Notification no 02/2018 Central Tax (Rate) date on 25th January, 2018, GST

 

Seeks to amend notification No. 12/2017- Central Tax (Rate) so as to exempt certain services as recommended by Goods and Services Tax Council in its 25th meeting held on 18.01.2018.

 

The extract of GST Notification No. 02/2018- Central Tax (Rate) is given below: 

Notification No. 02/2018- Central Tax (Rate), GST

 

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZZETE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION

 

3, SUB-SECTION (i)]

 

Government of India

 

Ministry of Finance

 

(Department of Revenue)

 

Notification No. 2/2018- Central Tax (Rate)

 

New Delhi, the 25^th January, 2018

 

G.S.R......(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 11 of the

 

Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.12/2017- Central Tax (Rate), dated the 28^thJune, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 691(E), dated the 28th June, 2017, namely:-

 

In the said notification, in the Table, -

 

(a)   against serial number 3, in the entry in column (3), after the words “a Governmental

 

Authority” the words “ or a Government Entity”  shall be inserted;

 

(b)   after serial number 3 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely: -

 

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
“3A	Chapter	Composite supply of goods and services in which	Nil	Nil”;
	99	the value of supply of goods constitutes not more
		than 25 per cent. of the value of the said composite
		supply provided to the Central Government, State
		Government or Union territory or local authority
		or  a  Governmental  authority  or  a  Government
		Entity by way of any activity in relation to any
		function  entrusted  to  a  Panchayat  under  article
		243G  of  the  Constitution  or  in  relation  to  any
		function entrusted to a Municipality under article
		243W of the Constitution.

 

 

(c)   against serial number 16, in the entry in column (3), for the words “one year”, the words

 

“three years” shall be substituted;

 

(d)   after serial number 19 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely: -

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
“19A	Heading	Services by way of transportation	Nil	Nothing contained in this
	9965	of  goods  by  an  aircraft  from		serial number shall apply
		customs  station  of  clearance  in		after the 30th day of
		India to a place outside India.		September, 2018.
19B	Heading	Services by way of transportation	Nil	Nothing contained in this
	9965	of goods by a vessel from customs		serial number shall apply
		station of clearance in India to a		after the 30th day of
		place outside India.		September, 2018.”;

 

(e)   against serial number 22, in the entry in column (3), after item (b), the following item shall be inserted, namely: -

 

“(c) motor vehicle for transport of students, faculty and staff, to a person providing services of transportation of students, faculty and staff to an educational institution providing services by way of pre-school education and education upto higher secondary school or equivalent.”;

 

(f)    after serial number 29 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely: -

 

(1)	(2)		(3)	(4)	(5)
“29A	Heading		Services of life insurance provided or agreed to be	Nil	Nil”;
	9971	or	provided by the Naval Group Insurance Fund to
	Heading		the  personnel  of  Coast  Guard  under  the  Group
	9991		Insurance Schemes of the Central Government.

 

(g)   against serial number 36, in the entry in column (3), in item (c), for the words “fifty thousand”, the words “two lakhs” shall be substituted;

 

(h)   after serial number 36 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely: -

 

(1)	(2)		(3)	(4)	(5)
“36A	Heading		Services by way of reinsurance of the insurance	Nil	Nil”;
	9971	or	schemes specified in serial number 35 or 36.
	Heading
	9991

 

(i)     after serial number 39 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely: -

 

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
“39A	Heading	Services by an intermediary of financial services	Nil	Nil”;
	9971	located in a multi services SEZ with International
		Financial  Services  Centre  (IFSC)  status  to  a
		customer  located  outside  India  for  international

financial services in currencies other than Indian rupees (INR).

 

Explanation.- For the purposes of this entry, the intermediary of financial services in IFSC is a person,-

 

(i)   who is permitted or recognised as such by the Government of India or any Regulator appointed for regulation of IFSC; or

 

(ii)    who is treated as a person resident outside India under the Foreign Exchange Management

 

(International Financial Services Centre) Regulations, 2015; or

 

(iii)       who is registered under the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India

 

(International Financial Service Centre) Guidelines, 2015 as IFSC Insurance Office; or

 

(iv)    who is permitted as such by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (International Financial Services Centres) Guidelines, 2015.

 

(j)     against serial number 45, in the entry in column (3),-

 

(i)      in item (a), after sub-item (ii), the following sub-item shall be inserted, namely:-

 

“(iii) the Central Government, State Government, Union territory, local authority, Governmental Authority or Government Entity;”;

 

(ii)      in item (b), after sub-item (iii), the following sub-item shall be inserted, namely:-“(iv) the Central Government, State Government, Union territory, local authority,

 

Governmental Authority or Government Entity;”;

 

(iii)      in item (c), after sub-item (ii), the following sub-item shall be inserted, namely:-

 

“(iii) the Central Government, State Government, Union territory, local authority, Governmental Authority or Government Entity.”;

 

(k)   after serial number 53 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely: -

 

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
“53A	Heading	Services  by  way  of  fumigation  in  a  warehouse  of	Nil	Nil”;
	9985	agricultural produce.

 

(l)     against serial number 54, in the entry in column (3), after item (g), the following item shall be inserted, namely:-

 

“(h) services by way of fumigation in a warehouse of agricultural produce.”;

 

(m) against serial number 60, in the entry in column (3), the words “the Ministry of External Affairs,” shall be omitted;

 

(n)   after serial number 65 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely: -

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
“65A	Heading	Services by way of providing information under the	Nil	Nil”;
	9991	Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005).

 

(o)   against serial number 66, in the entry in column (3),-

 

(i)      after item (a), the following item shall be inserted, namely:-

 

“(aa) by an educational institution by way of conduct of entrance examination against consideration in the form of entrance fee;”;

 

(ii)      in item (b),-

 

(A) in sub-item (iv), the words “upto higher secondary” shall be omitted;

 

(B)  after sub-item (iv), the following sub-item shall be inserted, namely:-

 

“(v) supply of online educational journals or periodicals:”;

 

(C)  in the proviso, for the word, brackets and letter “entry (b)”, the words, brackets and letters “sub-items (i), (ii) and (iii) of item (b)” shall be substituted;

 

(D) after the proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-

 

“Provided further that nothing contained in sub-item (v) of item (b) shall apply to an institution providing services by way of,-

 

(i)    pre-school education and education up to higher secondary school or equivalent; or

 

(ii)  education as a part of an approved vocational education course.”;

 

(p)   against serial number 77, in the entry in column (3), in item (c), for the words “five thousand”, the words “seven thousand five hundred” shall be substituted;

 

(q)   against serial number 81, for the entry in column (3), the following entry shall be substituted, namely: -

 

“Services by way of right to admission to-

 

(a)  circus, dance, or theatrical performance including drama or ballet;

 

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