[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 Indirect Taxes and Customs
Notification No. 16/2019 – Central Tax
New Delhi, the 29th March, 2019
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 (Second Amendment) Rules, 2019.
(2) Save as otherwise provided in these rules, they shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official gazette.
- In the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 41, in sub-rule (1), after the proviso, the following explanation shall be inserted, namely: – “Explanation: – For the purpose of this sub-rule, it is hereby clarified that the “value of assets” means the value of the entire assets of the business, whether or not input tax credit has been availed thereon.”. 3. With effect from 1st April, 2019, in Rule 42 of the said rules,- (a) in sub rule (1),- a. in clause (f), the following Explanation shall be inserted, namely:- “Explanation: For the purpose of this clause, it is hereby clarified that in case of supply of services covered by clause (b) of paragraph 5 of Schedule II of the said Act, value of T4 shall be zero during the construction phase because inputs and input services will be commonly used for construction of apartments booked on or before the date of issuance of completion certificate or first occupation of the project, whichever is earlier, and those which are not booked by the said date.”
- in clause (g), after the letter and figure “FORM GSTR-2”, the words, letters and figure “and at summary level in FORM GSTR-3B” shall be inserted; c. in clause (h),- i. for the brackets and letter “(g)”, the brackets and letter “(f)” shall be substituted; d. in clause (i),- i. before the proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:- “Provided that in case of supply of services covered by clause (b) of paragraph 5 of Schedule II of the Act, the value of „E/F‟ for a tax period shall be calculated for each project separately, taking value of E and F as under:-
E= aggregate carpet area of the apartments, construction of which is exempt from tax plus aggregate carpet area of the apartments, construction of which is not exempt from tax, but are identified by the promoter to be sold after issue of completion certificate or first occupation, whichever is earlier;
F= aggregate carpet area of the apartments in the project;
Explanation 1: In the tax period in which the issuance of completion certificate or first occupation of the project takes place, value of E shall also include aggregate carpet area of the apartments, which have not been booked till the date of issuance of completion certificate or first occupation of the project, whichever is earlier;
Explanation 2: Carpet area of apartments, tax on construction of which is paid or payable at the rates specified for items (i), (ia), (ib), (ic) or (id), against serial number 3 of the Table in the notification No. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate), published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) dated 28th June, 2017 vide GSR number 690(E) dated 28th June, 2017, as amended, shall be taken into account for calculation of value of „E‟ in view of Explanation (iv) in paragraph 4 of the notification No. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate),
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Subsection (i) dated 28th June, 2017 vide GSR number 690(E) dated 28th June, 2017, as amended.
- in the proviso, for the word “Provided”, the words “Provided further” shall be substituted; e. for the clause (l), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- “(l) the amount „C3„, „D1‟ and „D2‟ shall be computed separately for input tax credit of central tax, State tax, Union territory tax and integrated tax and declared in FORM GSTR-3B or through FORM GST DRC-03;”; f. in the clause (m), for the words “added to the output tax liability of the registered person”, the words, letters and figures “reversed by the registered person in FORM GSTR-3B or through FORM GST DRC-03” shall be substituted; (b) in sub rule (2), for the words “The input tax credit”, the words, figures and bracket “Except in case of supply of services covered by clause (b) of paragraph 5 of the Schedule II of the Act, the input tax credit” shall be substituted; (c) in the clause (a) of sub-rule (2), for the words “added to the output tax liability of the registered person”, the words, letters and figures “reversed by the registered person in FORM GSTR-3B or through FORM GST DRC-03” shall be substituted; (d) after sub rule (2), the following sub rules shall be inserted, namely:- “(3) In case of supply of services covered by clause (b) of paragraph 5 of the Schedule II of the Act, the input tax determined under sub-rule (1) shall be calculated finally, for each ongoing project or project which commences on or after 1st April, 2019, which did not undergo or did not require transition of input tax credit consequent to change of rates of tax on 1st April, 2019 in accordance with notification No. 11/2017- Central Tax (Rate), dated the 28th June, 2017, published vide GSR No. 690(E) dated the 28th June, 2017, as amended for the entire period from the commencement of the project or 1stJuly, 2017, whichever is later, to the completion or first occupation of the project, whichever is earlier, before the due date for furnishing of the return for the month of September following the end of financial year in which the completion certificate is issued or first occupation takes place of the project, in the manner prescribed in the said sub-rule, with the modification that value of E/F shall be calculated taking value of E and F as under:
E= aggregate carpet area of the apartments, construction of which is exempt from tax plus aggregate carpet area of the apartments, construction of which is not exempt from tax, but which have not been booked till the date of issuance of completion certificate or first occupation of the project, whichever is earlier:
F= aggregate carpet area of the apartments in the project;
and,-
(a) where the aggregate of the amounts calculated finally in respect of „D1‟ and „D2‟ exceeds the aggregate of the amounts determined under sub-rule (1) in respect of „D1‟ and „D2‟, such excess shall be reversed by the registered person in FORM GSTR-3B or through FORM GST DRC-03 in the month not later than the month of September following the end of the financial year in which the completion certificate is issued or first occupation of the project takes place and the said person shall be liable to pay interest on the said excess amount at the rate specified in sub-section (1) of section 50 for the period starting from the first day of April of the succeeding financial year till the date of payment; or
(b) where the aggregate of the amounts determined under sub-rule (1) in respect of „D1‟ and „D2‟ exceeds the aggregate of the amounts calculated finally in respect of „D1‟ and „D2‟, such excess amount shall be claimed as credit by the registered person in his return for a month not later than the month of September following the end of the financial year in which the completion certificate is issued or first occupation takes place of the project.
(4) In case of supply of services covered by clause (b) of paragraph 5 of Schedule II of the Act, the input tax determined under sub-rule (1) shall be calculated finally, for commercial portion in each project, other than residential real estate project (RREP), which underwent transition of input tax credit consequent to change of rates of tax on the 1st April, 2019 in accordance with notification No. 11/2017- Central Tax (Rate), dated the 28th June, 2017, published vide GSR No. 690(E) dated the 28th June, 2017, as amended for the entire period from the commencement of the project or 1st July, 2017, whichever is later, to the completion or first occupation of the project, whichever is earlier, before the due date for furnishing of the return for the month of September following the end of financial year in which the
completion certificate is issued or first occupation takes place of the project, in the following manner. (a) The aggregate amount of common credit on commercial portion in the project (C3aggregate_comm) shall be calculated as under,
C3aggregate_comm =[aggregate of amounts of C3 determined under sub- rule (1) for the tax periods starting from 1st July, 2017 to 31st March, 2019, x (AC / AT)] + [ aggregate of amounts of C3 determined under sub- rule (1)for the tax periods starting from 1st April, 2019 to the date of completion or first occupation of the project, whichever is earlier] Where, – AC = total carpet area of the commercial apartments in the project AT = total carpet area of all apartments in the project (b) The amount of final eligible common credit on commercial portion in the project (C3final_comm) shall be calculated as under C3final_comm =C3aggregate_comm x (E/ F) Where, – E = total carpet area of commercial apartments which have not been booked till the date of issuance of completion certificate or first occupation of the project, whichever is earlier. F = AC = total carpet area of the commercial apartments in the project (c) where, C3aggregate_comm exceeds C3final_comm, such excess shall be reversed by the registered person in FORM GSTR-3B or through FORM GST DRC-03 in the month not later than the month of September following the end of the financial year in which the completion certificate is issued or first occupation takes place of the project and the said person shall be liable to pay interest on the said excess amount at the rate specified in sub-section (1) of section 50 for the period starting from the first day of April of the succeeding financial year till the date of payment; (d) where, C3final_comm exceeds C3aggregate_comm, such excess amount shall be claimed as credit by the registered person in his return for a month not later than the month of September following the end of the financial year in which the completion certificate is issued or first occupation takes place of the project.
(5) Input tax determined under sub- rule (1) shall not be required to be calculated finally on completion or first occupation of an RREP which underwent transition of input tax credit consequent to change of rates of tax on 1st April, 2019 in accordance with notification No. 11/2017- Central Tax (Rate), dated the 28th June, 2017, published vide GSR No. 690(E) dated the 28th June, 2017, as amended.
(6) Where any input or input service are used for more than one project, input tax credit with respect to such input or input service shall be assigned to each project on a reasonable basis and credit reversal pertaining to each project shall be carried out as per sub-rule (3).”.
- With effect from 1st April, 2019, in rule 43 of the said rules,- (i) in sub rule (1),- (a) in clause (a), after the words, letters and figures “FORM GSTR-2”, the words, letters and figure “and FORM GSTR-3B” shall be inserted; (b) in clause (b), after the letters and figure “FORM GSTR-2”, the words, letters and figures “and FORM GSTR-3B” shall be inserted; (c) after clause (b), the following explanation shall be inserted, namely: – “Explanation: For the purpose of this clause, it is hereby clarified that in case of supply of services covered by clause (b) of paragraph 5 of the Schedule II of the said Act, the amount of input tax in respect of capital goods used or intended to be used exclusively for effecting supplies other than exempted supplies but including zero rated supplies, shall be zero during the construction phase because capital goods will be commonly used for construction of apartments booked on or before the date of issuance of completion certificate or first occupation of the project, whichever is earlier, and those which are not booked by the said date.”; (d) in clause (g),- (A) after the letter and words “„F‟ is the total turnover”, the words “in the State” shall be inserted; (B) Before the proviso the following proviso shall be inserted, namely,- “Provided that in case of supply of services covered by clause (b) of paragraph 5 of the Schedule II of the Act, the value of „E/F‟ for a tax
period shall be calculated for each project separately, taking value of E and F as under:
E= aggregate carpet area of the apartments, construction of which is exempt from tax plus aggregate carpet area of the apartments, construction of which is not exempt from tax, but are identified by the promoter to be sold after issue of completion certificate or first occupation, whichever is earlier;
F= aggregate carpet area of the apartments in the project;
Explanation1: In the tax period in which the issuance of completion certificate or first occupation of the project takes place, value of E shall also include aggregate carpet area of the apartments, which have not been booked till the date of issuance of completion certificate or first occupation of the project, whichever is earlier.
Explanation 2: Carpet area of apartments, tax on construction of which is paid or payable at the rates specified for items (i), (ia), (ib), (ic) or (id), against serial number 3 of the Table in notification No. 11/2017Central Tax (Rate) published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) dated 28th June, 2017 vide GSR No. 690 (E) dated 28th June, 2017, as amended, shall be taken into account for calculation of value of „E‟ in view of Explanation (iv) in paragraph 4 of the notification No. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate) published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) dated the 28th June, 2017 vide GSR No. 690 (E) dated 28th June, 2017, as amended.”;
(C) in the proviso, for the word “Provided”, the words “Provided further” shall be substituted; (e) after clause (h), the following clause shall be inserted, namely,-
“(i) The amount Te shall be computed separately for input tax credit of central tax, State tax, Union territory tax and integrated tax and declared in FORM GSTR-3B.”; (ii) for sub rule (2) the following sub rules shall be substituted, namely:- “(2) In case of supply of services covered by clause (b) of paragraph 5 of schedule II of the Act, the amount of common credit attributable towards exempted supplies (Tefinal) shall be calculated finally for the entire period from the commencement of the project or 1st July, 2017, whichever is later, to the completion or first occupation of the project, whichever is earlier, for each project separately, before the due date for furnishing of the return for the month of September following the end of financial year in which the completion certificate is issued or first occupation takes place of the project, as under: Tefinal= [(E1 + E2 + E3) /F] x Tcfinal, Where,- E1= aggregate carpet area of the apartments, construction of which is exempt from tax E2= aggregate carpet area of the apartments, supply of which is partly exempt and partly taxable, consequent to change of rates of tax on 1st April, 2019, which shall be calculated as under, – E2= [Carpet area of such apartments] x [V1/ (V1+V2)],- Where,- V1 is the total value of supply of such apartments which was exempt from tax; and V2 is the total value of supply of such apartments which was taxable
E3 = aggregate carpet area of the apartments, construction of which is not exempt from tax, but have not been booked till the date of issuance of completion certificate or first occupation of the project, whichever is earlier:
F= aggregate carpet area of the apartments in the project;
Tcfinal = aggregate of Afinal in respect of all capital goods used in the project and Afinal for each capital goods shall be calculated as under,
Afinal= A x (number of months for which capital goods is used for the project/ 60) and,-
(a) where value of Tefinal exceeds the aggregate of amounts of Te determined for each tax period under sub-rule (1), such excess shall be reversed by the registered person in FORM GSTR-3B or through FORM GST DRC-03 in the month not later than the month of September following the end of the financial year in which the completion certificate is issued or first occupation takes place of the project and the said person shall be liable to pay interest on the said excess amount at the rate specified in subsection (1) of section 50 for the period starting from the first day of April of the succeeding financial year till the date of payment; or
(b) where aggregate of amounts of Te determined for each tax period under sub-rule (1) exceeds Tefinal, such excess amount shall be claimed as credit by the registered person in his return for a month not later than the month of September following the end of the financial year in which the completion certificate is issued or first occupation takes place of the project.
Explanation.- For the purpose of calculation of Tcfinal, part of the month shall be treated as one complete month.
(3) The amount Tefinal and Tcfinal shall be computed separately for input tax credit of central tax, State tax, Union territory tax and integrated tax.
(4) Where any capital goods are used for more than one project, input tax credit with respect to such capital goods shall be assigned to each project on a reasonable basis and credit reversal pertaining to each project shall be carried out as per sub-rule (2).
(5) Where any capital goods used for the project have their useful life remaining on the completion of the project, input tax credit attributable to the remaining life shall be availed in the project in which the capital goods is further used;”;
(iii) the Explanation shall be numbered as “Explanation 1” thereof and after Explanation 1 as so numbered the following Explanation shall be inserted, namely:- “Explanation 2: For the purposes of rule 42 and this rule,- (i) the term “apartment” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (e) of section 2 of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (16 of 2016);
(ii) the term “project” shall mean a real estate project or a residential real estate project;
(iii) the term “Real Estate Project (REP)” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in in clause (zn) of section 2 of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (16 of 2016);
(iv) the term “Residential Real Estate Project (RREP)” shall mean a REP in which the carpet area of the commercial apartments is not more than 15 per cent. of the total carpet area of all the apartments in the REP;
(v) the term “promoter” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in in clause (zk) of section 2 of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (16 of 2016);
(vi) “Residential apartment” shall mean an apartment intended for residential use as declared to the Real Estate Regulatory Authority or to competent authority;
(vii) “Commercial apartment” shall mean an apartment other than a residential apartment;
(viii) the term “competent authority” as mentioned in definition of “residential apartment”, means the local authority or any authority created or established under any law for the time being in force by the Central Government or State Government or Union Territory Government, which exercises authority over land under its jurisdiction, and has powers to give permission for development of such immovable property;
(ix) the term “Real Estate Regulatory Authority” shall mean the Authority established under sub- section (1) of section 20 (1) of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (No. 16 of 2016) by the Central Government or State Government;
(x) the term “carpet area” shall have the same meaning assigned to it in in clause (k) of section 2 of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (16 of 2016);
(xi) “an apartment booked on or before the date of issuance of completion certificate or first occupation of the project” shall mean an apartment which meets all the following three conditions, namely- (a) part of supply of construction of the apartment service has time of supply on or before the said date; and (b) consideration equal to at least one installment has been credited to the bank account of the registered person on or before the said date; and (c) an allotment letter or sale agreement or any other similar document evidencing booking of the apartment has been issued on or before the said date.
(xii) The term “ongoing project” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in notification No. 11/2017- Central Tax (Rate), dated the 28th June, 2017, published vide GSR No. 690(E) dated the 28th June, 2017, as amended;
(xiii) The term “project which commences on or after 1st April, 2019” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in notification No. 11/2017- Central Tax (Rate), dated the 28th June, 2017, published vide GSR No. 690(E) dated the 28th June, 2017, as amended;”.
- In the said rules, after rule 88, the following rule shall be inserted, namely: – “Rule 88A. Order of utilization of input tax credit.- Input tax credit on account of integrated tax shall first be utilised towards payment of integrated tax, and the amount remaining, if any, may be utilised towards the payment of central tax and State tax or Union territory tax, as the case may be, in any order:
Provided that the input tax credit on account of central tax, State tax or Union territory tax shall be utilised towards payment of integrated tax, central tax, State tax or Union territory tax, as the case may be, only after the input tax credit available on account of integrated tax has first been utilised fully.”.
- With effect from 1st April, 2019, in the said rules, for rule 100, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:–
“100. Assessment in certain cases.- (1) The order of assessment made under sub-section (1) of section 62 shall be issued in FORM GST ASMT-13 and a summary thereof shall be uploaded electronically in FORM GST DRC-07. (2) The proper officer shall issue a notice to a taxable person in accordance with the provisions of section 63 in FORM GST ASMT-14 containing the grounds on which the assessment is proposed to be made on best judgment basis and shall also serve a summary thereof electronically in FORM GST DRC-01, and after allowing a time of fifteen days to such person to furnish his reply, if any, pass an order in FORM GST ASMT-15 and summary thereof shall be uploaded electronically in FORM GST DRC-07. (3) The order of assessment under sub-section (1) of section 64 shall be issued in FORM GST ASMT-16 and a summary of the order shall be uploaded electronically in FORM GST DRC-07. (4) The person referred to in sub-section (2) of section 64 may file an application for withdrawal of the assessment order in FORM GST ASMT–17. (5) The order of withdrawal or, as the case may be, rejection of the application under sub-section (2) of section 64 shall be issued in FORM GST ASMT-18.”. 7. With effect from 1st April, 2019, in the said rules, for rule 142, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:–
“142. Notice and order for demand of amounts payable under the Act.- (1) The proper officer shall serve, along with the (a) notice issued under section 52 or section 73 or section 74 or section 76 or section 122 or section 123 or section 124 or section 125 or section 127 or section 129 or section 130, a summary thereof electronically in FORM GST DRC-01, (b) statement under sub-section (3) of section 73 or sub-section (3) of section 74, a summary thereof electronically in FORM GST DRC-02, specifying therein the details of the amount payable. (2) Where, before the service of notice or statement, the person chargeable with tax makes payment of the tax and interest in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (5) of section 73 or, as the case may be, tax, interest and penalty in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (5) of section 74, or where any person makes payment of tax, interest, penalty or any other amount due in accordance with the provisions of the Act he shall inform the
proper officer of such payment in FORM GST DRC-03 and the proper officer shall issue an acknowledgement, accepting the payment made by the said person in FORM GST DRC– 04. (3) Where the person chargeable with tax makes payment of tax and interest under subsection (8) of section 73 or, as the case may be, tax, interest and penalty under sub-section (8) of section 74 within thirty days of the service of a notice under sub-rule (1), or where the person concerned makes payment of the amount referred to in sub-section (1) of section 129 within fourteen days of detention or seizure of the goods and conveyance, he shall intimate the proper officer of such payment in FORM GST DRC-03 and the proper officer shall issue an order in FORM GST DRC-05 concluding the proceedings in respect of the said notice. (4) The representation referred to in sub-section (9) of section 73 or sub-section (9) of section 74 or sub-section (3) of section 76 or the reply to any notice issued under any section whose summary has been uploaded electronically in FORM GST DRC-01 under sub-rule (1) shall be furnished in FORM GST DRC-06. (5) A summary of the order issued under section 52 or section 62 or section 63 or section 64 or section 73 or section 74 or section 75 or section 76 or section 122 or section 123 or section 124 or section 125 or section 127 or section 129 or section 130 shall be uploaded electronically in FORM GST DRC-07, specifying therein the amount of tax, interest and penalty payable by the person chargeable with tax. (6) The order referred to in sub-rule (5) shall be treated as the notice for recovery. (7) Where a rectification of the order has been passed in accordance with the provisions of section 161 or where an order uploaded on the system has been withdrawn, a summary of the rectification order or of the withdrawal order shall be uploaded electronically by the proper officer in FORM GST DRC-08.”.
- With effect from 1st April, 2019, in the said rules, for FORM GST DRC-01, the following FORM shall be substituted, namely:–
- With effect from 1st April, 2019, in the said rules, for FORM GST DRC-02, the following FORM shall be substituted, namely:–
- With effect from 1st April, 2019, in the said rules, for FORM GST DRC-07, the following FORM shall be substituted, namely:–
- With effect from 1st April, 2019, in the said rules, for FORM GST DRC-08, the following FORM shall be substituted, namely:–
- With effect from 1st April, 2019, in the said rules, for FORM GST ASMT-13, the following FORM shall be substituted, namely:–
- With effect from 1st April, 2019, in the said rules, for FORM GST ASMT-15, the following FORM shall be substituted, namely:–
- With effect from 1st April, 2019, in the said rules, for FORM GST ASMT-16, the following FORM shall be substituted, namely:–
- With effect from 1st April, 2019, in the said rules, in FORM GST CPD-02, for the table and Note below the table, the following table and Note shall be substituted, namely:–
[F. No. 20/06/17/2018-GST]
(Pramod Kumar)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide notification No. 3/2017-Central Tax, dated the 19th June, 2017, published vide number G.S.R 610 (E), dated the 19th June, 2017 and last amended vide notification No. 3/2019 – Central Tax, dated the 29th January, 2019, published vide number G.S.R 63 (E), dated the 29th January, 2019.