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Amendments in the Notification of the Government of Sikkim, in the Department of Finance, Revenue & Expenditure No.11/2017-State Tax (Rate), dated the 30th June, 2017.
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.... (i) in the opening paragraph, (a) after the word, brackets and figures "conferred by sub-section (1),", the word, brackets and figures "sub-section (3) and sub-section (4)" shall respectively 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 1^st 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 ....
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....that eighty percent of value of input and input services, [other than services by way of grant of development rights, long term lease 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 Sikkim Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (9 of 2017) shall apply to him as if he is the person liable for paying the tax in relatio....
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....onstruction 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 (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 parag....
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...., (ii) residential apartments in an ongoing project, other than affordable residential apartments, in respect of which the promoter has exercised option to pay state tax on construction of apartments at the rates as specified for this 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) sh....
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....carpet area of all the apartments in the project, the recipient of the service, that is, the promoter shall be liable to 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 here in 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 seri....
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....h development rights or FSI(including additional FSI) is transferred to the promoter." (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 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 apartment in a project which commences on or a....
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....ommercial apartments is not more than 15 per cent. of the total carpet area of all the apartments in the REP. (xx) the term "on going 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 subclause (a) above that construction of the project has started on or before the 31^st March, 2019; (c) completion certificate has not been ....
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....ulation and Development) Act, 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 State 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 of the piece of land upon which it is built; 2. This notification shall come into force with effect from the1st day of April, 2019. Dipa Basnet Secretary Commercial Taxes Division Finance, Revenue & Expenditure Deptt. Note: -The principal notification No. 11/2017 - State Tax(Rate), dated the 30^th June, 2017 was was last amended by notification No. 27/2018-State T....
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....nbsp; 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 before 31st March, 2019 Total value of supply of construction of residential apartments booked on or before 31st March, 2019 (F3 is to account for percentage invoicing of booked residential apartments) F4= 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- % 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 (16 of 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 co....
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.... 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. (h) Where percentage completion is zero but ITC has been availed on goods and services received for the project on or prior to 31st March, 2019, input tax credit attributable to construction of residential portion which has time of supply on or after 1st April, 2019, shall be calculated and the amount equal to Tx shall be paid or taken credit of, as the case may be, as prescribed above, with the modification that percentage completion for calculation of F4 shall be taken as the percentage completion which, as 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), can be achieved with the input services received and inputs in stock as on 31st March, 2019. 2. Where % completion as on 31st March, 2019 is zero but invoicing has been done having time of supply before 31st March, 2019,and no input services or inputs have been received as on 31st March, 2019, "Te" shall be calculated as follow....
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.... the inputs and input services used in the percentage of construction completed as on 31st March, 2019 by more than 25 percent. of value of actual consumption of inputs and input services, the jurisdictional commissioner or any other officer authorized in this regard may fix the Te based on actual per unit consumption of inputs and input services based on the documents duly certified by a chartered accountant or cost accountant submitted by the promoter in this regard, applying the accepted principles of accounting Illustration 1: 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 apartments in the project 25 units 8 Carpet area of the commercial apartment 30 sqm ....
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....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 apartments in the project 25 units 8 Carpet area of the commercial apartment 30 sqm 9 Total carpet area of the commercial apartments C7 * C8 750 sqm 10 Total carpet area of the project (Resi + Com) C4 + C9 6000 sqm 11 Percentage completion (Pc) as on 01.04.2019 [as declared to RERA or determined by chertered engineer] 20% 12 No of residential apartments booked before transition 40 units 13 Total carpet area of the residential apartments booked before transition C12 * C3 2800 sqm 14 Value of booked residential apartments C5 * C12 24 crore 15 Percentage invoicing of booked residential apartments on or before 31.03.2019 60% 16 Total value of supply of residential apartments having t.o.s. prior to transition C14 * C15 14.4 crore 17 ITC to b....
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....(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 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 commencemnt of project which is later and transitional credit taken under section 140 of CGST Act' as value of T. Annexure II Residential Real estate project (RREP) Input tax credit attributable to construction of residential and commercial portion in a Residential Real estate project (RREP), which has time of supply on or after 1st April, 2019, shall be calculated project wise for all projects which commence on or after 1st April, 2019or ongoing projects in respect of which the promoter has not exercised option to pay state tax on ....
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....tion 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 state tax, State tax, Union territory tax and integrated tax. (d) Where, Tx is positive, i.e.Te<T, the registered person shall pay, by debit in the electronic credit 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 ....
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....fter 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 state 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 percent points; the value of percentage invoicing shall be deemed to be percentage completion plus 25 percent. points; (ii) where the value of invoices issued on or prior to 31st March, 2019exceeds the consideration actually received on or prior to 31st March, 2019by 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;....
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....e 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 commencemnt 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 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 01.04.2019 [as declared to RERA or determined by chertered engineer] 20% 7 No of apartments booked before transition 80 units 8 Total carpet area of the residential apartment booked before transition C3 * C7 5600 sqm 9 Value of booked residential apartments C5 * C7 4....
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....ransition, 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 commencemnt 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 % age of input goods and services received during the financial year Whether inputs received from registered supplier? (Y/ N) 1 Sand 10 Y 2 Cement 15 N 3 Steel 20 Y 4 Bricks 15 Y 5 Flooring tiles 10 Y 6 Paints ....
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....vices received during the financial year Whether inputs procured 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 fulfill 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. Annexure IV FORM (Form for exercising one time option to pay tax on construction of apartments in a project by the promote....