Office of the
Commissioner of State Tax,
Maharashtra State, 8th Floor, GST
Bhavan, Mazgaon, Mumbai-400 010.
To,
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Subject : Clarification on certain issues (sale fey government departments to unregistered person; leviability of penalty under section 73 (11) of the MGST Act; rate of tax in case of debit notes / credit notes issued under section 142(12) of the MGST Act; applicability of notification No. 50/2018-State Tax; valuation methodology in case of TCS under Income Tax Act and definition of owner of goods) related to GST
Ref. CBIC Circular No. Circular No. 76/50/2018-GST dated, 31st December 2018.
Sir/ Gentlemen/Madam
1. Various representations have been received in the Board seeking clarification on certain issues under the GST laws. On this aspect Board has issued a Circular cited at Ref. above. In view of this, a Trade Circular is being issued in order to clarify these issues and to ensure uniformity of implementation across field formations, the Commissioner of State Tax, Maharashtra State, in exercise of its powers conferred under section 168 (1) of the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the "MGST Act") hereby clarifies the issues as below:
2. Vide notification No. 36/2017- State Tax (Rate) and notification No. 37/2017- Integrated Tax (Rate) both dated 13.10.2017, it has been notified that intrastate and inter-State supply respectively of used vehicles, seized and confiscated goods, old and used goods, waste and scrap by the Central Government, State Government, Union territory or a local authority to any registered person, would be subject to GST on reverse charge basis as per which tax is payable by the recipient of such supplies.
3. A doubt has arisen about taxability of in tra-State and inter-State supply of used vehicles, seized and confiscated goods, old and used goods, waste and scrap made by the Central Government, State Government, Union territory or a local authority to an unregistered person.
4. It was noted that such supply to an unregistered person is also a taxable supply under GST but is not covered under notification No. 36/2017-State Tax (Rate) and notification No. 37/2017-Integrated Tax (Rate) both dated 13.10.2017. 5. In this regard, it is clarified that the respective Government departments (i.e. Central Government, State Government, Union territory or a local authority) shall be liable to get registered and pay GST on intra-State and inter-State supply of used vehicles, seized and confiscated goods, old and used goods, waste and scrap made by them to an unregistered person subject to the provisions of sections 22 and 24 of the MGST Act.
2. It may be noted that a show cause notice (SCN for short) is required to be issued to a person where it appears to the proper officer that any tax has not been paid or short paid or erroneously refunded or where input tax credit has been wrongly availed or utilised for any reason under the provisions of section 73(1) of the MGST Act. The provisions of section 73(11) of the MGST Act can be invoked only when the provisions of section 73 are invoked.
3. The provisions of section 73 of the MGST Act are generally not invoked in case of delayed filing of the return in FORM GSTR-3B because tax along with applicable interest has already been paid but after the due date for payment of such tax. It is accordingly clarified that penalty under the provisions of section 73(11) of the MGST Act is not payable in such cases. It is further clarified that since the tax has been paid late in contravention of the provisions of the MGST Act, a general penalty under section 125 of the MGST Act may be imposed after following the due process of law.
2. It is accordingly clarified that in case of revision of prices, after the appointed date, of any goods or services supplied before the appointed day thereby requiring issuance of any supplementary invoice, debit note or credit note, the rate as per the provisions of the GST Acts (both MGST and SGST or IGST) would be applicable.
2. It is clarified that the long line written in clause (a) in notification No. 50/2018-State Tax dated 18.09.2018 is applicable to both the items (i) and (ii) of clause (a) of the said notification. Thus, an authority or a board or any other body whether set up by an Act of Parliament or a State Legislature or established by any Government in which fifty one per cent, or more participation by way of equity or control is with the Government.
2. It is clarified that as per the above provisions, taxable value for the purposes of GST shall include the TCS amount collected under the provisions of the Income Tax Act since the value to be paid to the supplier by the buyer is inclusive of the said TCS.
2. This clarification applies, mutatis mutandis, to corresponding entries of respective IGST, UTGST, SGST exemption notifications. Difficulty, if any, in implementation of this Circular may be brought to the notice of the office of the Commissioner of State Tax, Maharashtra State.
Yours Faithfully,
(Rajiv Jalota)
(GST) Maharashtra State, Mumbai.