No. 1068 –F.T., the 21st day of June, 2017.— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 164 of the West Bengal Goods and Services Tax Ordinance, 2017 (West Ben. Ord. No. II of 2017), the Governor is pleased hereby to make the following rules, namely
Governor is pleased hereby to notify www.gst.gov.in as the Common Goods and Services Tax Electronic Portal for facilitating registration, payment of tax, furnishing of returns, computation and settlement of integrated tax and electronic way bill.
Governor is pleased hereby to appoint the 22nd day of June, 2017, as the date on which the provisions of sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 139, 146 and 164 of the said Ordinance shall come into force.
In exercise of power conferred upon me under sub-section (2) of section 4 of the West Bengal Goods and Services Tax Ordinance, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the said Ordinance), I hereby specify that the Additional Commissioner, the Senior joint Commissioner, the Joint Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner, the State Tax Officer and the Assistant State Tax Officer of State Tax posted in the Central Registration Unit, a unit under the Commercial Taxes Directorate, West Bengal, with its office at Sales Tax Building, 14, Beliaghata Road, Kolkata – 700 015, for dealing with the matter of Registration under the said Ordinance and the Rules made there under, shall exercise jurisdiction over the whole of the State of West Bengal unless specific jurisdiction is mentioned.
Import of Insecticides/Pesticides are subject to the provisions of Insecticides Act, 1968. As per provisions of Section 9 of Insecticide Act, 1968 , no insecticide are allowed to be imported without a valid certificate of Registration or an import permit issued by Secretary Central Insecticide Board & Registration Committee under his signature and office seal.
In view of the long gestation period and showing negative returns, industry body ASSOCHAM has suggested that infrastructure and transportation such as road and railway sectors should continue to be exempted under Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime.
Manufacturer/ Service Provider/Trader whose annual turnover is below Rs, 20 Lakh* need not pay any GST and need not register. Those with annual turnover up to Rs. 75 lakh can opt for composition scheme in which case the tax rates will be as follows:-
Transition of Registration: Any dealer who is registered under Stale VAT, Central Excise, Service tax etc having a valid PAN shall he given provisional registration., Dealers who have been given provisional registration would he given final registration on submission of prescribed documents.
The Bombay High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Section 129 E of the Indian Customs Act, 1962, that makes pre- deposit mandatory for filing an appeal before the tribunal or the Commissioner (Appeals) concerned.
Regulation 23 of the SEBI (Issue and Listing of Debt Securities by Municipalities) Regulations, 2015 (SEBI ILDM Regulations) prescribe disclosures to be made by issuers making public issues of debt securities or seeking listing of debt securities issued on private placement basis to the Stock Exchange(s). The said disclosures, inter-alia, include disclosures for financial as well as non-financial information.
