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1. Introduction The Goods and Services Tax (‘GST’) Council in its 31st Meeting held on 22 December 2018 has made several taxpayer-friendly decisions. The GST Council has tried to address some of the difficulties faced by taxpayers by making clarificatory amendments to the CGST Rules in response to the representations received from various stakeholders. In order to give effect to the decisions of the GST Council, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has issued Notification No. 74/2018 – Central Tax on 31 December 2018 in relation to various amendments pertaining to CGST Rules, 2017 (Link: ) The summary

Notification No.26/2018-Central Tax (Rate) – Exemption for intra-State supply of gold when supplied by Nominated Agency under the scheme for ‘Export Against Supply by Nominated Agency’ (“FTP Gold Export Scheme”) The CBIC has provided an exemption to intra-State supply of gold by Nominated Agency to a registered person (‘recipient’) subject ot the following conditions: The supply is in accordance with the FTP Gold Export Scheme (as referred to in paragraph 4.41 of the Foreign Trade Policy, read with relevant provisions of Chapter 4 of Handbook of Procedures). The Nominated Agency and the recipient shall follow the conditions and observe the