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The federal government has prolonged the deadline for implementation of particular process for registration and month-to-month return submitting of producers of pan masala, gutkha and comparable tobacco merchandise until Might 15.
Earlier in January, the Central Board of Oblique Taxes and Customs (CBIC) had introduced the introduction of a brand new registration and month-to-month return submitting process efficient April 1, 2024.
The transfer to overtake the registration, record-keeping, and month-to-month submitting of such companies was aimed toward bettering GST compliance for producers of pan masala and tobacco merchandise.
The GST regulation was additionally amended through Finance Invoice 2024, to say that producers of pan masala, gutka and comparable tobacco merchandise must pay a penalty of as much as Rs 1 lakh, in the event that they fail to register their packing equipment with the GST authorities with impact from April 1.
Nonetheless, this penalty provision is but to be notified.
The process was to be relevant for producers of pan-masala, unmanufactured tobacco (with out lime tube) with or with out model identify, ‘Hookah’ or ‘gudaku’ tobacco, smoking mixtures for pipes and cigarettes, chewing tobacco (with out lime tube), filter khaini, jarda scented tobacco, snuff and branded or unbranded ‘Gutkha’, and so forth.
The CBIC, via a notification, prolonged the date of implementation of this particular process by 45 days until Might 15.
The producers of such tobacco merchandise had been required to furnish the small print of packing machines getting used for filling and packing of packages in Kind GST SRM-I, electronically inside 30 days of the notification coming into impact i.e., April 1, 2024.
Additionally a particular assertion of return submitting GST SRM-II was to be filed by the tenth of the succeeding month.
Moore Singhi Government Director Rajat Mohan stated neither the GST Community has issued any advisory on the brand new process nor launched new submitting utilities. In consequence, the federal government has determined to defer the implementation of the brand new process by 45 days to Might 15.
“This delay by the GST ecosystem has led to challenges for the trade in implementing the brand new scheme mid-year. Ideally, any new scheme ought to be applied initially of a brand new monetary 12 months to permit for smoother transitions and higher compliance,” Mohan added.
In February final 12 months, the GST Council, chaired by the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and comprising state counterparts, had permitted the report of a panel of state finance ministers on plugging tax evasion in pan masala and gutkha companies.
The GoM had really helpful that the mechanism for levy of compensation cess on pan masala and chewing tobacco be modified from advert valorem to a particular rate-based levy to spice up the primary stage assortment of the income.
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First Revealed: Apr 11 2024 | 12:48 PM IST
