The Government of Himachal Pradesh on September 06, 2024, issued the Himachal Pradesh Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2024 to amend further the Himachal Pradesh Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017.
The following amendments have been stated:
• For section 20 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—
“20 Manner of distribution of credit by Input Service Distributor.—(1) Any office of the supplier of goods or services or both which receives tax invoices towards the receipt of input services, including invoices in respect of services liable to tax under sub-section (3) or sub-section (4) of section 9, for or on behalf of distinct persons referred to in section 25, shall be required to be registered as Input Services Distributor under clause (viii) of section 24 and shall distribute the input tax credit in respect of such invoices.
(2) The Input Service Distributor shall distribute the credit of central tax or integrated tax charged on invoices received by him, including the credit of central or integrated tax in respect of services subject to levy of tax under sub-section (3) or sub-section (4) of section 9 paid by a distinct person registered in the same State as the said Input Services Distributor, in such manner, within such time and subject to such restriction and conditions as may be prescribed.
(3) The credit of state tax shall be distributed as state tax or integrated tax and integrated tax as integrated tax or state tax, by way of issue of a document containing the amount of input tax credit, in such manner as may be prescribed.”.
• After section 122 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—
“122A Penalty for failure to register certain machines used in manufacture of goods as per special procedure.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, where any person, who is engaged in the manufacture of goods in respect of which any special procedure relating to registration of machines has been notified under section 148, acts in contravention of the said special procedure, he shall, in addition to any penalty that is paid or is payable by him under Chapter XV or any other provisions of this Chapter, be liable to pay a penalty equal to an amount of one lakh rupees for every machine not so registered.
(2) In addition to the penalty under sub-section (1), every machine not so registered shall be liable for seizure and confiscation:
Provided that such machine shall not be confiscated where—
(a) the penalty so imposed is paid; and
(b) the registration of such machine is made in accordance with the special procedure within three days of the receipt of communication of the order of penalty.”.
[Bill No. 6 of 2024]
