IGST Changes on Recco of 48th GST Council Meeting

· Pencil Sharpeners IGST raised to 18% from 12%

· Ethyl Alcohol supplies to petroleum refineries for blending with petrol cut to 5% from 18%

· Husk of pulses including chilka, concentrates including chuni or churi, khanda Cut to Nil from 5%

[Notification No. 12/2022-Integrated Tax (Rate) dated 30^th December, 2022]

Seeks to amend notification No. 1/2017- Integrated Tax (Rate)

G.S.R. ......(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5 of Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017) read with sub-section (5) of section 15 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, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.1/2017-Integrated Tax (Rate), dated the 28^th June, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 666(E), dated the 28th June, 2017, namely:-

In the said notification, -

(A) in Schedule I – 5%, -

(i) against S. No. 102A, in column (3), for the entry, the following entry shall be substituted, namely: -

“Ethyl alcohol supplied to Oil Marketing Companies or Petroleum refineries for blending with motor spirit (petrol)”;

(ii) against S. No. 103A, in column (3), for the entry, the following entry shall be substituted, namely: -

“Bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals or of leguminous plants [other than aquatic feed including shrimp feed and prawn feed, poultry feed and cattle feed, including grass, hay and straw, supplement and additives, husk of pulses including chilka, concentrates including chuni or churi, khanda, wheat bran, de-oiled cake]”;

(B) in Schedule II – 12%, -

(i) against S. No. 48, in column (3), for the entry, the following entry shall be substituted, namely: -

“Fruit pulp or fruit juice based drinks [other than Carbonated Beverages of Fruit Drink or Carbonated Beverages with Fruit Juice]”;

(ii) against S. No. 180, in column (3), for the entry, the following entry shall be substituted, namely: -

“Mathematical boxes, geometry boxes and colour boxes”;

(C) in Schedule III – 18%, against S. No. 25, in column (3), for the entry, the following entry shall be substituted, namely: -

“Ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength [other than ethyl alcohol supplied to Oil Marketing Companies or Petroleum refineries for blending with motor spirit (petrol)]”.

2. This notification shall come into force with effect from the 1^st day of January, 2023.

[F.No. CBIC-190354/316/2022-TRU Section-CBEC]