TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
Procedure for interception of conveyances for inspection of goods in movement, and detention, release and confiscation of such goods and conveyances.
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....n charge of the conveyance shall be validated in such manner as may be prescribed. Sub-section (3) of the said section provides that where any conveyance referred to in sub-section (1) of the said section is intercepted by the proper officer (officer to whom powers in this behalf are delegated by the Notification cited at Ref. (2) and (3) above) at any place, he may require the person-in-charge of the conveyance to produce the documents for verification, and the said person shall be liable to produce the documents and also allow the inspection of goods. 1.1. Rules 138 to 138D of the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the "MGST Rules") lay down, in detail, the provisions relating to e-way bills. As per the said provisions, in case of transportation of goods by road, an e-way bill is required to be generated before the commencement of movement of the consignment. 1.2. Rule 138A of the said rules prescribes that the person incharge of a conveyance shall carry the invoice or bill of supply or delivery challan, as the case may be; and in case of transportation of goods by road, he shall also carry a copy of the e-way bill in physical form or....
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.... shall verify such documents and where, prima facie, no discrepancies are found, the conveyance shall be allowed to move further. An e-way bill number may be available with the person in charge of the conveyance or in the form of a printout, sms or it may be written on an invoice. All these forms of having an e-way bill are valid. Wherever a facility exists to verify the e-way bill electronically, the same shall be so verified, either by logging on to http://mis.ewaybillgst.gov.in or the Mobile App or through sms by sending EWBVER to mobile number 7738299899 (For e.g. EWBVER 120100231897). (c) For the purposes of verification of the e-way bill, interception and inspection of the conveyance and/or goods, the proper officer under rule 138B of the MGST Rules shall be the officer who has been assigned the functions under sub-section (3) of section 68 of the MGST Act. For this purpose the Commissioner has issued notifications cited at Ref. (2) and (3) above. (d) Where the person incharge of the conveyance fails to produce any prescribed document or where the proper officer intends to undertake an inspection, he shall record a statement of the person incharge of the conveyance in ....
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....rd to make the payment of tax and penalty as applicable under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of the said section, the proper officer shall, after the amount of tax and penalty has been paid in accordance with the provisions of the MGST Act, and the MGST Rules, release the goods and conveyance by an order in FORM GST MOV-05. Further, the order in FORM GST MOV-09 shall be uploaded on the common portal and the demand accruing from the proceedings shall be added in the electronic liability register and the payment made shall be credited to such electronic liability register by debiting the electronic cash ledger or the electronic credit ledger of the concerned person in accordance with the provisions of section 49 of the MGST Act. (i) Where the owner of the goods, or the person authorized by him, or any person other than the owner of the goods comes forward to get the goods and the conveyance released by furnishing a security under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 129 of the MGST Act, the goods and the conveyance shall be released, by an order in FORM GST MOV-05, after obtaining a bond in FORM GST MOV-08 along with a security in the form of bank guarantee equal to the amount ....
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.... of confiscation of goods shall be passed in FORM GST MOV-11, after taking into consideration the objections filed by the person incharge of the goods (owner or his representative), and the same shall be served on the person concerned. Once the order of confiscation is passed, the title of such goods shall stand transferred to the Central Government. In the said order, a suitable time not exceeding three months shall be offered to make the payment of tax, penalty and fine imposed in lieu of confiscation and get the goods released. The order in FORM GST MOV-11 shall be uploaded on the common portal and the demand accruing from the order shall be added in the electronic liability register and, upon payment of the demand, such register shall be credited by either debiting the electronic cash ledger or the electronic credit ledger of the concerned person in accordance with the provisions of section 49 of the MGST Act. Once an order of confiscation of goods is passed in FORM GST MOV-11, the order in FORM GST MOV-09 passed earlier with respect to the said goods shall be withdrawn. (o) An order of confiscation of conveyance shall be passed in FORM GST MOV-11, after taking into consider....
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....l also credit the payments made towards such demands of tax, penalty or fine and other charges by debiting the electronic cash ledger of the concerned person. (v) A summary of every order in FORM GST MOV-09 and FORM GST MOV-11 shall be uploaded electronically in FORM GST-DRC-07 on the common portal. 3. The format of FORMS GST MOV-01 to GST MOV-11 are annexed to this Trade Circular. 4. Difficulties, if any, in implementation of the above instructions may be brought to the notice of the Commissioner State Tax at an early date. Yours faithfully, (RAJIV JALOTA) Commissioner of State Tax, (GST) Maharashtra State, Mumbai. No. JC (HQ)-1/GST/2018/NOT1/E-way Bill/ADM-8 dated 23^rd April, 2018 Trade Circular No. 14T of 2018 COMMISSIONER OF STATE TAX FINANCE DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA FORM GST MOV-01 STATEMENT OF THE OWNER / DRIVER/ PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE GOODS AND CONVEYANCE Statement of Sri______________________ S/o______________ age _______years, residing at ____________________owner / driver / person- in- charge of the goods and conveyance bearing No. _____________________(Vehicle Number) made before the _________ (Designation of the....
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.... "Before me" (Owner/Driver/Person in charge) Signature Designation COMMISSIONER OF STATE TAX FINANCE DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA FORM GST MOV-02 ORDER FOR PHYSICAL VERIFICATION / INSPECTION OF THE CONVEYANCE, GOODS AND DOCUMENTS The goods conveyance bearing No. / / / carrying ____________________ goods was intercepted by the undersigned ____________(Designation of the officer), on / / at AM/PM at________________________________(Place). The owner/driver/person-in- charge of the goods conveyance has: 1. failed to tender any document for the goods in movement, or 2. tendered the documents mentioned in the Annexure to FORM GST MOV-01 for verification. Upon verification of the documents tendered, the undersigned is of the opinion that the inspectio....
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....ONER STATE TAX Place: Date: COMMISSIONER OF STATE TAX FINANCE DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA FORM GST MOV-04 PHYSICAL VERIFICATION REPORT Ref: FORM GST MOV-02 No.__________ Dated The physical verification of the goods conveyance bearing No.__________has been conducted in the presence of Shri__________________ owner / person in charge of the goods vehicle. The details of the physical verification are as under:- PHYSICAL VERIFICATION REPORT Date of Physical Verification Goods Conveyance number Name of the Transporter Sl.No. Transport Document/ LR No. & Date Tendered Invoice/ Documents No. & Date Description of goods as per invoice including HSN code Description of goods in the conveyance Quantity as per invoice Quantity as per physical verification Diff. 1 Date: Date: 2 Date: Date: I hereby declare that the physical verification of ....
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.... COMMISSIONER OF STATE TAX FINANCE DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA FORM GST MOV-06 ORDER OF DETENTION UNDER SECTION 129 (1) OF THE MAHARASHTRA GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 AND THE CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 / UNDER SECTION 20 OF THE INTEGRATED GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 The goods conveyance bearing No. ______________ was intercepted and inspected by the undersigned on _________________at _________ (place and time) AM/PM. At the time of interception, the owner/ driver/ person in charge of the goods/ conveyance is Shri___________ the owner/ driver/ person in charge of the goods conveyance Shri___________ has not tendered any documents for the goods in movement Prima facie, the documents tendered are found to be defective The genuineness of the goods in transit (its quantity etc) and/or tendered documents requires further verification E-Way bill not tendered for the goods in movement Others (Specify) For the above said reasons, an order for physical verification / inspection of the conveyance, goods and documents was issued in FORM GST MOV-02 dated______________ and serve....
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.... Services Tax Act, 2017 read with sub-section (3) of section 68 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 on _______(date) and the following discrepancies were noticed. (i) (ii) (iii) 3. In view of the above, the goods and the conveyance used for the movement of goods were detained under sub-section (3) of section 68 of the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017and sub-section (1) of section 129 of the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 read with sub section (3) of section 68 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 or under section 20 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 read with sub-section (3) of section 68 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 by issuing an order of detention in FORM GST MOV 06 and the same was served on the person in charge of the conveyance on_______ (date). 4. Sub-section (1) of section 129 of the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 provides for the release of goods and conveyance detained on the payment of tax and penalty as under: (i) the applicable tax and penalty equal to one hundred percent of the tax payable on such goods, where the owner of the goods comes forward t....
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.... STATE TAX STATE TAX/UNION TERRITORY TAX INTEGRATED TAX CESS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 7. You are hereby directed to show cause, within seven days from the receipt of this notice, as to why the proposed tax and penalty mentioned supra should not be payable by you, failing which, further proceedings under the provisions of the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 or the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 and the Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act, 2017 shall be initiated. 8. You are hereby directed to appear before the undersigned on DD/MM/YYYY at HH/MM. 9. If you fail to furnish a reply within the stipulated date or fail to appear for personal hearing on the appointed date and time, the case will be decided ex-parte on the basis of available records and on merits. Signature Name and Designation of the Proper Officer To, Sri.__________________________ Driver/Person in charge Vehicle/Conveyance No: ....
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................day of .........................(month).........................(year) ...................................... (designation of officer) for and on behalf of the President /Governor. (Signature of the Officer) COMMISSIONER OF STATE TAX FINANCE DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA FORM GST MOV -09 ORDER OF DEMAND OF TAX AND PENALTY Order No. Order Date 1. Conveyance No. 2 Person in charge of the Conveyance 3 Address of the Person in charge of the Conveyance 4. Mobile No. of the Person in charge of the conveyance 5. e-mail ID of the Person in charge of the conveyance 6. Name of the transporter 7. GSTIN of the transporter, if any 8. Date and Time of Inspection 9. Date of Service of Notice 10. Order passed by 11. Date of Service of Order 12. Demand as per Order Act Tax Interest Penalty Fine/Other charges Demand No. KGST Act SGST/UTGST Act &....
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....Tax Act, 2017 provides for the release of goods and conveyance detained on the payment of tax and penalty as under: (i) the applicable tax and penalty equal to one hundred percent of the tax payable on such goods, where the owner of the goods comes forward to pay such tax and penalty. (ii) the applicable tax and penalty equal to the fifty per cent of the value of the goods reduced by the tax amount paid thereon under the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act and Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 calculated separately or the applicable tax and penalty equal to the fifty per cent of the value of the goods reduced by the tax amount paid thereon under the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, where the owner of the goods does not come forward to pay such tax and penalty. 4.1. Clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 129 of the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 provides for the release of goods upon furnishing of a security equivalent to the amount payable under clause (a) or clause (b) of the said sub-section, as indicated supra at (i) and (ii) of para 4 above, in FORM GST MOV-08. 5. The calculation of proposed tax and penalty is as under: 1) CALCULAT....
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.... proposed nor has he filed any objections to the notice issued in FORM GST MOV-07 and hence, the proposed tax and penalty are confirmed. (iii) the owner of the goods/ person in charge of the conveyance has filed objections as under: a. .. b. .. c. ... 8. The objections filed by him were perused and found acceptable/ not acceptable for the following reasons: < SPEAKING ORDER Text> 9. In view of the above, the applicable tax and penalty are hereby calculated/recalculated as under: < RECALCULATION PART> 10. You are hereby directed to make the payment forthwith/not later than seven days from the date of the issue of the order of detention in FORM GST MOV-06, failing which action under section 130 of the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 and section 130 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 or section 20 of the Integrated Goods and Services Act shall be initiated. Signature Name and Designation of the Proper Officer To, Shri__________________________ Driver/Person in charge Vehicle/Conveyance No: Address: COMMISSIONER OF STATE TAX FINANCE DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA FORM GST MOV -....
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....oods and the conveyance used to transport such goods under the provisions of section 130 of the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 read with Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 or section 20 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017/Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act, 2017. In addition, you are liable to pay the tax, penalty and other charges payable in respect of such goods and the conveyance. OR As the goods were transported without any valid documents, it is presumed that the goods were being transported for the purposes of evading the taxes. In view of this, the undersigned proposes to confiscate the above goods and the conveyance used to transport such goods under the provisions of section 130 of the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 read with the relevant provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax, 2017 or the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 and the Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act, 2017. In addition, you are liable to pay the tax, penalty and other charges payable in respect of such goods and the conveyance. 6. The calculation of proposed tax and penalty is as under: 1) CALCU....
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....en days from the receipt of this notice, as to why the goods in question and the conveyance used to transport such goods shall not be confiscated under the provisions of section 130 of the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 and the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 or the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 and the Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act, 2017 and why the tax, penalty and other charges payable in respect of such goods and the conveyance shall not be payable by you. 8. You are hereby directed to appear before the undersigned on DD/MM/YYYY at HH/MM. 9. If you fail to furnish a reply within the stipulated date or fail to appear for personal hearing on the appointed date and time, the case will be decided ex-parte on the basis of available records and on merits. Signature Name and Designation of the Proper Officer To, Shri__________________________ Driver/Person in charge Vehicle/Conveyance no: Address: COMMISSIONER OF STATE TAX FINANCE DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA ORDER OF CONFISCATION OF GOODS AND CONVEYANCE AND DEMAND OF TAX, FINE AND PENALTY Order No. Order Date: 1. C....
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...._______ (Name and Designation of the proper officer) on __________ (date) at _____(time) at_________(place). The statement of the driver/person in charge of the vehicle was recorded on _____(date). 2. The goods in movement was inspected under the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 68 of the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 read with the relevant provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 or the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 and Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act, 2017 on _______(date) and the following discrepancies were noticed. (i) (ii) (iii) 3. In view of the above, the goods and conveyances used for the movement of goods were detained under sub-section (1) of section 129 of the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act read with sub-section (3) of section 68 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 or under section 20 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 read with sub-section (3) of section 68 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 by issuing an order of detention in FORM GST MOV 06 and the same was served on the person in charge of the conveyance on ____ (date). Along wit....
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....e also informed that the above goods and conveyance shall be released on the payment of the following tax, penalty and fines in lieu of confiscation if the same is made within ----- days from the date of this order. (1) CALCULATION OF TAX RATE OF TAX TAX AMOUNT SL.NO DESCRIPTION OF GOODS HSN CODE QUANTITY TOTAL VALUE (Rs.) STATE TAX STATE TAX/UNION TERRITORY TAX INTEGRATED TAX CESS STATE TAX STATE TAX/UNION TERRITORY TAX INTEGRATED TAX CESS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 2) CALCULATION OF PENALTY RATE OF TAX PENALTY AMOUNT SL.NO DESCRIPTION OF GOODS HSN CODE QUANTITY TOTAL VALUE (Rs.) STATE TAX STATE TAX/UNION TERRITORY TAX INTEGRATED TAX CESS STATE TAX STATE TAX/....