Executive Summary

Income Tax

• No TDS Under Section 194 on dividend Income paid by a Unit of IFSC Engaged in Aircraft Leasing Business to a unit of IFSC engaged in the same
• The Central Government has notified, “Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority” under clause (46) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act,
• CBDT has revised the maximum investment limit of the National Saving Certificate (NSC) from 4.5 lakhs to 9 lakhs for single accounts and Rs. 9 lakhs to 15 lakhs for Joint
• The Government has specified SOP for making applications for re-computation of the total Income of a Co-operative Society engage in the business of manufacturing sugar in sub-section (19) of section 155 of the Income tax act,
• The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued guidance to provide clarifications in respect of information to be reported by Reporting Financial Institutions (RFIs) in respect of reportable accounts.
• The Government has amended Government Savings Promotion General Rules, 2018, rules to promote savings among depositors subject to certain

Companies Act 2013/ Other Laws

• The MCA department has shared the general circular no.07/2023 for the deactivation of the old user IDs in the V-2
• includes ‘Goods and Services Tax Network’ under PMLA to enable sharing of data with ED.
• SEBI directs MIIs to make joint efforts to develop a common ‘Online Dispute Resolution
• SEBI prescribes a detailed framework for newly notified AIF “Corporate Debt Market Development ”
• SEBI mandates all non-individual FPIs to provide Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) details to designated DPs.
• No Relaxation of IBBI Regulatory Fee in cases where the approved resolution plan in respect of a Real Estate Project is from an Association or Group of Allottees.

Goods & Services Tax (GST) & Customs

• Clarification regarding taxability of service provided by an office of an organization in one state to the office of that organization in another state, both being distinct person
• Clarification on E-invoice when supply made to
• Clarification on availability of ITC in respect of warranty replacement of parts and repair
• Clarification on TCS liability in case of multiple
• Clarification on the taxability of shares held in a subsidiary by holding co.

TDS Under Section 194 on dividend Income paid by a Unit of IFSC Engaged in Aircraft Leasing Business to a unit of IFSC engaged in the same business.

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1F) of section 197A, read with clause (34B) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) (hereinafter the Income-tax Act), the Central Government hereby specifies that no deduction of income tax shall be made under section 194 of the Income-tax Act from any income in the nature of dividends paid by any unit of an International Financial Services Centre, primarily engaged in the business of leasing an aircraft (hereinafter referred to as the payer) to a company, being a Unit of an International Financial Services Centre primarily engaged in the business of leasing of an aircraft (hereinafter referred as the payee) subject to the following-

The payee shall, —

• furnish a statement-cum-declaration in Form No. 1 to the payer giving details of the previous year relevant to the assessment year in which the dividend income eligible for exemption under clause (34B) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act is payable.
• such statement-cum-declaration shall be furnished and verified in the manner prescribed in Form 1 for the previous year relevant to the assessment year in which the dividend income eligible for exemption under clause (34B) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act is payable.

The payer shall, —

• not deduct tax on payment made or credited to the recipient of such dividend (payee) after the date of receipt of copy of statement-cum-declaration in Form 1 from payee; and
• furnish the particulars of all the payments made to the recipient of such dividend on which tax has not been deducted in view of this Notification in the statement of deduction of tax referred to in sub-section (3) of section 200 of the Income-tax Act, read with the rule 31A of the Income-tax Rules, 1962. immovable;

• The Central Government has notified, “Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority” under clause (46) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961.

Central Government has notified ‘Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority’, (PAN AAALT0341D), an authority constituted by the State Government of Uttar Pradesh, in respect of the following specified income arising to that Authority, namely: —

• Grants received from the State Government;
• Moneys received from the disposal of land, building and other properties, movable and
• Moneys received by the way of rent & fees or any other charges from the disposal of land, building and other properties, movable and immovable;
• The amount of interest earned on the funds deposited in the banks; and
• The amount of interest/penalties received on the deferred payment received from the Allottees of various movable or immovable

2. This notification shall be effective subject to the conditions that Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority, —
   • shall not engage in any commercial activity;
   • activities and the nature of the specified income shall remain unchanged throughout the financial years; and
   • shall file return of income in accordance with the provision of clause (g) of sub- section (4C) of section 139 of the Income-tax Act, 1961.

 

3. This notification shall be deemed to have been applied for the financial year 2018-19 to financial year 2022-23.

 

CBDT has revised maximum limit of National Saving Certificate (NSC) from 4.5 lakhs to 9 lakhs for single account and Rs. 9 lakhs to 15 lakhs for Joint account.

National Savings (Monthly Income Account) Scheme, 2019 has been amended through National Savings (Monthly Income Account) (Amendment) Scheme, 2023 and the maximum investment limit has been raised from ₹ four lakh fifty thousand to ₹ nine lakh for a single account and from ₹ nine lakh to ₹ 15 lakh for a joint account with effect from 1st April 2023. Likewise, Senior Citizen Savings Scheme, 2019 has been amended through Senior Citizens Savings (Amendment) Scheme, 2023 and the maximum investment limit has been raised from ₹ 15 lakh to ₹ 30 lakh.

 

The Government has specified SOP for making application for recomputation of total Income of Co-operative Society engage in business of manufacture of sugar in sub- section (19) of section 155 of Income tax act, 1961

To encourage co-operative movement in sugar sector, a new clause (xvii) was inserted to amend sub-section (1) of section 36 of the Income-tax Act to provide that the amount paid for purchase of sugarcane by the co-operative societies engaged in the manufacture of sugar at a price which is equal to or less than the price fixed by or fixed with the approval of the Government shall be allowed as deduction for computing business income of the sugar co-operative factories.

To extend the benefit of the abovementioned relief to all the applicable years, section 155 of the Act has been amended to insert a new subsection (19) vide Finance Act, 2023, w.e.f. 1st April 2023. It provides that in the case of a sugar mill cooperative, where any deduction in respect of any expenditure incurred for the purchase of sugarcane has been claimed by an assessee and such deduction has been disallowed wholly or partly in any previous year commencing on or before the 1st day of April, 2014, the Assessing Officer shall, on the basis of an application made by such assessee in this regard, recompute the total income of such assessee for such previous year.

In order to standardize the manner of filing application to the Jurisdictional Assessing Officer under sub-section (19) of section 155 of the Act and its disposal by the Jurisdictional Assessing Officer under the said section, following SOP has been outlined;

• The applicant must be a “co-operative society”, as defined in sub-section (19) of section 2 of the Income-tax Act, engaged in the business of manufacturing of sugar. The co- operative society (referred to as “such co-operative society” hereinafter) seeking relief under sub-section (19) of section 155 of the Act should file an application to the Jurisdictional Assessing
• The application by such co-operative society can be filed for A Y 2015-16 or any earlier assessment year (AY).
• The Jurisdictional Assessing Officer may seek the following documents for the purpose of re-computation under sub-section (19) of section 155 of the Act:
  1. Computation of tax, audit report u/s. 44AB of the Act, audited Profit & Loss Account and Balance Sheet.
  2. Assessment Order/Appellate Order(s) of various appellate fora, as applicable, with respect to the disallowance made on account of excess price paid for purchase of sugarcane above the Statutory Minimum Price (SMP).

• Notice of Demand issued under section 156 of the

1. Challan of taxes paid, if
2. Copy of Order(s)/Other legal instrument(s) regarding price fixation by Government based on which excess price was paid for purchase of sugarcane over and above Statutory Minimum Price (SMP).
3. Documentary evidence regarding registration of co-operative society under State/Central Act.

• Any other document as considered necessary by the Jurisdictional Assessing Officer for the purposes of re-computation of total income under sub-section (19) of section 155 of the Act.

• The Jurisdictional Assessing Officer shall recompute the total income of such co- operative society under the provisions of sub-section (19) of section 155 read with section 154 of the Further, the rectification under sub-section (19) of section 155 r.w.s. 154 of the Act can only be made till 31.03.2027.
• The Jurisdictional Assessing Officer shall pass an order under s. 155(19) r.w.s. 154 of the Act within a period of six months from the end of the month in which the application is received by

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued guidance to provide clarifications in respect of information to be reported by Reporting Financial Institutions (RFIs) in respect of reportable accounts.

 

The CBDT, in exercise of its powers under section 119 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, hereby issues the following clarification with respect to reporting of accounts other than U.S. reportable accounts.

 

• Treaty Qualified Retirement Fund: –

A Treaty Qualified Retirement Fund is a non-reporting financial institution under sub-clause

(b) of clause (5) of Rule 114F of the Rules. However, under the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) which involves exchange of information in respect of reportable accounts other than U.S reportable accounts, a Treaty Qualified Retirement Fund is not treated as a Non-Reporting Financial Institution. It is clarified that a Treaty Qualified Retirement Fund shall not be treated as a non-reporting financial institution for the purposes of maintaining and reporting information in respect of any reportable account other than a U.S. reportable account defined in clause (11) of Rule 114F of the Rules.

• Non-public fund of the armed forces: –

Under the CRS, a non-public fund of the armed forces is in the nature of an active non- financial entity (NFE). In view of this, it is hereby clarified that a non-public fund of the armed forces shall not be treated as a financial institution in case of any reportable account other than a U.S. reportable account defined under clause (11) of Rule 114F of the Rules.

• Gratuity Fund: –

A gratuity fund is a non-reporting financial institution under sub-clause (c) of clause (5) of Rule 114F of the Rules, provided that it is also a financial institution under Rule 114F of the Rules. Gratuity funds which are only managed by either individual(s) and/or entity(ies)

 

that is not a financial institution, are not capable of being classified as a managed Investment Entity Rules. Hence, such gratuity funds will qualify as a passive non-financial entity as per clause (D) (i) of Explanation to clause 6 of Rule 114F of the Rules.

Generally, accounts held in gratuity funds will be treated as excluded accounts if they qualify as retirement or pension accounts as per clause h(i) of Explanation to clause 1 of the Rule 114F, subject to satisfaction of all the conditions laid out in that clause including, inter alia, the monetary limits in respect of contributions to the said funds.

However, accounts held in gratuity funds may also involve withdrawals conditioned on meeting specific criteria in circumstances beyond death, disability or retirement (e.g., gratuity funds that permit withdrawals upon resignation after a certain period of continuous service). Such accounts can be treated as excluded accounts under clause h(ii) of Explanation to clause 1 of the Rule 114F subject to satisfaction of all the conditions laid out in that clause including, inter alia, annual monetary limits in respect to contributions to the said funds.

In view of the above, in the event that a gratuity fund is a reporting financial institution, relevant accounts held with such a gratuity fund fulfilling the conditions specified in clause (h)(i) or h(ii) of the Explanation to clause 1 of Rule 114F of the Rules, will be treated as excluded accounts.

 

• The Government has amended Government Savings Promotion General Rules, 2018, rules to promote savings among depositors subject to certain conditions.

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 15 of the Government Savings Promotion Act, 1873, the Central government t hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Government Savings Promotion General Rules, 2018, namely: —

• In the principal rules, in rule 14, after sub-rule (8), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely: — “(9) Non-resident Indians shall be eligible to be nominated as nominee subject to the condition that payment to such nominee/s shall be on non- repatriation
• Sub-rule (6)- If a depositor dies and there is no nomination in force at the time of his death, and the probate of his will or letters of administration of estate or a succession certificate is not produced within six months from the date of death of the depositor to the Authorised Officer of the Accounts, then

1. if the eligible amount in the account does not exceed Rupees five lakh, the Authorised Officer, for reasons to be recorded in writing, may pay the same to any person appearing to him as the rightful claimant and to his satisfaction to be entitled to receive the amount or to administer the estate of the on an application in Form-11 accompanied by the following documents; namely: —
   • Death certificate of the account holder;
   • Passbook or deposit receipt or statement of account in original;
   • Affidavit in Form-13;
   • Letter of disclaimer in Form-14;
   • Bond of Indemnity in Form-15; and
   • Identity proof of the legal heir;
2. if the eligible amount in a deceased account is above Rupees five lakh, he amount shall be paid by the Accounts office to the claimant on submission of the probate of his will or letters of administration of estate or a succession certificate issued by the Court, or legal heir certificate issued by the revenue authority not below the rank of Tahsildar having jurisdiction along with the following documents; namely: —
   • Claim form;
   • Passbook or deposit receipt or statement of account in original;
   • Death certificate of the account holder; and
   • Identity proof of the legal heir;

• As per Notification No.18/2023 Dated 17/07/2023 CG on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendment in No 83/2020-Central tax dated the 10^th Nov 2020 for extension of time limit for furnishing detail of outward supplies in form GSTR-1

In the said notification, in the fourth proviso: — for the words, letter and figure “tax periods April 2023 and May 2023”, the words, letter and figure “tax periods April 2023, May 2023 and June 2023” shall be substituted; for the words, letters and figure “thirtieth day of June, 2023”, the words, letter and figure “thirty-first day of July, 2023” shall be substituted.

This notification shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 30th day of June, 2023.

• As per Notification No.20/2023 Dated 17/07/2023 CG on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendment in the notification for furnishing of returns – extension of due date for furnishing return in form GSTR-3B for registered persons having principal place of business in Manipur for the quarter ending June, 2023 till the thirty- first day of July, 2023.
• As per Notification No.21/2023 Dated 17/07/2023 CG on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendment in No -26/2019 – Central Tax Dated the 28thJune 2019 for furnishing of returns – extension of due date for furnishing tax deducted at source in form GSTR-7 by registered persons having principal place of business in specified state. In the said notification, in the first paragraph, in the fifth proviso-: For the words, letter and figure “month of April, 2023 and May 2023” the words, letter and figure “

 

Month of April 2023, May 2023 and June 2023″ shall be substituted; For the words, letters and figure ” thirtieth day of June, 2023″, the words, letter and figure ” thirty-first day of July,2023″ shall be substituted. This Notification deemed to have come into force with effect from 30th June 2023.

• As per Notification No.19/2023 Dated 17/07/2023 CG on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendment in 12/2023– Central Tax Dated the 24^thMay 2023 for furnishing of returns – extension of due date in or furnishing return in form GSTR-3B for registered persons having principal place of business in specified state. In the said notification, in the first paragraph, in the fifth proviso: —

For the words, letter and figure “month of April, 2023 and May 2023″ the words, letter and figure ” months of April 2023, May 2023 and June 2023 ” shall be substituted;

For the words, letters and figure “thirty-first day of May, 2023”, the words, letter and figure “thirty first day of July, 2023” shall be substituted. This Notification deemed to have come into force with effect from 30 June 2023.

 

• As per Notification No.22/2023 Dated 17/07/2023 CG on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendment in No–73/ 2017 Central tax Dated the 29^th December 2017 for levy of late fees -waiver of late fees payable for all registered person who failed to furnish GSTR-4 by due date. In the said notification, in the seventh proviso, for the words, letter and figure “30th day of June, 2023” the words, letter and figure “31st day of August, 2023” shall be substituted.

This notification shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 30th day of June, 2023.

• As per Notification No.23/2023 Dated 17/07/2023 CG on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendment 3/2023 -Central Tax dated the 31^st March 2023. for cancellation or suspension of registration – Specified procedure for revocation of cancellation of registration, In the said notification, for the words, letter and figure “30th day of June, 2023” the words, letter and figure “31st day of August, 2023” shall be substituted.

 

This notification shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 30th day of June, 2023.

• As per Notification No.24/2023 Dated 17/07/2023 CG on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendment in No. 6/2023- Central Tax dated 31^st March 2023 for non-filler of return – Assessment of – Deeming Withdrawal of best Judgement Assessment order in respect of specified registered person who follow special procedure to furnish return along with interest and late fees before 31/08/2023 amendment In the said notification, for the words, letter and figure “30th day of June, 2023” the words, letter and figure “31st day of August, 2023” shall be substituted.

This notification shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 30th day of June, 2023.

• As per Notification No.25/2023 Dated 17/07/2023 CG on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendment in 7/2023 dated the 31^st March 2023 for levy of late fees- waiver of late fees for furnishing annual return for FY 2022-23 onwards in respect of specified classes of registered person who fails to furnish said return by due date amendment. In the said notification, in the proviso, for the words, letter and figure “30th day of June, 2023” the words, letter and figure “31st day of August, 2023” shall be substituted.

This notification shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 30th day of June, 2023.

• As per Notification No.26/2023 Dated 17/07/2023 CG on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendment in No. 8/2023 -Central Tax dated 31^st March 2023 for levy of late fees -waiver of late fees in excess of five hundred for failure to furnish final return in form GSTR-10 by due date but furnish same between 30.06.2023 and 08.2023.

In the said notification, for the words, letter and figure “30th day of June, 2023” the words, letter and figure “31st day of August, 2023” shall be substituted.

This notification shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 30th day of June, 2023.

• As per Circular No.192/04/2023 Dated 17/07/2023 CBIC Issue clarification on charging of interest under sec 50(3) of the CGST Act 2017 in case of wrong availment of IGST Credit and reversal thereof In case of wrong availment of IGST credit availed by registered person and reversal thereof for the calculation of interest under rule 88B CGST Rules, It is the total tax credit available in all three heads considered together to calculate interest and for determining the as to whether the balance below the amount of wrongly availed ITC of There will be no interest if during the time of availment and reversal the balance in credit ledger together is not fallen below the amount wrongly availed ITC even if IGST balance fallen below itself from the amount of wrongly availed ITC. But if amount of all three ledger in credit ledger fallen below the amount of wrongly availed ITC than it will attract interest as per section 50 of CGST Act.

Credit of compensation cess available in electronic credit ledger cannot be taken into account while considering the balance of electronic credit ledger for the purpose of calculation of interest.

• As per Circular 194/06/2023 dated on 17/07/2023 Clarification on TCS liability under Section 52 of the CGST Act 2017 in case of multiple E-commerce operator in one transaction. In the current platform Eco collect the consideration from the buyer, deduct the TCS under section 52 of the CGST Act 2017.In a situation where multiple ECOs are involved in a single transaction of supply of goods and service or both and where the Supplier side Eco himself not a supplier of the said goods and services in this case the compliances under section 52 of CGST Act, including collection of TCS, is to be done by the supplier-side ECO who finally releases the payment to the supplier for a particular supply made by the said supplier through him.

In a situation where multiple ECOs are involved in a single transaction of supply of goods or services or both through ECO platform and the Supplier-side ECO is himself the supplier of the said supply, TCS is to be collected by the Buyer-side ECO while making payment to the supplier for the particular supply being made through it.

 

• As per Circular 195/07/2023 Dated 17/07/2023 CBIC Issue clarification on availability of ITC in respect of warranty replacement of parts and repair services during warranty period.
• Where the original equipment manufacturer offer warranty for the goods supplied and provide replacement of parts and repair services to customer without charging any consideration at the time of such replacement and repair than no further GST is chargeable but if any consideration is charged than GST will be payable on such supply. There is not any requirement for reversal of ITC in respect of such replacement of parts or supply of repair services.
• In case replacement of parts and repair service is provided by distributor on behalf of manufacturer without any consideration than also no GST would be payable by distributor, If any consideration is charged by distributor than GST would be payable on such
• In case distributor provide services to customer on behalf of manufacturer by using his stock or purchase from third party and issuance of Tax invoice to manufacturer than GST would be payable by distributor and manufacturer would also be eligible for ITC.
• In case distributor provide services to customer on behalf of manufacturer by sending requisition to manufacturer for parts to be replaced and manufacturer provide such parts without any consideration than no GST would be charged for such supply.
• There may be cases where the distributor replaces the part(s) to the customer under warranty out of the supply already received by him from the manufacturer and the manufacturer issues a credit note in respect of the parts so replaced, accordingly, the tax liability may be adjusted by the manufacturer, subject to the condition that the said distributor has reversed the ITC availed against the parts so replaced.
• In case distributor provide services to customer on behalf of manufacturer without any consideration but charges from manufacturer for providing such supply by issuing tax invoice or debit note than such would be chargeable under GST and distributer eligible for ITC of the same.
• Companies offer extended warranty to the customer which can be availed at the time of

 

supply or before the expiry of the standard warranty period in this case if manufacturer enter in agreement at the time of original supply than no GST would be chargeable separately as it already charged at the time of original supply however in case of customer enter after the original supply than it is separate contract and GST would be charged on it.

• As per Circular 196/08/2023 Dated on 17/07/2023 CBIC Issue clarification on taxability of shares held in a subsidiaries co. by holding co. Securities are considered neither good nor services in terms of definition of goods under clause (52) of section 2 of CGST Act. This implies that the securities held by the holding company in the subsidiary company are neither good nor services. Further, purchase or sale of shares or securities, in itself is neither a supply of goods nor a supply of services. Therefore, the activity of holding of shares of subsidiary company by the holding company per se cannot be treated as a supply of services by a holding company to the said subsidiary company and cannot be taxed under GST.
• As per Circular 198/10/2023 Dated on 17/07/2023 Clarification on issue pertaining to E-Invoice CBIC Clarifies that the registered person, whose turnover exceeds the prescribed threshold for generation of e-invoicing, is required to issue e-invoices for the supplies made to such Government Departments or establishments/ Government agencies/ local authorities/ PSUs etc under rule 48(4) of CGST Rules.
• As per Circular No.199/11/2023 Dated 17/07/2023 CBIC Issue clarification regarding taxability of service provided by an office of an organization in one state to the office of that organization in another state, both being distinct person:
• It is clarified that in respect of common input services procured by the HO from third party but attributable to both HO and BO, HO has an option either to follow ISD mechanism as per section 20 of CGST Act or issue Tax Invoice under section 31 of CGST Act to the concerned BO in respect of common input service procured of common input. In case HO distributes to BO through the ISD mechanism, HO is required to get itself registered mandatorily as an ISD. Similarly, HO can issue tax invoices to the BOs, only if the said services have actually been provided to the concerned Bos.
• Computation of value in case of Full ITC available to BO There may be instances where HO may not be issuing invoice to the BOs with respect to such services, or the HO may not be including the cost of a particular component (such as salary cost of employees involved in providing said services) while issuing the invoice to BOs. Whether the HO is mandatorily required to issue invoice to BOs u/s 31 of CGST Act for such internally generated services, and / or whether the cost of all components (including salary cost of HO employees involved in providing said services) has to be included in the computation of value of services provided by HO to BOs when full ITC is available to the concerned
• In respect of services supplied by HO to BOs, the value of services declared in the invoice by HO is deemed to be open market value of such services (for the purpose of calculation of GST), if the recipient BO is eligible for full The value so declared in the invoice shall be considered to be the open market value, irrespective of the fact whether cost of any particular component of such services, like employee cost, etc. has been included or not in the value of services in the invoice. Further, in such cases where full ITC is available to the recipient, if HO has not issued an invoice to the BO, the value of such services may be deemed to be declared as Nil by HO to BO, and may be deemed as open market value as per CGST Rules.
• Full ITC is not available to BO Whether in such cases, the cost of salary of employees of HO involved in providing said services to the BOs, is mandatorily required to be included while computing the taxable value of the supply of services.
• GSTN issue advisory for online compliance pertaining to liability / difference appearing in R1 and R3B (DRC-03) It is informed that GSTN has developed a functionality to enable the taxpayer to explain the difference in GSTR-1 & 3B return online as directed by the GST This feature is now live on the GST portal.

The functionality compares the liability declared in GSTR-1/IFF with the liability paid in GSTR-3B/3BQ for each return period. If the declared liability exceeds the paid liability by a predefined limit or the percentage difference exceeds the configurable threshold, taxpayer will receive an intimation in the form of DRC-01B.

Upon receiving an intimation, the taxpayer must file a response using Form DRC-01B Part

1. The taxpayer has the option to either provide details of the payment made to settle the difference using Form DRC-03, or provide an explanation for the difference, or even choose a combination of both options

To further help taxpayers with the functionality, a detailed manual containing the navigation details is available on the GST portal. It offers step-by-step instructions and addresses various scenarios related to the functionality.

• GSTN Issue advisory on E-invoice exemption declaration functionality now available on GSTN is pleased to inform you that the e-Invoice Exemption Declaration functionality is now live on the e-Invoice portal. This functionality is specifically designed for taxpayers who are by default enabled for e-invoicing but are exempted from implementing it under the CGST (Central Goods and Services Tax) Rules. The facility to report exemption declaration is purely for business facilitation purposes.
• GSTN is pleased to inform that the functionality for geocoding the principal place of business address is now live for all States and Union territories. This feature, which converts an address or description of a location into geographic coordinates, has been introduced to ensure the accuracy of address details in GSTN records and streamline the address location and verification GSTN has successfully geocoded more than 1.8 crore addresses of principal places of business. Furthermore, all new addresses post- March 2022 are geocoded at the time of registration itself, ensuring the accuracy and standardization of address data from the outset.

The MCA department has shared the general circular no.07/2023 for the deactivation of the old user IDs in the V-2 portal.

It has come to the notice of this Ministry that many members of the three institutes viz. Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Institute of Cost Accountants of India and Institute of Company Secretaries of India have created multiple user IDs while transacting on existing MCA21 V2 portal. For this, MCA has issued General Circular No. 07/2023 dated 12th July 2023 for Merger of Multiple User IDs in V-2 Portal with New User ID in V-3 and Deactivation of Old User ID in V-2 Portal.

Govt. includes ‘Goods and Services Tax Network’ under PMLA to enable sharing of data with ED

The Centre issued a notification to include the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) under the ambit of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). With this, the GSTN is among those entities that have been mandated to share information with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) under the PMLA Act. These changes have been made under Section 66 of the PMLA, which provides for disclosure of information.

SEBI directs MIIs to make joint efforts to develop a common ‘Online Dispute Resolution Portal.

SEBI has directed market infrastructure institutions (MIIs) to set up and operate a common Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) portal. The portal will harnesses online conciliation and online arbitration for resolution of disputes arising in the Indian securities markets. The MIIs

i.e. stock exchanges, depositories and CCs will have to make joint efforts to develop and operationalize the ODR Platform. Also, this circular supersedes the earlier circulars issued by the Board relating to this.

 

SEBI prescribes detailed framework for newly notified AIF “Corporate Debt Market Development Fund”

 

SEBI has prescribed a detailed framework for the Corporate Debt Market Development Fund (CDMDF). The CDMDF shall comply with the Guarantee Scheme for Corporate Debt (GSCD) as notified by MoF. The CDMDF shall deal only in low duration G-sec, Treasury bills, Tri-party Repo on G-sec, guaranteed corporate bond repo with maturity not exceeding 7 days.

 

SEBI mandates all non-individual FPIs to provide Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) details to designated DPs

 

SEBI has mandated the requirement of providing Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) details for all non-individual FPIs. Currently, FPIs are required to provide their LEI details in the Common Application Form (CAF), used for registration, KYC and account opening of FPIs on a voluntary basis. Further, all existing FPIs that haven’t provided their LEIs to their DDPs must do so within 180 days from the date of issuance of this circular.This circular shall be effective from 27^th July,2023.

No Relaxation of IBBI Regulatory Fee in cases where the approved resolution plan in respect of a Real Estate Project is from an Association or Group of Allottees

The regulatory fee under the (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations, 2016, shall not be payable in cases where the approved resolution plan in respect of insolvency resolution of a real estate project is from an association or group of allottees in such real estate project.”

 

 

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