Notification no 8/2017 Central Tax date on 27^th June, 2017, GST

 

 

The extract of GST Notification No. 8/2017- Central Tax is given below:

 

Notification No. 8/2017- Central Tax, GST

 

 

 

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i) OF THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY]

 

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(Department of Revenue)

 

Notification No. 8/2017-Central Tax

 

New Delhi, the 27th June, 2017

 

G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred under the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 10 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby prescribes that an eligible registered person, whose aggregate turnover in the preceding financial year did not exceed seventy five lakh rupees, may opt to pay, in lieu of the central tax payable by him, an amount calculated at the rate of,––

 

(i)          one per cent. of the turnover in State in case of a manufacturer,

 

(ii)         two and a half per cent. of the turnover in State in case of persons engaged in making supplies referred to in clause (b) of paragraph 6 of Schedule II of the said Act, and

 

(iii)       half per cent. of the turnover in State in case of other suppliers:

 

Provided that the aggregate turnover in the preceding financial year shall be fifty lakh rupees in the case of an eligible registered person, registered under section 25 of the said Act, in any following States, namely: -

 

(i)               Arunachal Pradesh,

(ii)              Assam,

(iii)            Manipur,

(iv)            Meghalaya,

(v)             Mizoram,

(vi)            Nagaland,

(vii)          Sikkim,

(viii)         Tripura,

(ix)            Himachal Pradesh:

 

Provided further that the registered person shall not be eligible to opt for composition levy under sub-section (1) of section 10 of the said Act if such person is a manufacturer of the goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table below and falling under the tariff item, sub-heading, heading or Chapter, as the case may be, as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Table:-

 

		TABLE
S.	Tariff item, sub-	Description
No.	heading, heading
	or Chapter
(1)	(2)	(3)
1.	2105 00 00	Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa.
2.	2106 90 20	Pan masala
3.	24	All goods, i.e. Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes