The Meghalaya Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Act No. 10 of 2017)

meghalaya · 2017

S. 1Short title, extent and commencement
S. 2Definitions.
S. 3Officers under this Act.
S. 4Appointment of officers.
S. 5Powers of officers.
S. 6Authorisation of officers of central tax as proper officer in certain circumstances.
S. 7Scope of supply.
S. 8Tax liability on composite and mixed supplies.
S. 9Levy and Collection.
S. 10Composition levy.
S. 11Power to grant exemption from tax.
S. 12Time of supply of goods.
S. 13Time of supply of services.
S. 14Change in rate of tax in respect of supply of goods or services.
S. 15Value of taxable supply.
S. 16Eligibility and conditions for taking input tax credit.
S. 17Apportionment of credit and blocked credits.
S. 18Availability of credit in special circumstances.
S. 19Taking input tax credit in respect of inputs sent for job work.
S. 20Manner of distribution of credit by Input Service Distributor.
S. 21Manner of recovery of credit distributed in excess.
S. 22Persons liable for registration.
S. 23Persons not liable for registration.
S. 24Compulsory registration in certain cases.
S. 25Procedure for Registration.
S. 26Deemed Registration.
S. 27Special provisions relating to casual taxable person and nonresident taxable person.
S. 28Amendment of registration.
S. 29Cancellation of registration.
S. 30Revocation of cancellation of registration.
S. 31Tax invoice
S. 32Prohibition on unauthorised collection of tax
S. 33Amount of tax to be indicated in tax invoice and other documents.
S. 34Credit and debit notes
S. 35Accounts and other records
S. 36Period of retention of accounts.
S. 37Furnishing details of outward supplies.
S. 38Furnishing details of inward supplies.
S. 39Furnishing of Returns.
S. 40First Return.
S. 41Claim of input tax credit and provisional acceptance thereof.
S. 42Matching, reversal and reclaim of input tax credit.
S. 43Matching, reversal and reclaim of reduction in output tax liability.
S. 44Annual Return
S. 45Final Return
S. 46Notice to return defaulters.
S. 47Levy of late fee.
S. 48Goods and services tax practitioners.
S. 49Payment of tax, interest, penalty and other amounts.
S. 50Interest on delayed payment of tax.
S. 51Tax deduction at source.
S. 52Collection of tax at source.
S. 53Transfer of input tax credit.
S. 54Refund of tax.
S. 55Refund in certain cases.
S. 56Interest on delayed refunds.
S. 57Consumer Welfare Fund.
S. 58Utilisation of Fund.
S. 59Self Assessment.
S. 60Provisional Assessment.
S. 61Scrutiny of returns.
S. 62Assessment of non-filers of returns.
S. 63Assessment of unregistered persons.
S. 64Summary assessment in certain special cases.
S. 65Audit by tax authorities.
S. 66Special audit.
S. 67Power of inspection, search and seizure
S. 68Inspection of goods in movement.
S. 69Power to arrest.
S. 70Power to summon persons to give evidence and produce documents.
S. 71Access to business premises.
S. 72Officers to assist proper officers.
S. 73Determination of tax not paid or short paid or erroneously refunded or input tax credit wrongly availed or utilised for any reason other than fraud or any wilful misstatement or suppression of facts.
S. 74Determination of tax not paid or short paid or erroneously refunded or input tax credit wrongly availed or utilised by reason of fraud or any wilful mis-statement or suppression of facts.
S. 75General provisions relating to determination of tax.
S. 76Tax collected but not paid to Government.
S. 77Tax wrongfully collected and paid to Central Government or State Government.
S. 78Initiation of recovery proceedings.
S. 79Recovery of tax.
S. 80Payment of tax and other amount in instalments.
S. 81Transfer of property to be void in certain cases.
S. 82Tax to be first charge on property.
S. 83Provisional attachment to protect revenue in certain cases.
S. 84Continuation and validation of certain recovery proceedings.
S. 85Liability in case of transfer of business.
S. 86Liability of agent and principal.
S. 87Liability in case of amalgamation or merger of companies.
S. 88Liability in case of company in liquidation.
S. 89Liability of directors of private company.
S. 90Liability of partners of firm to pay tax.
S. 91Liability of guardians, trustees etc.
S. 92Liability of Court of Wards etc.
S. 93Special provisions regarding liability to pay tax, interest or penalty in certain cases.
S. 94Liability in other cases.
S. 95Definitions.
S. 96Constitution of Authority for Advance Ruling.
S. 97Application for advance ruling.
S. 98Procedure on receipt of application.
S. 99Constitution of Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling.
S. 100Appeal to the Appellate Authority.
S. 101Orders of Appellate Authority.
S. 102Rectification of advance ruling.
S. 103Applicability of advance ruling.
S. 104Advance ruling to be void in certain circumstances.
S. 105Powers of Authority and Appellate Authority.
S. 106Procedure of Authority and Appellate Authority.
S. 107Appeals to Appellate Authority.
S. 108Powers of Revisional Authority.
S. 109Appellate Tribunal and Benches thereof.
S. 110President and Members of Appellate Tribunal, their qualification, appointment, conditions of service, etc.
S. 111Procedure before Appellate Tribunal.
S. 112Appeals to Appellate Tribunal.
S. 113Orders of Appellate Tribunal.
S. 114Financial and administrative powers of State President.
S. 115Interest on refund of amount paid for admission of appeal.
S. 116Appearance by authorised representative.
S. 117Appeal to High Court.
S. 118Appeal to Supreme Court.
S. 119Sums due to be paid notwithstanding appeal etc.
S. 120Appeal not to be filed in certain cases.
S. 121Non Appealable decisions and orders.
S. 122Penalty for certain offences.
S. 123Penalty for failure to furnish information return.
S. 124Fine for failure to furnish statistics.
S. 125General penalty.
S. 126General disciplines related to penalty.
S. 127Power to impose penalty in certain cases.
S. 128Power to waive penalty or fee or both
S. 129Detention, Seizure and release of goods and conveyances in transit.
S. 130Confiscation of goods or conveyances and levy of penalty.
S. 131Confiscation or penalty not to interfere with other punishments.
S. 132Punishment for certain offences
S. 133Liability of officers and certain other persons.
S. 134Cognizance of offences.
S. 135Presumption of culpable mental state.
S. 136Relevancy of statements under certain circumstances.
S. 137Offences by Companies.
S. 138Compounding of offences.
S. 139Migration of existing taxpayers.
S. 140Transitional arrangements for input tax credit.
S. 141Transitional provisions relating to job work.
S. 142Miscellaneous transitional provisions.
S. 143Job work procedure.
S. 144Presumption as to documents in certain cases.
S. 145Admissibility of micro films, facsimile copies of documents and computer printouts as documents and as evidence.
S. 146Common Portal.
S. 147Deemed Exports
S. 148Special Procedure for certain processes.
S. 149Goods and services tax compliance rating.
S. 150Obligation to furnish information return.
S. 151Power to collect statistics.
S. 152Bar on disclosure of information required under section 151.
S. 153Taking assistance from an expert.
S. 154Power to take samples.
S. 155Burden of Proof.
S. 156Persons deemed to be public servants.
S. 157Protection of action taken under this Act.
S. 158Disclosure of information by a public servant
S. 159Publication of information respecting persons in certain cases.
S. 160Assessment proceedings, etc. not to be invalid on certain grounds.
S. 161Rectification of errors apparent from record.
S. 162Bar on jurisdiction of civil courts.
S. 163Levy of fee.
S. 164Power of Government to make rules.
S. 165Power to make regulations.
S. 166Laying of rules, regulations and notifications.
S. 167Delegation of powers.
S. 168Power to issue instructions or directions.
S. 169Service of notice in certain circumstances.
S. 170Rounding off of tax etc.
S. 171Antiprofiteering Measure.
S. 172Removal of difficulties.
S. 173Amendment of certain Acts
S. 174Repeal and Saving