NOTIFICATION G.O.MS.No. 457, DATED 16-10-2017 : Andhra Pradesh GST

SECTION 23 OF THE ANDHRA PRADESH GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – REGISTRATION – PERSON LIABLE TO – NOTIFYING CASUAL TAXABLE PERSONS MAKING TAXABLE SUPPLIES OF HANDICRAFT GOODS AS THE CATEGORY OF PERSONS EXEMPTED FROM OBTAINING REGISTRATION

NOTIFICATION G.O.MS.No. 457, DATED 16-10-2017
AS AMENDED BY NOTIFICATION G.O.MS.No.485, DATED 31-10-2017

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 23 of the Andhra Pradesh Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Act No.16 of 2017), the Government, on the recommendations of the Goods and Services Tax Council, hereby specifies the casual taxable persons making taxable supplies of handicraft goods as the category of persons exempted from obtaining registration under the aforesaid Act:

Provided that the aggregate value of such supplies, to be computed on all India basis, does not exceed an amount of twenty lakh rupees in a financial year:

Provided further that the aggregate value of such supplies, to be computed on all India basis, does not exceed an amount of ten lakh rupees in case of Special Category States, other than the State of Jammu and Kashmir.

2. The casual taxable persons mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall obtain a Permanent Account Number and generate an e-way bill in accordance with the provisions of rule 138 of the Andhra Pradesh Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017.

3. The above exemption shall be available to such persons who are making inter-State taxable supplies of handicraft goods and are availing the benefit of notification No.8/2017 – Integrated Tax dated the 14th September, 2017 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R.(E), dated the 14th September, 2017.

Explanation.—For the purposes of this notification, the expression “handicraft goods” means the products mentioned in column (2) of the Table below and the Harmonized System of Nomenclature (HSN) code mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table, when made by the craftsmen predominantly by hand even though some machinery may also be used in the process:—

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This notification shall be deemed to have come with effect on and from 15th September, 2017.

1. Substituted by Notification G.O.MS.No.485, dated 31-10-2017.

2. Inserted by Notification G.O.MS.No.485, dated 31-10-2017.