Excerpts from GST Council’s 8th Meeting

What were the main points in the GST Council’s 8th meeting? 

The main points of discussion in the 8th GST council meeting were as follows:

1. ISSUE OF DUAL CONTROL
In the 8th GST council meeting, the group of members didn’t have any common agreements on the issue of dual control. This issue made people think differently as many had different views on this topic. The State does not want the Centre to have the authority over all the small tax paying entities whereas The State does not have any problem in having Dual Control with the Centre for the authority of all the bigger tax payers. The Council also cannot decide the turnover to defy a small taxpayer from a bigger one, for some a company having a turnover below 5 crores will be a small tax payer whereas as per the Centre a company having a turnover of 1.5 crores will also be a small tax payer. The centre is not ready to accept the demands of state for access over 1.5 crores in case of small tax payers. The council wants to consider a high cut off rate and wants the Central Goods and Services Tax to be administered by the Centre and the tax payers below that cut off should be administered by the State.

2. CESS
CESS will be charged on many more goods such as luxury goods, aerated drinks, tobacco products and on high-end cars. The ultra-luxury goods and sin goods will have a GST cess for a period of 5 years. The major part of CESS will depend upon the current incidence of tax, if the clause of GST cess for 5 years raises any profit, then the council will decide on how to use these profits to compensate any other losses incurred by the State or Centre. Only the Clean Environment Cess will be retained and all the funds will be used to compensations.

3. INDUSTRY REPRESENTATION
The Government is deliberating all representation from Trade and Industry in the implementation of the GST bill. The Commerce and Industry sectors has given representation from officials to the GST council. The banking and insurance sector also has given representation to understand the impact of GST on products.

STATE WISE SCHEDULE FOR GST REGISTRATION

State Start Date End Date
Puducherry 08-11-2016 07-12-2016
Sikkim 08-11-2016 07-12-2016
Maharashtra 14-11-2016 07-12-2016
Goa 14-11-2016 07-12-2016
Daman and Diu 14-11-2016 07-12-2016
Dadra and Nagar Haveli 14-11-2016 07-12-2016
Chhattisgarh 14-11-2016 07-12-2016
Gujarat 15-11-2016 07-12-2016
Odisha 30-11-2016 15-12-2016
Jharkhand 30-11-2016 15-12-2016
Bihar 30-11-2016 15-12-2016
West Bengal 30-11-2016 15-12-2016
Madhya Pradesh 30-11-2016 15-12-2016
Assam 30-11-2016 15-12-2016
Tripura 30-11-2016 15-12-2016
Meghalaya 30-11-2016 15-12-2016
Nagaland 30-11-2016 15-12-2016
Arunachal Pradesh 30-11-2016 15-12-2016
Mizoram 30-11-2016 15-12-2016
Manipur 30-11-2016 15-12-2016
Uttar Pradesh 16-12-2016 31-12-2016
Jammu & Kashmir 16-12-2016 31-12-2016
Delhi 16-12-2016 31-12-2016
Chandigarh 16-12-2016 31-12-2016
Haryana 16-12-2016 31-12-2016
Punjab 16-12-2016 31-12-2016
Uttarakhand 16-12-2016 31-12-2016
Himachal Pradesh 16-12-2016 31-12-2016
Rajasthan 16-12-2016 31-12-2016
Kerala 01-01-2017 15-01-2017
Tamil Nadu 01-01-2017 15-01-2017
Karnataka 01-01-2017 15-01-2017
Telangana 01-01-2017 15-01-2017
Andhra Pradesh 01-01-2017 15-01-2017
Enrolment of Taxpayers who are registered under Central Excise Act but not registered under State VAT 05-01-2017 31-01-2017
Enrolment of Taxpayers who are registered under Service Tax Act but not registered under State VAT 09-01-2017 31-01-2017
New registration under VAT/Service Tax/Central Excise after August 2016 01-02-2017 20-03-2017

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EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND

Employee’s Provident Fund is a scheme which helps in providing financial assistance to the workers by saving their own money for future use after retirement. This scheme of Employee Provident Fund has been carried forward by the government for the welfare of its retired citizens and also for those who are disabled to work. The employees and their employers have to contribute a fixed amount of money from their salaries at a constant rate within a particular time interval in the Provident Fund to get interests after retirement. When the Provident Fund matures, it provides a good return and interest of the invested money as the money received will be Tax-free. The Employees Provident Fund can also be used before retirement in case of an emergency such as when a person is unfit for employment, this provides a type of monetary security to the employee. This scheme is growing at an increasing speed and is backed by many intellectual people in the business and finance industry.

APPLICABILITY AND ELIGIBLITY IN IMPLEMENTATIONOF PROVIDENT FUND

APPLICABILITY

• A company or any other Business entity having 20 or more employees working for the business must register for the Employee’s Provident Fund.
• The employers and the employees have to issue an amount of Rs.1800 per month into their Employees Provident Fund.
• When the amount has been transferred into the Employees Provident Fund, a small contribution is also made to the Pension, Insurance and Administrative Cost account.
• In case of a company which has more losses than its entire net worth can contribute 10% of their compensations in their Employees Provident Fund.

ELIGIBILITY

• An employee working under any company is qualified to participate in the scheme of Employees Provident Fund.
• Any company having 20 or more employees is eligible of participating in this scheme.
• Whenever an employee exceeds the amount of Rs.6500 in their salaries, then they have the eligibility to join the scheme with the permission of its employer.
• When a person becomes the member of this scheme, they have to contribute 12% of their rewards in the Employees Provident Fund.

BENEFITS

Insurance

In most of the organisations employee’s insurance schemes are not available to the employees of the company, Employees Provident Fund provides that scheme for the security and stability of the employee in the future. For getting insured, the business entity just need to provide a sum of Rs.6500 on a monthly basis to ensure an insurance premium benefit. Insurance helps an employee in case of an emergency, also provides a good amount of money after maturity for the survival of their family.

Pension

When an employee has retired, and does not have any source of monetary income, pension provides that source for the employee. A part of the employees pay also goes into the Employee’s Pension Fund, which provides an employee a sense of security after retirement.

Tax Free

Upon maturity of the Employees Provident Fund, the interest received by the employee’s will be tax free. This results in proper stability and security of employees as they get vast interest on their invested amount.

Financial Security

The Employees Provident Fund provides financial security for the employees at the time of retirement, emergencies and at loss of income. Employees Provident Fund provides a source of financial assistance to the retired personnel as well as gives funds to the employee to meet their requirements in case of an emergency, early drawings are allowed only in case of an emergency. When an employee cannot work, or has any disability to work, provident fund helps them to overcome their loss of income and provides means to survive. Also, if the employee has passed away then the funds are passed on to their applicant to provide them with financial assistance.

Long Term

The Employees Provident Fund allows the employees to have some kind of monetary security in the long run, it also ensures that the employee can have certain investment or any other goal after retirement. Resources can also be borrowed in the Long Run for marriage, education, medical reasons and also for housing purposes.

Withdrawal

Employees Provident Fund also provides the benefit of withdrawal to the employee. An employee can withdraw their money only when they are unemployed, self-employed or have left the current job to work in another company. In case of any emergency, an employee can withdraw the amount in its provident fund before the time of maturity. Pre-mature withdrawal can also be treated as a loan as an employee can use the money for education, marriage, medical expenses. These withdrawals must not be more than 50% of the amount in the provident fund.

Transfer

An employee can also transfer its provident fund account rather than closing it whenever they are leaving their current job and joining a new employer. Transferring of the funds from an old account to a new one is a better option because if an account is closed before 5 years then the money contributed in that account will then become tax deductible whereas by transferring of funds, an employee will get the money in full at maturity.

REGISTRATION PROCEDURE FOR EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND

The Employees Provident Fund registration is now mainly done Online as it is more convenient and accessible for an organisation. A business entity having less than 20 employees can apply for the scheme voluntarily, but an organisation having more than 20 have to register their company for this scheme to avoid penalties in delaying the registration. The procedure for registering for the Employees Provident Fund is as follows:

• The company must provide the name, address, branch details, head office details and the Date on which the company was established.
• The organisation must also provide the total strength of employees working as well as the services provided by the company.
• They must also provide the legal proof that if the company is a partnership, private limited company or a public limited.
• The total salary distribution to the employees of the company must be provided with the details of the bank in which the company has its account.
• The Directors or the owners of the company have to provide legal documents to prove that the documents are verified. The address of all the owners must be given with the details of all the employees including date of joining, salary.
• A copy of the partnership deed must be given to prove that the company is registered with the Registrar of Companies.
• PAN details of the Business entity must also be provided.

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GST Registration Procedure

GST, AN OVERVIEW

The Goods and Services Tax is destination based indirect tax, levied at the time of consumption of goods and services by the ultimate consumer. It also aims at simplifying the present tax structure in India. It subsumes taxes like Central indirect taxes – Service Tax, Additional Customs Duty, Special Additional Customs Duty, Central Excise Duty, and Countervailing Duty, and Sale indirect taxes – Sales Tax, Central Sales Tax, Entertainment Tax, Luxury Tax, and Octroi/ Entry Tax.GST is just like a duty just on value addition at every stage. The end consumer subsequently bears the GST charged by the last merchant in the Sales Network, with set-off advantages at all the past stages. With the GST all set to be rolled out, we look at the registration procedure.

GST REQUIREMENTS

Any person carrying on any business who has a taxable supply of over Rs.10 lacs in case of Northeastern States Of India and Rs. 20 lacs in the rest of India would be required for registration of GST in India. A mechanism is available for voluntary GST registration to help claim ITC(Input Tax Credit). It must be obtained under 30 days of exceeding the Rs.25 lacs turnover limit. A procedure would be announced for migrating the VAT or service tax registration as a GST registration.

According to Schedule III of the Model GST Law, the following shall be registered compulsorily, disregarding the total turnover of their respective businesses:

• Every person/entity who is registered or holds license under any earlier law, is liable to get migrated under this Act;
• Every person shall be liable to be registered under this Act if his turnover in a financial year exceeds the taxable threshold limit.
• Every person making any inter-state Supply, irrespective of taxable threshold limit;
• persons who are casually taxable i.e. any person who occasionally undertakes transactions involving supply of goods and/or services in the course or furtherance of business;
• Every person who are required to pay tax under reverse charge;

GST REGISTRATION NUMBER

It is expected to be provided based on PAN. One of the major advantage of implementation is that the same GST registration number can be used across all states of India against the VAT regimen in which a dealer needs to obtain VAT registration in each of the states (with additional cost and compliance formalities).

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR GST REGISTRATION

For Private limited company

• Certificate of Incorporation
• PAN of the company
• List of Directors along with their personal details
• PAN Card of Directors
• Adhaar Card of Directors
• Passport size Photo of Directors
• Board Resolution
• Address proof of company

For Proprietorship

• PAN of the proprietor
• Address proof of the proprietor
• Photo of Proprietor
• Address proof of Entity

For Limited Liability Partnership

• Certificate of Incorporation
• LLP Dead
• PAN of LLP
• PAN of partners
• Adhaar Card of partners
• Letter Of Authorisation
• Address proof of Entity

For Partnership Firm

• Certificate of Registration
• Partnership Dead
• PAN of Partnership
• PAN of partners
• Adhaar Card of partners
• Letter Of Authorisation
• Address proof of Entity

ONLINE GST REGISTRATION PROCEDURE

GSTN maintains a portal for the online GST registration procedure. The applicant is required to submit an online application for GST registration along with the entire and specific details of the goods and services to be dealt. A temporary GST registration number would be provided post the submission of application and the online payment of registration fee.

A copy of the application must respectively be printed, attached with the other mentioned documents and then couriered to the GST department. A final GST certificate would be issued by the concerned officer post the verification of the application along with the documents.

ADVANTAGES OF GST REGISTRATION FOR BUSINESSES

On the registration of a business it will get various advantages of the implementation of GST. Business will legally be approved to gather charge from buyers and pass the tax credit on to the buyers or beneficiaries and will be legally perceived as a provider of goods and services. The business shall thus be having a proper bookkeeping of expenses paid on the input goods or services which can be used for payment of GST due on supply of products or services by the business.

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