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Panaji, 28th September, 2017 (Asvina 6, 1939)

SERIES I No. 26

Reg. No. G-2/RNP/GOA/32/2015-2017

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Finance

Revenue & Control Division

Notification

38/1/2017-Fin(R&C)(30/2017-Rate)/2451

In exercise of the powers conferred by

sub-section (1) of section 11 of the Goa Goods

and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Goa Act 4 of 2017),

the Government of Goa, 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 Government Notification

No. 38/1/2017-Fin(R&C)(12/2017-Rate) dated

30th June, 2017, published in the Extra-

ordinary Official Gazette No. 3, Series I No. 13

dated 30th June, 2017, namely:—

In the said notification, in the Table, after

serial number 9A and the entries relating

thereto, the following shall be inserted,

namely:—

(1) (2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

“9B Chapter 99 Supply of services

Nil Nil”.

associated with

transit cargo to Nepal

and Bhutan (land-

locked countries).

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Sushama D. Kamat, Under Secretary,

Finance (R&C).

Porvorim, 28th September, 2017.

Suggestions are welcomed on e-mail: dir–[email protected]

EXTRAORDINARY

Notification

38/1/2017-Fin(R&C)(18)/2452

In exercise of the powers conferred by

section 164 of the Goa Goods and Services Tax

Act, 2017 (Goa Act 4 of 2017), the Government

of Goa hereby makes the following rules

further to amend the Goa Goods and Services

Tax Rules, 2017, namely:—

(1) These rules may be called the Goa Goods

and Services Tax (Seventh Amendment) Rules,

2017.

(2) Save as otherwise provided in these

rules, they shall be deemed to have come into

force with effect from the 15th day of

September, 2017.

2. In the Goa Goods and Services Tax Rules,

2017 (hereinafter referred to as the principal

rules), in rule 3—

(i) after sub-rule (3), the following sub-rule

shall be inserted, namely:—

“(3A)

Notwithstanding

anything

contained in sub-rules (1), (2) and (3), a

person who has been granted registration

on a provisional basis under rule 24 or who

has applied for registration under sub-rule

(1) of rule 8 may opt to pay tax under section

10 with effect from the first day of October,

2017 by electronically filing an intimation

in FORM GST CMP-02, on the common

portal either directly or through a

Facilitation Centre notified by the

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Commissioner, before the said date and shall

furnish the statement in FORM GST ITC-03

in accordance with the provisions of

sub-rule (4) of rule 44 within a period of

ninety days from the said date:

Provided that the said persons shall not be

allowed to furnish the declaration in FORM

GST TRAN-1 after the statement in FORM GST

ITC-03 has been furnished.”;

(ii) in sub-rule (5), after the words, brackets

and figure “or sub-rule (3)”, the words,

brackets, figure and letter “or sub-rule (3A)”

shall be inserted;

3. In the principal rules, with effect from the

1st day of July, 2017, in rule 96A, in sub-rule

(5), for the word “Board”, the word

“Commissioner” shall be substituted;

4. In the principal rules, after rule 120, the

following rule shall be inserted, namely:—

“120A. Every registered person who has

submitted a declaration electronically in

FORM GST TRAN-1 within the time period

specified in rule 117, rule 118, rule 119 and

rule 120 may revise such declaration once

and submit the revised declaration in FORM

GST TRAN-1 electronically on the common

portal within the time period specified in

the said rules or such further period as may

be extended by the Commissioner in this

behalf.”;

5. In the principal rules, in rule 127, after

clause (iii), the following clause shall be

inserted, namely:—

“(iv) to furnish a performance report to

the Council by the tenth of the close of each

quarter.”;

6. In the principal rules, in rule 138, in

sub-rule (1), the following provisos shall be

inserted, namely:—

“Provided that where goods are sent by

a principal located in one State to a job-

-worker located in any other State, the

e-way bill shall be generated by the

principal irrespective of the value of the

consignment:

Provided further that where handicraft

goods are transported from one State to

another by a person who has been exempted

from the requirement of obtaining registration

under clauses (i) and (ii) of section 24, the

e-way bill shall be generated by the said

person irrespective of the value of the

consignment.

Explanation.— For the purposes of this rule,

the expression “handicraft goods” has the

meaning as assigned to it in the Government

of India, Ministry of Finance, notification

No. 32/2017-Central Tax dated 15-09-2017

published in the Gazette vide number G.S.R.

1158(E).;

7. In the principal rules, with effect from the

1st day of July, 2017, in “FORM GST TRAN-1”,

(i) in Serial No. 5(a), in the heading, for the

words, figures and brackets “and Section

140(4)(a)”, the words, figures, brackets and

letter “, Section 140 (4) (a) and Section 140(9)”

shall be substituted;

(ii) in Serial No. 7(a), in the table, in Serial

No. 7A, in the heading, after the word

“invoices”, the words, brackets and letters

“(including Credit Transfer Document (CTD))”

shall be inserted;

(iii) after the words “Designation/Status”,

the following shall be inserted, namely:—

“Instructions:

(1) Central Tax credit in terms of sub-section

(9) of section 140 of the CGST Act, 2017 shall

be availed in column 6 of table 5(a).

(2) Registered persons availing credit

through Credit Transfer Document (CTD) shall

also file TRAN 3 besides availing credit in table

7A under the heading “inputs.”;

8. In the principal rules, with effect from the

1st day of July, 2017, in “FORM GSTR-4”, in

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Serial No. 8, in entry 8B(2), for the words

“Intra-State Supplies”, the words “Inter-State

Supplies” shall be substituted;

9. In the principal rules, with effect from the

30th day of August, 2017, in the Notes to

“FORM GST EWB-01”, after Note 4, the

following Note shall be inserted, namely:—

“5. The details of bill of entry shall be

entered in place of invoice where the

consignment pertains to an import.”.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Sushama D. Kamat, Under Secretary,

Finance (R&C).

Porvorim, 28th September, 2017.

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Corrigendum

38/1/2017-Fin(R&C)(13/2017-Rate)(Corri.)/

/2453

Read: Government Notification No. 38/1/2017-

-Fin(R&C)(13/2017-Rate) dated 30-06-2017,

published in the Official Gazette, Series I

No. 13, Extraordinary No. 3 dated

30-06-2017.

In the Government Notification No. 38/1/

/2017-Fin(R&C)(13/2017-Rate) dated 30-06-2017,

published in the Official Gazette, Series I

No. 13, Extraordinary No. 3 dated 30-06-2017,

at page 829, in the Table against serial number

2, in column (2), for—

(2)

“Services supplied by an individual

advocate including a senior advocate by way

of representational services before any court,

tribunal or authority, directly or indirectly, to

any business entity located in the taxable

territory, including where contract for

provision of such service has been entered

through another advocate or a firm of

advocates, or by a firm of advocates, by way

of legal services, to a business entity.”,

read

(2)

“Services provided by an individual

advocate including a senior advocate or firm

of advocates by way of legal services, directly

or indirectly.

Explanation.— “Legal service” means any

service provided in relation to advice,

consultancy or assistance in any branch

of law, in any manner and includes

representational services before any court,

tribunal or authority.”.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Sushama D. Kamat, Under Secretary,

Finance (R&C).

Porvorim, 28th September, 2017.

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