MSME INVESTMENT AND TURNOVER CALCULATION CRITERIA - NOTIFIED

 

MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (MSMED) vide Gazette Id no. CG-DL-E-26062020-220191 and S.O. 2119(E). dated 26^th June 2020 has officially notified criteria for CALCULATION OF INVESTMENT AND TURNOVER UNDER MSME.

 

1. Composite criteria of investment and turnover for classification.--

 

i. A composite criterion of investment and turnover shall apply for classification of an enterprise as micro, small or medium.

 

ii. If an enterprise crosses the ceiling limits specified for its present category in either of the two criteria of investment or turnover, it will   cease to exist in that category and be placed in the next higher category but no enterprise shall be placed in the lower category unless it   goes below the ceiling limits specified for its present category in both the criteria of investment as well as turnover.

 

iii. All units with Goods and Services Tax Identification Number (GSTIN) listed against the same Permanent Account Number (PAN) shall     be collectively treated as one enterprise and the turnover and investment figures for all of such entities shall be seen together and only   the aggregate values will be considered for deciding the category as micro, small or medium enterprise.

 

2. Calculation of investment in plant and machinery or equipment.--

 

i. The calculation of investment in plant and machinery or equipment will be linked to the Income Tax Return (ITR) of the previous years filed under the Income Tax Act, 1961.

 

ii. In case of a new enterprise, where no prior ITR is available, the investment will be based on self-declaration of the promoter of the   enterprise and such relaxation shall end after the 31st March of the financial year in which it files its first ITR

 

iii. The expression ?plant and machinery or equipment? of the enterprise, shall have the same meaning as assigned to the plant and           machinery in the Income Tax Rules, 1962 framed under the Income Tax Act, 1961 and shall include all tangible assets (other than land     and building, furniture and fittings).

 

iv. The purchase (invoice) value of a plant and machinery or equipment, whether purchased first hand or second hand, shall be taken into    account excluding Goods and Services Tax (GST), on self-disclosure basis, if the enterprise is a new one without any ITR

 

v. The cost of certain items specified in the Explanation I to sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Act shall be excluded from the calculation of    the amount of investment in plant and machinery

 

3. Calculation of turnover.--

 

i.Exports of goods or services or both, shall be excluded while calculating the turnover of any enterprise whether micro, small or medium,   for the purposes of classification.

 

ii.Information as regards turnover and exports turnover for an enterprise shall be linked to the Income Tax Act or the Central Goods and   Services Act (CGST Act) and the GSTIN.

 

iii.The turnover related figures of such enterprise which do not have PAN will be considered on self-declaration basis for a period up to   31st March, 2021 and thereafter, PAN and GSTIN shall be mandatory.

 

Link: http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/220191.pdf

Lalit Rajput,

Company Secretary,

Cell: +91 8802581290

Email: lalitrajput537@gmail.com

 

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