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Amendments in this Department notification No.1135-F.T. [11/2017-State Tax (Rate)], dated the 28th June, 2017
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....", the words, brackets, and figures ", sub-section (3) and sub-section (4)" shall be inserted; (b) the word "and" after the words and figures "sub-section (5) of section 15" shall be substituted by the symbol ","; (c) after the word, brackets and figures "section (16)", the words and figure "and section 148" shall be inserted; (ii) in the Table, - (a) against serial number 3, for item (i), and the entries relating thereto in column (3), (4) and (5), the following items and entries shall be substituted, namely, - Table (3) (4) (5) "(i) Construction of affordable residential apartments by a promoter in a Residential Real Estate Project (herein after referred to as RREP) which commences on or after 1st April, 2019 or in an ongoing RREP in respect of which the promoter has not exercised option to pay State tax on construction of apartments at the rates as specified for item (ie) or (if) below, as the case may be, in the manner prescribed therein, intended for sale to a buyer, wholly or partly, except where the entire consideration has been received after issuance of completion certificate, where required, by the competent authority or after its first occupati....
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....ease of land (against upfront payment in the form of premium, salami, development charges etc.) or FSI (including additional FSI), electricity, high speed diesel, motor spirit, natural gas], used in supplying the service shall be received from registered supplier only; Provided also that inputs and input services on which tax is paid on reverse charge basis shall be deemed to have been purchased from registered person; Provided also that where value of input and input services received from registered suppliers during the financial year (or part of the financial year till the date of issuance of completion certificate or first occupation of the project, whichever is earlier) falls short of the said threshold of 80 per cent., tax shall be paid by the promoter on value of input and input services comprising such shortfall at the rate of eighteen percent. on reverse charge basis and all the provisions of the West Bengal Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (West Ben. Act XXVIII of 2017) shall apply to him as if he is the person liable for paying the tax in relation to the supply of such goods or services or both; Provided also that notwithstanding anything contained h....
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....n the manner prescribed therein, intended for sale to a buyer, wholly or partly, except where the entire consideration has been received after issuance of completion certificate, where required, by the competent authority or after its first occupation, whichever is earlier. (Provisions of paragraph 2 of this notification shall apply for valuation of this service) 3.75 (ic) Construction of affordable residential apartments by a promoter in a Real Estate Project (herein after referred to as REP) other than RREP, which commences on or after 1^st April, 2019 or in an ongoing REP other than RREP in respect of which the promoter has not exercised option to pay State tax on construction of apartments at the rates as specified for item (ie) or (if) below, as the case may be, in the manner prescribed therein, intended for sale to a buyer, wholly or partly, except where the entire consideration has been received after issuance of completion certificate, where required, by the competent authority or after its first occupation, whichever is earlier. (Provisions of paragraph 2 of this notification shall apply for valuation of this service) 3.75 (id) Construction of residential....
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....ch the promoter has exercised option to pay State tax on construction of apartments at the rates as specified for this item in the manner prescribed herein, but excluding supply by way of services specified at items (i), (ia), (ib), (ic), (id) and (ie) above intended for sale to a buyer, wholly or partly, except where the entire consideration has been received after issuance of completion certificate, where required, by the competent authority or after its first occupation, whichever is earlier. Explanation.- For the removal of doubt, it is hereby clarified that, supply by way of services specified at items (i), (ia), (ib), (ic), (id) and (ie) in column (3) shall attract State tax prescribed against them in column (4) subject to conditions specified against them in column (5) and shall not be levied at the rate as specified under this entry. (Provisions of paragraph 2 of this notification shall apply for valuation of this service) 9 (b) against serial number 3, - a. item (ii) and the entries relating thereto in columns (3), (4) and (5) shall be omitted; b. in item (iv) in column (3), - (1) after the figures "2017", the words, brackets, figures and letters....
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....pay such amount of tax on reverse charge basis as is equal to the difference between the tax payable on the service at the applicable rate but for the rate prescribed herein and the tax actually paid at the rate prescribed herein"; e. in item (vi) in column (3), after the figures "2017", the words, brackets, and figures "other than that covered by items (i), (ia), (ib), (ic), (id), (ie) and (if) above" shall be inserted'; f. in item (xii) in column (3), for the entry, the following entry shall be substituted, namely: - "(xii)Construction services other than (i), (ia), (ib), (ic), (id), (ie), (if),(iii), (iv), (v), (va), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x) and (xi) above. Explanation.- For the removal of doubt, it is hereby clarified that, supply by way of services specified at items (i), (ia), (ib), (ic), (id), (ie) and (if)in column (3) shall attract State tax prescribed against them in column (4) subject to conditions specified against them in column (5) and shall not be levied at the rate as specified under this entry."; (c) against serial number 16, in item (ii) in column (3), for the word, brackets and letters "sub-item (b), sub-item (c), sub-item (d), sub-item (....
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....right or FSI (including additional FSI) is transferred to the promoter, less the value of transfer of land, if any, as prescribed in paragraph 2 above." (v) in paragraph 4 relating to Explanation, after clause (xii), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely: - "(xiii) an apartment booked on or before the 31st March, 2019 shall mean an apartment which meets all the following three conditions, namely- (a) part of supply of construction of which has time of supply on or before the 31st March, 2019 and (b) at least one instalment has been credited to the bank account of the registered person on or before the 31st March, 2019 and (c) an allotment letter or sale agreement or any other similar document evidencing booking of the apartment has been issued on or before the 31st March, 2019; (xiv) the term "apartment" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (e) of section 2 of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (16 of 2016); (xv) the term "project" shall mean a Real Estate Project or a Residential Real Estate Project; (xvi) the term "affordable residential apartment" shall mean, - (a) a residential a....
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.... area of the commercial apartments is not more than 15 per cent. of the total carpet area of all the apartments in the REP. (xx) the term "ongoing project" shall mean a project which meets all the following conditions, namely- (a) commencement certificate in respect of the project, where required to be issued by the competent authority, has been issued on or before 31st March, 2019, and it is certified by any of the following that construction of the project has started on or before 31st March, 2019:- (i) an architect registered with the Council of Architecture constituted under the Architects Act, 1972 (20 of 1972); or (ii) a chartered engineer registered with the Institution of Engineers (India); or (iii) a licensed surveyor of the respective local body of the city or town or village or development or planning authority. (b) where commencement certificate in respect of the project, is not required to be issued by the competent authority, it is certified by any of the authorities specified in sub- clause (a) above that construction of the project has started on or before the 31st March, 2019; (c) completion certificate has n....
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....n and Development) Act, 2016 (16 of 2016); (xxvii) the term "Real Estate Regulatory Authority" shall mean the Authority established under sub-section (1) of section 20 (1) of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (No. 16 of 2016) by the Central Government or State Government; (xxviii) "project which commences on or after 1st April, 2019" shall mean a project other than an ongoing project; (xxix) "Residential apartment" shall mean an apartment intended for residential use as declared to the Real Estate Regulatory Authority or to competent authority; (xxx) "Commercial apartment" shall mean an apartment other than a residential apartment; (xxxi) "Floor space index (FSI)" shall mean the ratio of a building's total floor area (gross floor area) to the size ofthe piece of land upon which it is built; 2. This notification shall come into force with effect from the1st day of April, 2019. By order of the Governor, RAJSEKHAR BANDYOPADHYAY Additional Secretary to the Government of West Bengal Annexure I Real estate project (REP) other than Residential Real estate project (RREP) Input tax credit attributable to construction of residentia....
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....bsp; Total carpet area of commercial and residential apartments in the REP F2= Total carpet area of residential apartment booked on or before 31st March, 2019 Total carpet area of the residential apartment in REP F3= Such Value of supply of construction of residential apartments booked on or before 31st March, 2019 which has time of supply on or ....
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....redit ledger or electronic cash ledger, an amount equal to the difference between T and Te. Such amount shall form part of the output tax liability of the registered person and the amount shall be furnished in FORM GST ITC- 03. Explanation: The registered person may file an application in FORM GST DRC- 20, seeking extension of time for the payment of taxes or any amount due or for allowing payment of such taxes or amount in installments in accordance with the provisions of section 80. The commissioner may issue an order in FORM GST DRC- 21 allowing the taxable person further time to make payment and/or to pay the amount in such monthly installments, not exceeding twenty-four, as he may deem fit. (f) Where Tx is negative, i.e.Te>T, the registered person shall be eligible to take ITC on goods and services received on or after 1st April, 2019 for construction of residential portion in the REP, for which he shall not otherwise be eligible, to the extent of difference between Te and T. (g) The registered person may calculate Tc and utilize credit to the extent of Tc for payment of tax on commercial apartments, till the complete accounting of Tx is carried out and submitted. ....
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.... paragraph 1 or paragraph 2 above, Te shall be determined in the following situations as under: (i) where percentage invoicing is more than the percentage completion and the difference between percentage invoicing (per cent. points) and the percentage completion (per cent. points) of construction is more than 25 per cent. points; the value of percentage invoicing shall be deemed to be percentage completion plus 25 per cent. points; (ii) where the value of invoices issued on or prior to 31st March, 2019 exceeds the consideration actually received on or prior to 31st March, 2019 by more than 25 per cent. of consideration actually received, the value of such invoices for the purpose of determination of percentage invoicing shall be deemed to be actual consideration received plus 25 per cent. of the actual consideration received; and (iii) where, the value of procurement of inputs and input services prior to 1st April, 2019 exceeds the value of actual consumption of the inputs and input services used in the percentage of construction completed as on 31st March, 2019 by more than 25 per cent. of value of actual consumption of inputs and input services, the jurisdictional commis....
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.... F4 1/ C11 5 26 Tr= T x F1 x F2 x F3 x F4 C19*C22*C23*C24*C25 0 .467 crore 27 Eligible ITC (Te)=Tc + Tr C26 + C20 0.592 crore 28 ITC to be reversed on transition, Tx= T- Te C19 - C27 0.408 crore * Note:- 1. The value of T at C19 has been estimated for illustration based on weighted average tax on inputs. 2. In actual practice, the registered person shall take 'aggregate of ITC taken as declared in GSTR-3B of tax periods from 1.7.2017 or commencement of project which is later and transitional credit taken under section 140 of CGST Act as value of T. Illustration 2: Sl.No. Details of a REP (Res + Com) A B C D 1 No. of apartments in the project 100 units 2 No. of residential apartments in the project 75 units 3 Carpet area of the residential apartment 70 sqm 4 Total carpet area of the residential apartments C2 * C3 5250 sqm 5 value of each residential apartment 0.60 crore 6 Total value of the residential apartments C2 * C5 45.00 crore 7 No. of commercial apartmen....
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.... cap) C20 + C35 1.18 crore 37 ITC to be reversed / taken on transition, Tx= T- Te (after application of cap) C19 - C36 -0.18 crore 38 Tx after application of cap on % invoicing vis-a-vis Pc and payment realisation 39 % invoicing after application of cap(Pc + 25%) 45% 40 Total value of supply of residential apartments having t.o.s. prior to transition C33 10.80 crore 41 Consideration received 8.00 crore 42 Total value of supply of residential apartments having t.o.s. prior to transition after application of cap vis-a-vis consideration received 8 cr + 25% of 8 Cr 10.00 crore 43 F3 after application of both the caps C42 / C14 0.42 44 Tr= T x F1 x F2 x F3 x F4 (after application of both the caps) C19 * C22 * C23 * C43 * C25 0.97 45 Eligible ITC (Te)=Tc + Tr (after application of both the caps) C20 + C44 1.10 46 ITC to be reversed / taken on transition, Tx= T- Te (after application of both the caps) C19 - C45 -0.10 crore * Note:- 1.The value of T at C19 has been ....
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...., 2019 which has time of supply on or before 31st March, 2019 Total value of supply of construction of residential and commercial apartments booked on or before 31st March, 2019 (F3 is to account for percentage invoicing of booked residential apartments) 1 F4= -------------------------------------------------- % Completion of construction as on 31st March, 2019 Illustration: where one-fifth (twenty percent) of the construction has been completed, F4 shall be 100 / 20 = 5. Explanation: "% Completion of construction as on 31st March, 2019" shall be the same as declared to the Real Estate Regulatory Authority in terms of section 4 and section 11 of Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 and where the same is not required to be declared to the Real Estate Regulatory Authority, it shall be got determined and certified by an architect registered with the Council of Architecture constituted under the Architects Act, 1972 (20 of 1972) or a chartered engineer registered with the Institution of Engineers (India). (c) The amounts 'Tx' and 'Te' shall be computed separately for input tax credit of Central tax, State tax, Union territory ....
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.... be calculated as under, Te = Tn* F1 * F2 * F3 Where, - Tn= Tax paid on such inputs and input services on which ITCis available under the CGST Act, received in 2019-20 for construction of residential and commercial apartments in the RREP. F1, F2 and F3 shall be the same as in para 1 above (b) The registered person shall be eligible to take ITC on goods and services received on or after 1st April, 2019 for construction of residential or commercial portion in the RREP, for which he shall not otherwise be eligible, to the extent of the amount of Te. (c) The amount 'Te' shall be computed separately for input tax credit of Central tax, State tax, Union territory tax and integrated tax. 3. Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph 1 or paragraph 2 above, Te shall be determined in the following situations as under: (i) where percentage invoicing is more than the percentage completion and the difference between percentage invoicing (per cent. points) and the percentage completion (per cent. points) of construction is more than 25 per cent. points; the value of percentage invoicing shall be deemed to be percentage completion plus 25 per cent. points; ....
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....bsp; 16 F2 C8 / C4 0.8 17 F3 C11 / C9 0.2 18 F4 1/ C6 5 19 Eligible ITC (Te)=T x F1 x F2 x F3 x F4) C14 * C15 * C16 * C17 * C18 0.8 crore 20 ITC to be reversed on transition, Tx= T- Te C14 - C19 0.2 crore *Note:- 1. The value of T at C14 has been estimated for illustration based on weighted average tax on inputs. 2. In actual practice, the registered person shall take 'aggregate of ITC taken as declared in GSTR-3B of tax periods from 1.7.2017 or commencement of project which is later and transitional credit taken under section 140 of CGST Act' as value of T. Illustration 2: Sl. No. Details of a residential real estate project (RREP) A B C D 1 No. of apartments in the project 100 units 2 No. of residential apartments in the project 100 units 3 Carpet area of the residential apartment 70 sqm 4 Total carpet area of the residential apartments C2 * C3 7000 sqm 5 value of each residential apartment 0.60 crore 6 Percentage completion as on ....
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....re 34 F3 after application of both the caps C33/C9 0.42 35 Te= T x F1 x F2 x F3 x F4 (after application of both the caps) C14 * C15 * C34 * C26 * C18 1.67 36 ITC to be reversed / taken on transition, Tx= T- Te (after application of both the caps) C14 - C35 -0.67 crore *Note:- 1. The value of T at C14 has been estimated for illustration based on weighted average tax on inputs. 2. In actual practice, the registered person shall take 'aggregate of ITC taken as declared in GSTR-3B of tax periods from 1.7.2017 or commencement of project which is later and transitional credit taken under section 140 of CGST Act' as value of T. Annexure III Illustration 1: A promoter has procured following goods and services [other than capital goods and services by way of grant of development rights, long term lease of land or FSI] for construction of a residential real estate project during a financial year. Sl. No. Name of input goods and services Percentage of input goods and services received during the financial year Whether inputs received from registered supplier? (Y / N) 1 Sand 10 Y 2 ....
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....ial real estate project during a financial year. Sl.No. Name of input goods and services Percentage of input goods and services received during the financial year Whether inputs received from registered supplier? (Y / N) 1 Sand 10 N 2 Cement 15 N 3 Steel 15 Y 4 Bricks 10 Y 5 Flooring tiles 10 Y 6 Paints 5 Y 7 Architect/ designing/ CAD drawing etc. 10 Y 8 Aluminium windows 15 N 9 Ply, commercial wood 10 N In this example, the promoter has procured 50 per cent. of goods and services from a GST registered person. However, he has procured sand, cement and aluminum windows, ply and commercial wood etc. from an unregistered supplier. Thus, value of goods and services procured from registered suppliers during a financial year falls short of threshold limit of 80 per cent. To fulfil his tax liability on the shortfall of 30 per cent. from mandatory purchase, the promoter has to pay GST on cement at the applicable rate on reverse charge basis. After payment of GST on cement, on the remaining shortfall of 15 per cent., the promoter shall pay tax @ 18 per cent. under RCM. ....