75/2017-Central Tax : CGST (Fourteenth Amendment) Rules,2017

[To be published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i)] Government of India Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) Central Board of Excise and Customs Notification No. 75/2017 – Central Tax New Delhi, the 29th December, 2017 G.S.R……(E):- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 164 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, namely:- (1) These rules may be called the Central Goods and Services Tax (Fourteenth Amendment) Rules, 2017. (2) Unless otherwise specified, they shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, - (i) in rule 17, after sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:- “(1A) The Unique Identity Number granted under sub-rule (1) to a person under clause (a) of sub-section (9) of section 25 shall be applicable to the territory of India.”; (ii) in rule 19, after sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:- “(1A). Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), any particular of the application for registration shall not stand amended with effect from a date earlier than the date of submission of the application in FORM GST REG-14 on the common portal except with the order of the Commissioner for reasons to be recorded in writing and subject to such conditions as the Commissioner may, in the said order, specify.”; (iii) with effect from 23rd October, 2017, in rule 89, for sub-rule (4), the following shall be substituted, namely:- “(4) In the case of zero-rated supply of goods or services or both without payment of tax under bond or letter of undertaking in accordance with the provisions of sub- section (3) of section 16 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017), refund of input tax credit shall be granted as per the following formula – Refund Amount = (Turnover of zero-rated supply of goods + Turnover of zero-rated supply of services) x Net ITC ÷Adjusted Total Turnover Where, - (A) "Refund amount" means the maximum refund that is admissible; (B) "Net ITC" means input tax credit availed on inputs and input services during the relevant period other than the input tax credit availed for which refund is claimed under sub-rules (4A) or (4B) or both; (C) "Turnover of zero-rated supply of goods" means the value of zero-rated supply of goods made during the relevant period without payment of tax under bond or letter of undertaking, other than the turnover of supplies in respect of which refund is claimed under sub-rules (4A) or (4B) or both; (D) "Turnover of zero-rated supply of services" means the value of zero-rated supply of services made without payment of tax under bond or letter of undertaking, calculated in the following manner, namely:- Zero-rated supply of services is the aggregate of the payments received during the relevant period for zero-rated supply of services and zero-rated supply of services where supply has been completed for which payment had been received in advance in any period prior to the relevant period reduced by advances received for zero-rated supply of services for which the supply of services has not been completed during the relevant period; (E) "Adjusted Total turnover" means the turnover in a State or a Union territory, as defined under clause (112) of section 2, excluding – (a) the value of exempt supplies other than zero-rated supplies and (b) the turnover of supplies in respect of which refund is claimed under sub- rules (4A) or (4B) or both, if any, during the relevant period; (F) “Relevant period” means the period for which the claim has been filed. (4A) In the case of supplies received on which the supplier has availed the benefit of notification No. 48/2017-Central Tax dated 18th October, 2017, refund of input tax credit, availed in respect of other inputs or input services used in making zero-rated supply of goods or services or both, shall be granted. (4B) In the case of supplies received on which the supplier has availed the benefit of notification No. 40/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 23rd October, 2017 or notification No. 41/2017-Integrated Tax (Rate) dated 23rd October, 2017, or both, refund of input tax credit, availed in respect of inputs received under the said notifications for export of goods and the input tax credit availed in respect of other inputs or input services to the extent used in making such export of goods, shall be granted.”; (iv) in rule 95 - (a) for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:- “(1) Any person eligible to claim refund of tax paid by him on his inward supplies as per notification issued under section 55 shall apply for refund in FORM GST RFD-10 once in every quarter, electronically on the common portal or otherwise, either directly or through a Facilitation Centre notified by the Commissioner, along with a statement of the inward supplies of goods or services or both in FORM GSTR-11.”; (b) in sub-rule (3), in clause (a), the words “and the price of the supply covered under a single tax invoice exceeds five thousand rupees, excluding tax paid, if any” shall be omitted; (v) with effect from 23rd October, 2017, in rule 96 – (a) in the heading, after the words “paid on goods”, the words “or services” shall be inserted; (b) after sub-rule (8), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:- “(9) The persons claiming refund of integrated tax paid on export of goods or services should not have received supplies on which the supplier has availed the benefit of notification No. 48/2017-Central Tax dated 18th October, 2017 or notification No. 40/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 23rd October, 2017 or notification No. 41/2017- Integrated Tax (Rate) dated 23rd October, 2017.”; (vi) for FORM GST REG-10, the following form shall be substituted, namely:- “Form GST REG-10 [See rule 14(1)] Application for registration of person supplying online information and data base access or retrieval services from a place outside India to a person in India, other than a registered person. Part –A (i) Legal name of the person (ii) Tax identification number or unique number on the basis of which the entity is identified by the Government of that country (iii) Name of the Authorised Signatory (iv) Email Address of the Authorised Signatory (v) Name of the representative appointed in India, if any (a) Permanent Account Number of the representative in India (b) Email Address of the representative in India (c) Mobile Number of the representative in India (+91) Note- Relevant information submitted above is subject to online verification, where practicable, before proceeding to fill up Part-B. Part -B 1. Details of Authorised Signatory First Name Middle Name Last Name Photo Gender Male / Female / Others Designation Date of Birth DD/MM/YYYY Father’s Name Nationality Aadhaar, if any Address of the Authorised Signatory Address line 1 Address line 2 Address line 3 2. Date of commencement of the online service in India. DD/MM/YYYY 3 Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) of the website through which taxable services are provided: 1. 2. 3… 4 Jurisdiction Center Bengaluru West, CGST Commissionerate 5 Details of Bank Account of representative in India(if appointed) Account Number