Saturday, 28 July 2018

28th GST Council meeting | Notifications Issued

In furtherance to our below mail on the update of proposed changes in the last GST council meeting held on 21st July 2018.  

We are sharing you with the list of notifications released regarding the proposed changes. Please note that these notifications / rate changes are effective from today.

Summarized here below the list of notifications which got released along with brief contents of the same –

Notification No. under CGST Rate
Notification No. under IGST Rate
Content of the notification
13/2018-Central Tax (Rate) ,dt. 26-07-2018
14/2018-Integrated Tax (Rate) ,dt. 26-07-2018
Seeks to notify rates on various services such as -
- on multimodal transportation - @12%
- Supply of e-book under heading 4901 - @5%

and restricting the scope of outdoor catering services along with GST to be charged on  value of supply instead of declared tariff.
14/2018-Central Tax (Rate) ,dt. 26-07-2018
15/2018-Integrated Tax (Rate) ,dt. 26-07-2018
Seeks to exempt certain services under GST, such as -
Services supplied by an establishment of a person in India to any establishment of that person outside India, which are treated as establishments of distinct persons-
provided the place of Supply of the services is outside India.
15/2018-Central Tax (Rate) ,dt. 26-07-2018
16/2018-Integrated Tax (Rate) ,dt. 26-07-2018
Seeks to specify services supplied by individual Direct Selling Agents (DSAs) to banks/ non-banking financial company (NBFCs) to be taxed under Reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM).
16/2018-Central Tax (Rate) ,dt. 26-07-2018
17/2018-Integrated Tax (Rate) ,dt. 26-07-2018
Seeks to notify that services by way of any activity in relation to a function entrusted to a municipality under Article 243W shall be treated neither as a supply of good nor a service.
17/2018-Central Tax (Rate) ,dt. 26-07-2018
18/2018-Integrated Tax (Rate) ,dt. 26-07-2018
Seeks to insert an explanation in the service rate notification under serial no 3. of construction services by excluding activity or transaction undertaken by the Central Government, a State Government or any local authority in which they are engaged as public authorities.
18/2018-Central Tax (Rate) ,dt. 26-07-2018
19/2018-Integrated Tax (Rate) ,dt. 26-07-2018
Changes in the rate of goods by amending the rate notification under CGST and IGST
19/2018-Central Tax (Rate) ,dt. 26-07-2018
20/2018-Integrated Tax (Rate) ,dt. 26-07-2018
seeks to make additions by way of exempting certain goods under GST
20/2018-Central Tax (Rate) ,dt. 26-07-2018
21/2018-Integrated Tax (Rate) ,dt. 26-07-2018
Seeks to allow refund of unutilized ITC for textile industries on supplies received on of after 1st August 2018;
ITC balance accumulated till 31st July 2018 shall lapse.
21/2018-Central Tax (Rate) ,dt. 26-07-2018
22/2018-Integrated Tax (Rate) ,dt. 26-07-2018
Seeks to prescribe concessional GST rate on specified handicraft items

Hope you find the above useful. Please feel free to revert for any clarifications

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