In exercise of the powers conferred by section 164 of the Kerala State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (20 of 2017), the Government of Kerala, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Kerala Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, issued by notification under G.O.(P) No.79/2017/TAXES. dated 30th June, 2017 and published as S.R.O. No.377/2017 in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 1367 dated 30th June, 2017, namely: -
RULES
1. Short title and commencement.-
(1) These rules may be called the Kerala Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Rules, 2024.
(2) Save as otherwise provided in these rules, they shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of October, 2023.
2. Amendment of the Rules.-
In rule 8, for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:-
"(1) Every person who is liable to be registered under sub-section (1) of section 25 and every person seeking registration under sub-section (3) of section 25 (hereafter in this Chapter referred to as "the applicant"), except-
(i) a non-resident taxable person;
(ii) a person required to deduct tax at source under section 51;
(iii) a person required to collect tax at source under section 52;
(iv) a person supplying online information and database access or retrieval services from a place outside India to a non-taxable online recipient referred to in section 14 or a person supplying online money gaming from a place outside India to a person in India referred to in section 14A under the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017),
shall, before applying for registration, declare his Permanent Account Number, State or Union territory in Part A of FORM GST REG-01 on the common portal, either directly or through a Facilitation Centre notified by the Commissioner:
Provided that every person being an Input Service Distributor shall make a separate application for registration as such Input Service Distributor."
3. In rule 14, -
(i) in the heading, after the words "online recipient" the letters and words "or to a person supplying online money gaming from a place outside India to a person in India" shall be inserted;
(ii) in sub-rule (1), after the words "online recipient" the letters and words "or any person supplying online money gaming from a place outside India to a person in India" shall be inserted.
4. After rule 31A, the following rules shall be inserted, namely:-
"31B. Value of supply in case of online gaming including online money gaming.-
Notwithstanding anything contained in this chapter, the value of supply of online gaming, including supply of actionable claims involved in online money gaming, shall be the total amount paid or payable to or deposited with the supplier by way of money or money's worth, including virtual digital assets, by or on behalf of the player:
Provided that any amount returned or refunded by the supplier to the player for any reasons whatsoever, including player not using the amount paid or deposited with the supplier for participating in any event, shall not be deductible from the value of supply of online money gaming.
31C. Value of supply of actionable claims in case of casino.-
Notwithstanding anything contained in this chapter, the value of supply of actionable claims in casino shall be the total amount paid or payable by or on behalf of the player for -
(i) purchase of the tokens, chips, coins or tickets, by whatever name called, for use in casino; or
(ii) participating in any event, including game, scheme, competition or any other activity or process, in the casino, in cases where the token, chips, coins or tickets, by whatever name called, are not required:
Provided that any amount returned or refunded by the casino to the player on return of token, coins, chips, or tickets, as the case may be, or otherwise, shall not be deductible from the value of the supply of actionable claims in casino.
Explanation.- For the purpose of rule 31B and rule 31C, any amount received by the player by winning any event, including game, scheme, competition or any other activity or process, which is used for playing by the said player in a further event without withdrawing, shall not be considered as the amount paid to or deposited with the supplier by or on behalf of the said player."
5. in rule 46, in clause (f), in the proviso, after the words "Provided that" the words "in cases involving supply of online money gaming or in cases" shall be inserted.
6. For rule 64, the following rule shall be substituted, namely: -
"64. Form and manner of submission of return by persons providing online information and database access or retrieval services and by persons supplying online money gaming from a place outside India to a person in India.-
Every registered person either providing online money gaming from a place outside India to a person in India, or providing online information and database access or retrieval services from a place outside India to a non-taxable online recipient referred to in section 14 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017) or to a registered person other than a non-taxable online recipient, shall file return in FORM GSTR-5A on or before the twentieth day of the month succeeding the calendar month or part thereof."
7. In rule 87, in sub-rule (3), in the second proviso, for the words and figures "section 14", the words, letters, brackets and figures "section 14, or a person supplying online money gaming from a place outside India to a person in India as referred to in section 14A," shall be substituted.
8. In FORM GST REG-10, -
(i) for the heading, the following heading shall be substituted, namely-
"Application for registration of person supplying online money gaming from a place outside India to a person in India or for registration of person supplying online information and database access or retrieval services from a place outside India to a non-taxable online recipient in India.";
(ii) in Part A, in the table, after serial number (ii) and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely:-
(b) Supply of online information and database access or retrieval services
(c) Both (a) and (b) above"
(iii) in Part B, in the table, -
(a) for serial numbers 2 and 3 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial numbers and entries shall be substituted, namely:-
1.
2.
3."
(b) for serial number 7 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be substituted, namely:
I hereby solemnly affirm and declare that the information given herein above is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing has been concealed therefrom.
I, ........................................ hereby declare that I am authorised to sign on behalf of the Registrant. I would charge and collect tax liable from the non-taxable online recipient located in taxable territory(in case of online information and database access or retrieval services) and/or from the recipient located in taxable territory (in case of online money gaming) and deposit the same with Government of India.
(iv) in the Instructions, in item 2, after the words and figures "section 14", the words and figures "or section 14A, as the case may be," shall be inserted.
9. In the said rules, for FORM GSTR-5A, the following form shall be substituted namely:-
"FORM GSTR-5A
[See rule 64]
Details of supplies of online information and database access or retrieval services by a person located outside India made to non-taxable online recipient (as defined in Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017) and to registered persons in India and details of supplies of online money gaming by a person located outside India to a person in India
1. GSTIN of the supplier-
2. (a) Legal name of the registered person -
(b) Trade name, if any -
3. Name of the Authorised representative in India filing the return -
4. Period: Month - ____ Year -
4(a) ARN:
4(b) Date of ARN:
5. Taxable outward supplies of online information and database access or retrieval services made to non-taxable online recipient in India
(Amount in Rupees)
5A Amendments to taxable outward supplies of online information and database access or retrieval services to non- taxable online recipient in India
5B. Taxable outward supplies of online information and database access or retrieval services made to registered persons in India, other than non-taxable online recipient, on which tax is to be paid by the said registered persons on reverse charge basis
5C. Amendments to the taxable outward supplies of online information and database access or retrieval services made to registered persons in India, other than non-taxable online recipient, on which tax is to be paid by the said registered persons on reverse charge basis
5D. Supplies of online money gaming made to a person in India
5E. Amendments to supplies of online money gaming made to a person in India
6. Calculation of interest, or any other amount
7. Tax, interest, and any other amount payable and paid
Table 6)
Verification
By order of the Governor,
PRANABJYOTI NATH,
Secretary to Government.
Explanatory Note
(This does not form part of the notification, but is intended to indicate its general purport.)
The Government have framed the Kerala Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 by notification issued under G.O.(P) No.79/2017/TAXES. dated 30th June, 2017 and published as S.R.O. No.377/2017 in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 1367 dated 30th June, 2017 for carrying out the purposes of the Kerala State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (20 of 2017). Now, the Government have decided further to amend the Kerala Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 incorporating the recommendations of the Goods and Services Tax Council.