or part thereof from the date of the invoice or such other documents on which the capital goods were received by the taxable person. (b) the registered person shall within a period of thirty days from the date of his becoming eligible to avail the input tax credit under sub-section (1) of section 18 shall make a declaration, electronically, on the common portal in FORM GST ITC-01 to the effect that he is eligible to avail the input tax credit as aforesaid; (c) the declaration under clause (b) shall clearly specify the details relating to the inputs held in stock or inputs contained in semi-finished or finished goods held in stock, or as the case may be, capital goods- (i) on the day immediately preceding the date from which he becomes liable to pay tax under the provisions of the Act, in the case of a claim under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 18; (ii) on the day immediately preceding the date of the grant of registration, in the case of a claim under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 18; (iii) on the day immediate....
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....e transferor and, upon such acceptance, the un-utilized credit specified in FORM GST ITC-02 shall be credited to his electronic credit ledger. (4) The inputs and capital goods so transferred shall be duly accounted for by the transferee in his books of account. 42. Manner of determination of input tax credit in respect of inputs or input services and reversal thereof.-(1) The input tax credit in respect of inputs or input services, which attract the provisions of sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 17, being partly used for the purposes of business and partly for other purposes, or partly used for effecting taxable supplies including zero rated supplies and partly for effecting exempt supplies, shall be attributed to the purposes of business or for effecting taxable supplies in the following manner, namely,- (a) the total input tax involved on inputs and input services in a tax period, be denoted as 'T'; (b) the amount of input tax, out of 'T', attributable to inputs and input services intended to be used exclusively for the purposes other than business, be denoted as 'Ti'; (c) the amount of input tax, out of 'T', attr....
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....t attributed to the purposes of business and for effecting supplies other than exempted supplies but including zero rated supplies and shallbe denoted as 'C3', where,- C3 C2-(D1+D2); (1) the amount ‘C3' shall be computed separately for input tax credit of central tax, State tax, Union territory tax and integrated tax; (m) the amount equal to aggregate of 'D1' and 'Dâ‚‚' shall be added to the output tax liability of the registered person: Provided that where the amount of input taxrelating to inputs or input services used partly for the purposes other than business and partly for effecting exempt 12 supplies has been identified and segregated at the invoice level by the registered person, the same shall be included in 'Tâ‚' and 'T2' respectively, and theremaining amountofcredit on such inputs or input services shall be included in 'T4’. (2) The input tax credit determined under sub-rule (1) shall be calculated finally for the financial year before the due date for furnishing of the return for the month of September following the end of the financial year to which such credit relates, in the manner specified....
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....lauses (a) and (b), denoted as 'A', shall be credited to the electronic credit ledger and the useful life of such goods shall be taken as five years from the date of the invoice for such goods: Provided that where any capital goods earlier covered under clause (a) is subsequently covered under this clause, the value of 'A' shall be arrived at by reducing the input tax at the rate of five percentage points for every quarter or part thereof and the amount 'A' shall be credited to the electronic credit ledger; 13 Explanation.- An item of capital goods declared under clause (a) on its receipt shall not attract the provisions of sub-section (4) of section 18, if it is subsequently covered under this clause. (d) the aggregate of the amounts of 'A' credited to the electronic credit ledger under clause (c), to be denoted as 'Te', shall be the common credit in respect of capital goods for a tax period: Provided that where any capital goods earlier covered under clause (b) is subsequently covered under clause (c), the value of 'A' arrived at by reducing the input tax at the rate of five percentage points for every quarter or part thereof sha....
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....rresponding invoices on which credit had been availed by the registered taxable person on such inputs; (b) for capital goods held in stock, the input tax credit involved in the remaining useful life in months shall be computed on pro-rata basis, taking the useful life as five years. Illustration Capital goods have been in use for 4 years, 6 month and 15 days. The useful remaining life in months= 5 months ignoring a part of the month Input tax credit taken on such capital goods= C Input tax credit attributable to remaining useful life= C multiplied by 5/60 (2) The amount, as specified in sub-rule (1) shall be determined separately for input tax credit of integrated tax and central tax. (3) Where the tax invoices related to the inputs held in stock are not available, the registered person shall estimate the amount under sub-rule (1) based on the prevailing market price of the goods on the effective date of the occurrence of any of the events specified in sub-section (4) of section 18 or, as the case may be, sub-section (5) of section 29. (4) The amount determined under sub-rule (1) shall form part of the output tax liability of th....
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.... value of land and building shall be taken as the same as adopted for the purpose of paying stamp duty; and (b) the value of security shall be taken as one per cent. of the sale value of such security. Chapter VI TAX INVOICE, CREDIT AND DEBIT NOTES 46. Tax invoice.- Subject to rule 54, a tax invoice referred to in section 31 shall be issued by the registered person containing the following particulars, namely,- (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) name, address and Goods and Services Tax Identification Number of the supplier; a consecutive serial number not exceeding sixteen characters, in one or multiple series, containing alphabets or numerals or special characters- hyphen or dash and slash symbolised as 66_99 and "/" respectively, and any combination thereof, unique for a financial year; date of its issue; name, address and Goods and Services Tax Identification Number or Unique Identity Number, if registered, of the recipient; name and address of the recipient and the address of delivery, along with the name of the State and its code, if such recipient is un-registered and where the value of the taxable supply is fift....
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....ENT OF INTEGRATED TAX†or “SUPPLY MEANT FOR EXPORT UNDER BOND OR LETTER OF UNDERTAKING WITHOUT PAYMENT OF INTEGRATED TAX", as the case may be, and shall, in lieu of the details specified in clause (e), contain the following details, namely,- (i) name and address of the recipient; (ii) address of delivery; and (iii) name of the country of destination: 17 Provided also that a registered person may not issue a tax invoice in accordance with the provisions of clause (b) of sub-section (3) of section 31 subject to the following conditions, namely,- (a) the recipient is not a registered person; and (b) the recipient does not require such invoice, and shall issue a consolidated tax invoice for such supplies at the close of each day in respect of all such supplies. 47. Time limit for issuing tax invoice.- The invoice referred to in rule 46, in the case of the taxable supply of services, shall be issued within a period of thirty days from the date of the supply of service: Provided that where the supplier of services is an insurer or a banking company or a financial institution, including a non-banking financial comp....
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....ply of goods or services or both taking into account discount or abatement, if any; and signature or digital signature of the supplier or his authorised representative: Provided that the provisos to rule 46 shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to the bill of supply issued under this rule: Provided further that any tax invoice or any other similar document issued under any other Act for the time being in force in respect of any non-taxable supply shall be treated as a bill of supply for the purposes of the Act. 50. Receipt voucher.- A receipt voucher referred to in clause (d) of sub-section (3) of section 31 shall contain the following particulars, namely,- (a) (b) (c) (d) (f) name, address and Goods and Services Tax Identification Number of the supplier; a consecutive serial number not exceeding sixteen characters, in one or multiple series, containing alphabets or numerals or special characters- hyphen or dash and slash symbolised as "-" and "/" respectively, and any combination thereof, unique for a financial year; date of its issue; name, address and Goods and Services Tax Identification Number or Unique Identity ....
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.... name, address and Goods and Services Tax Identification Number of the supplier if registered; a consecutive serial number not exceeding sixteen characters, in one or multiple series, containing alphabets or numerals or special characters- hyphen or dash and slash symbolised as "-" and "/" respectively, and any combination thereof, unique for a financial year; 20 name, address and Goods and Services Tax Identification Number of the recipient; (c) date of its issue; (d) (e) (f) amount paid; description of goods or services; rate of tax (central tax, State tax, integrated tax, Union territory tax or cess); amount of tax payable in respect of taxable goods or services (central tax, State tax, integrated tax, Union territory tax or cess); (h) (i) place of supply along with the name of State and its code, in case of a supply in the course of inter-State trade or commerce; and (j) signature or digital signature of the supplier or his authorised representative. 53. Revised tax invoice and credit or debit notes.-(1)A revised tax invoice referred to in section 31 and credit or debit notes referred to in s....
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....x invoice in special cases.- (1)An Input Service Distributor invoice or, as the case may be, an Input Service Distributor credit note issued by an Input Service Distributor shall contain the following details:- (a) (b) name, address and Goods and Services Tax Identification Number of the Input Service Distributor; a consecutive serial number not exceeding sixteen characters, in one or multiple series, containing alphabets or numerals or special characters- hyphen or dash and slash symbolised as- “-â€, “/†respectively, and any combination thereof, unique for a financial year; date of its issue; name, address and Goods and Services Tax Identification Number of the recipient to whom the credit is distributed; (c) (d) (e) amount of the credit distributed; and (f) signature or digital signature of the Input Service Distributor or his authorised representative: Provided that where the Input Service Distributor is an office of a banking company or a financial institution, including a non-banking financial company, a tax invoice shall include any document in lieu thereof, by whatever name called, w....
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.... the time of removal of goods for transportation, containing the following details, namely:- (i) date and number of the delivery challan; (ii) name, address and Goods and Services Tax Identification Number of the consigner, if registered; (iii) name, address and Goods and Services Tax Identification Number or Unique Identity Number of the consignee, if registered; (v) 33 (iv) (vi) Harmonised System of Nomenclature code and description of goods; quantity (provisional, where the exact quantity being supplied is not known); taxable value; (vii) tax rate and tax amount - central tax, State tax, integrated tax, Union territory tax or cess, where the transportation is for supply to the consignee; (viii) place of supply, in case of inter-State movement; and (ix) (2) signature. The delivery challan shall be prepared in triplicate, in case of supply of goods, in the following manner, namely:- (a) the original copy being marked as ORIGINAL FOR CONSIGNEE; 23 (b) the duplicate copy being marked as DUPLICATE FOR TRANSPORTER; and the triplicate copy being marked as TRIPLICATE FOR CONSIGNER. ....
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....lected and paid, input tax, input tax credit claimed, together with a register of tax 24 invoice, credit notes, debit notes, delivery challan issued or received during any tax period. (5) Every registered person shall keep the particulars of - (a) names and complete addresses of suppliers from whom he has received the goods or services chargeable to tax under the Act; (b) names and complete addresses of the persons to whom he has supplied goods or services, where required under the provisions of this Chapter; (c) the complete address of the premises where goods are stored by him, including goods stored during transit along with the particulars of the stock stored therein. (6) If any taxable goods are found to be stored at any place(s) other than those declared under sub-rule (5) without the cover of any valid documents, the proper officer shall determine the amount of tax payable on such goods as if such goods have been supplied by the registered person. (7) Every registered person shall keep the books of account at the principal place of business and books of account relating to additional place of business mentioned in his certif....
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....nd quantity (wherever applicable) of goods or services received for the execution of works contract; (c) description, value and quantity (wherever applicable) of goods or services utilized in the execution of works contract; (d) the details of payment received in respect of each works contract; and (e) the names and addresses of suppliers from whom he received goods or services. (15) The records under the provisions of this Chapter may be maintained in electronic form and the record so maintained shall be authenticated by means of a digital signature. (16) Accounts maintained by the registered person together with all invoices, bills of supply, credit and debit notes, and delivery challans relating to stocks, deliveries, inward supply and outward supply shall be preserved for the period as provided in section 36 and shall, where such accounts and documents are maintained manually, be kept at every related place of business mentioned in the certificate of registration and shall be accessible at every related place of business where such accounts and documents are maintained digitally. (17) Any person having custody over the goods in the c....
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....the Commissioner. (4) Subject to the provisions of rule 56,- (a)any person engaged in the business of transporting goods shall maintain records of goods transported, delivered and goods stored in transit by him alongwiththe Goods and Services Tax Identification Number of the registered consigner and consignee for each of his branches. (b) every owner or operator of a warehouse or godown shall maintain books of accountswith respect to the period for which particular goods remain in the warehouse, including the particulars relating to dispatch, movement, receipt and disposal of such goods. 27 (5) The owner or the operator of the godown shall store the goods in such manner that they can be identified item-wise and owner-wise and shall facilitate any physical verification or inspection by the proper officer on demand. Chapter VIII Returns 59. Form and manner of furnishing details of outward supplies.-(1)Every registered person, other than a person referred to in section 14 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, required to furnish the details of outward supplies of goods or services or both under section 37, shall fu....
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....s, if any, required to be furnished under sub-section (2) of section 38. (2) Every registered person shall furnish the details, if any, required under sub-section (5) of section 38 electronically in FORM GSTR-2. (3) The registered person shall specify the inward supplies in respect of which he is not eligible, either fully or partially, for input tax credit in FORM GSTR-2 where such eligibility can be determined at the invoice level. (4) The registered person shall declare the quantum of ineligible input tax credit on inward supplies which is relatable to non-taxable supplies or for purposes other than business and cannot be determined at the invoice level in FORM GSTR-2. (4A) The details of invoices furnished by an non-resident taxable person in his return in FORM GSTR-5 under rule 63 shall be made available to the recipient of credit in Part A of FORM GSTR 2A electronically through the common portal and the said recipient may include the same in FORM GSTR-2. (5) The details of invoices furnished by an Input Service Distributor in his return in FORM GSTR-6 under rule 65 shall be made available to the recipient of credit in Part B of ....
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....ction 49, may claim such refund in Part B of the return in FORM GSTR-3 and such return shall be deemed to be an application filed under section 54. (5) Where the time limit for furnishing of details in FORM GSTR-1 under section 37and in FORM GSTR-2 under section 38has been extended and the circumstances so warrant, return in FORM GSTR-3B, in lieuof FORM GSTR-3, may be furnished in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be notified by the Commissioner. 62. Form and manner of submission of quarterly return by the composition supplier.-(1) Every registered person paying tax under section 10 shall, on the basis of details contained in FORM GSTR-4A, and where required, after adding, correcting or deleting the details, furnish the quarterly return in FORM GSTR-4 electronically through the common portal, either directly or through a Facilitation Centre notified by the Commissioner. (2) Every registered person furnishing the return under sub-rule (1) shall discharge his liability towards tax, interest, penalty, fees or any other amount payable under the Act or the provisions of this Chapter by debiting the electronic cash led....
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....s or retrieval services from a place outside India to a person in India other than a registered person shall file return in FORM GSTR-5A on or before the twentieth day of the month succeeding the calendar month or part thereof. 65. Form and manner of submission of return by an Input Service Distributor.- Every Input Service Distributor shall, on the basis of details contained inFORM GSTR- 6A, and where required, after adding, correcting or deleting the details, furnish electronically the return in FORM GSTR-6, containing the details of tax invoices on which credit has been received and those issued under section 20, through the common portal either directly or from a Facilitation Centre notified by the Commissioner. 66.Form and manner of submission of return by a person required to deduct tax at source.-(1) Every registered person required to deduct tax at source under section 51 (hereafter in this rule referred to as deductor) shall furnish a return in FORM GSTR-7 electronically through the common portal either directly or from a Facilitation Centre notified by the Commissioner. (2) The details furnished by the deductor under sub-rul....
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....f this rule, it is hereby declared that - (i) The claim of input tax credit in respect of invoices and debit notes in FORM GSTR-2 that were accepted by the recipient on the basis of FORM GSTR-2A without amendment shall be treated as matched if the corresponding supplier has furnished a valid return; (ii) The claim of input tax credit shall be considered as matched where the amount of input tax credit claimed is equal to or less than the output tax paid on such tax invoice or debit note by the corresponding supplier. 32 70. Final acceptance of input tax credit and communication thereof.-(1)The final acceptance of claim of input tax credit in respect of any tax period, specified in sub- section (2) of section 42, shall be made available electronically to the registered person making such claim in FORM GST MIS-1 through the common portal. (2) The claim of input tax credit in respect of any tax period which had been communicated as mismatched but is found to be matched after rectification by the supplier or recipient shall be finally accepted and made available electronically to the person making such claim in FORM GST MIS-1 through the c....
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....ue date for furnishing the return in FORM GSTR-3, namely:- Goods and Services Tax Identification Number of the supplier; Goods and Services Tax Identification Number of the recipient; (a) (b) (c) credit note number; (d) credit note date; and (e) tax amount: Provided that where the time limit for furnishing FORM GSTR-1 under section 37and FORM GSTR-2 under section 38 has been extended, the date of matching of claim of reduction in the output tax liability shall be extended accordingly: Provided further that the Commissioner may, on the recommendations of the Council, by order, extend the date of matching relating to claim of reduction in output tax liability to such date as may be specified therein. Explanation.- For the purposes of this rule, it is hereby declared that - (i) the claim of reduction inoutput tax liability due to issuanceof credit notes in FORM GSTR-1 that were accepted by the corresponding recipient in FORM GSTR-2 without amendment shall be treated as matched if the said recipient has furnished a valid return. (ii) the claim of reduction in the output tax liability shall be considered as matched where ....
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....n in FORM GSTR-3 for the month succeeding the month in which the discrepancy is made available. Explanation.- For the purposes of this rule, it is hereby declared that (i) rectification by a supplier means deleting or correcting the details of an outward supply in his valid return so as to match the details of corresponding inward supply declared by the recipient; (ii) rectification by the recipient means adding or correcting the details of an inward supply so as to match the details of corresponding outward supply declared by the supplier. 76. Claim of reduction in output tax liability more than once.-The duplication of claims for reduction in output tax liability in the details of outward supplies shall be communicated to the registered person in FORM GST MIS-1 electronically through the common portal. 77. Refund of interest paid on reclaim of reversals.-The interest to be refunded under sub-section (9) of section 42 or sub-section (9) of section 43 shall be claimed by the registered person in his return in FORM GSTR-3 and shall be credited to his electronic cash ledger in FORM GST PMT-05 and the amount credited shall be avail....
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....nder section 51 or section 52, a casual taxable person and a non-resident taxable person, shall furnish an annual return as specified under sub- section (1) of section 44 electronically in FORM GSTR-9 through the common portal either directly or through a Facilitation Centre notified by the Commissioner: Provided that a person paying tax under section 10shall furnish the annual return in FORM GSTR-9A. (1) Every electronic commerce operator required to collect tax at source under section 52 shall furnish annual statement referred to in sub-section (5) of the said section inFORM GSTR -9B. (2) Every registered person whose aggregate turnover during a financial year exceeds two crore rupees shall get his accounts audited as specified under sub-section (5) of section 35 and he shall furnish a copy of audited annual accounts and a reconciliation statement, duly certified, in FORM GSTR-9C, electronicallythrough the common portal either directly or througha Facilitation Centre notified by the Commissioner. 36 81. Final return.-Every registered person required to furnish a final return under section 45, shall furnish such return electronica....
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.... 37 (iii) any other examination notified by the Government, on the recommendation of the Council, for this purpose; or (iv) has passed any of the following examinations, namely:- (a) final examination of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India; or (b) final examination of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India; or (c) final examination of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. (2) On receipt of the application referred to in sub-rule (1), the officer authorised in this behalf shall, after making such enquiry as he considers necessary, either enrol the applicant as a goods and services tax practitionerand issue a certificate to that effect in FORM GST PCT-02 or reject his application where it is found that the applicant is not qualified to be enrolled as a goods and services tax practitioner. (3) The enrolment made under sub-rule (2) shall be valid until it is cancelled: Provided that no person enrolled as a goods and services tax practitioner shall be eligible to remain enrolled unless he passes such examination conducted at such periods and by such authority as may be notified by the Commissioner on the ....
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....registration: Provided that where any application relating to a claim for refund or an application for amendment or cancellation of registration has been submitted by the goods and services tax practitioner authorised by the registered person, a confirmation shall be sought from the registered person and the application submitted by the said practitioner shall be made available to the registered person on the common portal and such application shall not be proceeded with further until the registered person gives his consent to the same. (9) Any registered person opting to furnish his return through a goods and services tax practitioner shall- (10) (a) give his consent in FORM GST PCT-05 to any goods and services tax practitionerto prepare and furnish his return; and (b) before confirming submission of any statement prepared by the goods and services tax practitioner, ensure that the facts mentioned in the return are true and correct. The goods and services tax practitionershall- (a) (b) prepare the statements with due diligence; and affix his digital signature on the statements prepared by him or electronically ve....
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.... the Act shall be paid by debiting the electronic cash ledger maintained as per rule 87 and the electronic liability register shall be credited accordingly. (5) Any amount of demand debited in the electronic liability register shall stand reduced to the extent of relief given by the appellate authority or Appellate Tribunal or court and the electronic tax liability register shall be credited accordingly. (6) The amount of penalty imposed or liable to be imposed shall stand reduced partly or fully, as the case may be, if the taxable person makes the payment of tax, interest and penalty specified in the show cause notice or demand order and the electronic liability register shall be credited accordingly. 20 40 (7) A registered person shall, upon noticing any discrepancy in his electronic liability ledger, communicate the same to the officer exercising jurisdiction in the matter, through the common portal in FORM GST PMT-04. 86. Electronic Credit Ledger.-(1) The electronic credit ledger shall be maintained in FORM GST PMT-02 for each registered person eligible for input tax credit under the Acton the common portal and every claim o....
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....od, by cash, cheque or demand draft: Provided that the restriction for deposit up to ten thousand rupees per challan in case of an Over the Counter payment shall not apply to deposit to be made by - (a) Government Departments or any other deposit to be made by persons as may be notified by the Commissioner in this behalf; (b) Proper officer or any other officer authorised to recover outstanding dues from any person, whether registered or not, including recovery made through attachment or sale of movable or immovable properties; (c) Proper officer or any other officer authorised for the amounts collected by way of cash, cheque ordemand draft during any investigation or enforcement activity or any ad hoc deposit: Provided further that the challan in FORM GST PMT-06 generated at the common portal shall be valid for a period of fifteen days. Explanation.- For the purpose of this sub-rule, it is hereby clarified that for making payment of any amount indicated in the challan, the commission, if any, payable in respect of such payment shall be borne by the person making such payment. (4) Any payment required to be made by a perso....
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....ortal in FORM GST PMT-04. Explanation 1.- The refund shall be deemed to be rejected if the appeal is finally rejected. Explanation 2.- For the purpose of this rule, it is hereby clarified that a refund shall be deemed to be rejected, if the appeal is finally rejected or if the claimant gives an undertaking to the proper officer that he shall not file an appeal. 88. Identification number for each transaction.-(1) A unique identification number shall be generated at the common portal for each debit or credit to the electronic cash or credit ledger, as the case may be. (2) The unique identification number relating to discharge of any liability shall be indicated in the corresponding entry in the electronic liability register. (3) A unique identification number shall be generated at the common portal for each credit in the electronic liability register for reasons other than those covered under sub- rule (2). Chapter X Refund 43 89. Application for refund of tax, interest, penalty, fees or any other amount.- (1)Any person, except the persons covered under notification issued under section 55,claiming refund of any tax, interest, pen....
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....oreign Inward Remittance Certificates, as the case may be, in a case where the refund is on account of the export of services; (d) a statement containing the number and date of invoices as provided in rule 46 along with the evidence regarding the endorsement specified in the second proviso to sub-rule (1) in the case of the supply of goods made to a Special Economic Zone unit or a Special Economic Zone developer; 44 (e) a statement containing the number and date of invoices, the evidence regarding the endorsement specified in the second proviso to sub-rule (1) and the details of payment, along with the proof thereof, made by the recipient to the supplier for authorised operations as defined under the Special Economic Zone Act, 2005, in a case where the refund is on account of supply of services made to a Special Economic Zone unit or a Special Economic Zone developer; (f) a declaration to the effect that the Special Economic Zone unit or the Special Economic Zone developer has not availed the input tax credit of the tax paid by the supplier of goods or services or both, in a case where the refund is on account of supply of goods or....
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....f tax has been recovered from the recipient, it shall be deemed that the incidence of tax has been passed on to the ultimate consumer. Where the application relates to refund of input tax credit, the electronic credit ledger shall be debited by the applicant by an amount equal to the refund so claimed. (4) In the case of zero-rated supply of goods or services or both without payment of tax under bond or letter of undertaking in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 16 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017), refund of input tax credit shall be granted as per the following formula - Refund Amount = (Turnover of zero-rated supply of goods + Turnover of zero-rated supply of services) x Net ITC÷Adjusted Total Turnover Where,- (5) (A) "Refund amount" means the maximum refund that is admissible; (B) "Net ITC" means input tax credit availed on inputs and input services during the relevant period; (C) "Turnover of zero-rated supply of goods" means the value of zero-rated supply of goods made during the relevant period without payment of tax under bond or letter of undertaking; (D) "Tu....
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.... clearly indicating the date of filing of the claim for refund and the time period specified in sub-section (7) of section 54 shall be counted from such date of filing. (3) Where any deficiencies are noticed, the proper officer shall communicate the deficiencies to the applicant in FORM GST RFD-03 through the common portal electronically, requiring him to file a fresh refund application after rectification of such deficiencies. (4) Where deficiencies have been communicated in FORM GST RFD-03 under the Central Goods and Service Tax Rules, 2017, the same shall also deemed to have been communicated under this rule along with the deficiencies communicated under sub-rule (3). 91. Grant of provisional refund.-(1) The provisional refund in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (6) of section 54 shall be granted subject to the condition that the person claiming refund has, during any period of five years immediately preceding the tax period to which the claim for refund relates, not been prosecuted for any offence under the Act or under an existing law where the amount of tax evaded exceeds two hundred and fifty lakh rupees. (2) Th....
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....ring the reply, make an order in FORM GST RFD-06 sanctioning the amount of refund in whole or part, or rejecting the said refund claim and the said order shall be made available to the applicant electronically and the provisions of sub-rule (1) shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to the extent refund is allowed: Provided that no application for refund shall be rejected without giving the applicant an opportunityof being heard. (4) Where the proper officer is satisfied that the amount refundable under sub-rule (1) or sub-rule (2) is payable to the applicant under sub-section (8) of section 54, he shall make an order in FORM GST RFD-06 and issue a payment advice in FORM GST RFD-05 for the amount of refund andthesameshall be electronically credited to any of the bank accounts of the applicant mentioned in his registration particulars and as specified in the application for refund. (5) Where the proper officer is satisfied that the amount refundable under sub-rule (1) or sub-rule (2) is not payable to the applicant under sub-section (8) of section 54, he shall make an order in FORM GST RFD-06 and issue an advice in FORM GST RFD-05, for the ....
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....ices Tax Identification Number or Unique Identity Number of the applicant is mentioned in the tax invoice; and (c) such other restrictions or conditions as may be specified in the notification are satisfied. The provisions of rule 92 shall, mutatis mutandis, apply for the sanction and payment of refund under this rule. (5) Where an express provision in a treaty or other international agreement, to which the President or the Government of India is a party, is inconsistent with the provisions of this Chapter, such treaty or international agreement shall prevail. 49 96. Refund of integrated tax paid on goods exported out of India.-(1) The shipping bill filed by an exporter shall be deemed to be an application for refund of integrated tax paid on the goods exported out of India and such application shall be deemed to have been filed only when:- (a) the person in charge of the conveyance carrying the export goods duly files an export manifest or an export report covering the number and the date of shipping bills or bills of export; and (b) the applicant has furnished a valid return in FORM GSTR-3; (2) The details of the relevant e....
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....exporter shall not be paid any refund of the integrated tax. 97. Consumer Welfare Fund.- (1)All credits to the Consumer Welfare Fund shall be made under sub-rule (5) of rule 92. (2) Any amount, having been credited to the Fund, ordered or directed as payable to any claimant by orders of the proper officer, appellate authority or Appellate Tribunal or court, shall be paid from the Fund. (3) Any utilisation of amount from the Consumer Welfare Fund under sub-section (1) of section 58 shall be made by debiting the Consumer Welfare Fund account and crediting the account to which the amount is transferred for utilisation. (4) The Government shall, by an order, constitute a Standing Committee with a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman, a Member Secretary and such other Members as it may deem fit and the Committee shall make recommendations for proper utilisation of the money credited to the Consumer Welfare Fund for welfare of the consumers. (5) The Committee shall meet as and when necessary, but not less than once in three months. (6) Any agency or organisation engaged in consumer welfare activities for a period of three years registered under ....
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....fore it on account of factual inconsistency, or inaccuracy in material particulars; (h) to recommend minimum financial assistance, by way of grant to an applicant, having regard to his financial status, and importance and utility of nature of activity under pursuit, after ensuring that the financial assistance provided shall not be misutilised; (i) to identify beneficial and safe sectors, where investments out of Consumer Welfare Fund may be made and make recommendations, accordingly; (j) to relax the conditions required for the period of engagement in consumer welfare activities of an applicant; (k) to make guidelines for the management, administration and audit of the Consumer Welfare Fund. (9) The Central Consumer Protection Council and the Bureau of Indian Standards shall recommend to the Goods and Services Tax Council, the broad guidelines for considering the projects or proposals for the purpose of incurring expenditure from the Consumer Welfare Fund. CHAPTER XI ASSESSMENT AND AUDIT 98. Provisional Assessment.-(1) Every registered person requesting for payment of tax on a provisional basis in accordance with the provisi....
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....fied in sub-rule (5) and issue an order in FORM GST ASMT-09 within a period of seven working days from the date of receipt of the application under sub-rule (6). 99. Scrutiny of returns.- (1) Where any return furnished by a registered person is selected for scrutiny, the proper officer shall scrutinize the same in accordance with the provisions of section 61 with reference to the information available with him, and in case of any discrepancy, he shall issue a notice to the said person in FORM GST ASMT-10, informing him of such discrepancy and seeking his explanation thereto within such time, not exceeding thirty days from the date of service of the notice or such further period as may be permitted by him and also, where possible, quantifying the amount of tax, interest and any other amount payable in relation to such discrepancy. (2) The registered person may accept the discrepancy mentioned in the notice issued under sub-rule (1), and pay the tax, interest and any other amount arising from such discrepancy and inform the same or furnish an explanation for the discrepancy in FORM GST ASMT-11 to the proper officer. (3) Where the explanati....
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....er shall finalise the findings of the audit after due consideration of the reply furnished. (5) On conclusion of the audit, the proper officer shall inform the findings of audit to the registered person in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (6) of section 65 in FORM GST ADT-02. 102. Special Audit.-(1) Where special audit is required to be conducted in accordance with the provisions of section 66, the officer referred to in the said section shall issue a direction in FORM GST ADT-03to the registered person to get his records audited by a chartered accountant or a cost accountant specified in the said direction. 54 (2) On conclusion of special audit, the registered person shall be informed of the findings of special audit in FORM GST ADT-04. Chapter - XII Advance Ruling 103. Qualification and appointment of members of the Authority for Advance Ruling.-The Central Government and the State Government shall appoint officer in the rank of Joint Commissioner as member of the Authority for Advance Ruling. 104. Form and manner of application to the Authority for Advance Ruling.- (1)An application for obtaining an advance rulin....
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.... in FORM GST APL-01, along with the relevant documents, either electronically or otherwise as may be notified by the Commissioner, and a provisional acknowledgement shall be issued to the appellant immediately. (2) The grounds of appeal and the form of verification as contained in FORM GST APL-01 shall be signed in the manner specified in rule 26. (3) A certified copy of the decision or order appealed against shall be submitted within seven days of filing the appeal under sub-rule (1) and a final acknowledgement, indicating appeal number shall be issued thereafter in FORM GST APL-02 by the Appellate Authority or an officer authorised by him in this behalf: Provided that where the certified copy of the decision or order is submitted within seven days from the date of filing the FORM GST APL-01, the date of filing of the appeal shall be the date of issue of provisional acknowledgement and where the said copy is submitted after seven days, the date of filing of the appeal shall be the date of submission of such copy. Explanation.– For the provisions of this rule, the appeal shall be treated as filed only when the final acknowle....
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....dit involved or the amount of fine, fee or penalty determined in the order appealed against, subject to maximum of twenty five thousand rupees. (6) There shall be no fee for application made before the Appellate Tribunal for rectification of errors referred to in sub-section (10) of section 112. 111. Application to the Appellate Tribunal.- (1)An application to the Appellate Tribunal under sub-section (3) of section 112 shall be madeelectronically or otherwise, in FORM GST APL-07, along with the relevant documents on the commonportal. (2) A certified copy of the decision or order appealed against shall be submitted within seven days of filing the application under sub-rule (1) and an appeal number shall be generated by the Registrar. 112. Production of additional evidence before the Appellate Authority or the Appellate Tribunal.-(1) The appellant shall not be allowed to produce before the Appellate Authority or the Appellate Tribunal any evidence, whether oral or documentary, other than the evidence produced by him during the course of the proceedings before the adjudicating authority or, as the case may be, the Appellate Authority except in....
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....f verification as contained in FORM GST APL- 08 shall be signed in the manner specified in rule 26. 115. Demand confirmed by the Court.- The jurisdictional officer shall issue a statement in FORM GST APL-04 clearly indicating the final amount of demand confirmed by the High Court or, as the case may be, the Supreme Court. 58 116. Disqualification for misconduct of an authorised representative.- Where an authorised representative, other than those referred to in clause (b) or clause (c) of sub- section (2) of section 116 is found, upon an enquiry into the matter, guilty of misconduct in connection with any proceedings under the Act, the Commissioner may, after providing him an opportunity of being heard, disqualify him from appearing as an authorised representative. Chapter XIV Transitional Provisions 117. Tax or duty credit carried forward under any existing law or on goods held in stock on the appointed day.-(1) Every registered person entitled to take credit of input tax under section 140 shall, within ninety days of the appointed day, submit a declaration electronically in FORM GST TRAN-1, duly signed, on the common portal sp....
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....t. (3) The amount of credit specified in the application in FORM GST TRAN-1 shall be credited to the electronic credit ledger of the applicant maintained in FORM GST PMT- 2 on the common portal. (4) (a) (i)A registered person, holding stock of goods which have suffered tax at the first point of their sale in the State and the subsequent sales of which are not subject to tax in the State availing credit in accordance with the proviso to sub-section (3) of section 140 shall be allowed to avail input tax credit on goods held in stock on the appointed day in respect of which he is not in possession of any document evidencing payment of value added tax. (ii) The credit referred to in sub-clause (i) shall be allowed at the rate of sixty per cent. on such goods which attract State tax at the rate of nine per cent. or more and forty per cent. for other goods of the State tax applicable on supply of such goods after the appointed date and shall be credited after the State tax payable on such supply has been paid: Provided that where integrated tax is paid on such goods, the amount of credit shall be allowed at the rate of thirty per cent. and ....
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....bmits a statement in FORM GST TRAN 2 at the end of each of the six tax periods during which the scheme is in operation indicating therein, the details of supplies of such goods effected during the tax period; (iv) the amount of credit allowed shall be credited to the electronic credit ledger of the applicant maintained in FORM GST PMT-2 on the common portal; and (v) the stock of goods on which the credit is availed is so stored that it can be easily identified by the registered person. 118.Declaration to be made under clause (c) of sub-section (11) of section 142.-Every person to whom the provision of clause (c) of sub-section (11) of section 142 applies, shall within a period of ninety days of the appointed day, submit a declaration electronically in FORM GST TRAN-1 furnishing the proportion of supply on which Value Added Tax or service tax has been paid before the appointed day but the supply is made after the appointed day, and the Input Tax Credit admissible thereon. 119. Declaration of stock held by a principal and agent.- Every person to whom the provisions of sub-section 14 of section 142 apply shall, within ninety days of the ....
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....ary of Rs. 2,25,000 reduced by the amount of pension. 62 125. (3) (4) (5) The Technical Member shall be paid a monthly salary of Rs. 2,05,400 (fixed) and shall be entitled to draw allowances as are admissible to a Government of India officer holding Group 'A' post carrying the same pay: Provided that where a retired officer is selected as a Technical Member, he shall be paid a monthly salary of Rs. 2,05,400 reduced by the amount of pension. The Chairman shall hold office for a term of two years from the date on which he enters upon his office, or until he attains the age of sixty- five years, whichever is earlier and shall be eligible for reappointment: Provided that person shall not be selected as the Chairman, if he has attained the age of sixty-two years. The Technical Member of the Authority shall hold office for a term of two years from the date on which he enters upon his office, or until he attains the age of sixty-five years, whichever is earlier and shall be eligible for reappointment: Provided that person shall not be selected as a Technical Member if he has attained the age of sixty-two years. Secret....
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.... (2) All applications from interested parties on issues of local nature shall first be examined by the State level Screening Committee and the Screening Committee shall, upon being satisfied that the supplier has contravened the provisions of section 171, forward the application with its recommendations to the Standing Committee for further action. 129. Initiation and conduct of proceedings.-(1)Where the Standing Committee is satisfied that there is a prima-facie evidence to show that the supplier has not passed on the benefit of reduction in rate of tax on the supply of goods or services or the benefit of input tax credit to the recipient by way of commensurate reduction in prices, it shall refer the matter to Director General of Safeguards for a detailed investigation. (2) The Director General of Safeguards shall conduct investigation and collect evidence necessary to determine whether the benefit ofreduction in rate of tax on any supply of goods or services or the benefit of the input tax credit has been passed on to the recipient by way of commensurate reduction in prices. (3) The Director General of Safeguards shall, before initiati....
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....deemed to be the proper officer to exercise power to summon any person whose attendance he considers necessary either to give evidence or to produce a document or any other thing under section 70 and shall have power in any inquiry in the same manner, as provided in the case of a civil court under the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908). (2) Every such inquiry referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be deemed to be a judicial proceedings within the meaning of sections 193 and 228 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860). 133. Order of the Authority.-(1) The Authority shall, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of the report from the Director General of Safeguards determine whether a registered person has passed on the benefit of reduction in rate of tax on the supply of goods or services or the benefit of input tax credit to the recipient by way of commensurate reduction in prices. (2) An opportunity of hearing shall be granted to the interested parties by the Authority where any request is received in writing from such interested parties. (3) Where the Authority determines that a registered person h....