23. Persons not liable for registration

(1) The following persons shall not be liable to registration, namely: ––

(a) any person engaged exclusively in the business of supplying goods or services or both that are not liable to tax or wholly exempt from tax under this Act or under the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act;

(b) an agriculturist, to the extent of supply of produce out of cultivation of land.

(2) The Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, by notification, specify the category of persons who may be exempted from obtaining registration under this Act.

Notification No. 07/2017 –Itax dtd. 14.09.2017

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 20 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017) read with sub-section (2) of section 23 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) (hereafter in this notification referred to as the “said Act”), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, herebyspecifies the job workers engaged in making inter-State supply of services to a registered person as the category of persons exempted from obtaining registration under the said Act:

Provided that nothing contained in this notification shall apply to a job-worker –

(a) who is liable to be registered under sub-section (1) of section 22 or who opts to take registration voluntarily under sub-section (3) of section 25 of the said Act; or

(b) who is involved in making supply of services in relation to the goods mentioned against serial number 151 51 in the Annexure to rule 138 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017.

1 Word substituted by Noti. No. 02/2019 – Itax dtd. 29.01.2019

[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. 8/2017 – Integrated Tax [Supersessed by Noti. No. 3/2018 – Itax dtd. 22.10.2018)

New Delhi, the 14th September, 2017

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 20 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017) read with sub-section (2) of section 23 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) (hereafter in this notification referred to as the “said Act”), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby specifies the persons making inter-State taxable supplies of handicraft goods as the category of persons exempted from obtaining registration under the aforesaidAct.

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 persons making inter-State taxable supplies mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be required to 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.

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 theprocess:-

Table

Sl No.

Products HSN Code

(1) (2) (3)

1. Leather articles (including bags, purses, saddlery, 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. Papermache articles 4823

9.

Upto 12.10.2017 Textile (handloom products)

including 50, 58, 62, 63

From 13.10.20172 Textile (handloom products), Handmade shawls, stoles and scarves

Including 50, 58, 61, 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, urns 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

29. From 13.10.20173 Chain Stitch

Any Chapter

30. From 13.10.20174 Crewel, namda, gabba

Any Chapter

31. From 13.10.20175 Wicker willow products

Any Chapter

32. From 13.10.20176 Toran

Any Chapter

33. From 13.10.20177 Articles made of Shola

Any Chapter

[F. No.349/58/2017-GST(Pt.)]

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(Dr.Sreeparvathy.S.L.)

Under Secretary to the Government ofIndia

[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

[Supersessed by Noti. No. 56/2018 – central tax dtd. 23.10.2018]

New Delhi, the 15thSeptember, 2017

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 14thSeptember, 2017 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 1156(E), dated the

14thSeptember,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 theprocess:-

Table

Sl

No.

Products HSN Code

(1) (2) (3)

1. Leather articles (including bags, purses, saddlery,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. Papermache articles 4823

9.

Upto 12.10.2017 Textile (handloom products)

including 50, 58, 62, 63

From 13.10.20178 Textile (handloom products), Handmade shawls, stoles and scarves

Including 50, 58, 61, 62, 63

10. Textiles hand printing 50, 52, 5