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No.

50

Poudouchéry

Mercredi

13

Mars

2019 (22 Phalguna 1940)

No.

Puducherry

Wednesday

13th

March

2019

GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

COMMERCIAL TAXES SECRETARIAT

(G.O. Ms. No. 2/2019-Puducherry GST (Rate), Puducherry, dated 13th March 2019)

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 9, sub-section (1) of section 11, sub-

section (1) of section 16 of the Puducherry Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Act No.6 of 2017) (hereinafter referred

to as the “said Act”), the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, on the recommendations of the Council, and on being

satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby notifies that the State tax, on the intra-State

supply of goods or services or both as specified in column (1) of the Table below, shall be levied at the rate specified

in the corresponding entry in column (2), subject to the conditions as specified in the corresponding entry

in column (3) of the said Table below, namely:-

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TABLE

Description of supply

Rate

Conditions

(per

cent.)

(1)

(2)

(3)

1. Supplies are made by a registered person, -

(i)

whose aggregate turnover in the preceding financial

year was fifty lakh rupees or below;

(ii)

who is not eligible to pay tax under sub-section (1) of

section 10 of the said Act;

(iii)

who is not engaged in making any supply which is not

leviable to tax under the said Act;

(iv)

who is not engaged in making any inter-State outward

supply;

(v)

who is neither a casual taxable person nor a

non-resident taxable person;

(vi)

who is not engaged in making any supply through an

electronic commerce operator who is required to collect

tax at source under section 52;and

(vii)

who is not engaged in making supplies of the goods,

the description of which is specified in column (3) of

the Annexure 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 annexure.

2. Where more than one registered person are having the

same Permanent Account Number, issued under the Income

Tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), State tax on supplies by all such

registered persons is paid at the rate specified in column (2)

under this notification.

3. The registered person shall not collect any tax from the

recipient on supplies made by him nor shall he be entitled to

any credit of input tax.

4. The registered person shall issue, instead of tax invoice,

a bill of supply as referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (3)

of section 31 of the said Act with particulars as prescribed

in rule 49 of Puducherry Goods and Services Tax Rules.

5. The registered person shall mention the following words

at the top of the bill of supply, namely:-

‘taxable person paying tax in terms of notification of the

Government of Puducherry, Commercial Taxes Secretariat

issued vide G.O. Ms. No. 2/2019-Puducherry GST (Rate),

dated —-02-2019, not eligible to collect tax on supplies’.

First supplies of goods or services

or both upto an aggregate turnover of

fifty lakh rupees made on or after the

1st day of April in any financial year,

by a registered person.

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6. The registered person opting to pay State tax at the rate

of three per cent, under this notification shall be liable to pay

State tax at the rate of three percent, on all outward supplies

specified in column (1) notwithstanding any other

notification issued under sub-section (1) of section 9 or under

section 11 of said Act.

7. The registered person opting to pay State tax at the rate

of three per cent, under this notification shall be liable to pay

State tax on inward supplies on which he is liable to pay tax

under sub-section (3) or, as the case may be, under

sub-section (4) of section 9 of said Act at the applicable rates.

Explanation.-For the purposes of this notification, the

expression "first supplies of goods or services or both" shall,

for the purposes of determining eligibility of a person to pay

tax under this notification, include the supplies from the first

day of April of a financial year to the date from which he

becomes liable for registration under the said Act, but, for

the purpose of determination of tax payable under this

notification shall not include the supplies from the first day

of April of a financial year to the date from which he becomes

liable for registration under the Act.

ANNEXURE

Sl.

Tariff item,

Description

No.

sub-heading,

heading or

Chapter

(1)

(2)

(3)

1

21050000

Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not cocoa.

2

21069020

Pan masala

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All goods, i.e., Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes.

2. In computing aggregate turnover in order to determine eligibility of a registered person to pay State tax

at the rate of three per cent, under this notification, value of supply of exempt services by way of extending deposits,

loans or advances in so far as the consideration is represented by way of interest or discount, shall not be taken

into account.

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First supplies of goods or services

or both upto an aggregate turnover of

fifty lakh rupees made on or after the

1st day of April in any financial year,

by a registered person.

(1)

(2)

(3)

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3. Explanation. –For the purpose of this notification, -

(i) “tariff item”, “sub-heading”, “heading” and “Chapter” shall mean respectively a tariff item, sub-heading,

heading and chapters specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975).

(ii) the rules for the interpretation of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975),

including the Section and Chapter Notes and the General Explanatory Notes of the First Schedule shall, so far as

may be, apply to the interpretation of this notification.

4. This notification shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 2019.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

TARSEM KUMAR, I.A.S.,

Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government (Finance).

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