Composition Dealer under GST: Eligibility Criteria & Features

Who is a Composite Dealer in GST?

The very word ‘composition’ comes from the Latin componere, meaning "put together"
It is a feature to provide comfort to the assessee by discounting them from the requirement of paying tax on value addition by maintaining detail of 'inputs' and 'outputs', and
To go for a put-together scheme by paying taxes on at a prescribed percentage of his turnover every quarter, instead of paying tax at a normal rate

Simplicity
Reduced compliance cost for small businesses opting for composition scheme
The scheme is an optional one (i.e., at the option of the assessee but after complying the provisions prevalent under the scheme)
Option to pay taxes at a prescribed percentage of turnover for every quarter, instead of paying tax at a normal rate

Limitation No.1	Threshold limit : The CGST Act which governs the provisions of composition scheme lays out the option for only those registered persons whose aggregate turnover is within the threshold limit The threshold limit for other than special category states is Rs. 1.5 Crores and those for special category state it is to be stated as Rs. 75 Lacs (except for the state of Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir)
Limitation No.2	The composite dealer in GST is not permitted to collect tax from the recipient of supplies
Limitation No.3	The Composition dealer under GST cannot also avail the credit of input tax paid by him on his inward supplies

The CGST ACT Provides for an upper limit for composition rate for different categories of a registered person.

Manufacturer	1% (both CGST and SGST) of the turnover in State or turnover in Union territory.
Restaurants not serving alcohol	Service provided by Restaurants : by way of or as part of any service or in any other manner whatsoever, of goods being food or any other article for human consumption of any drink (other than alcoholic liquor for human consumption) at the rate of five per cent (2.5% of CGST and 2.5% for SGST)
Other suppliers	1% of the turnover taxable supplies of goods in State or turnover in Union territory Note: It is to note that the aggregate turnover shall not be leviable to composition rate and the only turnover of taxable supplies shall be leviable to composition levy.

He is not engaged in the supply of service other than restaurant services stated above
Is not engaged in making any supply of goods which are not leviable to tax under GST Laws
Is not engaged in making any inter-state outward supplies of goods
He should not be engaged in making any supply of goods through an electronic commerce operator
He should not be a manufacturer of such goods as may be notified by the Government on the recommendations of the Council (Ice cream and other edible ice products/Pan Masala/Tobacco and Substitutes)

A composite dealers GST Return comprises mainly of two returns and they are:

Return	Type	Due Date
FORM GSTR-4	Quarterly Return	18th of the month following the end of the quarter instead of any statement of outward or inward supplies
FORM GSTR-9A	Annual Return	Still, this return is not made available on the GST Network/Portal

The composite dealer in GST shall not issue a tax invoice and shall only issue a BILL OF SUPPLY containing various details as given below:

a)	Name, address and GSTIN of the supplier
b)	a consecutive serial number not exceeding sixteen characters, in one or multiple series, containing alphabets or numerals or special characters
c)	date of its issue
d)	name, address and Goods and Services Tax Identification Number or Unique Identity Number, if registered, of the recipient
e)	Harmonised System of Nomenclature Code for goods or services
f)	description of goods or services or both
g)	value of supply of goods or services or both after considering discount or abatement, if any; and
h)	a signature or digital signature of the supplier or his authorised representative