Bharat’s GST Rate Referencer by Adv. Bharat Bhushan – 1st Edition September 2019.

Bharat’s GST Rate Referencer by Adv. Bharat Bhushan – 1st Edition September 2019.

About GST Rate Referencer

HOW TO USE THIS TARIFF?
HOW TO ASCERTAIN APPLICABLE TAX RATE
PART I
GOODS TARIFF
THE GENERAL RULES FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF TARIFF
SECTION I: LIVE ANIMALS; ANIMAL PRODUCTS
CHAPTER 1: Live animals
CHAPTER 2: Meat and edible meat offal
CHAPTER 3: Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
CHAPTER 4: Dairy produce; birds’ eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
CHAPTER 5: Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
SECTION II: VEGETABLE PRODUCTS
CHAPTER 6: Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage
CHAPTER 7: Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
CHAPTER 8: Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
CHAPTER 9: Coffee, tea, mate and spices
CHAPTER 10: Cereals
CHAPTER 11: Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten
CHAPTER 12: Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
CHAPTER 13: Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts
CHAPTER 14: Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included
SECTION III: ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; PREPARED EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXES
CHAPTER 15: Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
SECTION IV: PREPARED FOODSTUFFS; BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR; TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES
CHAPTER 16: Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates
CHAPTER 17: Sugars and sugar confectionery
CHAPTER 18: Cocoa and cocoa preparations
CHAPTER 19: Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks’ products
CHAPTER 20: Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants
CHAPTER 21: Miscellaneous edible preparations
CHAPTER 22: Beverages, spirits and vinegar
CHAPTER 23: Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder
CHAPTER 24: Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
SECTION V: MINERAL PRODUCTS
CHAPTER 25: Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
CHAPTER 26: Ores, slag and ash
CHAPTER 27: Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
SECTION VI: PRODUCTS OF THE CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES
CHAPTER 28: Inorganic chemicals, organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes
CHAPTER 29: Organic chemicals
CHAPTER 30: Pharmaceutical products
CHAPTER 31: Fertilisers
CHAPTER 32: Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks
CHAPTER 33: Essential oils and resinoids, perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
CHAPTER 34: Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes,“dental waxes” and dental preparations with a basis of plaster
CHAPTER 35: Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes
CHAPTER 36: Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations
CHAPTER 37: Photographic or cinematographic goods
CHAPTER 38: Miscellaneous chemical products
SECTION VII: PLASTICS AND ARTICLES THEREOF; RUBBER AND ARTICLES THEREOF
CHAPTER 39: Plastics and articles thereof
CHAPTER 40: Rubber and articles thereof
SECTION VIII: RAW HIDES AND SKINS, LEATHER, FURSKINS AND ARTICLES THEREOF; SADDLERY AND HARNESS; TRAVEL GOODS, HAND BAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS; ARTICLES OF ANIMAL GUT (OTHER THAN SILK-WORM GUT)
CHAPTER 41: Raw hides and skins (other than fur skins) and leather
CHAPTER 42: Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut)
CHAPTER 43: Fur skins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof
SECTION IX: WOOD AND ARTICLES OF WOOD; WOOD CHARCOAL; CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK; MANUFACTURERS OF STRAW, OF ESPARTO OR OF OTHER PLATING MATERIALS; BASKETWARE AND WICKERWORK
CHAPTER 44: Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
CHAPTER 45: Cork and articles of cork
CHAPTER 46: Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork
SECTION X: PULP OF WOOD OR OF OTHER FIBROUS CELLULOSIC MATERIAL; RECOVERED (WASTE AND SCRAP) PAPER OR PAPERBOARD; PAPER AND PAPERBOARD AND ARTICLES THEREOF
CHAPTER 47: Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard
CHAPTER 48: Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
CHAPTER 49: Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans
SECTION XI: TEXTILES AND TEXTILE ARTICLES
CHAPTER 50: Silk
CHAPTER 51: Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric
CHAPTER 52: Cotton
CHAPTER 53: Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn
CHAPTER 54: Man-made filaments; strip and the like of man-made textile materials
CHAPTER 55: Man-made staple fibres
CHAPTER 56: Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof
CHAPTER 57: Carpets and other textile floor coverings
CHAPTER 58: Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery
CHAPTER 59: Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use
CHAPTER 60: Knitted or crocheted fabrics
CHAPTER 61: Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted
CHAPTER 62: Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted
CHAPTER 63: Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags
SECTION XII FOOTWEAR, HEADGEAR, UMBRELLAS, SUN UMBRELLAS, WALKING-STICKS, SEATSTICKS, WHIPS, RIDING-CROPS AND PARTS THEREOF; PREPARED FEATHERS AND ARTICLES MADE THEREWITH; ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; ARTICLES OF HUMAN HAIR
CHAPTER 64: Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles
CHAPTER 65: Headgear and parts thereof
CHAPTER 66: Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof
CHAPTER 67: Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair
SECTION XIII: ARTICLES OF STONE, PLASTER, CEMENT, ASBESTOS, MICA OR SIMILAR MATERIALS; CERAMIC PRODUCTS; GLASS AND GLASSWARE
CHAPTER 68: Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials
CHAPTER 69: Ceramic products
CHAPTER 70: Glass and glassware
SECTION XIV: NATURAL OR CULTURED PEARLS, PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, PRECIOUS METALS, METALS CLAD WITH PRECIOUS METAL, AND ARTICLES THEREOF; IMITATION JEWELLERY; COIN
CHAPTER 71: Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin
SECTION XV: BASE METALS AND ARTICLES OF BASE METAL
CHAPTER 72: Iron and steel
CHAPTER 73: Articles of iron or steel
CHAPTER 74: Copper and articles thereof
CHAPTER 75: Nickel and articles thereof
CHAPTER 76: Aluminium and articles thereof
CHAPTER 77: (Reserved for possible future use)
CHAPTER 78: Lead and articles thereof
CHAPTER 79: Zinc and articles thereof
CHAPTER 80: Tin and articles thereof
CHAPTER 81: Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof
CHAPTER 82: Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal
CHAPTER 83: Miscellaneous articles of base metal
SECTION XVI: MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL APPLIANCES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; PARTS THEREOF; SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, TELEVISION IMAGE AND SOUNDRECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, AND PARTS AND  ACCESSORIES OF SUCH ARTICLES
CHAPTER 84: Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
CHAPTER 85: Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
SECTION XVII: VEHICLES, AIRCRAFT, VESSELS AND ASSOCIATED TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT
CHAPTER 86: Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds
CHAPTER 87: Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof
CHAPTER 88: Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof
CHAPTER 89: Ships, boats and floating structures
SECTION XVIII: OPTICAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC, CINEMATOGRAPHIC, MEASURING, CHECKING, PRECISION, MEDICAL OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; CLOCKS AND WATCHES; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF
CHAPTER 90: Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
CHAPTER 91: Clocks and watches and parts thereof
CHAPTER 92: Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles
SECTION XIX: ARMS AND AMMUNITION; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF
CHAPTER 93: Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof
SECTION XX: MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
CHAPTER 94: Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishing; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated building
CHAPTER 95: Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof
CHAPTER 96: Miscellaneous manufactured articles
SECTION XXI: WORKS OF ART, COLLECTORS’ PIECES AND ANTIQUES
CHAPTER 97: Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques
CHAPTER 98: Project imports; laboratory chemicals; passengers’ baggage, personal importations by air or post; ship stores
CHAPTER 98A: Misc. Goods Specified as falling under Any Chapter; Supplies Deemed to be as Supply of Goods such Transfer of IPR, Actionable Claims etc.
PART II
SERVICES TARIFF
Section 5 Construction Services
Annexure I
Annexure II
Annexure III
Annexure IV
Section 6 Distributive Trade Services; Accommodation, Food and Beverage Service; Transport Services; Gas and Electricity Distribution Services
Section 7 Financial and related services; real estate services; and rental and leasing services.
Section 8 Business and Production Services
Section 9 Community, Social and Personal Services and other miscellaneous services
Exempted Services
Scheme of Classification of Services
Explanatory Notes to the Scheme of Classification of Services
PART III
OTHER EXEMPTIONS
Exemption from Registration – Small Taxpayers having turnover below threshold limit – Notification No. No. 10/2019-C.T., dated 7-3-2019
Composition Levy Scheme For Small Taxpayers having Turnover up to Rs. 1.5 Crore – Old Scheme – Notification No. 8/2017-C.T., dated 27-6-2017
Composition Levy Scheme For Small Taxpayers having Turnover up to Rs. 1.5 Crore – Notification No. 14/2019-C.T., dated 7-3-2019
Scheme to Pay GST @ 6% – For Taxpayers having turnover less than Rs. 50 Lakhs and Not Eligible for Composition Scheme.  –  Notification No. 2/2019-C.T. (Rate), dated 7-3-2019
Exemption to Specified Goods supplied to Specified Recipients for Petroleum Exploration etc. – Notification No. 3/2017-Central Tax (Rate), dated 28-6-2017] Exemption to  Goods Supplied to CSD by way of Refund – Notification No. 6/2017-Central Tax (Rate), New Delhi, dated 28-6-2017
Exemption to goods supplied by CSD – Notification No. 7/2017-Central Tax (Rate), New Delhi, dated 28-6-2017
Activities of Govt. in relation to Function entrusted to Panchayat or Municipality not to treated as supply – Notification No. 14/2017-Central Tax (Rate), dated 28-6-2017
Grant of Liquor licence by State Government not to treated as supply – Notification No. 25/2019-Central Tax (Rate), dated 30.09.2019
United Nation, International Organisation and Foreign Diplomatic Mission Notified as Entitled for refund of GST Paid on supplies received. – Notification No. 16/2017-Central Tax (Rate), dated 28-6-2017
Exemption to intra-State supply of heavy water and nuclear fuels by dept. of Atomic Energy to NPCIL – Notification No. 16/2017-Central Tax (Rate), dated 28-6-2017
GST rates on leasing of Motor Vehicles Notification No. 37/2017-C.T. (Rate), dated 13-10-2017
Partial Exemption to  Food Preparations meant for free distribution under Government Programs – Notification No. 39/2017-C.T. (Rate), dated 18-10-2017
Reduced GST on Supply of Goods to Exporter – Notification No. 40/2017-C.T. (Rate), dated 23-10-2017
Concessional GST on Supply of Scientific and technical equipment to research institutions — Notification No. 45/2017-C.T. (Rate), dated 14-11-2017
Exemption from GST to Government’s share of Profit for  grant of licence/ lease for Oil Exploration –  Notification No. 5/2018-C.T. (Rate), dated 25-1-2018
Effective rates of GST on old and used Motor vehicles – Notification No. 8/2018-C.T. (Rate), dated 25-1-2018
Concessional GST on Specified Handicraft – Notification No. 21/2018-C.T. (Rate), dated
26-7-2018
Gold — Exemption to supply of gold supplied by Nominated Agency – Notification No. 26/2018-C.T. (Rate), dated 31-12-2018
Bar on Refund of Unutilized Input Tax Credit Accumulated on account of Supply of Certain Specified Goods attracting lower rate of tax than on inward supplies
Exemption to specified goods supplied to Food and Agriculture Organisation of the
United Nations (FAO)
PART IV
REVERSE CHARGE MECHANISM
The Central Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017 (Extract)
Reverse Charge on specified goods – Notification No. 4/2017-Central Tax (Rate), dated 28-6-2017
Reverse Charge on Specified Services – Notification No. 13/2017-Central Tax (Rate), dated 28-6-2017
Goods & Services  to be taxed under Reverse Charge – in Real Estate Sector — Notification No. 7/2017-Central Tax (Rate), dated 29.03.2019
Special procedure with respect to payment of tax by registered person supplying service by way of construction against transfer of development right and vice versa — Notification No. 4/2018-Central Tax (Rate), dated 25-1-2018
Exemption from Reverse Charge –  Notification No. 8/2017-Central Tax (Rate), dated 28-6-2017
Exemption to  TDS diductor from paying tax under Reverse Charge – Notification No. 9/2017-Central Tax (Rate), dated 28-6-2017
Exemption from CGST on intra-State supplies of second hand goods received by registered person from any supplier who is not registered
PART V
COMPENSATION CESS
The Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016 (Extracts)
The Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act, 2017 (Extracts)
Rates of Compensation Cess for specified goods – Notification No. 1/2017-Compensation Cess (Rate), dated 28-6-2017
Compensation Cess on specified services of Chapter 99.
Compensation Cess Rate on Motor Vehicles falling under Headings 8702 and 8703 when leased before 1-7-2017
Exemption to Second Hand Goods Purchased from Unregistered Dealers.
PART VI
GST RATE NOTIFICATIONS
GST Rate Schedule For Goods – Notification No. 1/2017-Central Tax (Rate), dated
28-6-2017
Corrigendum F. No. 354/117/2017-TRU, dated 30-6-2017 to 1/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 18/2017-C.T. (Rate), dated 30-6-2017 Amending 01/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Corrigendum F. No. 354/117/2017-TRU Pt., dated 12-7-2017 To 01/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Corrigendum F. No. 354/117/2017-TRU, dated 27-7-2017 to 1/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 19/2017-C.T. (Rate), dated 18-8-2017 Amending 1/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 27/2017-C.T. (Rate), dated 22-9-2017 to Amend 1/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 34/2017-C.T. (Rate), dated 13-10-2017 to Amend 1/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 41/2017-C.T. (Rate), dated 14-11-2017 to Amend 1/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 6/2018-C.T. (Rate), dated 25-1-2018  Amending 1/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 18/2018-C.T. (Rate), dated 26-7-2018  Amending 1/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 24/2018-C.T. (Rate), dated 31-12-2018 Amending 1/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 8/2019-C.T. (Rate), dated 29-3-2019 Amending  1/2017-C.T.(Rate)
Notification No. 12/2019-Central Tax (Rate), dated 31.07.2019 Amending 1/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 14/2019-Central Tax (Rate), dated 30.09.2019 Amending 1/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Granting – Exemption from CGST to specified goods – Notification No. 2/2017-Central Tax (Rate), dated 28-6-2017
Corrigendum, dated 12.7.2017 to Notification No. 2/2017-Central Tax (Rate)
Corrigendum, dated 27.7.2017 to Notification No. 2/2017-Central Tax (Rate)
Notification No. 28/2017-C.T. (Rate), dated 22-9-2017 Amending 2/2017-C.T.(Rate)
Notification No. 35/2017-C.T. (Rate), dated 13-10-2017 Amending 2/2017-C.T.(Rate)
Notification No. 42/2017-C.T. (Rate), dated 14-11-2017 Amending 2/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 7/2018-C.T. (Rate), dated 25-1-2018 Amending 2/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 19/2018-C.T. (Rate), dated 26-7-2018 Amending 2/2017-C.T.(Rate)
Notification No. 25/2018-C.T. (Rate), dated 31-12-2018 Amending 2/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 15/2019-C.T. (Rate), dated 30-9-2019 Amending 2/2017-C.T. (Rate)
GST Rate of Services – Notification No. 11/2017-C.T.(Rate), dated 28.06.2017
Notification No. 20/2017-C.T. (Rate), dated 22-8-2017 Amending 11/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 31/2017-C.T. (Rate), dated 13-10-2017 Amending 11/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 46/2017-C.T. (Rate), dated  14-11-2017 Amending 11/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 1/2018-C.T. (Rate), dated 25-1-2018 Amending 11/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 13/2018-C.T. (Rate), dated 26-7-2018 Amending 11/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 17/2018-C.T. (Rate), dated 26-7-2018 Amending 11/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 27/2018-C.T. (Rate), dated 31-12-2018 Amending 11/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 30/2018-C.T. (Rate), dated 31-12-2018 Amending 11/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 3/2019-C.T. (Rate), dated 29-3-2019 Amending 11/2017-C.T.
Notification No. 10/2019-C.T. (Rate), dated 10-5-2019 Amending 11/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 20/2019-C.T. (Rate), dated 30-9-2019 Amending 11/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 12/2017-Central Tax (Rate) – Exemption from GST to Specified Services
Notification No. 21/2017-C.T. (Rate), dated 22-8-2017 – Amending 12/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 25/2017-C.T. (Rate), dated 21-9-2017 – Amending 12/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 30/2017-C.T. (Rate), dated 29-9-2017 – Amending 12/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 32/2017-C.T. (Rate), dated  13-10-2017 – Amending 12/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 47/2017-C.T. (Rate), dated 14-11-2017 – Amending 12/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 2/2018-C.T. (Rate), dated 25-1-2018 – Amending 12/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 14/2018-C.T. (Rate), dated 26-7-2018 – Amending 12/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 23/2018-C.T. (Rate), dated 20-9-2018 – Amending 12/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 28/2018-C.T. (Rate), dated 31-12-2018 – Amending 12/2018-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 4/2019-C.T. (Rate), dated 29-3-2019 – Amending 12/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 13/2019- C.T. (Rate), dated 31.07.2019 – Amending 12/2017-C.T. (Rate)
Notification No. 21/2019-C.T. (Rate), dated 30.09.2019 – Amending 12/2017-C.T. (Rate)

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