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Vol 2, Part 22

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Weekly on GST, FSSAI, RERA & More...

 

 

◔ TIMELINES

 

Upcoming due dates under GST & Income Tax Laws:

 

VAT 10A (FY 2016-17) 31st May
VAT 11 (FY 2016-17) 31st May
GSTR-3B (May, 2018) 20th Jun
GSTR-6 (July, 17 – Apr, 18) 31st May
VAT 11 (FY 2017-18) 30th Jun
VAT 10A (FY 2017-18) 30th Jun
Link Aadhar with PAN 30th Jun

 

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RECENT AMENDMENTS

 

CENTRAL TAX

 

Notification No. 24/2018-Central Tax dt. 28-05-2018
Seeks to notify NACIN as the authority for conducting the examination for GST Practitioners under rule 83 (3) of the CGST Rules, 2017 Read More
CENTRAL TAX (RATE) & INTEGRATED TAX (RATE)

 

Notification No. 11/2018-Central Tax (Rate) & Notification No. 12/2018-Integrated Tax (Rate) dt. 28-05-2018
Seeks to amend notification No. 04/2017- Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 so as to notify levy of Priority Sector Lending Certificate (PSLC) under Reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM) CGST Rate Notification   IGST Rate Notification

 

CUSTOMS

 

Notification No. 05/2018-Cus (NT/CAA/DRI) dt 28.05.2018
Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority by DGRI Read More

 

Notification No. 44/2018-Cus (NT) d.t 24.05.2018
Amendment of Notification No. 40/2012-Customs (N.T.) dated 02.05.2012 Read More

 

Notification No. 45/2018-Cus (NT) d.t 24.05.2018
Customs Audit Regulations, 2018 Read More

 

Notification No. 46/2018-Cus (NT) d.t 25.05.2018
Regarding amendment in notification No. 89/2017-Cus (N.T.) dated 21.09.2017 relating to AIRs of Duty Drawback on Silver Jewellery and Silver Articles Read More

 

GST (CIRCULAR)

 

Circular No. 45/19/2018-GST dt.30.05.2018
Clarification on refund related issues Read More

 

CUSTOMS (CIRCULAR)

 

Circular No. 12/2018-Customs
Sanction of pending IGST refund claims where the records have not been transmitted from the GSTN to DG Systems Read More

 

ANTI DUMPING DUTY

 

Notification No. 28/2018-Cus (ADD), dt. 25-05-2018
Seeks to impose definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of 'Saturated Fatty Alcohols originating in, or exported from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Read More

 

Notification No. 29/2018-Cus (ADD), dt. 25-05-2018
Seeks to amend Notification No. 44/2017-Customs (ADD) dated 12th September, 2017. Read More

 

 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING GST REFUND

 

  • Special Refund Fortnight" to be organized from 31.05.2018 to 14.06.2018 in which Center and State GST officers will strive to clear all GST refund applications received on or before 30.04.2018
  • All claimants are encouraged to approach their jurisdictional tax offices during the “Special Refund Fortnight” to clear any pending GST refund claims which were submitted on or before 30.04.2018
  • All claimants may please note the refund application in FORM GST RFD-01A will not be processed unless a copy of the application is submitted to the jurisdictional tax office along with supporting documents. Mere online submission is not enough
  • The “Special Refund Fortnight” is for all GST refunds, including refund of IGST paid on export of goods and all refund claims submitted in FORM GST RFD-01A on or before 30.04.2018

 

ITAT JUDGEMENTS

 

 

Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax v. Shah Rukh Khan dt. 21.05.2018 [MUMBAI BENCH]
Claim raised by the assessee being clearly backed by a bonafide belief on his part, that the notional income of the villa was not liable to be taxed in India, on said count no penalty under section 271(1)(c) could have been validly imposed on the assessee. Read More

 

Jashojit Mukherjee v. Assistant Commissioner of Income-tax, Circle- 50, Kolkata dt. 04.05.2018 [KOLKATA BENCH]
Where assessee had not written back sundry creditors in his profit and loss account and had shown balance outstanding towards those creditors even in next assessment year, it could not be said that there was any cessation of liability under section 41(1) Read More

 

KPIT Cummins Global Business Solutions Ltd. v. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, Circle 11(1), Pune dt. 09.04.2018 [PUNE BENCH]
A fraud concern cannot be included in final set of comparables
A company engaged in e-publishing could not be compared with ITES provider
A company providing high-end KPO services and geographical information services was incomparable to ITES provider
Persistent loss making concerns are to be excluded from final set of comparables Read More

 

Director of Income-tax (IT) v. Modiluft Ltd. dt. 08.05.2018 [DELHI BENCH]
Assessee leased three aircrafts from a German company under a lease agreement. Before lease agreement, assessee had entered into a technical support agreement. In addition another agreement for provision for flight deck crews was also entered. Tribunal held that technical services charges payable to foreign company in Germany constituted business profit of foreign company and that same may not be taxable in India in terms of article III of DTAA between India and Germany. However, in view of fact that there existed a 'Fees for Technical Services' clause in agreement, their taxability in terms of Article VIIIA not having been examined in proper perspective, matter was to be remanded back to Tribunal for adjudication afresh Read More

 

ADVANCE RULINGS UNDER GST

 

 

Tathagat Health Care Centre LLP, In re dt. 21.03.2018 [AAR- KARNATAKA]
GST would be applicable on rental of premises taken on lease by hospital Read More

 

Skilltech Engineers & Contractors Private Limited, In re dt. 21.03.2018 [AAR- KARNATAKA]
Execution of works for construction of power lines, erection of transmission towers and transformer is of the nature of lndivisible and squarely falls under the works contract, which is a service. Read More

 

M/s Sayre Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. In re, dt. 21.03.2018 [AAR- KARNATAKA]
Services of diagnosis, pre and post counseling, therapy and prevention of diseases by providing sophisticated and relevant tests qualifies to be health care Services attracting NIL rate of GST. Read More

 

M/s. Rajashri Foods Pvt. Ltd. In re dt. 23.04.2018 [AAR- KARNATAKA]
Transaction of transfer of one of the units of the applicant as a going concern amounts to supply of service and is covered @ Nil rate under Sl. No. 2 of the Notification 12/2017-CT(R) subject to the condition that the unit is a going concern. Read More

 

M/S. VPSSR facilities In re dt. 23.04.2018 [AAR – NEW DELHI]
Cleaning Services provided by the Applicant to the Indian Railways are not exempt under S. No. 3 of the Notification No. 09/2017-Integrated Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2018 as amended by Notification No. 02/2018 -Integrated Tax (Rate) dated 25.01.2018 and parallel Notifications of CGST and SGST. Read More

 

M/s. Ahmednagar District Goat Rearing & Processing Co-Op federation Ltd. In re, dt. 21.04.2018 [AAR – MAHARASHTRA]
The whole (sheep / goat) animal carcass in its natural shape in frozen state in different weight and size packed in LDPE bags without mentioning the weight and one or two such LDPE bags further packed in HDPE bags being supplied to Army by Applicant against tender shall qualify as a product put up in “unit container” and is covered under Schedule Entry 4 of Notification No. 1-Integrated Tax (Rate) during the period 01.07.2017 to 13.11.2017 and Schedule Entry 1 of Notification No. 1-Integrated Tax (Rate) from 14.11.2017 onwards. Read More

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS UPDATES

 

  • Roll out of e-Way Bill system for intra-State movement of goods in the Maharashtra, Manipur and Union Territories (without legislature) from 25.05.2018 Read More
  • No change in the GST Law and taxation relating to Farmers since July, 2017; support services to agriculture, forestry, fishing or animal husbandry are exempt from GST; Agriculturists are also exempt from taking registration under GST. Read More
  • Stakeholder engagement by the Task Force drafting the New Direct Tax Law extended by a period of three months up to June 15, 2018 Read More
  • Tracking ARN for Exports is now available on GST Portal. Read More
  • E-Way Bill FAQs Read More

 

 

 

Editorial Team : Meenal Ghiya, Priyamvada Joshi & Deepak Garg

 

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