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Government clarifies that accommodation in any hotel, including 5-star hotels, having a declared tariff of a unit of accommodation of less than INR 7500 per unit per day, will attract GST @ 18% ; Star rating of hotels is, therefore, irrelevant for determining the applicable rate of GST.
The main demand of the textile traders is not to put any tax on fabrics. However, the same cannot be accepted because of the following reasons: Nil GST on fabrics will break the input tax credit chain and then the garments / made ups manufacturers will not be able to get the credit of tax on previous stages
Specified assistive devices, rehabilitation aids and other goods for differently abled people attract the lowest (non-Nil) GST rate of 5%. Most of the inputs for such goods attract 18% GST. Nil GST on any goods zero rates inputs, while domestic goods continue to bear input taxes. Further, for any goods which attract GST rate (other […]
GST rates so notified are lower than the pre-GST tax incidence on most of the items of mass consumption such as cereals, pulses, milk, tea, vegetable edible oils, sugar, toothpaste, hair oil, soap, footwear, Children’s’ picture, drawing or coloring books, etc. The GST rates on supply of goods and services have been notified based on […]
Chartered Accountants Final Examination held in May, 2017- I. Details of top three rank holders on All India Basis for Chartered Accountants Final Examination held in May, 2017 are mentioned below:
GST : to migrate from a complicated and multi tax system to a simpler tax system The tax rates on goods and services have been fixed taking into consideration, inter alia, the total indirect tax incidence in pre- GST regime, including cascading of taxes. The GST rates so notified are lower than the pre– GST […]
Question 1: How are exports treated under the GST Law? Answer: Under the GST Law, export of goods or services has been treated as: i) inter-State supply and covered under the IGST Act. ii) ‘zero rated supply’ i.e. the goods or services exported shall be relieved of GST levied upon them either at the input stage or at […]
Does the buyer of raw cotton (who is a registered person) from the farmer need to pay GST on Reverse Charge basis? Answer: Yes. As the cotton under heading 5201 and 5203 has been placed under 5% rate and the cotton farmer is not liable to registration, the buyers of raw cotton (who are registered persons) from the farmers are required to pay tax on reverse charge basis as per Section 9 (4) of the CGST Act, 2017.
F. No. 450/15/2017-Cus IV Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue (Central Board of Excise & Custom) ******** Circular No. 30/2017-Cus New Delhi, dated 18th July, 2017 To All Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners of Customs / Customs (Preventive), All Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise, All Directors General, All Principal […]
Seeks to amend notification No. 1/2017- Compensation Cess (Rate), dated 28th, June, 2017 so as to increase the Compensation Cess rates on cigarettes as mentioned in the notification with effect from 18th, July, 2017 – 03/2017
