Govt notifies April 1 as date for availing increased GST exemption limit, composition scheme

08 Mar 2019 Evaluate

Finance Ministry has notified April 1, 2019, as the date for the implementation of doubling of Goods and Services Tax (GST) exemption limit to Rs 40 lakh. The move is expected to benefit small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Besides, the effective date for availing higher turnover cap of Rs 1.5 crore for availing composition scheme by traders has also been fixed as April 1. That apart, service providers and suppliers of both goods and services with a turnover of up to Rs 50 lakh would be eligible to opt for the GST composition scheme and pay a tax of 6 percent from the beginning of next fiscal.

According to the changed rules, there would be two threshold limits for exemption from registration and payment of GST for the Suppliers of Goods i.e. Rs 40 lakh and Rs 20 lakh. States would have an option to decide about one of the limits. The Threshold for Registration for service providers would continue to be Rs 20 lakh and in case of Special Category States Rs 10 lakh.

Also the GST Composition Scheme, under which small traders and businesses pay a 1 percent tax based on turnover, can be availed by businesses with a turnover of Rs 1.5 crore, against the earlier Rs 1 crore, with effect from April 1. These decisions were taken by the GST Council, chaired by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and comprising his state counterparts, on January 10.

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