Union Territory Tax Notifications (Rate)

UTGST Notification rate 08/2019

Title Seeks to amend notification No. 1/2017- Union Territory Tax (Rate) so as to notify UTGST rate of certain goods as recommended by Goods and Services Tax Council for real estate sector.
Number 08/2019
Date 29-03-2019
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1) In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 7, clause
(iv) of section 21 of the Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (14
of 2017), read with subsection (5) of section 15 of the Central Goods and
Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) (herein after referred to as the “said
Act”), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby
makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of
India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.1/2017- Union
Territory (Rate), dated the 28th June, 2017, published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 710 (E),
dated the 28th June, 2017, namely:-

In the said notification, in Schedule III – 9%, after serial number 452P in
column (1) and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and
entries shall be inserted, namely: –

(1) (2) (3)
“452Q Any chapter

Supply of any goods other than capital goods and cement falling
under chapter heading 2523 in the first schedule to the Customs Tariff
Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), by an unregistered person to a promoter for
construction of the project on which tax is payable by the promoter as
recipient of goods under sub- section 4 of section 9 of the Union
Territory Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), as
prescribed in notification No. 07 / 2019- Union Territory Tax (Rate),
dated 29th March, 2019, published in Gazette of India vide G.S.R. No.
__, dated 29th March, 2019

Explanation. For the purpose of this entry,–

(i) 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).

(ii) “project” shall mean a Real Estate Project (REP) or a Residential
Real Estate Project (RREP).

(iii) 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).

(iv) “Residential Real Estate Project (RREP)” shall mean a REP in
which the carpet area of the commercial apartments is not more than
15 per cent. of the total carpet area of all the apartments in the REP.

(v) This entry is to be taken to apply to all goods which satisfy the
conditions prescribed herein, even though they may be covered by a
more specific chapter/ heading/ sub heading or tariff item elsewhere
in this notification.

2) This notification shall come into force with effect from the 1 st of April,
2019

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