(1) Where any goods on which duty, if any, had been paid under the existing law
at the time of removal thereof, not being earlier than six months prior to the
appointed day, are returned to any place of business on or after the appointed
day, the registered person shall be eligible for refund of the duty paid under
the existing law where such goods are returned by a person, other than a
registered person, to the said place of business within a period of six months
from the appointed day and such goods are identifiable to the satisfaction of
the proper officer:
Provided that if the said goods are returned by a registered person, the return
of such goods shall be deemed to be a supply.
(2) where, in pursuance of a contract entered into prior to the appointed day,
the price of any goods or services or both is revised upwards on or after the
appointed day, the registered person who had removed or provided such goods or
services or both shall issue to the recipient a supplementary invoice or debit
note, containing such particulars as may be prescribed, within thirty days of
such price revision and for the purposes of this Act such supplementary invoice
or debit note shall be deemed to have been issued in respect of an outward
supply made under this Act;
where, in pursuance of a contract entered into prior to the appointed day, the
price of any goods or services or both is revised downwards on or after the
appointed day, the registered person who had removed or provided such goods or
services or both may issue to the recipient a credit note, containing such
particulars as may be prescribed, within thirty days of such price revision and
for the purposes of this Act such credit note shall be deemed to have been
issued in respect of an outward supply made under this Act:
Provided that the registered person shall be allowed to reduce his tax liability
on account of issue of the credit note only if the recipient of the credit note
has reduced his input tax credit corresponding to such reduction of tax
liability.
(3) Every claim for refund filed by any person before, on or after the appointed
day, for refund of any amount of CENVAT credit, duty, tax, interest or any other
amount paid under the existing law, shall be disposed of in accordance with the
provisions of existing law and any amount eventually accruing to him shall be
paid in cash, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained under the
provisions of existing law other than the provisions of sub-section (2) of
section 11B of the Central Excise Act, 1944:
Provided that where any claim for refund of CENVAT credit is fully or partially
rejected, the amount so rejected shall lapse:
Provided further that no refund shall be allowed of any amount of CENVAT credit
where the balance of the said amount as on the appointed day has been carried
forward under this Act.
(4) Every claim for refund filed after the appointed day for refund of any duty
or tax paid under existing law in respect of the goods or services exported
before or after the appointed day, shall be disposed of in accordance with the
provisions of the existing law:
Provided that where any claim for refund of CENVAT credit is fully or partially
rejected, the amount so rejected shall lapse:
Provided further that no refund shall be allowed of any amount of CENVAT credit
where the balance of the said amount as on the appointed day has been carried
forward under this Act.
(5) Every claim filed by a person after the appointed day for refund of tax paid
under the existing law in respect of services not provided shall be disposed of
in accordance with the provisions of existing law and any amount eventually
accruing to him shall be paid in cash, notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained under the provisions of existing law other than the provisions of
sub-section (2) of section 11B of the Central Excise Act, 1944.
(6) every proceeding of appeal, review or reference relating to a claim for
CENVAT credit initiated whether before, on or after the appointed day under the
existing law shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of existing
law, and any amount of credit found to be admissible to the claimant shall be
refunded to him in cash, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
under the provisions of existing law other than the provisions of sub-section
(2) of section 11B of the Central Excise Act, 1944 and the amount rejected, if
any, shall not be admissible as input tax credit under this Act:
Provided that no refund shall be allowed of any amount of CENVAT credit where
the balance of the said amount as on the appointed day has been carried forward
under this Act;
every proceeding of appeal, review or reference relating to recovery of CENVAT
credit initiated whether before, on or after the appointed day under the
existing law shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of existing
law and if any amount of credit becomes recoverable as a result of such appeal,
review or reference, the same shall, unless recovered under the existing law, be
recovered as an arrear of tax under this Act and the amount so recovered shall
not be admissible as input tax credit under this Act.
(7) every proceeding of appeal, review or reference relating to any output duty
or tax liability initiated whether before, on or after the appointed day under
the existing law, shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of the
existing law, and if any amount becomes recoverable as a result of such appeal,
review or reference, the same shall, unless recovered under the existing law, be
recovered as an arrear of duty or tax under this Act and the amount so recovered
shall not be admissible as input tax credit under this Act.
every proceeding of appeal, review or reference relating to any output duty or
tax liability initiated whether before, on or after the appointed day under the
existing law, shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of the
existing law, and any amount found to be admissible to the claimant shall be
refunded to him in cash, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
under the provisions of existing law other than the
provisions of sub-section (2) of section 11B of the Central Excise Act, 1944 and
the amount rejected, if any, shall not be admissible as input tax credit under
this Act.
(8) where in pursuance of an assessment or adjudication proceedings instituted,
whether before, on or after the appointed day, under the existing law, any
amount of tax, interest, fine or penalty becomes recoverable from the person,
the same shall, unless recovered under the existing law, be recovered as an
arrear of tax under this Act and the amount so recovered shall not be admissible
as input tax credit under this Act;
where in pursuance of an assessment or adjudication proceedings instituted,
whether before, on or after the appointed day, under the existing law, any
amount of tax, interest, fine or penalty becomes refundable to the taxable
person, the same shall be refunded to him in cash under the said law,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the said law other than
the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 11B of the Central Excise Act, 1944
and the amount rejected, if any, shall not be admissible as input tax credit
under this Act.
(9) where any return, furnished under the existing law, is revised after the
appointed day and if, pursuant to such revision, any amount is found to be
recoverable or any amount of CENVAT credit is found to be inadmissible, the same
shall, unless recovered under the existing law, be recovered as an arrear of tax
under this Act and the amount so recovered shall not be admissible as input tax
credit under this Act;
where any return, furnished under the existing law, is revised after the
appointed day but within the time limit specified for such revision under the
existing law and if, pursuant to such revision, any amount is found to be
refundable or CENVAT credit is found to be admissible to any taxable person, the
same shall be refunded to him in cash under the existing law, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in the said law other than the provisions of
sub-section (2) of section 11B of the Central Excise Act, 1944 and the amount
rejected, if any, shall not be admissible as input tax credit under this Act.
(10) Save as otherwise provided in this Chapter, the goods or services or both
supplied on or after the appointed day in pursuance of a contract entered into
prior to the appointed day shall be liable to tax under the provisions of this
Act.
(11) notwithstanding anything contained in section 12, no tax shall be payable
on goods under this Act to the extent the tax was leviable on the said goods
under the Value Added Tax Act of the State;
notwithstanding anything contained in section 13, no tax shall be payable on
services under this Act to the extent the tax was leviable on the said services
under Chapter V of the Finance Act, 1994;
where tax was paid on any supply both under the Value Added Tax Act and under
Chapter V of the Finance Act, 1994, tax shall be leviable under this Act and the
taxable person shall be entitled to take credit of value added tax or service
tax paid under the existing law to the extent of supplies made after the
appointed day and such credit shall be calculated in such manner as may be
prescribed.
(12) Where any goods sent on approval basis, not earlier than six months before
the appointed day, are rejected or not approved by the buyer and returned to the
seller on or after the appointed day, no tax shall be payable thereon if such
goods are returned within six months from the appointed day:
Provided that the said period of six months may, on sufficient cause being
shown, be extended by the Commissioner for a further period not exceeding two
months:
Provided further that the tax shall be payable by the person returning the goods
if such goods are liable to tax under this Act, and are returned after a period
specified in this sub-section:
Provided also that tax shall be payable by the person who has sent the goods on
approval basis if such goods are liable to tax under this Act, and are not
returned within a period specified in this sub-section
(13) Where a supplier has made any sale of goods in respect of which tax was
required to be deducted at source under any law of a State or Union territory
relating to Value Added Tax and has also issued an invoice for the same before
the appointed day, no deduction of tax at source under section 51 shall be made
by the deductor under the said section where payment to the said supplier is
made on or after the appointed day
Explanation.-For the purposes of this Chapter, the expressions "capital goods",
"Central Value Added Tax (CENVAT) credit", "first stage dealer", "second stage
dealer", or "manufacture" shall have the same meaning as respectively assigned
to them in the Central Excise Act, 1944 or the rules made thereunder.
Chapter XIX Offences and Penalties
Section 122 : Penalty for certain offences
Section 123 : Penalty for failure to furnish information returns
Section 124: Fine for failure to furnish statistics
Section 126 : General disciplines related to penalty
Section 127 : Power to impose penalty in certain cases
Section 128 : Power to wave penalty or fee or both
Section 129 : Detention, seizure and release of goods and conveyances in transit
Section 130 : Confiscation of goods or conveyances and levy of penalty
Section 131 : Confiscation or penalty not to interfere with other punishments
Section 132 : Punishment for certain offences
Section 133 : Liability of officers and certain other persons
Section 134 : Cognizance of offences
Section 135 : Presumption of culpable mental state
Section 136 : Relevancy of statement under certain circumstances
Section 137 : Offences by Companies
Section 138 : Compounding of offences
Chapter XX Transitional Provisions
Section 139 : Migration of existing tax payers
Section 140 : Transitional arrangements for input tax credit
Section 141 : Transitional Provision relating to job work
Section 142 : Miscellaneous transitional provisions
Chapter XXI Miscellaneous
Section 143 : Job Work Procedure
Section 144 : Presumption as to documents in certain cases
Section 148 : Special Procedure for certain processes
Section 149 : Goods and Services tax compliance rating
Section 150 : Obligation to furnish information return
Section 151 : Power to collect statistics
Section 152 : Bar on disclosure of information
Section 153 : Taking assistance from an expert
Section 154 : Power to take samples
Section 156 : Persons deemed to be public servants
Section 157 : Protection of action taken under this act
Section 158 : Disclosure of Information by a pubic servant
Section 159 : Publication for information in respect of persons in certain cases
Section 160 : Assessment Proceedings etc not to be invalid on certain grounds
Section 161 : Rectification of errors apparent on the face of record
Section 162 : Bar on Jurisdiction of Civil Court
Section 164 : Power of Government to make rules
Section 165 : Power to make regulations
Section 166 : Laying of Rules regulations and notifications
Section 167 : Delegation of Powers
Section 168 : Power to issue instructions or directions
Section 169 : Service of notice in certain circumstances
Section 170 : Rounding off of tax etc
Section 171 : Anti Profiteering Measure
Section 172 : Removal of difficulties
Section 173 : Amendment of Act 32 of 1994
Section 174 : Repeal and Saving
Schedule I
Activities to be treated as supply made even if made without consideration
Schedule II
Activities to be treated as supply of goods or supply of service
Schedule III
3%, 5%, 18% GST items 26.7.2018
18% GST notification 10.11.2017
0%, 5%, 12% reduced on 10.11.17
IGST Rates reduced on 10.11.2017
3% & 0.25% GST Goods (Original)
18% GST Materials (Original List)
Compensation Cess Rates (Original)