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[F.No.354/255/2018-TRU]
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)

New Delhi, the 26^th July, 2018

Notification No. 20/2018 – Union Territory Tax (Rate)

GST: [TO BE PUBLISHED IN PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i) OF THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY]

G.S.R.   (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (ii) of the proviso to sub-section (3) of section 54 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) read with section 21 of the Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (14 of 2017) the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.5/2017-Union Territory Tax (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. 714(E), dated the 28th June, 2017, namely:-

In the said notification, in the opening paragraph the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-

“Provided that,-

• nothing contained in this notification shall apply to the input tax credit accumulated on supplies received on or after the 1^st day of August, 2018, in respect of goods mentioned at serial numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6A, 6B, 6C and 7 of the Table below; and
• in respect of said goods, the accumulated input tax credit lying unutilized in balance, after payment of tax for and up to the month of July, 2018, on the inward supplies received up to the 31^st day of July 2018, shall lapse.”.

(Gunjan Kumar Verma)
Under Secretary to the
Government of India

Note: – The principal notification No. 5/2017- Union territory Tax (Rate), dated the 28th June, 2017 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 714(E), dated the 28th June, 2017 and last amended vide notification No. 44/2017- Union territory Tax (Rate) dated 14^th November,2017 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 1400(E), dated the 14^th November, 2017.

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