1. Real estate sector is one of the largest contributors to the national GDP and provides employment opportunity to large numbers of people. “Housing for All by 2022” envisions that every citizen would have a house and the urban areas would be free of slums. There are reports of slowdown in the sector and low off-take of under-construction houses which needs to be addressed. To boost the residential segment of the real estate sector, following recommendations were made by the GST Council in its 33rd meeting held today:
2. GST rate:
i. GST shall be levied at effective GST rate of 5% without ITC on residential properties outside affordable segment;
ii. GST shall be levied at effective GST of 1% without ITC on affordable housing properties.
3. Effective date: The new rate shall become applicable from 1st of April, 2019.
4. Definition of affordable housing shall be:-
A residential house/flat of carpet area of upto 90 sqm in non-metropolitan cities/towns and 60 sqm in metropolitan cities having value upto Rs. 45 lacs (both for metropolitan and non-metropolitan cities).
Metropolitan Cities are Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi NCR (limited to Delhi, Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Faridabad), Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai (whole of MMR).
5. GST exemption on TDR/ JDA, long term lease (premium), FSI:
Intermediate tax on development right, such as TDR, JDA, lease (premium), FSI shall be exempted only for such residential property on which GST is payable.
6. Details of the scheme shall be worked out by an officers committee and shall be approved by the GST Council in a meeting to be called specifically for this purpose.
7. Advantages of the recommendations made:
The new tax rate in principle was approved by the Council taking into consideration the following advantages:-
1. The buyer of house gets a fair price and affordable housing gets very attractive with GST @ 1%.
2. Interest of the buyer/consumer gets protected; ITC benefits not being passed to them shall become a non-issue.
3. Cash flow problem for the sector is addressed by exemption of GST on development rights, long term lease (premium), FSI etc.
4. Unutilized ITC, which used to become cost at the end of the project gets removed and should lead to better pricing.
5. Tax structure and tax compliance becomes simpler for builders.
8. GST Council decided that the issue of tax rate on lottery needs further discussion in the GoM constituted in this regard.
The decisions of the GST Council have been presented in this note in simple language for easy understanding. The same would be given effect to through Gazette notifications/ circulars which alone shall have force of law.
Source- PIB
SIR HSN/SAC CODE OF FLAT SALES @12% ?
Wanted to know applicable rate of GST @1% in respect of purchase of Flat with example.
HSN Code?
I AM BUYING AN APRATMENT OF SQFT OF 1710 FOR COST OF RS.2565000 AND WHAT WOULD BE THE GST
What about for under construction flats already sold. who will borne loss of input tax credit buyer or seller.
what about if construction of commercial property ? then how much rate will apply ? and what is rules, regulation and condition for ongoing construction of residential property for balance of gst inputs credits ?
Swaminathan Venkataraman
4 hrs ·
GST > 5%…
“GST payable for under-construction flat will BE NOW 5%: Arun Jaitley”
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And, – Indicated effective date is April 1, 2019.
IMPROMPTU
It is only NOW that the RATE has been finally fixed. Accordng to the scheme of things under the GST regime, having regard also to the protracted official deliberartions reported from time to time , until NOW,-that is, ever since the idea of GST came to be introduced .- the reduced RATE of 5 % has to be taken to apply to all ”únder construction” projects as of date.
OVER to GST pundits for enlightenment !
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What happens to RCM payments?
so far we have paid RCM and claimed credit.
w.e.f 1st April, 2019 how is that been treated?