Source: F.No.349/58/2017-GST(Pt.)

 

 [To be published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i)]

 

 

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Revenue

Central Board of Excise and Customs

 

 Notification No. 32/2017 – Central Tax

 

 New Delhi, the 15th September, 2017

 

 

 

 G.S.R. (E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 23 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the 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 Central 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. 1156(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:-

Table

 

Sl.No.

Products

 

HSN Code

(1)

(2)

(3)

1.

 Leather articles (including bags, purses, saddler, harness, =garments)

=4201, 4202, =4203

2.

 Carved wood products (including boxes, inlay work, cases, =casks)

=4415, 4416

3.

 Carved wood products (including table and kitchenware)

=4419

4.

 Carved wood products=

=4420

5.

 Wood turning and lacquer ware

=4421

6.

 Bamboo products [decorative and utility items]

=46

7.

 Grass, leaf and reed and fibre products, mats, pouches, =wallets

=4601, 4602

8.

 Paper mache articles

=4823

9.

 Textile (handloom products)

=including =50, 58, 62, =63

10.

 Textiles hand printing

=50. 52, 54

11. 

 Zari thread

=5605

12.

 Carpet, rugs and durries

=57

13.

 Textiles hand embroidery

=58

14.

 Theatre costumes

=61, 62. 63

15.

 Coir products (including mats, mattresses)

=5705, 9404

16.

 Leather footwear

=6403, 6405

17.

 Carved stone products (including statues, statuettes, =figures of animals, writing sets, ashtray, candle stand)

=6802

18.

 Stones inlay work

=68

19.

 Pottery and clay products, including terracotta

=6901, 6909. =6911, 6912, =6913, 6914

20.

 Metal table and kitchen ware (copper, brass ware)

=7418

21.

 Metal statues, images/statues vases, ums and crosses of =the type used for decoration of metals of chapters 73 and =74

=8306

22.

 Metal bidriware

=8306

23.

 Musical instruments

=92

24.

 Horn and bone products

=96

25.

 Conch shell crafts

=96

26.

 Bamboo furniture, cane/Rattan furniture

 

27.

 Dolls and toys

=9503

28.

 Folk paintings, madhubani, patchitra, Rajasthani  =miniature

=97

 

 

 [F.No.349/58/2017-GST(Pt.)]

(Dr. Sreeparvathy.S.L.)

Under Secretary to the Government of India