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CONTENTS PAGE About the Author I-5 Preface I-7 Acknowledgement I-9 Key to reading I-11 Chapter-heads I-13 1 GST - A PRACTICAL BUSINESS TAX 1.1 Goods and Services Tax (GST) 1 1.2 India with GST 1 1.3 Constitutional Amendments 2 1.4 Constitution of Goods and Services Tax Council 5 1.5 GST in India 6 2 DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS 2.1 Agent 9 2.2 Aggregate Turnover 10 2.3 Appointed Day 10 2.4 Associated Enterprise 10 2.5 Business 12 2.6 Business Vertical 13 2.7 Central Goods and Services Tax Act 14 I-17

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About the Author I-5

Preface I-7

Acknowledgement I-9

Key to reading I-11

Chapter-heads I-13

1GST - A PrACTICAL BuSInESS TAx

1.1 Goods and Services Tax (GST) 1

1.2 India with GST 1

1.3 Constitutional Amendments 2

1.4 Constitution of Goods and Services Tax Council 5

1.5 GST in India 6

2dEFInITIonS And ExPLAnATIonS

2.1 Agent 9

2.2 Aggregate Turnover 10

2.3 Appointed Day 10

2.4 Associated Enterprise 10

2.5 Business 12

2.6 Business Vertical 13

2.7 Central Goods and Services Tax Act 14

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2.8 Central Tax 14

2.9 Consideration 14

2.10 Custom Frontiers of India 15

2.11 Exempt Supply 15

2.12 Existing Law 16

2.13 Export of Goods 16

2.14 Export of Services 17

2.15 Fixed Establishment 18

2.16 Goods 19

2.17 Government 21

2.18 Import of Goods and Services 22

2.19 Integrated Tax 23

2.20 Intermediary 23

2.21 Location of Recipient of Services 23

2.22 Location of Supplier of Services 24

2.23 Non-Taxable online Recipient 24

2.24 OIDAR-online Information and Database Access or Retrieval Services

25

2.25 Open Market Value 25

2.26 Output Tax 26

2.27 Person 26

2.28 Recipient 27

2.29 Services 28

2.30 Special Economic Zone (SEZ) 28

2.31 Special Economic Zone Developer 29

2.32 Supplier 29

2.33 Supply 30

2.34 Taxable Territory 30

2.35 Territorial Waters 31

2.36 Works Contract 31

2.37 Zero Rated Supply 32

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3CoMPoSITIon SChEME

3.1 Composition levy 33

3.2 Eligible and Excluded Persons for Composition Levy 34

3.3 Registration 35

3.4 Extension in Time Limit for intimation under Composition Levy

36

3.5 Effective Date for Composition Levy 36

3.6 Input Tax Credit 37

3.7 Reverse Charge 37

3.8 Returns 37

3.9 Validity of Composition Levy 38

3.10 Transitional Provisions 39

3.11 Penalty 40

4SuPPLy oF GoodS And SErvICES

4.1 Meaning of Supply 41

4.2 What is Supply? 41

4.3 Sine Qua Non of Supply 42

4.4 Limbs of Supply 47

4.5 Inter-State Supplies of Goods and Services 58

4.6 Intra-State Supplies of Goods and Services 59

4.7 Supplies in Territorial Waters 59

5hArMonISEd SySTEM oF noMEnCLATurE (hSn)

5.1 History 60

5.2 Structure and Indian HSN 60

5.3 HSN Under GST 61

5.4 General Rules for the interpretation of the Harmonized System

61

5.5 Classification Principles 63

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6LEvy And CoLLECTIon oF TAx

6.1 Levy of Tax 75

6.2 What is the Taxable Event under GST? 76

6.3 Applicability of CGST and SGST/UTGST 76

6.4 Applicability of IGST 76

6.5 GST Paid on Reverse Charge Basis 76

6.6 GST Paid by E-Commerce Operator 77

6.7 Levy of GST on Composite and mixed Supply 78

6.8 Composition Levy 78

6.9 Power to Grant Exemption under GST 81

7TIME oF SuPPLy

7.1 Introduction 82

7.2 Time of Supply of Goods 82

7.3 Time of Supply of Services 84

7.4 Time of Supply of Services in case of Supply by Associated Enterprises Located Outside India

85

7.5 Change in Rate of Tax 85

8PLACE oF SuPPLy oF GoodS And SErvICES

8.1 Introduction 87

8.2 Place of Supply of Goods where Goods are Neither Imported Nor Exported - Section 10 of IGST Act

87

8.3 Place of Supply of Goods where Goods are Imported into or Exported From India - Section 11 of IGST Act

88

8.4 Place of Supply of Services where Supplier and Receiver are Located in India - Section 12 of IGST Act

88

8.5 Place of Supply of Services where Either Supplier or Re-cipient is Located Outside India-Section 13 of IGST Act

93

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9vALuE oF SuPPLy

9.1 Value of Taxable Supply 97

9.2 Amount included in the Value of Supply 98

9.3 Whether Free Supplies are included in the Value of Supply 99

9.4 Amount not included in the Value of Supply 100

9.5 Replacement or Warranty 101

9.6 Value of Supply of Goods or Services where the Consider-ation is not Wholly in Money

102

9.7 Open Market Value 103

9.8 Value of Supply of Goods or Services between Distinct or Related Person other than Agent

104

9.9 Value of Supply of Goods to a Related Person for Further Supply

104

9.10 Value Declared in the invoice shall be Accepted if Recipient (Related Person) is Eligible for full ITC

105

9.11 Price to Related Person is Acceptable if the Price Charged is same as Charged to Others

105

9.12 Value of Supply of Goods made or Received Through an Agent

105

9.13 Value of Supply of Services in Case of Pure Agent 106

9.14 Determination of Value of Service in Relation to Purchase or Sale of foreign Currency including Money Changing

107

9.15 Value of Service in Relation to Booking of Tickets for Travel by Air Provided by An Air Travel Agent

108

9.16 Value of Supply of Services in Relation to Life insurance Business

108

9.17 Determination of Value of Second Hand Goods 109

9.18 Value of Goods Repossessed from a Defaulting Borrower 109

9.19 Determination of Value of Redeemable Voucher or Coupon or token or Stamp (Other than Postage Stamp)

109

9.20 Value of Taxable Services Provided by Such Class of Service Provider as Notified by the Government

110

9.21 Rate of Exchange of Currency, Other than Indian Rupees, for Determination of Value

110

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9.22 Value of Supply inclusive of Tax 110

10InPuT TAx CrEdIT

10.1 Meaning of input Tax and input Tax Credit 111

10.2 Eligibility for Taking input Tax Credit [Section 16(1) of CGST Act, 2017]

111

10.3 Input Tax Credit for Taxable Supplies 112

10.4 Input Tax Credit on Provisional Basis 112

10.5 Conditions of Entitlement for Availing input Tax Credit 112

10.6 Documentary Requirement for Claiming ITC 113

10.7 Manner of Availment of Credit 114

10.8 Who is not Eligible for input Tax Credit? 115

10.9 Input Tax Credit in various Situations 115

10.10 Time Limit of Claiming of input Tax Credit 116

10.11 Treatment/Utilization of input Tax Credit 116

10.12 Transfer of input Tax Credit 117

10.13 Input Tax Credit under Supplies other than Business 117

10.14 Exempted Supplies for input Tax Credit 118

10.15 How input Tax Credit is Apportioned? 118

10.16 Input Tax Credit cannot be claimed as Blocked Credit 118

10.17 Input Tax Credit for Banking Company or Financial insti-tution

120

10.18 Claim of input Tax Credit After New Registration 120

10.19 Input Tax Credit in Respect of inputs and Capital Goods sent for Job Work

121

10.20 Capital Goods: Now and then 121

10.21 Distribution of Credit by input Service Distributor 122

11InPuT TAx CrEdIT MATChInG

11.1 Introduction 124

11.2 GSTR-1 of Supplier to GSTR-2 of Recipient 124

11.3 Final Matching by GSTR-3 125

11.4 Matched input Tax Credit 125

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11.5 Communication of Final Acceptance 125

11.6 Communication of Discrepancy in Claim 126

11.7 Rectification of Discrepancy 126

12ExPorTS - SEZ And Eou

12.1 Exports 127

12.2 Export of Goods 127

12.3 Export of Services 128

12.4 Exports are Zero Rated Supply 128

12.5 Types of Exports - Zero Rated Supply 129

12.6 Mandatory Registration 129

12.7 Letter of Undertaking (LUT) for Specific Exporter 129

12.8 Execution of LUT 130

12.9 Furnishing of Bond and LUT With Jurisdictional Deputy or Assistant Commissioner

130

12.10 LUT and Bond 130

12.11 Input Tax Credit 131

12.12 Refund in Case of Exports 131

12.13 What is the Meaning of Special Economic Zone? 132

12.14 SEZ Treatment before GST 133

12.15 SEZ Under GST 133

12.16 SEZ Registration 134

12.17 Invoices for Supplies by SEZ 134

12.18 Export oriented Units (EOU) 135

12.19 Changes in FTP Provisions for GST Regime W.E.F. 1-7-2017 136

12.20 Sealing of Export Containers 138

13IMPorTS

13.1 What is the Meaning of Import? 141

13.2 Import Under GST Regime 141

13.3 Valuation in Import 142

13.4 Duties in Imports 142

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13.5 Input Tax Credit 143

13.6 Import by SEZ and EOU 144

13.7 Deferred IGST 144

13.8 Import of Services 144

13.9 IGST on High Seas Sale 144

13.10 Import of Services Made on or After the Appointed Day 145

13.11 IGST Exemptions/Concessions Under GST 146

14rEGISTrATIon

14.1 Taxable Person 157

14.2 Person 157

14.3 Persons Liable for Registration - Section 22 of the CGST Act 158

14.4 Nature of Registration 159

14.5 Persons not Liable to be Registered - Section 23 of the CGST Act

159

14.6 Specific Circumstances under which Registration is Com-pulsory

160

14.7 Time Limit and Procedure for Registration 161

14.8 Deemed Registration 164

14.9 Voluntary Registration 164

14.10 Issue of Registration Certificate 165

14.11 Deemed Registration 165

14.12 Grant of Registration to the Person Deducting Tax at Source or Tax Collecting at Source

166

14.13 Meaning of Casual Taxable Person 166

14.14 Meaning of Non-Resident Taxable Person 166

14.15 Registration Procedure - Casual Taxable Person or Non- Resident Taxable Person (Section 27)

167

14.16 Operation in different States with a Single Registration 167

14.17 Grant of Registration to a Person Supplying online infor-mation and Database Access or Retrieval Services From a Place Outside India to a Non-Taxable online Recipient

168

14.18 Who is a Distinct Person Under GST? 168

14.19 Suo Motu Registration 168

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14.20 Unique Identity Number (UIN) 169

14.21 Display of Registration Certificate and Goods and Services Tax Identification Number on the Name Board

169

14.22 Amendments to the Registration Certificate 170

14.23 Cancellation of the Registration Certificate 171

14.24 Procedure of Cancellation 172

14.25 Cancellation of Registration Versus Tax Obligations 173

14.26 Revocation of Cancellation of Registration 173

14.27 Physical Verification of Business Premises 174

14.28 Applicability of Registration Provision on IGST 174

14.29 Migration of Persons to GST 174

14.30 Cancellation of Provisional Registration 175

14.31 Method of Authentication 175

15InvoICES

15.1 Meaning of tax invoice 177

15.2 Who can raise a tax invoice? 177

15.3 Essentials of an invoice 177

15.4 Invoices in case of Exports 179

15.5 Consolidated Tax Invoice 179

15.6 Time Limit for issuing tax invoice 180

15.7 Manner of issuance of an invoice 180

15.8 When Tax invoice has to be raised? 180

15.9 Receipt Voucher 182

15.10 Refund Voucher 183

15.11 Payment Voucher 184

15.12 Revised tax invoice 185

15.13 Discount 185

15.14 Credit Note 186

15.15 Debit Note 187

15.16 Exempted and Non-taxable Goods 189

15.17 Input Service Distributor 190

15.18 Transportation of Goods without issue of invoice 192

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15.19 Electronic Way Bill 19415.20 Necessity of E-Way Bill 19415.21 Validity of E-Way Bill 19415.22 Cancellation of E-Way Bill 19515.23 Multiple Consignments 19515.24 Documents and Devices to be carried by the Person in

charge of a Conveyance195

15.25 Precautions in invoices and returns 195

16PAyMEnT oF TAxES

16.1 Electronic Ledgers 19716.2 Electronic Liability Ledger 19716.3 Electronic Credit Ledger 19816.4 Electronic Cash Ledger 19916.5 Priority in Payment of Liability 20116.6 Deemed passing of incidence 20116.7 Miscellaneous Provisions 20116.8 Interest on delayed payment of tax 202

16ATAx dEduCTEd AT SourCE (TdS)

16A.1 Tax deducted at source 203

17TAx CoLLECTEd AT SourCE (TCS)

17.1 Tax collected at source 206

18rETurnS

18.1 Return and valid return 209

18.2 Outward Supply 210

18.3 Furnishing Details for Outward Supply (Section- 37) 210

18.4 Inward Supply 212

18.5 Furnishing the Details of inward Supply 212

18.6 Furnishing of Returns 214

18.7 When are the Returns to be Filed? 218

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18.8 Matching, Reversal and Reclaim of Credit 220

18.9 Matching, Reversal and Reclaim of Reduction in Output Tax Liability

221

18.10 Annual Return 224

18.11 Final Return 224

18.12 Notice to Non-Filers 224

18.13 Levy of Late Fee 225

18.14 Goods and Services Tax Practitioners 225

19rEFund

19.1 Refund in GST 226

19.2 Refund Procedure 227

19.3 Refund Amount Paid to Applicant 231

19.4 Withholding of Refund 231

19.5 Procedure in Case of Withholding of Amount 232

19.6 Relevant Date 232

19.7 Refund of ITC 233

19.8 Refund of Tax to Certain Persons 234

19.9 Refund of IGST in Case of Export With Payment of Tax 235

19.10 Refund of Unutilized ITC When Goods Exported Under Bond or LUT.

236

19.12 Refund in Case of Casual and Non-Resident Taxable Person 237

19.13 Refund Under IGST 237

19.14 Applicability of Unjust Enrichment 238

19.15 Consumer Welfare Fund & Its Utilization 238

20TrAnSITIonAL ProvISIonS

20.1 Migration of Already Registered Taxpayers 239

20.2 Transitional Arrangements for input Tax Credit for Person Registered Under the Previous Law and also Registered in GST Regime

240

20.3 Transitional Arrangements for input Tax Credit for Person Not Registered or With Abetment Under the Previous Law But Registered in GST Regime

242

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20.4 Goods which are Taxable under the Earlier Law but Ex-empted under the GST Regime

244

20.5 Goods which are Exempted under the Earlier Law and Also Exempted under GST Regime

244

20.6 Taxable and Exempted Goods or Services Under Earlier Law But Both Taxable under GST (Sub-Section (4) of Section 140)

244

20.7 Input Goods or Services Received on or after the Appoint-ed Day but the Duty and Tax in Respect of which is Paid under the Earlier Law - (Sub-section (5) of Section 140 of the CGST Act)

245

20.8 Person Paying Tax at Fixed Rate or Amount under the Earlier Law but Normal Tax Payable under GST (Section 140(6) of CGST Act)

245

20.9 Credit Received by an ISD prior to the Appointed Day (Section 140(7) of CGST Act)

246

20.10 Cenvat Credit by a Person Having Centralized Registration Under Earlier Law (Sub-section (8) of Section 140 of CGST Act)

246

20.11 Reversal of Cenvat Credit Availed for input Services (Sub-section (9) of Section 140 of CGST Act)

247

20.12 Transitional Provisions Relating to Job Work (Section 141) 247

20.13 Miscellaneous Transitional Provisions (Section 142 of CGST Act)

248

21JoB Work

21.1 Introduction 254

21.2 Procedure for Job Work 255

21.3 Input Tax Credit on inputs under Job Work 258

21.4 Input Tax Credit on Capital Goods under Job Work 259

21.5 Transitional Provisions Relating to Job Work 259

21.6 Scenario after Implementing GST 260

22rEvErSE ChArGE BASIS

22.1 Introduction 261

22.2 Registration 262

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22.3 Goods under Reverse Charge 262

22.4 Services under Reverse Charge 263

22.5 Input Tax Credit Under Reverse Charge 264

22.6 Intra-State Exemption 264

22.7 Composition Scheme under Reverse Charge 265

22.8 Tax Invoices 265

22.9 GST Compensation CESS 266

22.10 Reverse Charge Basis Tax - Supply of Goods 266

22.11 Reverse Charge Basis Tax - Supply of Services 267

22.12 Reverse Charge Basis Payment was under Service Tax but not under GST

271

23InPuT SErvICE dISTrIBuTor (ISd)

23.1 Introduction 272

23.2 Meaning of ISD under GST 272

23.3 Registration of ISD 273

23.4 Invoice issued by ISD 273

23.5 Manner of Distribution of Credit by ISD 274

23.6 Conditions for Distribution 275

23.7 Other Conditions that Need to be Fulfilled for Distribution of Credit by ISD

275

23.8 Change in input Tax Credit 277

23.9 Recovery of Credit Distributed in Excess 277

23.10 Returns by ISD 277

24GoodS And SErvICES TAx PrACTITIonEr (GSTP)

24.1 Who is A GSTP? 278

24.2 How to become AGSTP? 278

24.3 Grant of Certificate of Registration 279

24.4 Can the GSTP be Disqualified? 280

24.5 Authorising GSTP 280

24.6 Furnishing of Information By GSTP 280

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24.7 Functions of GSTP 281

24.8 Conditions for Purposes of Appearance 281

25ACCounTS And rECordS

25.1 Records in Principal Place of Business 282

25.2 Who has to Maintain Accounts and Records? 288

25.3 List of Accounts & Records to be Maintained 288

25.4 Powers of Commissioner to Mandate Maintaining of Records 289

25.5 Period of Retention of Accounts 289

26ASSESSMEnT And AudIT

26.1 Meaning of Assessment 291

26.2 Provisional Assessment 291

26.3 Final Assessment 292

26.4 Interest, Refund & Release of Security 292

26.5 Scrutiny of Returns 293

26.6 Non-Satisfactory Explanation 293

26.7 Assessment of Non-Filers of Returns 294

26.8 Assessment of Unregistered Persons 294

26.9 Summary Assessment in Certain Special Cases 295

26.10 Audit by Tax Authorities 295

26.11 Who Can Conduct Audit 296

26.12 Special Audit 297

27AdvAnCE ruLInG

27.1 Meaning of Advance Ruling 298

27.2 Origin of Advance Ruling 298

27.3 Advance Ruling in Pre-GST Era 298

27.4 Objective of Advance Ruling 299

27.5 Criteria for Advance Ruling 299

27.6 Applicability of Advance Ruling on GST 299

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27.7 Who is An Applicant? 299

27.8 Advance Ruling in IGST 300

27.9 Who is the Authority or Appellate Authority? 300

27.10 State-wise Advance Ruling Mechanism 300

27.11 Constitution of Authority & Appellate Authority 301

27.12 What is the Procedure for Filing an Application for Advance Ruling?

301

27.13 Where to File an Application for Advance Ruling or Appeal Against Authority?

303

27.14 How to Pay Fees for an Application for Advance Ruling or Appeal Against Authority?

303

27.15 What is the Procedure for Appealing to Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling?

303

27.16 Certification of Pronounced Ruling 304

27.17 Can Advance Ruling be Rectified? 305

27.18 Is the Advance Ruling Binding? 305

27.19 When Advance Ruling is not Binding? 305

27.20 Can Advance Ruling be held Void? 306

27.21 What are the Powers of the Authority/Appellate Authority? 306

27.22 When Application for Advance Ruling cannot be Made 306

27.23 Prospective or Retrospective Effect 307

27.24 Does Advance Ruling has any Precedential Value? 307

27.25 Can the order of Advance Ruling Authority be Challenged? 307

28dEMAndS And rECovEry

28.1 Demand 309

29APPEALS And rEvISIon

29.1 Appeal to Appellate Authority - First Appeal 322

29.2 Power of Revisional Authority 327

29.3 Appeal to Appellate Tribunal - Second Appeal 329

29.4 Orders Passed by the Appellate Tribunal 332

29.5 Refund with interest 333

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29.6 Appearance by the Authorized Representative 333

29.7 Appeal to the High Court 334

29.8 Appeal to Supreme Court 336

29.9 Sum Due to be Paid 337

29.10 Appeal not to be Filed in Certain Cases 337

29.11 Non-Appealable orders 337

29.12 Appellate Tribunals and Appellate benches 338

29.13 Appointment and Qualifications of the President and Members

340

29.14 Powers of President 343

29.15 Procedure of Appeal before Appellate Tribunal (Section - 111)

343

30oFFEnCES And PEnALTIES

30.1 Offences 345

30.2 Quantum of Penalty 346

30.3 Penalty on Person other than Taxable Person 347

30.4 Penalty on Failure to Furnish information Return or Sta-tistics

347

30.5 General Penalty 348

30.6 Criteria for Imposing Penalties 348

30.7 Penalty in Certain Cases 349

30.8 Waiving of Penalty 349

30.9 Transportation of Goods in Contravention of the Provisions of the Act

350

30.10 Procedure or Release 350

30.11 Circumstances under which Goods can be Confiscated 351

30.12 Option to Redeem After Confiscation of Goods 351

30.13 Specific offences 352

30.14 Punishment for offences 353

30.15 What are Non-Cognizable offences? 354

30.16 What are Cognizable offences? 354

30.17 What is the Liability of officers and Certain Other Persons? 354

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30.18 Cognizance of offences 355

30.19 Is Culpable Mental State Necessary for Prosecution? 355

30.20 Relevancy of Statements under Specific Circumstances 356

30.21 Company Prosecuted under Any offence 356

30.22 Other Persons 356

30.23 If no Knowledge 357

31CoMPoundInG oF oFFEnCES

31.1 Compounding of offences 358

31.2 Compounding by Commissioner 358

31.3 Procedure of Compounding 358

31.4 Offences that cannot be Compounded 359

31.5 Conditional Compounding 360

31.6 Monetary Limits for Compounding 360

31.7 Abatement 360

32SPECIFIC FAQs

32.1 Whether Disposal of an Asset, without Consideration, on Which No Credit has been taken, Amounts to Supply?

361

32.2 Are Self-Supplies Taxable under GST? 361

32.3 Goods Supplied on Hire Purchase Basis will be treated as Supply of Goods or Supply of Services?

362

32.4 Whether Transfer of Title and/or Possession is Necessary for a Transaction to Constitute Supply of Goods?

362

32.5 Whether Partners’ Remuneration is Taxable in GST? 362

32.6 Whether interest, Fine & Penalty Will be included in Val-uation?

363

32.7 Whether Secondary Packing will be included in Value? 363

32.8 Whether Secondary Packing of Goods Results into Making of a Composite Supply?

363

32.9 What is the Default Presumption for Place of Supply in Respect of Registered Recipients?

364

32.10 What is the Default Presumption for Place of Supply in Respect of Unregistered Recipients?

364

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32.11 A Person in Goa Buys Shares From a Broker in Delhi on NSE (in Mumbai). What will be the Place of Supply?

364

32.12 A Person Living in Mumbai Goes to Kullu-Manali and Takes Some Services from ICICI Bank in Manali. What will be the Place of Supply?

364

32.13 A Person from Gurgaon Travels by Air India Flight from Mumbai to Delhi and gets his Travel insurance done in Mumbai. What will be the Place of Supply?

365

32.14 What will be the Place of Supply if the Goods are Delivered by the Supplier to a Person on the Direction of a Third Person?

365

32.15-16 Suppose a Road is Constructed From Delhi to Mumbai Covering Multiple States. What will be the Place of Supply?

365

32.17 What will be Place of Supply for GTA Service meant for Exports?

366

32.18 Whether a Principal Place of Business is Required to Pay GST on Supplies Made to an Additional Place of Business?

366

32.19 How to Send Goods to an Additional Place of Business Located within the State?

366

32.20 If inputs on Which ITC is Availed are Later on Supplied Without being used for Purpose of Business of Taxable Supply, is it Mandatory to Pay GST?

366

32.21 Whether ITC will be admissible in Exempted Goods Ex-ported out of India?

366

32.22 When Capital Goods are Removed after use, then Whether any Tax is Required to be Paid?

367

32.23 What is the Time Period for Availment of input Tax Credit? 367

32.24 Is input Tax Credit Allowed only after Matching? 367

32.25 Is there any Restriction on Availment of ITC on Capital Goods?

367

32.26 Whether the Reversed ITC and interest after being Matched Can be Re-Credited again?

367

32.27 Whether Payment by Third Party can be a Reason for Denial of ITC on inputs?

368

32.28 What are the Documents Required to avail ITC? 368

32.29 Whether one can Avail ITC on Capital Goods where it could not be Capitalized?

368

32.30 Whether ITC can be Availed on inputs and Capital Goods sent Directly to Job Workers?

368

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32.31 Whether the Amount of Credit Detected by the System on Account of Mismatch between GSTR-1 and GSTR-2 and Recovered as Output Tax can be Reclaimed?

369

32.32 Is there any Time Period or Limitation in Re-Credit of Amount Added to Output Tax due to Mismatch?

369

32.33 Whether After Availment of ITC, a Recipient is Mandatorily Required to Make Payment to the Supplier as Well?

369

32.34 How Many Copies of Credit Notes are to be issued? 369

32.35 What are the Mandatory Details to be incorporated in a Credit Note?

370

32.36 Whether Credit Note is Required to be Declared in GSTR-1? 370

32.37 When is a Credit Note Required to be issued? 370

32.38 Whether a Debit or Credit Note can be issued at Any Point of Time?

371

32.39 Whether a Debit Note can be the Basis of Availment of ITC by Recipient?

371

32.40 How to Account for Returned Goods in GST Regime? 371

32.41 Whether Sample is a Supply? 371

32.42 Whether ITC can be Availed on Samples? 372

32.43 Whether ITC Can be Availed on Goods Written off? 372

32.44 If inputs on which ITC was Availed are lost in Fire, then Whether ITC is Required to be Reversed?

372

32.45 If inputs are lost during WIP or in Process, Will ITC Required to be Reversed?

372

32.46 How to send Goods to Job Worker? 373

32.47 What is Required to be Mentioned in Job Work Challan? 373

32.48 What is the Stipulated Period for inputs and Capital Goods Under the Provisions of Job Work?

374

32.49 Whether Discount is Permissible? 374

32.50 How to Account for Post Removal Discounts? 374

32.51 How to Treat Captive Consumption? Should it be treated as Supply?

375

32.52 Whether Supply of Second Hand Goods Liable to be taxed under CGST?

375

32.53 What would be the Treatment of CESS on the Sale of Second Hand Goods?

376

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32.54 What are the intimation and Declaration Mandatory under the gST Provisions when goods are sent to Job Work?

376

32.55 Whether Cum Tax Value is applicable at Par with earlier Cum Duty Tax?

377

32.57 What is the Sequence of Payment of Tax where that Tax-payer has Liabilities for Previous Months also?

377

32.58 What is Sac Code in gST? 378

32.59 Why is it Necessary to Follow SaC Codes? 378

32.60 What is Compliance Rating under gST Regime? 378

33Anti Profiteering

33.1 Introduction 380

33.2 anti Profiteering in Malaysia 380

33.3 anti Profiteering Body in India 381

33.4 Compliance & Monitoring of order 381

33.5 Constitution of authority - Rule 122 382

33.6 Constitution of Standing Committee and Screening Com-mittees - Rule 123

382

33.7 appointment, Salary, allowances and Other Terms and Conditions of Service of a Commissioner - Rule 124

382

33.8 Secretary to the authority - Rule 125 383

33.9 Power to Determine the Methodology and Procedure - Rule 126

383

33.10 Duties of the authority - Rule 127 383

33.11 examination of application by the Standing Committee and Screening Committee - Rule 128

384

33.12 Initiation and Conduct of Proceedings - Rule 129 384

33.13 Confidentiality of information - Rule 130 385

33.14 Cooperation with Other agencies or Statutory authorities - Rule 131

386

33.15 Power to Summon Persons to give evidence and Produce Documents - Rule 132

386

33.16 Order of the authority - Rule 133 386

33.17 Decision to be taken by the Majority - Rule 134 387

33.18 Compliance by the Registered Person - Rule 135 387

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33.19 Monitoring of the order - Rule 136 387

33.20 Tenure of the Authority - Rule 137 387

33.21 Relevant Explanation 387

34InSPECTIon, SEArCh, SEIZurE And ArrEST

34.1 Power of inspection and investigation 389

34.2 Search and Seizure 389

34.3 Procedure for Conducting Search 391

34.4 Inspection of Goods in Movement 391

34.5 Power to Arrest 391

34.6 Arrest Procedure 392

34.7 Arrest and Bail 392

34.8 Summon 392

34.9 Course of Action in Case of Non-Response to Summons 393

34.10 Access to Business Premises 393

34.11 Officers to Assist Proper officer 394

35LIABILITy

35.1 Transfer of Business 395

35.2 Agent and Principal 396

35.3 Liability in Case of Amalgamation or Merger of Companies 396

35.4 Liability in Case of Company in Liquidation 396

35.5 Liability of Directors of Private Company 397

35.6 Liability in Case of Partnership Firm 397

35.7 Liability of Guardians, Trustees Etc. 398

35.8 Special Provisions Regarding Liability to Pay Tax, interest or Penalty in Certain Cases

399

35.9 Liability in other Cases 400

36AdMInISTrATIon

36.1 Class and Appointment of officers under CGST Act 402

36.2 Class and Appointment of officers under SGST Act 404

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36.3 Class and Appointment of officers under IGST Act 404

36.4 Powers of officers under CGST Act 405

37CLArIFICATIonS And PrESS rELEASE

u Clarifications and Press Release 406

38STATE CodE And TIn nuMBEr Co-rELATIon For

IMPLEMEnTInG ThE vALIdATIon

u State code and TIN number co-relation for implementing the validation

425

APPEndICES

u APPEndIx 1 : CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAx RULES, 2017 429

u APPEndIx 2 : CIRCULARS AND NOTIFICATIONS 522

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