West Bengal Commercial Tax

The West Bengal VAT Act 2003 has laid down the framework for regulations across the state. Therefore, no tax will be payable on the following goods under schedule A. Also, some goods are zero rated under schedule AA, while many goods are taxable at 5% under schedule C.

West Bengal VAT rates

Taxes are not payable for the following goods under Schedule A

• Silk yarns

• Agricultural implements

• Bangles

• Cotton yarns

• Books and journals that include braille, charts and maps

• Aids used by the handicapped

• Coconut fibre

• Betel leaves

The following list of goods under Schedule AA are zero rated

• By a dealer to a dealer in a Special Economic Zone

• Dealers in Special Economic Zone

• Between dealers of Export Oriented Units

The following list of goods are taxable under Schedule B at 1%

• Rhodium

• Gold

• Precious metals

• Silver

The following list of items under Schedule C are taxable at 5%

• Beedi leaves

• Copyrights, patents

• Betal nut

• All types of toys except electronic

• Agricultural implements

• All types of yarn

• Aluminum in all forms

The following items (ie, IT products) at 5%

• Electrical capacitors

• Electronic calculators

• Optical fibre

• Microphones

• Answering machines

The following industrial inputs at 5%

• Zinc ores

• Vegetable wax

• Aluminum ores

• Liquid glucose

• Copper ores

Note: Goods that are not specified in Schedule A, B and C are taxable at 14.5%. Items like tobacco, pan masala, television, mobile phone are taxable at a rate not above 35% of turnover under Schedule D.

Registration of West Bengal VAT (Commercial Tax)

The West Bengal VAT (Commercial tax) registration forms can be filled online. You can download the registration form from the official website which is to be duly filled-in before submission. Details such as the address, PAN card number has to be provided at the time of submission of the important documents such as trade licenses, legal occupancy of business/factory and partnership deed among many others.

Following are West Bengal VAT forms:

• Form - 1: Application for registration

• Form - 2: Information to be submitted by a dealer

• Form - 1CR: Application for composition registration

• Form - 14, Form - 14D and Form-15: VAT Return Form - 14, 14D & 15

Note: These forms can be downloaded from the official website of West Bengal Commercial Tax ie: wbcomtax.gov.in/ How to file West Bengal VAT Return e-filing and payment?

You can file VAT return by logging into the official website of Directorate of Official Taxes, Government of West Bengal and download forms such as 14, 14D, 15 and 15R. Once the files are uploaded, you can get the acknowledgement slip and print the same. Besides, there are various user manuals to make this process easier.