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Minutes of the 19th GST Council Meeting held on 17th July, 2017
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....ng. He observed that though officers of the GST Implementation Committee (GIC) had been authorised to take decisions on issues of urgent nature, as the present agenda item was very important, it was appropriate to place it before the Council by calling this urgent meeting of the Council. Discussion on Agenda Items: Agenda Item 1: Confirmation of the Minutes of the 18th GST Council Meeting held on 30 June 2017 4. The Hon'ble Chairperson observed that discussion on the draft Minutes of the 18th Meeting of the Council could be taken up either in this meeting or in the next meeting of the Council. He expressed his preference for taking up discussion on the Minutes in the next regular meeting of the Council as this would facilitate a more detailed discussion. The Hon'ble Ministers from Maharashtra, Karnataka and West Bengal supported this proposal. The Council agreed to take up discussion on the draft Minutes of the 18th Meeting of the Council in the next (i.e 20th). Meeting of the Council. ) 4.1. For Agenda Item 1, the Council agreed to take up discussion on the draft Minutes of the 18th Council meeting (held on 30 June, 2017) in its next regular meeting (i.e.....
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....a Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal supported the proposal to increase the rate of compensation cess on cigarettes contained in the agenda note. The Hon'ble Chief Minister of Puducherry also supported the proposal and sought a clarification as to whether this increase in the rate would come into effect prospectively or retrospectively. The Hon'ble Chairperson clarified that it would come into effect prospectively with effect from 12.00 a.m. that night i.e. from 18 July, 2017. 5.2. The Hon'ble Minister from Jammu & Kashmir supported the proposal. He further suggested to use this opportunity to rationalise the rate structure for cigarettes so as to have only two rates of tax for filter and non-filter cigarettes and to do away with the classification of rates based on the length of cigarettes. The Hon'ble Chairperson stated that this proposal could be considered at a later date but at this juncture, it would be advisable to retain the same description of cigarettes for the rate structure. 5.3. The Hon'ble Minister from Goa expressed his support for increasing the rate of com....
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.... The Hon'ble Ministers requested the Hon'ble Chairperson to also give an opportunity to raise certain other important issues. The Hon'ble Chairperson agreed to the same. 6.1. The Hontble Minister from West Bengal stated that notification on cross- empowerment of officers for division of the tax payers between the Centre and the State tax administration had not been issued yet which was creating confusion amongst the tax payers as to which tax authority to go to. He suggested to address this issue immediately. He highlighted certain other issues like an applicant's reply with regard to queries on application for registration not being visible; online appeal mechanism relating to registration having not become operational; HSN (Harmonised System of Nomenclature) Code of a few products creating confusion such as for sweets (mishti). He explained that chocolate sandesh did not find an entry under the HSN Code and there was an apprehension that it could be classified as chocolate attracting a tax rate of 28%. He stated that as chena was exempt, mishit should also be exempt instead of taxing it at the rate of 5%, especially keeping in view the confusion reg....
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....f GST and this needed to be clarified early. The Hon'ble Minister from Uttarakhand stated that there was no clarification or notification regarding the 58% reimbursement for area-based exemption scheme and due to this, the industry was unable to determine its MRP and was facing difficulty in supplying the goods to the market. 6.5. Shri D. Sambasiva Rao, Special Chief Secretary, Andhra Pradesh, suggested to reduce the rate of tax on works contractors, tractors and renting of rooms by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD). He stated that what TTD did was not in the nature of business and that it should be exempt from GST. He added that they had sought some clarifications for ensuring uniform implementation of certain GST procedures. He suggested to hold video conference once a week so that contentious issues could be clarified. The Hon'ble Minister from Karnataka stated that he would like to take up the issue of copra and desiccated coconut. The Hon'ble Minister from Odisha stated that sal leaf, siali leaf and sabai grass were exempted under VAT and Central Excise and therefore no tax should have been imposed on them under GST but it appeared that these goods were charge....
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.... 7 Bihar Shri Bijendra Prasad Yadav 8 Chhattisgarh Shri Amar Agrawal 9 Goa Shri MauvinGodinho 10 Haryana Captain Abhimanyu 11 Jammu & Kashmir 12 Karnataka Dr.HaseebDrabu Shri Krishna Byregowda Chief Minister Deputy Chief Minister Deputy Chief Minister Finance Minister Minister - Commercial Taxes & Energy Finance Minister Minister - Panchayat Minister Excise & Taxation - Finance Minister Minister - Agriculture 13 Kerala Dr. Thomas Isaac Finance Minister 14 Madhya Pradesh Shri Jayant Malaiya Finance Minister 15 Maharashtra Shri SudhirMungantiwar Finance Minister 16 Mizoram Shri Lalsawta = Minister Taxation 17 Odisha Shri Shashi BhusanBehera 18 Punjab Shri Manpreet Singh Badal 19 Rajasthan 20 20 Tamil Nadu Shri Rajpal Singh Shekhawat Shri D. Jayakumar Finance Minister Finance Minister Minister, Industries Minister - Fisheries, Finance, Personnel & Admin. Reforms 21 Telangana Shri EtelaRajender Finance Minister 22 Uttar Pradesh Shri Rajesh Agrawal Finance Minister 23 ....
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....y, Commercial Taxes 28 Bihar Shri Ajitabh Mishra Asst. Commissioner, Commercial Taxes 29 29 Chhattisgarh 30 Delhi Ms. Sangeetha P Shri H. Rajesh Prasad 31 Delhi Shri Anand Tiwari 32 32 Goa Shri DaulatHawaldar 33 Goa Shri Michael D'Souza =4 34 Goa Shri DipakBandekar 35 55 Gujarat Shri Anil Mukim 36 Gujarat Dr. P.D. Vaghela 37 Gujarat Shri Sanjeev Kumar 38 Gujarat Ms. ArtiKanwar Commissioner, Commercial Taxes Commissioner, VAT Additional Commissioner, Commercial Taxes Secretary, Finance Additional Secretary, Finance Commissioner, Commercial Taxes Additional Chief Secretary Commissioner, Commercial Taxes Secretary, Economic Affairs Special Commissioner, Commercial Taxes 39 Gujarat Shri RiddheshRaval Deputy Commissioner, Commercial Taxes 40 110 Haryana Shri Sanjeev Kaushal 41 Haryana Shri ShyamalMisra 42 Haryana Ms. AshimaBrar 43 Haryana Shri Vidyasagar 44 Jammu & Kashmir Shri NavinChoudhary Jammu & 45 Shri P.I. Khateeb Additional Chief Secretary Excise....
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.... Principal Secretary (Finance) Commissioner, Commercial Taxes Additional Secretary (Finance) 71 Odisha Shri Sahadev Sahoo Joint Commissioner, Commercial Taxes 72 2 Puducherry Shri D. Srinivas Commissioner, Commercial Taxes 73 Punjab Shri Anurag Agarwal 74 Punjab Shri V.P. Singh 75 Punjab Shri Rajiv Gupta 76 16 Punjab Shri Pawan Garg 77 Rajasthan Shri D.B. Gupta 78 Rajasthan Shri Praveen Gupta 79 Rajasthan Shri Alok Gupta 80 Sikkim Shri M.G. Kiran Financial Commissioner, Taxation Excise & Taxation Commissioner Advisor (GST) Deputy Excise & Taxation Commissioner Additional Chief Secretary, Finance Secretary, Finance Commissioner, Commercial Taxes Principal Secretary, Finance 81 Sikkim Ms. Dipa Basnet 82 Sikkim Shri PremDhoj Rai Secretary, Commercial Taxes Joint Commissioner, Commercial Taxes 83 Sikkim Shri Manoj Rai Joint Commissioner, Commercial Taxes 84 Tamil Nadu Dr. C. Chandramouli 85 Tamil Nadu Shri K. Gnanasekaran 98 86 Tamil Nadu 87 Telangana 88 Telangana S....