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MSMEs: Impact of Price Rise on Khadi Production Industry

Ministry of MSME, through Khadi and Village Industries Commission’s (KVIC) Departmental Central Sliver Plants (CSPs), are procuring cotton only from Cotton Corporation of India (CCI). KVIC is aware of increase of prices of raw material (cotton) from the month of September 2021 onwards. In order to maintain cost of the fabric, thereby achieving the sales target, the difference of price hike of raw material (cotton) and Khadi fabric produced is met from the Price Fluctuation Fund available with Departmental Central Sliver Plants, without revision of sliver/roving cost produced by the plant till 31.03.2022 i.e Rs. 227/Kg.

Further, as the cost of the cotton increased in the market, KVIC has to revise the cost of Sliver/roving w.e.f. 01.04.2022 to Rs. 385/Kg. Thereafter, cost of cotton has substantially reduced and cost of sliver/roving have also been brought down correspondingly by about 40% from 01.04.2023 as compared to 01.04.2022 at Rs. 265/Kg. Due to such timely measures taken by KVIC, the demand and supply of the raw material to the KIs has been kept unaffected resulting in unhindered production performance by the KIs.

No such proposal to exempt the current five per cent GST applied on the cotton sliver is under consideration with the Government. Khadi Institutions have not been shut down due to low production.

Government of India, through Khadi and Village Industries Commission, has been taking following steps for strengthening of KVIC:

  1. Promote Khadi Mark and create a niche for Khadi and Village Industries (KVI) products based on quality and sustainability.
  2. Under Workshed Scheme, financial assistance is provided upto Rs. 1,20,000/- for construction of Individual Workshed and Rs. 80,000/- per artisan for construction of Group Workshed for improving the working condition of Khadi workers.
  3. Under Strengthening of Infrastructure of Existing Weak Khadi Institutions, financial assistance is provided upto Rs. 15.00 lakh to KIs for capital expenditure and working capital.
  4. To enhance earning of the artisans, KVIC has increased the spinning wages from Rs. 7.50/- per hank to Rs. 10.00 per hank w.e.f 01.04.2023.
  5. In order to improve the quality and increase the productivity for reducing the roving cost, Refurbishment/Modernization of the CSPs in consultation with Textile Research Association has been under taken.

₹1,61,497 Cr GST Revenue Collected for June 2023 with 12% YoY Growth

The gross GST revenue collected in the month of June, 2023 is ₹1,61,497 crore of which CGST is ₹31,013 crore, SGST is ₹38,292 crore, IGST is

₹80,292 crore (including ₹ 39,035 crore collected on import of goods) and cess is ₹11,900 crore (including ₹ 1,028 crore collected on import of goods).

The government has settled ₹36,224 crore to CGST and ₹30269 crore to SGST from IGST. The total revenue of Centre and the States in the month of June 2023 after regular settlement is ₹67,237 crore for CGST and ₹68,561 crore for the SGST.

The revenues for the month of June 2023 are 12% higher than the GST revenues in the same month last year. During the month, the revenues from domestic transactions (including import of services) are 18% higher than the revenues from these sources during the same month last year.

It is for the fourth time, the gross GST collection has crossed Rs. 1.60 lakh crore mark. The average monthly gross GST collection for the first quarter of the FY 2021-22, FY 22-23 & FY 23-24 are Rs. 1.10 lakh crore, Rs. 1.51 lakh crore and Rs. 1.69 lakh crore respectively.

The chart below shows trends in monthly gross GST revenues during the current year. The table-1 shows the state-wise figures of GST collected in each State during the month of June 2023 as compared to June 2022 and table-2 shows the SGST portion of the IGST received/settled to the States/UTs in June’2023.

State-wise growth of GST Revenues during June 2023[1]

State/UT June’22 June’23 Growth(%)
Jammu and Kashmir 371.83 588.68 58%
Himachal Pradesh 693.14 840.61 21%
Punjab 1,682.50 1,965.93 17%
Chandigarh 169.7 227.06 34%
Uttarakhand 1,280.92 1,522.55 19%
Haryana 6,713.89 7,988.18 19%
Delhi 4,313.36 4,744.11 10%
Rajasthan 3,385.95 3,892.01 15%
Uttar Pradesh 6,834.51 8,104.15 19%
Bihar 1,232.06 1,437.06 17%
Sikkim 256.37 287.51 12%
Arunachal Pradesh 58.53 90.62 55%
Nagaland 33.58 79.2 136%
Manipur 38.79 60.37 56%
Mizoram 25.85 55.38 114%
Tripura 62.99 75.15 19%
Meghalaya 152.59 194.14 27%
Assam 972.07 1,213.05 25%
West Bengal 4,331.41 5,053.87 17%
Jharkhand 2,315.14 2,830.21 22%
Odisha 3,965.28 4,379.98 10%
Chhattisgarh 2,774.42 3,012.03 9%
Madhya Pradesh 2,837.35 3,385.21 19%
Gujarat 9,206.57 10,119.71 10%
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu 349.70 339.31 -3%
Maharashtra 22,341.40 26,098.78 17%
Karnataka 8,844.88 11,193.20 27%
Goa 428.63 480.43 12%
Lakshadweep 0.64 21.86 3316%
Kerala 2,160.89 2,725.08 26%
Tamil Nadu 8,027.25 9,600.63 20%
Puducherry 182.46 210.38 15%
Andaman and Nicobar Islands 22.36 35.98 61%
Telangana 3,901.45 4,681.39 20%
Andhra Pradesh 2,986.52 3,477.42 16%
Ladakh 13.22 14.57 10%
Other Territory 205.3 227.42 11%
Center Jurisdiction 143.42 179.62 25%
Grand Total 103317.18 121433.52 18%

Amount of SGST portion of IGST settled to States/UTs in June’2023

State/UTs Amount (Rs. In crore)
Jammu and Kashmir              417.85
Himachal Pradesh              222.35
Punjab              961.45
Chandigarh              122.21
Uttarakhand              221.64
Haryana           1,153.80
Delhi           1,136.95
Rajasthan           1,554.76
Uttar Pradesh           3,236.11
Bihar           1,491.33
Sikkim                 39.30
Arunachal Pradesh              105.43
Nagaland                 61.38
Manipur                 49.88
Mizoram                 55.95
Tripura                 84.46
Meghalaya                 86.75
Assam              743.95
West Bengal           1,503.81
Jharkhand              304.92
Odisha              409.84
Chhattisgarh              366.81
Madhya Pradesh           1,606.95
Gujarat           1,571.56
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu                 27.97
Maharashtra           3,484.55
Karnataka           2,688.90
Goa              162.97
Lakshadweep                   4.80
Kerala           1,415.11
Tamil Nadu           1,873.31
Puducherry              184.21
Andaman and Nicobar Islands                 24.33
Telangana           1,621.37
Andhra Pradesh           1,159.88
Ladakh                 28.68
Other Territory                 82.97
Total

       30,268.53

Tally Solutions Eyes 2X Growth and Launched TallyPrime 3.0

Tally Solutions, India’s leading business management software provider, today, announces the launch of TallyPrime 3.0. With this latest release, comes a completely revamped GST solution, significant improvements in the reporting capability, and better capabilities to help businesses collect outstanding dues faster. Tally Solutions hopes this release will be a steppingstone to double its revenue and take its customer base from 2.3 to 3.5 million customers in the next couple of years.

Commenting on the launch, Tejas Goenka, Managing Director, Tally Solutions said, “Since the start of the GST journey 6 years ago, we have seen many changes by the government both to simplify and tighten the compliance system. Keeping this constant change in mind, we have completely revamped our GST experience to make it tremendously flexible for businesses to remain compliant with confidence. We have also taken our reporting system and introduced the ability to create unlimited custom reports with simple to use search and save capabilities. We are committed to bringing solutions to our customers that they can truly use and grow with.”

With the multi-GSTIN capability, TallyPrime 3.0 users will be able to manage multiple GSTIN data in a single Tally Company giving tremendous flexibility to the customers to maintain their business data centrally using a single company with ease and efficiency. The new release ensures trailblazing speed while generating GST returns and reconciliation of GSTR 1, 2A and 3B in a much more seamless manner. It offers a digital payment request feature, enabling businesses to enhance operations and scalability.  Businesses can generate and embed payment links or QR codes into their invoices or other reports. Customers can make the payment through various preferred modes like domestic and international debit and credit cards, EMIs, Pay Later, Net banking, UPI and mobile wallets thereby significantly increasing the speed of money movement and easing out cash flow problems for the business owners. Tally has collaborated with PayU and Razorpay as payment gateway partners.

The already powerful reporting system of TallyPrime has been powered even more with the all-new reports filters that come with a simplified one-click experience to filter data in reports, making it easier to manage the business. The product also includes several other powerful capabilities such as a new user experience with the powerful Go To, connected capabilities allowing the generation of e-way bills and e-invoices from within the product, and a more adaptable reporting experience with Change View, Basis of Values, Exception reports, and Save View. TallyPrime 3.0 assures experience with greater simplicity and efficiency. The new version is free for users with an active TSS subscription.

 

₹1,57,090 Crore Gross GST Revenue Collected for May 2023

The gross Good & Services Tax (GST) revenue collected in the month of May, 2023 is ₹1,57,090 crore of which CGST is ₹28,411 crore, SGST is ₹35,828 crore, IGST is ₹81,363 crore (including ₹41,772 crore collected on import of goods) and cess is ₹11,489 crore (including ₹1,057 crore collected on import of goods).

The government has settled ₹35,369 crore to CGST and ₹29,769 crore to SGST from IGST. The total revenue of Centre and the States in the month of May 2023 after regular settlement is ₹63,780 crore for CGST and ₹65,597 crore for the SGST.

The revenues for the month of May 2023 are 12% higher than the GST revenues in the same month last year. During the month, revenue from import of goods was 12% higher and the revenues from domestic transactions (including import of services) are 11% higher than the revenues from these sources during the same month last year.

The chart below shows trends in monthly gross GST revenues during the current year. The table shows the state-wise figures of GST collected in each State during the month of May 2023 as compared to May 2022.

 

State-wise growth of GST Revenues during May 2023[1]

State/UT May-22 May-23 Growth(%)
Jammu and Kashmir 372 422 14
Himachal Pradesh 741 828 12
Punjab 1833 1744 -5
Chandigarh 167 259 55
Uttarakhand 1309 1431 9
Haryana 6663 7250 9
Delhi 4113 5147 25
Rajasthan 3789 3924 4
Uttar Pradesh 6670 7468 12
Bihar 1178 1366 16
Sikkim 279 334 20
Arunachal Pradesh 82 120 47
Nagaland 49 52 6
Manipur 47 39 -17
Mizoram 25 38 52
Tripura 65 75 14
Meghalaya 174 214 23
Assam 1062 1217 15
West Bengal 4896 5162 5
Jharkhand 2468 2584 5
Odisha 3956 4398 11
Chattisgarh 2627 2525 -4
Madhya Pradesh 2746 3381 23
Gujarat 9321 9800 5
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 300 324 8
Maharashtra 20313 23536 16
Karnataka 9232 10317 12
Goa 461 523 13
Lakshadweep 1 2 210
Kerala 2064 2297 11
Tamil Nadu 7910 8953 13
Puducherry 181 202 12
Andaman and Nicobar Islands 24 31 27
Telangana 3982 4507 13
Andhra Pradesh 3047 3373 11
Ladakh 12 26 113
Other Territory 185 201 9
Center Jurisdiction 140 187 34
Grand Total 102485 114261 11

 

10 Features of myBillBook That can Boost SMEs’ Business

myBillBook, India’s leading GST billing and accounting software for Small and Medium-sized Businesses (SMEs/SMBs), in a mega update, has launched 10 new features on the platform aimed at simplifying business operations for SMEs. These new features are designed to assist SMBs in conducting business more easily and efficiently, providing them with a comprehensive suite of tools to manage their invoicing, accounting, payroll, marketing, customer relation management needs. With these additions, myBillBook is further strengthening its positioning as a one-stop solution for SMBs, leveraging technology to solve critical pain points and enable digitization for businesses in India.

Over the last three years since its launch, myBillBook by FloBiz has already helped over 70 lakh businesses in India grow by enabling digitization of their day-to-day business operations and management from anywhere, anytime. Built from a customer-first approach, myBillBook is available on Android, iOS and desktop and can be accessed both online and offline, making it convenient for businesses to use in any situation. With its advanced core functionalities such as GST/Non-GST billing, e-Way billing, POS billing, and e-Invoicing, small and medium businesses generate trades worth INR 12,500 Cr on myBillBook every month, showcasing its widespread adoption and impact on the SMB community.

The new capabilities introduced by myBillBook are a result of deep consumer research which are in line with the company’s objective of “Building For Bharat” or developing technological solutions for the emerging India. These features and modules have been designed to suit Indian SMBs’ persona in a way that they are intuitive to use, yet powerful and cover the wide spectrum of use cases for different industries. These include:

 

  1. WhatsApp Marketing: Users can now promote their businesses through bulk marketing campaigns on WhatsApp and analyze the return on investment (RoI) of these campaigns. The brand-new and easy-to-use templates available on the platform will enable small business owners to announce and publicise various activities such as discounts, promotions, seasonal sales, and festivals.

  2. Staff Attendance & Payroll Management: This is a dedicated module which enables business owners to mark the attendance of their employees, add advance payments, and manage staff payroll.

  3. Automated Bills: SMBs can now set up recurring invoices for retainer-type services to their clients, thereby eliminating the need for manual invoice creation every month. This saves not just a lot of time for business owners but also removes errors and discrepancies. Users are just required to set services rendered, frequency & reminder schedule and the software takes care of automatically generating & sharing professional invoices to customers and clients.

  4. GSTR in JSON: Users can download and email their GSTR1 files in JSON format for easy uploading to the GST portal or sharing with accountants, along with 25 other important reports.

  5. Generate E-Way bills on Mobile: This latest feature will provide users the ability to generate e-way bills on mobile phones. This feature has been available on myBillBook’s web app so far but it has recently been integrated into its mobile application as well. This feature makes the bill generation process completely automated, and the user can send error-free e-way bills to the parties of their choice right from their mobile phones.

  6. Balance Sheet: With this new capability, SMBs can now generate balance sheets directly on myBillBook and have a comprehensive and consolidated view of their business financials while maintaining compliance of their enterprises.

  7. Customer Relationship Management (CRM): Users can set and send service reminders to buyers and sellers, as well as set notifications for upcoming appointments. Features like birthday reminders are also included to enhance customer delight.

  8. Loyalty Programs: Business owners can now set up loyalty programs for their customers to support them in retaining customers for a long term by converting loyalty points directly into discounts on future purchases and avoid their customer churn post sales. The exclusive loyalty programs will enhance the relationship of SMBs with existing clients and attract new clients with attractive offers.

  9. Multiple Bank Accounts: Users can now manage multiple bank accounts and payment modes, making it easier to reconcile payments received and made from different accounts.

  10. Data Export to Tally: Users can seamlessly export all myBillBook data to Tally, a popular accounting software, making it easier to manage their business data and reports.

“Understanding the use cases and solving the pain points of our users through technology-led solutions is core to our philosophy. We’re thrilled to launch these new features and capabilities on myBillBook and strongly believe these would prove to be a game-changer for our users. In addition to core functionalities around invoicing, reports, inventory management, payments and accounting, myBillBook now also provides features for customer engagement, marketing, staff management and loyalty. myBillBook is steadily evolving into a one-stop solution and a complete business management software which simplifies operational processes and improves business efficiency on-the-go”, said Rahul Raj, CEO & Co-founder, FloBiz.

The new features introduced by myBillBook will help users improve their customer experience through streamlined CRM, service reminders, and WhatsApp Marketing. The addition of features for managing staff attendance and payroll, as well as advancements in accounting features such as providing balance sheets and GSTR in JSON format, will contribute to the acceleration of digitization for SMBs in building robust mobile-first solutions and addressing the pressing problems of the Indian SMB sector, in line with the vision of building an Aatmanirbhar Bharat.

 

₹1,49,577 Crore Gross GST Revenue Collected in February 2023

The gross GST revenue collected in the month of February 2023 is ₹1,49,577 crore of which CGST is ₹27,662 crore, SGST is ₹34,915 crore, IGST is ₹75,069 crore (including ₹35,689 crore collected on import of goods) and Cess is ₹11,931 crore (including ₹792 crore collected on import of goods)

The government has settled ₹34,770 crore to CGST and ₹29,054 crore to SGST from IGST as regular settlement. The total revenue of Centre and the States after regular settlements in the month of February 2023 is ₹62,432 crore for CGST and ₹63,969 crore for the SGST. In addition, Centre had also released balance GST compensation of ₹16,982 crore for the month of June 2022 and ₹16,524 crore to States/UTs which have sent AG certified figures for previous period.

The revenues for the month of February 2023 are 12% higher than the GST revenues in the same month last year, which was Rs. 1,33,026 crore. During the month, revenues from import of goods was 6% higher and the revenues from domestic transaction (including import of services) are 15% higher than the revenues from these sources during the same month last year. This month witnessed the highest cess collection of ₹11,931 crore since implementation of GST. Normally, February being a 28 day month, witnesses a relatively lower collection of revenue.

The chart below shows trends in monthly gross GST revenues during the current year. The table shows the state-wise figures of GST collected in each State during the month of February 2023 as compared to February 2022.

State-wise growth of GST Revenues during February 2023[1]

State Feb-22 Feb-23 Growth
Jammu and Kashmir 326 434 33%
Himachal Pradesh 657 691 5%
Punjab 1,480 1,651 12%
Chandigarh 178 188 5%
Uttarakhand 1,176 1,405 20%
Haryana 5,928 7,310 23%
Delhi 3,922 4,769 22%
Rajasthan 3,469 3,941 14%
Uttar Pradesh 6,519 7,431 14%
Bihar 1,206 1,499 24%
Sikkim 222 265 19%
Arunachal Pradesh 56 78 39%
Nagaland 33 54 64%
Manipur 39 64 64%
Mizoram 24 58 138%
Tripura 66 79 20%
Meghalaya 201 189 -6%
Assam 1,008 1,111 10%
West Bengal 4,414 4,955 12%
Jharkhand 2,536 2,962 17%
Odisha 4,101 4,519 10%
Chhattisgarh 2,783 3,009 8%
Madhya Pradesh 2,853 3,235 13%
Gujarat 8,873 9,574 8%
Dadra and Nagar Haveli 260 283 9%
Maharashtra 19,423 22,349 15%
Karnataka 9,176 10,809 18%
Goa 364 493 35%
Lakshadweep 1 3 274%
Kerala 2,074 2,326 12%
Tamil Nadu 7,393 8,774 19%
Puducherry 178 188 5%
Andaman and Nicobar Islands 22 31 40%
Telangana 4,113 4,424 8%
Andhra Pradesh 3,157 3,557 13%
Ladakh 16 24 56%
Other Territory 136 211 55%
Centre Jurisdiction 167 154 -8%
Total 98,550 1,13,096 15%

 

Finance Ministry to Clear GST Compensation of Rs. 16,982 Crore for June 2022

The 49th GST Council met under the Chairpersonship of Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi. The meeting was also attended by Union Minister of State for Finance Shri Pankaj Chaudhary besides Finance Ministers of States & UTs (with legislature) and senior officers of the Ministry of Finance & States/ UTs.

The GST Council has, inter-alia, made the following recommendations relating to GST compensation, GST Appellate Tribunal, approval of the Report of Group of Ministers (GoM) on Capacity Based Taxation and Special Composition Scheme in certain Sectors on GST, recommendations relating to GST rates on Goods and Services and other measures for facilitation of trade:

GST Compensation

  1. Government of India has decided to clear the entire pending balance GST compensation of Rs. 16,982 crore for June’2022 as shown in the table below. Since, there is no amount in the GST compensation Fund, Centre decided to release this amount from its own resources and the same will be recouped from the future compensation cess collection. With this release, Centre would clear the entire provisionally admissible compensation due for five years as envisaged in the GST (Compensation to States) Act’2017. In addition, Centre would also clear the admissible final GST compensation to those States who has provided the revenue figures as certified by the Accountant General of the States amounting to Rs. 16,524 crore.

 

S. No. Name of State/UT Balance GST compensation pending for June’2022 (Rs. In crore)
1 Andhra Pradesh 689
2 Bihar 92
3 Chhattisgarh 505
4 Delhi 1212
5 Goa 120
6 Gujarat 865
7 Haryana 629
8 Himachal Pradesh 229
0 Jammu and Kashmir 210
10 Jharkhand 342
11 Karnataka 1934
12 Kerala 780
13 Madhya Pradesh 730
14 Maharashtra 2102
15 Odisha 529
16 Puducherry 73
17 Punjab 995
18 Rajasthan 815
19 Tamil Nadu 1201
20 Telangana 548
21 Uttar Pradesh 1215
22 Uttarakhand 345
23 West Bengal 823
Total 16,982

 

    1. GST Appellate Tribunal

The Council adopted the report of Group of Ministers with certain modifications. The final draft amendments to the GST laws shall be circulated to Members for their comments. The Chairperson has been authorised to finalise the same.

    1. Approval of the Report of GoM on Capacity Based Taxation and Special Composition Scheme in certain Sectors on GST:

With a view to plug the leakages and improve the revenue collection from the commodities like pan masala, gutkha, chewing tobacco, the Council approved the recommendations of the GoM including, inter alia, that

    • the capacity based levy not to be prescribed;
    • compliance and tracking measures to be taken to plug leakages/evasions;
    • exports of such commodities to be allowed only against LUT with consequential refund of accumulated ITC;
    • compensation cess levied on such commodities to be changed from ad valorem to specific tax based levy to boost the first stage collection of the revenue

 

    1. Recommendations relating to GST rates on Goods and Services
  1. Changes in GST rates of Goods and Services

 

Sr. No. Description From To
Goods
1. ‘Rab’ 18% 5% – if sold prepackaged and labelled

Nil – if sold otherwise

2. Pencil Sharpener 18% 12%

Other changes relating to Goods and Services

  1. It has been decided to regularize payment of GST on ‘rab’ during the past period on “as is basis” on account of genuine doubts over its classification and applicable GST rate.
  2. It was decided to suitably amend notification No. 104/94-Customs dated 16.03.1994 so that if a device like tag- tracking device or data logger is already affixed on a container, no separate IGST shall be levied on such affixed device and the ‘nil’ IGST treatment available for the containers under notification No. 104/94-Customs shall also be available to the such affixed device subject to the existing conditions.
  3. It has been decided to amend entry at Sl. No. 41A of notification No. 1/2017-Compensation Cess (Rate) so that exemption benefit covers both coal rejects supplied to and by a coal washery, arising out of coal on which compensation cess has been paid and no input tax credit thereof has been availed by any person.
  4. It has been decided to extend the exemption available to educational institutions and Central and State educational boards for conduct of entrance examination to any authority, board or a body set up by the Central Government or State Government including National Testing Agency for conduct of entrance examination for admission to educational institutions.
  5. It has been decided to extend the dispensation available to Central Government, State Governments, Parliament and State Legislatures with regard to payment of GST under reverse charge mechanism (RCM) to the Courts and Tribunals also in respect of taxable services supplied by them such as renting of premises to telecommunication companies for installation of towers, renting of chamber to lawyers etc.
    1. Measures for facilitation of trade:
  1. Extension of time limit for application for revocation of cancellation of registration and one time amnesty for past cases: The Council has recommended amendment in section 30 of CGST Act, 2017 and rule 23 of CGST Rules, 2017 so as to provide that –
    • the time limit for making an application for revocation of cancellation of registration be increased from 30 days to 90 days;
    • where the registered person fails to apply for such revocation within 90 days, the said time period may be extended by the Commissioner or an officer authorised by him in this behalf for a further period not exceeding 180 days.

The Council has also recommended that an amnesty may be provided in the past cases, where registration has been cancelled on account of non-filing of the returns, but application for revocation of cancellation of registration could not be filed within the time specified in section 30 of CGST Act, by allowing such persons to file such application for revocation by a specified date, subject to certain conditions.

 

  1. Amendment to Section 62 of CGST Act, 2017 to extend timelines under sub-section (2) thereof and one time amnesty for past cases: As per sub-section (2) of section 62 of CGST Act, 2017, the best judgment assessment order issued under sub-section (1) of the said section is deemed to be withdrawn if the relevant return is filed within 30 days of service of the said assessment order. The Council recommended to amend section 62 so as to increase the time period for filing of return for enabling deemed withdrawal of such best judgment assessment order, from the present 30 days to 60 days, extendable by another 60 days, subject to certain conditions.

 

The Council has also recommended to provide an amnesty scheme for conditional deemed withdrawal of assessment orders in past cases where the concerned return could not be filed within 30 days of the assessment order but has been filed along with due interest and late fee upto a specified date, irrespective of whether appeal has been filed or not against the assessment order, or whether the said appeal has been decided or not.

 

  1. Rationalisation of Late fee for Annual Return: Presently, late fee of Rs 200 per day (Rs 100 CGST + Rs 100 SGST), subject to a maximum of 0.5% of the turnover in the State or UT (0.25% CGST + 0.25% SGST), is payable in case of delayed filing of annual return in FORM GSTR-9. The Council recommended to rationalise this late fee for delayed filing of annual return in FORM GSTR-9 for FY 2022-23 onwards, for registered persons having aggregate turnover in a financial year upto Rs 20 crore, as below:
    • Registered persons having an aggregate turnover of up to Rs. 5 crores in the said financial year: Rs 50 per day (Rs 25 CGST + Rs 25 SGST), subject to a maximum of an amount calculated at 0.04 per cent. of his turnover in the State or Union territory (0.02% CGST + 0.02% SGST).
    • Registered persons having an aggregate turnover of more than Rs. 5 crores and up to Rs. 20 crores in the said financial year: Rs 100 per day (Rs 50 CGST + Rs 50 SGST), subject to a maximum of an amount calculated at 0.04 per cent. of his turnover in the State or Union territory (0.02% CGST + 0.02% SGST).

 

  1. Amnesty in respect of pending returns in FORM GSTR-4, FORM GSTR-9 and FORM GSTR-10: To provide relief to a large number of taxpayers, the Council recommended amnesty schemes in respect of pending returns in FORM GSTR-4, FORM GSTR-9 and FORM GSTR-10 by way of conditional waiver/ reduction of late fee.

 

  1. Rationalization of provision of place of supply of services of transportation of goods: Council recommended to rationalize the provision of place of supply for services of transportation of goods by deletion of section 13(9) of IGST Act, 2017 so as to provide that the place of supply of services of transportation of goods, in cases where location of supplier of services or location of recipient of services is outside India, shall be the location of the recipient of services.

 

Note: The recommendations of the GST Council have been presented in this release containing major item of decisions in simple language for information of the stakeholders. The same would be given effect through the relevant circulars/ notifications/ law amendments which alone shall have the force of law.