What are the accounts a manufacturer under the composition scheme needs to maintain

Rules on Accounts and Records provide details of the accounts to be maintained. They are maintained under normal course of business by any small manufacturer. The details to be maintained in accounts inter-alia consists of goods supplied, inward supplies attracting reverse charge, invoices, bills of supply, delivery challans, credit notes, debit notes, receipt vouchers, payment vouchers, refund vouchers etc.

(FAQ 51: MSME)

How can tax payments be made by a registered person under the composition scheme

A registered person under composition scheme would not have input tax credit and he would make all his tax payments by debit in the electronic cash ledger maintained at the common portal. The taxpayer can deposit cash anytime in the electronic cash ledger at his convenience. The payment in electronic cash ledger can be made through all modes available like e-payment through net-banking, credit card and debit card, over the counter of banks, RTGS or NEFT.

(FAQ 49: MSME)

Can a person paying tax under composition levy, withdraw voluntarily from the scheme

Yes, the registered person who intends to withdraw from the composition scheme can file a duly signed or verified application in FORM GST CMP-04. In case he wants to claim input tax credit on the stock of inputs and inputs contained in semi-finished or finished goods held in stock by him on the date of withdrawal, he is required to furnish a statement in FORM GST ITC-01 containing the details of such stock within a period of thirty days of withdrawal.

(FAQ 45: MSME)

What are the other compliances which a provisionally registered person opting to pay tax under the composition levy need to make

Such person is required to furnish the details of stock, including the inward supply of goods received from unregistered persons, held by him on the 30th day of June, 2017 electronically, in FORM GST CMP-03, on the common portal,
either directly or through a Facilitation Centre notified by the Commissioner, within a period of sixty days from the date on which the option for composition levy is exercised or within such further period as may be extended by the Commissioner in this behalf. Further, if on 1st July, 2017 such person holds in stock goods that have been received from outside the State or imported from outside the Country, he is not eligible to opt for composition scheme.

(FAQ 44: MSME)

What is the effective date of composition levy

There can be three situations with respective effective
dates as shown below:

  1. Persons who have been granted provisional           –      1st July, 2017.
    registration and who opt for composition levy
    (Intimation is filed under Rule 3(1) in
    FORM GST CMP-01)
  2. Persons opting for composition levy at the ti        –      Effective date of
    me of making applications for new registration           registration;
    in the same registration application itself                       Intimation shall be
    (The intimation under rule 3(2) in FORM                          considered only after the
    GST REG-01)                                                                                  grant of registration and
    his option to pay tax under
    composition scheme
    shall be effective from the
    effective date of
    registration
  3. Persons opting for composition levy after         –          The beginning of the next
    obtaining registration (The                                                     financial year.
    intimation is filed under Rule
    3(3) in FORM GST CMP-02)

(FAQ 42: MSME)