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Seeks to amend notification No. 8/2017- Integrated Tax (Rate) so as to notify IGST rates of various services as recommended by Goods and Services Tax Council for real estate sector.

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..... une, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 683(E), dated the 28th June, 2017 , namely:- In the said notification, - (i) in the opening paragraph, (a) after the words, brackets and figures conferred by sub-section (1), , the words, brackets and figures sub-section (3) and sub-section (4) shall respectively be inserted; (b) for the words, brackets and figures clause (iii) and clause (iv) , the words, brackets and figures clauses (iii), (iv) and (xxv) shall be substituted; (c) the word and after the words and figures sub-section (5) of section 15 shall be substituted by the symbol , ; (d) after the word, brackets and figures section 16 , the words and figure and section 148 shall be inserted; (ii) in the Table, - (a) against serial number 3, for item (i), and the entries relating thereto in column (3), (4) and (5), the following items and entries shall be substituted, namely, - Table (3) (4) (5) (i) Construction of affordable residential apartments by a promoter in a Residential Real Estate .....

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..... r. Explanation. - (i) developer- promoter is a promoter who constructs or converts a building into apartments or develops a plot for sale, (ii) landowner- promoter is a promoter who transfers the land or development rights or FSI to a developer- promoter for construction of apartments and receives constructed apartments against such transferred rights and sells such apartments to his buyers independently. Provided also that eighty percent of value of input and input services, [other than services by way of grant of development rights, long term lease of land (against upfront payment in the form of premium, salami, development charges etc.) or FSI (including additional FSI), electricity, high speed diesel, motor spirit, natural gas], used in supplying the service shall be received from registered supplier only; Provided also that inputs and input services on which tax is paid on reverse charge basis shall be deemed to have been purchased from registered person; Provided also that where value of input and input services received from registered suppliers during the financial year (or part of the financial year till the date of issuance of c .....

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..... er issuance of completion certificate, where required, by the competent authority or after its first occupation, whichever is earlier. (Provisions of paragraph 2 of this notification shall apply for valuation of this service) 7.5 (ib) Construction of commercial apartments (shops, offices, godowns etc.) by a promoter in an RREP which commences on or after 1st April, 2019 or in an ongoing RREP in respect of which the promoter has not exercised option to pay integrated tax on construction of apartments at the rates as specified for item (ie) or (if) below, as the case may be, in the manner prescribed therein, intended for sale to a buyer, wholly or partly, except where the entire consideration has been received after issuance of completion certificate, where required, by the competent authority or after its first occupation, whichever is earlier. (Provisions of paragraph 2 of this notification shall apply for valuation of this service) 7.5 (ic) Construction of affordable residential apartments by a promoter in a Real Estate Project (herein after referred to as REP) other than RREP, which commenc .....

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..... is not exercised in Form at annexure IV by the 10th of May, 2019, option to pay tax at the rates as applicable to item (i) or (ia) or (ib) or (ic) or (id) above, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have been exercised; Provided also that invoices for supply of the service can be issued during the period from 1st April 2019 to 10th May 2019 before exercising the option, but such invoices shall be in accordance with the option to be exercised. ; (if) Construction of a complex, building, civil structure or a part thereof, including,- (i) commercial apartments (shops, offices, godowns etc.) by a promoter in a REP other than RREP, (ii) residential apartments in an ongoing project, other than affordable residential apartments, in respect of which the promoter has exercised option to pay integrated tax on construction of apartments at the rates as specified for this item in the manner prescribed herein, but excluding supply by way of services specified at items (i), (ia), (ib), (ic), (id) and (ie) above intended for sale to a buyer, wholly or partly, except where the entire consideration has been received after issuance of completion c .....

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..... project; Provided also that for the purpose of determining whether the apartments at the time of supply of the service are affordable residential apartments covered by sub- clause (a) of clause (xvi) of paragraph 4 below or not, value of the apartments shall be the value of similar apartments booked nearest to the date of signing of the contract for supply of the service specified in the entry in column (3) relating to this item; Provided also that in case it finally turns out that the carpet area of the affordable residential apartments booked or sold before or after completion, for which gross amount actually charged was forty five lakhs rupees or less and the actual carpet area was within the limits prescribed in sub- clause (a) of clause (xvi) of paragraph 4 below, was less than 50 per cent. of the total carpet area of all the apartments in the project, the recipient of the service, that is, the promoter shall be liable to pay such amount of tax on reverse charge basis as is equal to the difference between the tax payable on the service at the applicable rate but for the rate prescribed herein and the tax actually paid at the rate prescribed herein ; .....

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..... ere in this notification. 18 - ; (iii) in paragraph 2,- (a) for the words, brackets, letters and figures sub-item (b), sub-item (c), sub-item (d), sub-item (da) and sub-item (db) of item (iv); sub-item (b), sub-item (c), sub-item (d) and sub-item (da) of item (v); and sub-item (c) of item (vi), the word, brackets, letters and figures (i) (ia), (ib), (ic), (id), (ie) and (if) shall be substituted; (b) in the Explanation, after the words this paragraph the words and paragraph 2A below shall be inserted; (iv) after paragraph 2, the following paragraph shall be inserted, namely, - 2A. Where a registered person transfers development right or FSI (including additional FSI) to a promoter against consideration, wholly or partly, in the form of construction of apartments, the value of construction service in respect of such apartments shall be deemed to be equal to the Total Amount charged for similar apartments in the project from the independent buyers, other than the person transferring the development right or FSI (including additional FSI), nearest to the date on which such development right or FSI (including a .....

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..... rom the buyer of the apartment including preferential location charges, development charges, parking charges, common facility charges etc.; (b) an apartment being constructed in an ongoing project under any of the schemes specified in sub-item (b), sub-item (c), sub-item (d), sub-item (da) and sub-item (db) of item (iv); sub-item (b), sub-item (c), sub-item (d) and sub-item (da) of item (v); and sub-item (c) of item (vi), against serial number 3 of the Table above, in respect of which the promoter has not exercised option to pay integrated tax on construction of apartments at the rates as specified for item (ie) or (if) against serial number 3, as the case may be. (xvii) 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); (xviii) 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); (xix) the term Residential Real Estate Project (RREP) shall mean a REP in which the carpet area of the commercial apartments is not mo .....

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..... project for its benefit, as may be provided under the local laws; (xxiv) internal development works means roads, footpaths, water supply, sewers, drains, parks, tree planting, street lighting, provision for community buildings and for treatment and disposal of sewage and sullage water, solid waste management and disposal, water conservation, energy management, fire protection and fire safety requirements, social infrastructure such as educational health and other public amenities or any other work in a project for its benefit, as per sanctioned plans; (xxv) the term competent authority as mentioned in definition of commencement certificate and 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; (xxvi) 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); .....

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..... supply on or after 1st April, 2019, may be denoted as Tx. Tx shall be calculated as under: Tx=T-Te Where, (i) T is the total ITC availed (utilized or not) on inputs and input services used in construction of the REP from 1st July, 2017 to 31st March, 2019 including transitional credit taken on 1st July, 2017; (ii) Te is the eligible ITC attributable to (a) construction of commercial portion and (b) construction of residential portion, in the REP which has time of supply on or before 31st March, 2019; (b) Te shall be calculated as under: Te=Tc+Tr Where, - Tc is the ITC attributable to construction of commercial portion in the REP, calculated as under: Tc =T * (carpet area of commercial apartments in the REP/ total carpet area of commercial and residential apartments in the REP) and Tr is the ITC attributable to construction of residential portion in the REP which has time of supply on or before 31st March, 2019 and which shall be calculated as under, Tr= T* F1 * F2 * F3* F4 Where, - F 1 = Carpet area of residential apartments in REP Total carpet area of commercial and residential apartments in the REP F 2 .....

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..... territory tax and integrated tax. (e) Where, Tx is positive, i.e. Te T, the registere d person shall pay, by debit in the electronic cred it ledger or electronic cash ledger, an amount equal to the diff erence between T and Te. Such amount shall form par t of the output tax liability of the registered person and the amou nt shall be furnished in 1 [ FORM GST DRC- 03 ] Explanation : The registered person may file an application in FORM GST DRC- 20 , seeking extension of time for the payment of taxes or any amount due or for allowing payment of such taxes or amount in installments in accordance with the provisions of section 80. The commissioner may issue an order in FORM GST DRC- 21 allowing the taxable person further time to make payment and/or to pay the amount in such monthly installments, not exceeding twenty-four, as he may deem fit. (f) Where Tx is negative, i.e. Te T, the registered person shall be eligible to take ITC on goods and services received on or after 1st April, 2019 for construction of residential portion in the REP, for which he shall not otherwise be eligible, to the extent of difference between Te and T. (g) The registered p .....

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..... t of Te. (c) The amount Te shall be computed separately for input tax credit of central tax, State tax, Union territory tax and integrated tax. 3. Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph 1 or paragraph 2 above, Te shall be determined in the following situations as under: (i) where percentage invoicing is more than the percentage completion and the difference between percentage invoicing (per cent. points) and the percentage completion (per cent. points) of construction is more than 25 per cent. points; the value of percentage invoicing shall be deemed to be percentage completion plus 25 percent. points; (ii) where the value of invoices issued on or prior to 31st March, 2019 exceeds the consideration actually received on or prior to 31st March, 2019 by more than 25 per cent. of consideration actually received; the value of such invoices for the purpose of determination of percentage invoicing shall be deemed to be actual consideration received plus 25 percent. of the actual consideration received; and (iii) where, the value of procurement of inputs and input services prior to 1st April, 2019 exceeds the value of actual consumption of the inputs and inpu .....

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..... 40 units 13 Total carpet area of the residential apartments booked before transition C12 * C3 2800 sqm 14 Value of booked residential apartments C5 * C12 24 crore 15 Percentage invoicing of booked residential apartments on or before 31.03.2019 20% 16 Total value of supply of residential apartments having t.o.s. prior to transition C14 * C15 4.8 crore 17 ITC to be reversed on transition, Tx= T- Te 18 Eligible ITC (Te)= Tc + Tr 19 T (*see notes below) 1 crore 20 Tc= T x (carpet area of commercial apartments in the REP/ total carpe .....

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..... crore 6 Total value of the residential apartments C2 * C5 45.00 crore 7 No. of commercial apartments in the project 25 units 8 Carpet area of the commercial apartment 30 sqm 9 Total carpet area of the commercial apartments C7 * C8 750 sqm 10 Total carpet area of the project (Resi + Com) C4 + C9 6000 sqm 11 Percentage completion (Pc) as on 31.03.2019 [as declared to RERA or determined by chertered engineer] 20% 12 No of residential apartments booked before transition 40 units 13 Total carpet area of the residential apartments booked before tra .....

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..... 30 % completion 20% 31 % invoicing 60% 32 % invoicing after application of cap(Pc + 25%) C11+25% 45% 33 Total value of supply of residential apartments having t.o.s. prior to transition C14*C32 10.80 crore 34 F3 after application of cap C33/C14 0.45 35 Tr= T x F1 x F2 x F3 x F4 (after application of cap) C19 * C22 * C23 * C34 * C25 1.05 crore 36 Eligible ITC (Te)=Tc + Tr (after application of cap) C20 + C35 1.18 crore 37 ITC to be reversed / taken on transition, Tx= T- Te (after application of cap) .....

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..... utable to construction of residential and commercial portion in a Residential Real estate project (RREP), which has time of supply on or after 1st April, 2019, shall be calculated project wise for all projects which commence on or after 1st April, 2019 or ongoing projects in respect of which the promoter has not exercised option to pay integrated tax on construction of apartments at the rates as specified for item (ie) or (if) against serial number 3, as the case may be, in the prescribed manner, before the due date for furnishing of the return for the month of September following the end of financial year 2018-19, in the following manner: 1. Where % completion as on 31st March, 2019 is not zero or where there is inventory in stock (a) Input tax credit on inputs and input services attributable to construction of residential and commercial portion in an RREP, which has time of supply on or after 1st April, 2019, may be denoted as Tx. Tx shall be calculated as under: Tx=T-Te Where, (i) T is the total ITC availed (utilized or not) on inputs and input services used in construction of the RREP from 1st July, 2017 to 31st March, 2019 including transitional cre .....

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..... nd the amount shall be furnished in 2 [ FORM GST DRC- 03 ]. Explanation : The registered person may file an application in FORM GST DRC- 20 , seeking extension of time for the payment of taxes or any amount due or for allowing payment of such taxes or amount in installments in accordance with the provisions of section 80. The commissioner may issue an order in FORM GST DRC- 21 allowing the taxable person further time to make payment and/or to pay the amount in such monthly installments, not exceeding twenty-four, as he may deem fit. (e) Where, Tx is negative, i.e. Te T, the registered person shall be eligible to take ITC on goods and services received on or after 1st April, 2019 for construction of the RREP, for which he shall not otherwise be eligible, to the extent of difference between Te and T. (f) Where percentage completion is zero but ITC has been availed on goods and services received for the project on or prior to 31st March, 2019, input tax credit attributable to construction of residential and commercial portion which has time of supply on or after 1st April, 2019, shall be calculated and the amount equal to Tx shall be paid or taken credit of, .....

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..... of determination of percentage invoicing shall be deemed to be actual consideration received plus 25 per cent. of the actual consideration received; and (iii) where, the value of procurement of inputs and input services prior to 1st April, 2019 exceeds the value of actual consumption of the inputs and input services used in the percentage of construction completed as on 31st March, 2019 by more than 25 per cent. of value of actual consumption of inputs and input services, the jurisdictional commissioner or any other officer authorized in this regard may fix the Te based on actual per unit consumption of inputs and input services based on the documents duly certified by a chartered accountant or cost accountant submitted by the promoter in this regard, applying the accepted principles of accounting. Illustration 1: Sl.No. Details of a residential real estate project (RREP) A B C D 1 No. of apartments in the project 100 units 2 No. of .....

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..... F1 x F2 x F3 x F4) C14 * C15 * C16 * C17 * C18 0.8 crore 20 ITC to be reversed on transition, Tx= T- Te C14 - C19 0.2 crore *Note:- 1. The value of T at C14 has been estimated for illustration based on weighted average tax on inputs. 2. In actual practice, the registered person shall take 'aggregate of ITC taken as declared in GSTR-3B of tax periods from 1.7.2017 or commencement of project which is later and transitional credit taken under section 140 of CGST Act' as value of T. Illustration 2: Sl No Details of a residential real estate project (RREP) A B C D 1 No. of apartments in the project 100 units 2 No. of residential apartments in the project .....

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..... 2.4 crore 20 ITC to be reversed on transition, Tx= T- Te C14 - C19 -1.4 crore 21 Tx after application of cap on % invoicing vis-a-vis Pc 22 % completion 20% 23 % invoicing 60% 24 % invoicing after application of cap(Pc + 25%) C6 + 25 % 45% 25 Total value of supply of residential apartments having t.o.s. prior to transition C9 * C24 21.60 crore 26 F3 after application of cap C25/C9 0.45 27 Te= T x F1 x F2 x F3 x F4 (after application of cap) .....

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..... 32/2019-TRU] (Pramod Kumar) Annexure III Illustration 1: A promoter has procured following goods and services [other than capital goods and services by way of grant of development rights, long term lease of land or FSI] for construction of a residential real estate project during a financial year. Sl.No. Name of input goods and services Percentage of input goods and services received during the financial year Whether inputs received from registered supplier? (Y/ N) 1 Sand 10 Y 2 Cement 15 N 3 Steel 20 Y 4 Bricks 15 Y 5 Flooring tiles 10 Y 6 Paints 5 Y 7 Architect/ designing/ CAD drawing etc. 10 Y .....

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..... er is not required to pay GST on inputs on reverse charge basis. Illustration 3: A promoter has procured following goods and services [other than services by way of grant of development rights, long term lease of land (against upfront payment in the form of premium, salami, development charges etc.) or FSI (including additional FSI), electricity, high speed diesel, motor spirit, natural gas], for construction of a residential real estate project during a financial year. Sl. No. Name of input goods and services Percentage of input goods and services received during the financial year Whether inputs procured from registered supplier? (Y/ N) 1 Sand 10 N 2 Cement 15 N 3 Steel 15 Y 4 Bricks 10 Y 5 Flooring tiles 10 Y 6 Paints .....

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