Government of India
Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue)
Notification No. 05/2019- Union Territory Tax (Rate)
New Delhi, the 29th March, 2019
GSR......(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 7 of the
Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (14 of 2017), the Central Government, on the
recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendments in the
notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue),
No.13/2017- Union Territory Tax (Rate), dated the 28thJune, 2017, published in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 704(E), dated the
28thJune, 2017, namely:-
In the said notification, -
(i) in the Table, after serial number 5A and the entries relating thereto, the following serial
number and entries shall be inserted, namely: -
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
“5B |
Services supplied by any person by way of transfer of development
rights or Floor Space Index (FSI) (including additional FSI) for
construction of a project by a promoter. |
Any person |
Promoter. |
5C |
Long term lease of land (30 years or more) by any person against
consideration in the form of upfront amount (called as premium, salami,
cost, price, development charges or by any other name) and/or periodic
rent for construction of a project by a promoter. |
Any person |
Promoter. |
(ii) in the Explanation, after clause (h), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely: -
“(i) The term “apartment” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (e)
under section 2 of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (16 of 2017).
(j) the term “promoter” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (zk) under
section 2 of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (16 of 2017).
(k) the term “project” shall mean a Real Estate Project (REP) or a Residential Real Estate
Project (RREP);
(l) “the term “Real Estate Project (REP)” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in
in clause (zn) of section 2 of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016
(16 of 2016).
(m) The term “Residential Real Estate Project (RREP)” shall mean a REP in which the
carpet area of the commercial apartments is not more than 15 per cent. of the total carpet
area of all the apartments in the REP.
(n) “floor space index (FSI)” shall mean the ratio of a building’s total floor area (gross
floor area) to the size of the piece of land upon which it is built.”.
2. This notification shall come into force with effect from the 1
st of April, 2019
[F. No. 354/32/2019- TRU]
(Pramod Kumar)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
Note: -The principal
notification No. 13/2017 - Union Territory Tax (Rate), dated the 28th June,
2017 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 704 (E), dated
the 28th June, 2017 and was last amended by
notification No.29/ 2018- Union Territory Tax
(Rate), dated the 31st December, 2018 vide number G.S.R. 1281 (E), dated the 31st December,
2018.
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