The 15th GST Council Meeting was held on 3rd June,2017. It was chaired by Finance Minister Arun Jaitely. The Council addressed on almost all the aspects for implementing GST nationwide no later than July 1, 2017. The Council decided tax rates on essential items such as textiles, gold, bidis, solar panels, packaged food, biscuits and footwear among others. Except for West Bengal all the other states have agreed to roll out timeline to be July 1, 2017.
The GST Council have decided to amend the transition rules allowing traders and retailers to make claims of 60% against the CGST or SGST dues where the tax rate exceeds 18%. It will be retained at 40% for tax rate below 18%.
The GST Council also approved the draft transition laws that will help switchover to the new tax regime. According to the new decided draft law, once GST is implemented, a company can claim credit of upto 40% of their Central GST (CGST) dues for excise duty paid on stock held by businesses prior to the roll out.
For goods costing above INR 25,000 bears a brand name of the manufacturer and are serially numbered like TV, fridge or car chassis the government will refund 100% excise duty For transition stock.
While there would be 0% GST rate on Silk, jute, All other Pooja Samagri, Indian National Flag. The GST rates on the other items would be as follows:
Description | Rate as Fixed in the Meeting |
Gold | 3% |
Gold Jewellery | 3% |
ems and Jewellery | 3% |
Readymade Garments | 12% (No Cash Refund on ITC). |
Readymade Garments below Rs.1,000 | 5% (No Cash Refund on ITC) |
Fabrics and Yarn of Cotton | 5% |
Manmade Yarn | 18% |
All Categories of Textiles | 5% |
Packaged & branded Food items | 5% |
Fiber silk and Jute | 0% |
Man Made fiber | 18% |
Rough diamonds | 0.25% |
Polished or Semi Polished or on Cut (Diamonds) | 3% |
Tendu leaves | 18% |
Bidi | 28% (no cess) |
Footwear Costing up to Rs. 500 | 5% |
Footwear costing above Rs. 500 | 18% |
Man-made apparel up to Rs. 1,000 | 5% |
Man-made apparel above Rs. 1,000 | 12% |
The GST Council also made changes in the formats of returns. Revised formats of returns to be filed under GST has been finalized.
Name of the Form | Description |
GST PCT – 1 | Application for Enrolment as Goods and Service Tax Practitioner. |
GST PCT-02 | Enrolment Certificate for Goods and Service Tax Practitioner. |
GST PCT-03 | Show Cause Notice for disqualification. |
GST PCT-04 | Order of Rejection of Application for enrolment as GST Practitioner/ Or Disqualification to function as GST Practitioner. |
Results of Matching after filling of the Returns of September (to be filled by 20th October).
Name of the Form | Description |
GSTR-1 | Details of outwards supplies of Goods or Services. |
GSTR-1A | Details of auto drafted supplies of Goods or Services. |
GSTR-2 | Details of inward supplies of Goods or Services |
GSTR-2A | Details of supplies auto drafted from GSTR-1 or GSTR-5 to recipient. |
GSTR-3 | Monthly return. |
GSTR-3A | Notice to return defaulter u/s 46. |
GSTR-4 | Quarterly return for registered persons opting composition levy. |
GSTR-4A | Auto drafted details for registered persons opting composition levy. |
GSTR-5 | Return for Non Resident Taxable Persons. |
GSTR-5A | Details of supplies of online information and database access or retrieval services by a person located outside India made to non-taxable persons in India. |
GSTR-6 | Return for input service distributors. |
GSTR-6A | Details of supplies auto drafted from GSTR-1 or GSTR-5 to ISD. |
GSTR-7 | Return for Tax Deduction at Source |
GSTR-7A | Tax Deduction at Source Certificate. |
GSTR-8 | Statement for Tax Collection at Source |
GSTR-11 | Inward supplies statement for persons having Unique Identification Number (UIN) |
Further, GST Council will set up a committee to look into complaints regarding anti-profiteering clause. The committee shall have the power to act upon receipt of a written application that a registered person has not passed on the reduction in tax rate or Input Tax Credit (ITC) benefit to the recipient. The Draft Rules would be uploaded in the public domain and after taking the feedback, the Council will consider it for final approval.
It is strongly believed that the implementation of GST will bring in a new andd positive change to our Indian Economy.The next Council meeting will be held on 11th June,2017.
Hope this article was helpful. Refer to the topics discussed in the 16th GST council meeting.
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