Amendments made in CGST Act/ IGST Act and GST rates by the Union Budget 2020-21
Amendments carried out in the Finance Bill, 2020 will come into effect from the date when the same will be notified, as far as possible, concurrently with the corresponding amendments to the similar Acts passed by the States & Union territories with legislature.
I. AMENDMENTS IN THE CGST ACT, 2017:
1. The definition of “Union territory” in clause (114) of section 2 of the CGST Act is being amended to update the definition of Union territory in view of the bringing into force of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019 and the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories), Act, 2019.
2. Section 10 of the CGST Act is being amended, so as to exclude from the ambit of the Composition scheme certain categories of taxable persons, engaged in making- (i) supply of services not leviable to tax under the CGST Act, or (ii) inter-State outward supply of services, or (iii) outward supply of services through an eCommerce operator.
3. Sub section (4) of the section 16 of the CGST Act is being amended to delink the date of issuance of debit note from the date of issuance of the underlying invoice for purposes of availing input tax credit.
4. Clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 29 of the CGST Act is being amended to provide for cancellation of registration which has been obtained voluntarily under sub-section (3) of section 25.
5. A proviso to sub-section 1 of section 30 of the CGST Act is being inserted to empower the jurisdictional tax authorities to extend the date for application of revocation of cancellation of registration in deserving cases.
6. Section 31 of the CGST Act is being amended to provide enabling provision to prescribe the manner of issuance of invoices in case of supply of taxable services.
7. Section 51 of the CGST Act is being amended to remove the requirement of issuance of TDS certificate by the deductor; and to omit the corresponding provision of late fees for delay in issuance of TDS certificate.
8. Section 109 of the CGST Act is being amended to bring the provision for Appellate Tribunal under the CGST Act in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
9. Section 122 of the CGST Act is being amended by inserting a new sub-section to make the beneficiary of the transactions of passing on or availing fraudulent Input Tax Credit liable for penalty similar to the penalty leviable on the person who commits such specified offences.
10. Section 132 of the CGST Act is being amended to make the offence of fraudulent availment of input tax credit without an invoice or bill a cognizable and non-bailable offence; and to make any person who commits, or causes the commission, or retains the benefit of transactions arising out of specified offences liable for punishment.
11. Section 140 of the CGST Act is being amended w.e.f. 01.07.17, to prescribe the manner and time limit for taking transitional credit.
12. Section 168 of the CGST Act is being amended to make provisions for enabling the jurisdictional commissioner to exercise powers under sub-section (5) of section 66 and second proviso to sub-section (1) of section 143.
13. Section 172 of the CGST Act is being amended to make provision for enabling issuance of removal of difficulties order for another 2 years, i.e. till five years from the date of commencement of the said Act.
14. Entries at 4(a) & 4(b) in Schedule II of the CGST Act is being amended w.e.f. 01.07.2017 to make provision for omission of supplies relating to transfer of business assets made without any consideration from Schedule II of the said Act.
II. AMENDMENTS IN THE IGST ACT, 2017:
1. Section 25 of the IGST Act is being amended to make provision for enabling the issuance of removal of difficulties orders for another 2 years, i.e. till five years from the date of commencement of the said Act.
III. Retrospective Amendments of GST rate notifications
1. Exemption from Central Tax, Union Territory Tax and Integrated Tax for fishmeal [HS 2301], for the period 01.07.2017 to 30.09.2019, subject to the condition that if GST has been paid, the same would not be eligible for refund.
2. Levy of 12% rate of Integrated Tax and 6% Central Tax and 6% Union Territory Tax during the period 01.07.2017 to 31.12.2018, on pulley, wheels and other parts (falling under heading 8483) and used as parts of agricultural machinery of headings 8432, 8433, and 8436, subject to the condition that if GST has been paid, the same would not be eligible for refund.
3. The refund of accumulated credit of compensation cess on tobacco products arising out of inverted duty structure in Compensation Cess is disallowed w.e.f 1st October, 2019 vide notification No. 3/2019- Compensation Cess (Rate) dated 30.9.2019. This notification is being given retrospective effect from 1.7.2017 onwards. Accordingly, no refund on account of inverted duty structure would be admissible on any tobacco products.
- No statutory requirement of pre-deposit for stay of demand under Income Tax Act – HC
- Engagement of Company Secretaries as Young Professionals at RoC Mumbai and Pune
- Applicability of Section 115BBE rws 69, 69A 69C in a case before Settlement Commission
- Jewellery purportedly received from grandparent under Will added as unexplained credits
- SC lays down tests to determine if a debt is financial debt or operational under IBC
