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[update from 1/10/2020] 12/2017 CTR Updated-Exemptions in GST

Introduction- Exemptions in GST

Many items are exempted from GST. Section 11 of the CGST Act provides the right to prescribe the list of exempted items in GST. The following two notifications are issued to list the Exemptions in GST.

  • 2/2017-CTR for exempted Goods
  • 12/2017 – CTR for exempted services

They are amended from time to time by various notifications. Similar notifications are issued for IGST also.

Related Topic:
GST on Stage and Contract Carriage

Update tax on Export freight from 1/10/2020

GST on export freight. Entry no. 19 B of 12/2017 as amended by notification no. 21/2019-CTR. It exempted the Ocean freight up to 30th September 2020. In absence of any extension, Ocean freight will become taxable from 1st Oct 2020. Thus from 1st October Shipping lines will charge 5% GST on export freight and other related charges. This entry was inserted via notification no. 02/2018- CTR.

1. Charitable/religious

Entry HSN/SAC Description
Entry No.1 Chapter 99 Services by an entity registered under section 12AA of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) by way of charitable activities.
Entry No.9D Chapter 99 Old Age home run by

  • CG
  • SG
  • 12AA entity
  • Age 60 or more
  • Up to 25000 PMM including boarding, lodging & maintenance.
Entry No.13 Heading 9963, 9972,9995 or any other heading of section 9
  • Conduct of religious ceremony
  • Renting of religious place by 

      An entity registered in section 12AA or 10(23C)(5) of Income-tax Act

       Body or authority covered under 10(23BBA) of the Income-tax Act

Except

– The room rent is Rs. 1000 or more per day

– Community hall/mandap rent Rs. 10000 or more per day

– Rent of shop /business place rent is Rs. 10000 or more.

Entry No.60 Heading 9991 Religious pilgrimage facilitated by GoI under bilateral agreement by a specified organization 
Entry No.80 Heading 9996 Training or coaching in recreational activities relating to 

  • Art or Culture 
  • Sports 

By entities registered in sec 12AA of IT Act

2. Business Transfer

Entry No. 2 Chapter 99 Transfer of a business as a going concern

3. To Govt

Entry No. 3 Chapter 99 Pure services to CG, SG, UT, or LA for 243G or 243W. AAR- M/s. Super Wealth Financial Enterprises (P) Ltd.
Entry No.[3A] Chapter 99 Services provided to CG, SG, UT or LA having up to 25% goods for 243G or 243W
Entry No.4 Chapter 99 Services by a governmental authority for 243W of CoI
Entry No.5 Chapter 99 Services by a governmental authority for 243G of CoI
Entry No.6 Chapter 99 Services by CG, SG, UT or LA, except

  • Speed post, express parcel post, life insurance, and agency services provided to a person other than CG, SG or UT (Postal Department)
  • Aircraft or Vessel
  • Transport of goods/passenger
  • Any Service other than the above  to a business entity
Entry No.7 Chapter 99 Services provided by CG, SG, UT or LA to a Business entity (T/O less than 20/10 Lakh) except:

  • Speed post, express parcel post, life insurance, and agency services provided to a person other than CG, SG or UT (Postal Department)
  • Aircraft or Vessel
  • Transport of goods/passenger
  • Renting of Immovable property
Entry No.8 Chapter 99 Services provided by CG, SG, UT or LA to another CG, SG, UT or LA except

  • Speed post, express parcel post, life insurance, and agency services provided to a person other than CG, SG or UT (Postal Department)
  • Aircraft or Vessel
  • Transport of goods/passenger
Entry No.9 Chapter 99 Services provided by CG, SG, UT or LA with consideration of 5000 or less except

  • Speed post, express parcel post, life insurance, and agency services provided to a person other than CG, SG or UT (Postal Department)
  • Aircraft or Vessel
  • Transport of goods/passenger

[In case of Continuous Supply Annual Amount is 5000 or less]

Entry No.9C Chapter 99 Services provided by Govt. entity to CG, SG, UT, LA, or any person specified by CG, SG, UT, or LA. (In the form of Grant). 
Entry No.34A Heading 9971 By CG, SG, or UT by way of guaranteeing the loans of their undertaking or PSU’s from banking companies or financial institutions.
Entry No.47 Heading 9983 or 9991 By CG, SG, UT or LA by way of- 

  • Registration required any law
  • Certification related to protection or safety
Entry No.61 Heading 9991 By CG, SG, UT, or LA issuance of passport, visa, driving license, birth certificate, or death certificate.
Entry No.62 Heading 9991 or 9997 By CG, SG, UT, or LA by way of tolerating non-performance and the fines & damages to be paid to CG, SG, UT, or LA under such contract.
Entry No.63 Heading 9991 By CG, SG, UT, or LA by way of assigning the right to use natural resources to an individual farmer for the cultivation of plants & Animals, except horse(for fiber, food, fuel, or other similar products).
Entry No.64 Heading 9991 or 9973 By CG, SG, UT, or LA by way of assigning the right to use natural resources, where right was given by CG, SG, UT, or LA before 1st April 2016.

The exemption is limited to tax payable only.

Entry No.65 Heading 9991 By CG, SG, or UT by way of deputing officers after office hours or on holidays for inspection or container stuffing or such other duties in relation to import export cargo on payment of Merchant Overtime charges.
Entry No.[65B Heading 9991 or any other heading By SG Right to collect Royalty on behalf of SG on the minerals dispatched by mining leaseholders.

4. Agri, Govt

Entry No.58 Heading 9988 or 9992 By NCCCD by way of cold chain knowledge dissemination.

5. FIFA

Entry No. 9A Chapter 99 Any Activity for FIFA Word cup 2017.

6. Transit cargo to Nepal & Bhutan

Entry No. 9B Chapter 99 Supply of services associated with transit cargo to Nepal and Bhutan (landlocked countries).

7. Construction

Entry No.10 Heading 9954 Pure labor contract for the construction(+9) of civil structure or any other original works pertaining to BLIHC or enhancement under HAUM or PMAY.
Entry No.11 Heading 9954 Pure labor contracts of construction, erection, commissioning or installation of original works pertaining to a single residential unit otherwise than as a part of a residential complex. 


8. Electricity

Entry No.10A Heading 9954 EDU by way of construction, erection, commissioning or installation of infrastructure for extending the electricity distribution network up to the tube well of the farmer or agriculturalist for agricultural use.
Entry No.25 Heading 9969 extending the electricity distribution network up to the tube well of the farmer or agriculturalist for agricultural use.

9. Renting

Entry No.12 Heading 9963 or 9972 Services by way of renting a residential dwelling for use as a residence.

10. Hotel

Entry No.14 Heading 9963 Hotel room up to 1000/day.

11. Transportation of passenger

Entry No.15 Heading 9964
  • Air travel to/from the state of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, or Tripura, or at Bagdogra located in West Bengal.
  • Non-AC contract carriage other than radio taxi
  • Non-AC stage carriage.
Entry No.16 Heading 9964 Transportation of passengers provided to Centre government in a regional connectivity scheme airport.
Entry No.17 Heading 9964
  • Railway, other than First class and AC coach
  • Metro, monorail or tramway
  • inland waterways
  • public transport, other than predominantly for tourism purpose, in a vessel between places located in India; and
  • metered cabs or auto rickshaws (including e-rickshaws).


12. Transportation of goods

Entry No.18 Heading 9965 Transportation by way of the road, except

  • By GTA
  • By Courier

By inland waterways.

Entry No.19 Heading 9965 Air-transportation of goods from outside India to India.
Entry No.[19A Heading 9965 Air-transportation of goods from India to Outside India.
Entry No.[19B Heading 9965 Sea transportation of goods from India to Outside India. 
Entry No.20 Heading 9965 Transportation of goods by rail or a vessel.
Entry No.21 Heading 9965 or 9967 Services provided by a goods transport agency, by way of transport in a goods carriage of –

(a) agricultural produce;

(b) goods, where consideration charged for the transportation of goods on a consignment transported in a single carriage does not exceed one thousand five hundred rupees;

(c) goods, where consideration charged for transportation of all such goods for a single consignee does not exceed rupees seven hundred and fifty;

(d) milk, salt, and food grain including flour, pulses, and rice;

(e) organic manure;

(f) newspaper or magazines registered with the Registrar of Newspapers;

(g) relief materials meant for victims of natural or man-made disasters, calamities, accidents or mishap; or

(h) defense or military equipment.


13. Transportation of goods by GTA

Entry No.[21A Heading 9965 or 9967 Services by GTA to an unregistered individual/CTP/HUF
Entry No.[21B Heading 9965 or 9967 GTA services to following:

(a) a Department or Establishment of the Central Government or State Government or Union territory; or 

(b) local authority; or 

(c) Governmental agencies, which have taken registration under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) only for the purpose of deducting tax under Section 51 and not for making a taxable supply of goods or services.

 

14. Hire, Rent, Transportation of passenger

Entry No.22 Heading 9966 or Heading 9973 Giving a means of transportation:

  • To state transport undertaking a vehicle with a capacity of more than 12 passengers.
  • GTA for the transportation of goods.
  • A person for the transportation of Student, faculty & staff of educational institute(preschool to high school )


15. Toll Road

Entry No.23 Heading 9967 Service by way of access to a road or a bridge on payment of toll charges.
Entry No.[23A Heading 9967 Service by way of access to a road or a bridge on payment of the annuity.

Related Topic:
Serviced apartments are also eligible for exemption under 12/2017

16. Agriculture

Entry No.24 Heading 9967 or Heading 9985 Services by way of loading, unloading, packing, storage, or warehousing of rice.
Entry No.[24A Heading 9967 or Heading 9985 Services by way of warehousing of minor forest produce.
Entry No.[53A Heading 9985 Services by way of fumigation in a warehouse of agricultural produce.
Entry No.54 Heading 9986 Following activities for cultivation and rearing of animals (except horse:

  • Agricultural operation Directly related to the production of AP.
  • Supply of farm labour
  • processes carried out at an agricultural farm (which doesn’t change the essential characteristics)
  • renting or leasing of agro
  • machinery or vacant land with or without a structure incidental to its use;
  • loading, unloading, packing, storage or warehousing of agricultural produce
  • agricultural extension services
  • services by any Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee or Board or services provided by a commission agent for sale or purchase of agricultural produce
  • services by way of fumigation in a warehouse of agricultural produce
Entry No.57 Heading 9988 or any other Heading  of  Section 8 and Section 9 Services by way of preconditioning, pre-cooling, ripening, waxing, retail packing, labeling of fruits and vegetables which do not change or alter the essential characteristics of the said fruits or vegetables


17. Agri, Job work

Entry No.55 Heading 9986 Carrying out an intermediate production process as job work in relation to the cultivation of plants and rearing of all life forms of animals, except the rearing of horses.

18. Bank

Entry No.26 Heading 9971 Services by the Reserve Bank of India.
Entry No.[27A Heading 9971 Services provided by a banking company to Basic Saving Bank Deposit (BSBD) account holders under (PMJDY)
Entry No.28 Heading 9971 or Heading 9991 Services provided by a banking company to Basic Saving Bank Deposit (BSBD) account holders under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)
Entry No.34 Heading 9971 Services by an acquiring bank, to any person in relation to settlement of an amount up to two thousand rupees in a single transaction transacted through credit card, debit card, charge card or other payment card service

19. Interest

Entry No.27 Heading 9971
  • Interest 
  • Sale purchase of foreign currency amongst banks or authorized dealers.


20. Life Insurance

Entry No.29 Heading 9971 or Heading 9991 Services of life insurance Provided to members of the Army, Naval & Air force by their GIF.
Entry No.[29A Heading 9971

or Heading 9991

Life insurance to coastal guards by NGIF.
Entry No.35 Heading 9971

or Heading 9991

General insurance services under specified schemes.
Entry No.36 Heading 9971

or Heading 9991

Life insurance services under specified schemes.
Entry No.[36A Heading 9971 or Heading 9991 Services by way of reinsurance of the insurance schemes specified in serial number 35 or 36 [or 40 inserted from 26.7.2018 via 14/2018 CTR]
Entry No.38 Heading 9971 or 9991 Services by way of the collection of contributions under any pension scheme of the State Governments.
Entry No.40 Heading 9971 or 9991 Services under any insurance scheme to CG, SG, UT.

21. Pension Scheme

Entry No.37 Heading 9971 or Heading 9991 Services by way of the collection of contributions under the Atal Pension Yojana.

22. Telecom License

Entry No.42 Heading 9973 or Heading 9991 By CG, SG, UT, LA to operate as a telecom operator prior to 1-4-2016.


23. leasing of assets by Indian Railways

Entry No.43 Heading 9973 Leasing of assets by IRFC to Indian railways

24. Upfront amount premium, salami, cost

Entry No. 41 Heading 9972 The upfront amount charged for the lease of an industrial plot of 30 years or more by mentioned entities to the industrial units or the developers in any industrial or financial business area

25. INCUBATEE, INCUBATOR

Entry No. 44 Heading.9981 Services provided by an incubatee up to 50 lac
Entry No. 48 Heading.9983 any other Heading  of Chapter 99 Taxable services, provided or to be provided by organizations under the Department of Biotechnology, GOI.

 

26. ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL

Entry No.45 Heading.9982 OR 9991 a) Services by Arbitral Tribunal:

  • Any person other than business entity having turnover of more than 20 lac (10 lac)
  • CG/SG/UT/LA/GA/GE

b) By partnership firm or individual advocate except senior advocate by way of legal services:

– to other advocate or firm

– any person other than business entity having turnover of more than 20(10) lac.

– CG/SG/UT/LA/GA/GE

c) By senior advocate to 

– any person other than business entity having turnover of more than 20(10) lac.

– CG/SG/UT/LA/GA/GE


27. VET CLINIC

Entry No.46 Heading.9983 Services by a veterinary clinic in relation to health care of animals or birds.

28. LICENSE BY FSSAI

Entry No.[47A Heading.9983 or 9991 Services by way of licensing, registration and analysis or testing of food samples supplied by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to Food Business Operators

29. Journalists

Entry No.49 Heading.9984 Services by way of collecting or providing news by an independent journalist, Press Trust of India, or United News of India.

30. the lending of books or knowledge enhancing content

Entry No. 50 Heading.9984 Services of public libraries by way of lending of books, publications, or any other knowledge enhancing content or material.

31. GSTIN

Entry No. 51 Heading.9984 Services provided by the GSTIN to the CG/SG/UT for the implementation of GST.

32. Exhibition outside India

 

Entry No.52 Heading 9985 Services by an organizer to any person in respect of a business exhibition held outside India.

33. organizing an event – sports

Entry No. 53 Heading 9985 Services by way of sponsorship of sporting events organized by mentioned organizations.

34. Animals

Entry No.[55A Heading 9986 Services by way of artificial insemination of livestock (other than horses).
Entry No.56 Heading 9988 Services by way of slaughtering of animals.


35. FDM

Entry No.59 Heading 9999 Services by a foreign diplomatic mission located in India.

36. RTI

Entry No.[65A Heading 9991 Services by way of providing information under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005).

37. Educational institution

Entry No.66 Heading 9992 or Heading 9963]
  1. By educational institution to its students, faculty & staff.
  2. By an educational institution by way of conduct of entrance examination(inserted from 25-1-2018 via 2/2018 CTR
  3. To an educational institute from pre to HSS
  • transportation of its students, staff, and faculty.
  • Catering
  • House-keeping / cleaning / Security. 
  1. To any educational institute

– services relating to admission to or conduct of examination 

  1. To any institution providing pre to HSS or education as a part of an approved vocational education course.

– Supply of online education journals or periodicals.


38. Sports

Entry No.68 Heading 9992 or Heading 9996 Provided to Recognized Sports body by: 

  • Player, referee, coach, or team manager
  • Another recognized body.
Entry No.82 Chapter 9996 Services by way of right to admission to the events organized under FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017.


39. NSDC

Entry No.69 Heading 9992 or Heading 9983 or Heading 9991 Any Services provided by:

  • NSDC set by GoI
  • Sector Skill Council(SSC) by NSDC
  •  Assessment agency approved by SSC or NSDC
  • Training partner approved by SSC or NSDC relation to specific services.

40. Skill Development

Entry No.70 Heading 9983 or Heading 9985 or Heading 9992 Services of assessing bodies empanelled centrally by the DG of Training, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship by way of assessments.
Entry No.71 Heading 9992 By training providers (Project implementation agencies) under DDUGKY implemented by the MRD, GoI by way of offering skill or vocational training courses.
Entry No.72 Heading 9992 To the CG, SG, UT administration under any training program for which total expenditure is borne by the CG, SG, UT administration

 

41. Blood banks

Entry No.73 Heading 9993 By the cord blood banks by way of preservation of stem cells or any other service in relation to such preservation.

42. Health care

Entry No.74 Heading 9993 By way of:

  • Health care by Clinical establishment
  • Transportation of patients in an ambulance.

43. Health care, rehabilitation professional

Entry No. 74A Heading 9993 Services provided by rehabilitation professionals recognized under the Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 

44. To clinical establishment

Entry No.75 Heading 9994 To clinical establishment by way of treatment or disposal of biomedical waste.

45. Toilets

Entry No.76 Heading 9994 Facilities of bathroom, washrooms, lavatories, urinal or toilets


46. Society to members

Entry No.77 Heading 9995 Service by an unincorporated body or a non- profit entity registered under any law for the time being in force,

 (a) as a trade union; 

(b) for the provision of carrying out any activity which is exempt from the levy of Goods and service Tax; or 

(c) up to an amount of [seven thousand five hundred]61 rupees per month per member in a housing society or a residential complex.

47. Unincorporated body

Entry No. 77A Heading 9995 Services provided by an unincorporated body or a nonprofit entity registered under any law for the time being in force, engaged in,- (i) activities relating to the welfare of industrial or agricultural labour or farmers; or (ii) promotion of trade, commerce, industry, agriculture, art, science, literature, culture, sports, education, social welfare, charitable activities and protection of the environment, to its own members against consideration in the form of membership fee up to an amount of one thousand rupees (Rs 1000/-) per member per year.

48. Music, Dance

Entry No.78 Heading 9996 Services by an artist by way of a performance in folk or classical art forms of- (a) music, or (b) dance, or (c) theatre, if the consideration charged for such performance is not more than one lakh and fifty thousand rupees: Provided that the exemption shall not apply to service provided by such artist as a brand ambassador.

49. Entry

Entry No.79 Heading 9996 Services by way of admission to a museum, national park, wildlife sanctuary, tiger reserve, or zoo.
Entry No.[79A Heading 9996 Services by way of admission to a protected monument so declared under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remain Act 1958 (24 of 1958) or any of the State Acts, for the time being in force.
Entry No.81 Heading 9996 Services by way of right to admission to- (a) circus, dance, or theatrical performance including drama or ballet; (b) award function, concert, pageant, musical performance or any sporting event other than a recognized sporting event; (c) recognized sporting event; (d) planetarium, where the consideration for the right to admission to the events or places as referred to in items (a), (b), (c) or (d) above is not more than Rs 500 per person.

50. Fair Price

Entry No.11A Heading 9961 or Heading 9962 Service provided by Fair Price Shops to Central Government, State Government or Union territory by way of sale of food grains, kerosene, sugar, edible oil, etc. under Public Distribution System against consideration in the form of commission or margin2 

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