TMI BlogDefinitions.X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ods or services or both on behalf of another; (6) "aggregate turnover" means the aggregate value of all taxable supplies (excluding the value of inward supplies on which tax is payable by a person on reverse charge basis), exempt supplies, exports of goods or services or both and inter-State supplies of persons having the same Permanent Account Number, to be computed on all India basis but excludes central tax, State tax, Union territory tax, integrated tax and cess; (a) by own labour, or (b) by the labour of family, or (c) by servants on wages payable in cash or kind or by hired labour under personal supervision or the personal supervision of any member of the family; (8) "Appellate Authority" means an authority appointed or authorised to hear appeals as referred to in section 107; (9) "Appellate Tribunal" means the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal referred to in section 109; (10) "appointed day" means the date on which the provisions of this Act shall come into force; (11) "assessment" means determination of tax liability under this Act and includes self-assessment, re-assessment, provisional assessment, summary a ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ces or a group of related goods or services which is subject to risks and returns that are different from those of the other business verticals. Explanation.-For the purposes of this clause, factors that should be considered in determining whether goods or services are related include- (a) the nature of the goods or services; (b) the nature of the production processes; (c) the type or class of customers for the goods or services; (d) the methods used to distribute the goods or supply of services; and (e) the nature of regulatory environment (wherever applicable), including banking, insurance or public utilities; (19) "capital goods" means goods, the value of which is capitalised in the books of account of the person claiming the input tax credit and which are used or intended to be used in the course or furtherance of business; (20) "casual taxable person" means a person who occasionally undertakes transactions involving supply of goods or services or both in the course or furtherance of business, whether as principal, agent or in any other capacity, in the taxable territory where he has no fixed place of business; (21) "central tax" means th ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... pient or by any other person but shall not include any subsidy given by the Central Government or a State Government: Provided that a deposit given in respect of the supply of goods or services or both shall not be considered as payment made for such supply unless the supplier applies such deposit as consideration for the said supply; (32) "continuous supply of goods" means a supply of goods which is provided, or agreed to be provided, continuously or on recurrent basis, under a contract, whether or not by means of a wire, cable, pipeline or other conduit, and for which the supplier invoices the recipient on a regular or periodic basis and includes supply of such goods as the Government may, subject to such conditions, as it may, by notification, specify; (33) "continuous supply of services" means a supply of services which is provided, or agreed to be provided, continuously or on recurrent basis, under a contract, for a period exceeding three months with periodic payment obligations and includes supply of such services as the Government may, subject to such conditions, as it may, by notification, specify; (34) "conveyance" includes a vessel, an a ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... son, and (ii) the parents, grand-parents, brothers and sisters of the person if they are wholly or mainly dependent on the said person; (50) "fixed establishment" means a place (other than the registered place of business) which is characterised by a sufficient degree of permanence and suitable structure in terms of human and technical resources to supply services, or to receive and use services for its own needs; (51) "Fund" means the Consumer Welfare Fund established under section 57; (52) "goods" means every kind of movable property other than money and securities but includes actionable claim, growing crops, grass and things attached to or forming part of the land which are agreed to be severed before supply or under a contract of supply; (53) "Government" means the Government of Gujarat; (54) "Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act" means the Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act, 2017; (15 of 2017.) (55) "goods and services tax practitioner" means any person who has been approved under section 48 to act as such practitioner; (56) "India" means the territory of India as r ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... it in section 8 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act; (66) "invoice" or "tax invoice" means the tax invoice referred to in section 31; (67) "inward supply" in relation to a person, shall mean receipt of goods or services or both whether by purchase, acquisition or any other means, with or without consideration; (68) "job work" means any treatment or process undertaken by a person on goods belonging to another registered person and the expression "job worker" shall be construed accordingly; (69) "local authority" means- (a) a "Panchayat" as defined in clause (d) of article 243 of the Constitution; (b) a "Municipality" as defined in clause (e) of article 243P of the Constitution; (c) a Municipal Committee, a Zilla Parishad, a District Board, and any other authority legally entitled to, or entrusted by the Central Government or any State Government with the control or management of a municipal or local fund; (d) a Cantonment Board as defined in section 3 of the Cantonments Act, 2006; (41 of 2006.) (e) a Regional Councilor a District Council constituted under the Sixth Schedule to the Cons ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... sisting of canned foods, sweets, chocolates, cakes, dry fruits, aerated drinks and fruit juices when supplied for a single price is a mixed supply. Each of these items can be supplied separately and is not dependent on any other. It shall not be a mixed supply if these items are supplied separately; (75) "money" means the Indian legal tender or any foreign currency, cheque, promissory note, bill of exchange, letter of credit, draft, pay order, traveller cheque, money order, postal or electronic remittance or any other instrument recognized by the Reserve Bank of India when used as a consideration to settle an obligation or exchange with Indian legal tender of another denomination but shall not include any currency that is held for its numismatic value; (76) "motor vehicle" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (28) of section 2 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988; (59 of 1988.) (77) "non-resident taxable person" means any person who occasionally undertakes transactions involving supply of goods or services or both, whether as principal or agent or in any other capacity, but who has no fixed place of business or residence in India; (78 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... in business through an agent, by whatever name called; (86) "place of supply" means the place of supply as referred to in Chapter V of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act; (87) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act on the recommendations of the Council; (88) "principal" means a person on whose behalf an agent carries on the business of supply or receipt of goods or services or both; (89) "principal place of business" means the place of business specified as the principal place of business in the certificate of registration; (90) "principal supply" means the supply of goods or services which constitutes the predominant element of a composite supply and to which any other supply forming part of that composite supply is ancillary; (91) "proper officer" in relation to any function to be performed under this Act, means the Commissioner or the officer of the State tax who is assigned that function by the Commissioner; (92) "quarter" shall mean a period comprising three consecutive calendar months, ending on the last day of March, June, September and December of a calendar year; (93) & ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... or denomination, to another form, currency or denomination for which a separate consideration is charged; (103) "State" means the State of Gujarat; (104) "State tax" means the tax levied under this Act; (105) "supplier" in relation to any goods or services or both, shall mean the person supplying the said goods or services or both and shall include an agent acting as such on behalf of such supplier in relation to the goods or services or both supplied; (106) "tax period" means the period for which the return is required to be furnished; (107) "taxable person" means a person who is registered or liable to be registered under section 22 or section 24; (108) "taxable supply" means a supply of goods or services or both which is leviable to tax under this Act; (109) "taxable territory" means the territory to which the provisions of this Act apply; (110) "telecommunication service" means service of any description (including electronic mail, voice mail, data services, audio text services, video text services, radio paging and cellular mobile telephone services) which is made available to users by mean ..... 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