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Notification No. 35/2017 – Central Tax (Rate) Explained

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[F.No.354/117/2017-TRU (Pt. III)]
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)

New Delhi, the 13^th October, 2017

Notification No. 35/2017 - Central Tax (Rate): Seeks to amend notification No. 2/2017-Central Tax (Rate).

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

G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 11 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), 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.2/2017-Central 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. 674(E), dated the 28th June, 2017, namely:-

In the said notification,-

A. in the Schedule, -

I. after S. No. 122 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and the entries shall be inserted, namely: -

“122A

4907

Duty Credit Scrips”;

II. after S. No. 149 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and the entries shall be inserted, namely: -

“150

Supply of goods by a Government entity to Central Government, State Government, Union territory, local authority or any person specified by Central Government, State Government, Union territory or local authority, against consideration received from Central Government, State Government, Union territory or local authority in the form of grants”;

B. in the Explanation, after clause (iv), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: -
“(v) The phrase “Government Entity” shall mean an authority or a board or any other body including a society, trust, corporation, which is:

set up by an Act of Parliament or State Legislature; or
established by any Government,

with 90 percent or more participation by way of equity or control, to carry out a function entrusted by the Central Government, State government, Union territory or a local authority.”.

C. in ANNEXURE I, after point (b), the following proviso shall be inserted

“Provided that, if the person having an actionable claim or enforceable right on a brand name and the person undertaking packing of such goods in unit containers are two different persons, then the person having an actionable claim or enforceable right on a brand name shall file an affidavit to that effect with the jurisdictional Commissioner of Central tax of the person undertaking packing of such goods that he is voluntarily foregoing his actionable claim or enforceable right on such brand name as defined in Explanation (ii)(a);

and he has authorised the person [undertaking packing of such goods in unit containers bearing said brand name] to print on such unit containers in indelible ink, both in English and the local language, that in respect of such brand name he [the person owning the brand name] is voluntarily foregoing the actionable claim or enforceable right voluntarily on such brand name.”

(Ruchi Bisht)
Under Secretary to the
Government of India

Note: - The principal notification No.2/2017-Central 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. 674(E), dated the 28th June, 2017 and last amended by Notification No. 28/2017-Central Tax(Rate) dated 22^nd September, 2017 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number GSR 1190 (E), dated the 22^nd September, 2017.

📚 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Notification No. 35/2017 – Central Tax (Rate)

Q1: What is Notification 35/2017 in GST?

Answer:
It amends the GST exemption list (Notification 2/2017).
It adds new exempt items and clarifies conditions like government entity definition and brand rules.