By: – Deepak Aggarwal – Goods and Services Tax – GST – Dated:- 24-12-2014 – – THE CONSTITUTION (122 nd AMENDMENT) BILL, 2014 It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the commencement of that provision. (Refer Italic portion for changes) Insertion of new article 246A (Main provision inserted for GST) Special provision with respect to goods and services tax Subject to below clause, the Legislature of every State, have power to make laws with respect to goods and services tax imposed by the Union or by such State. Parliament has exclusive power to make laws with respect to goods and services tax where the supply of goods, or of services, or both takes place in the course of inter-State
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tanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Chapter, if the Council of States has declared by resolution supported by not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting that it is necessary or expedient in the national interest that Parliament should make laws with respect to goods and services tax provided under article 246A or any matter enumerated in the State List specified in the resolution, it shall be lawful for Parliament to make laws for the whole or any part of the territory of India with respect to that matter while the resolution remains in force. Amendment of article 250 Existing clause : Notwithstanding anything in this Chapter. Parliament shall, while a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, have power to make laws for the whole or any part of the territory of India with respect to any of the matters enumerated in the State List. Amended clause : Notwithstanding anything in this Chapter. Parliament shall, while a Proclamatio
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States within which such duties are respectively leviable. Omission of article 268A Omitted Clause : (1)Taxes on services shall be levied by the Government of India and such tax shall be collected and appropriated by the Government of India and the States, in the manner provided in clause (2). (2) The proceeds in any financial year of any such tax levied in accordance with the provisions of clause (I) shall be- (a) collected by the Government of India and the States; (b) appropriated by the Government of India and the States, in accordance with such principles of collection and appropriation as may be formulated by Parliament by law. Amendment of article 269 Existing clause : (1) Taxes on the sale or purchase of goods and taxes on the consignment of goods shall be levied and collected by the Government of India but shall be assigned and shall be deemed to have been assigned to the States on or after the 1st day of April, 1996 in the manner provided in cla
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n taxes on sale or purchase of goods other than newspapers, where such sale or purchase takes place in the course of inter-State trade or commerce; (b) the expression taxes on the consignment of goods shall mean taxes on the consignment of goods (whether the consignment is to the person making it or to any other person), where such consignment takes place in the course of inter-State trade or commerce. Insertion of new article 269A Levy and collection of goods and service tax in course of interstate trade or commerce Goods and services tax on supplies in the course of inter-State trade or commerce shall be levied and collected by the government of India and such tax shall be apportioned between the Union and the States in the manner as may be provided by Parliament by law on the recommendations of the Goods and Services Tax Council. Explanation.For the purposes of this clause, supply of goods, or of services, or both in the course of import into the territo
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ctively, surcharge on taxes and duties referred to in article 271 and any cess levied for specific purposes under any law made by Parliament shall be levied and collected by the Government of India and shall be distributed between the Union and the States in the manner provided in clause (2). (1A) The goods and services tax levied and collected by the Government of India, except the tax apportioned with the States under clause (I) of article 269A, shall also be distributed between the Union and the States in the manner provided in clause (2). Amendment of article 271 Existing clause : Notwithstanding anything in articles 269 and 270 . Parliament may at any time increase any of the duties or taxes referred to in those articles by a surcharge for purposes of the Union and the whole proceeds of any such surcharge shall form part of the Consolidated Fund of India. Amended clause Notwithstanding anything in articles 269 and 270 . Parliament may at any time incre
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all, as soon as may be, choose one amongst themselves to be the Vice-Chairperson of the Council for such period as they may decide. (4) The Goods and Services Tax Council shall make recommendations to the Union and the States on- (a) the taxes, cesses and surcharges levied by the Union, the States and the local bodies which may be subsumed in the goods and services tax; (b) the goods and services that may be subjected to, or exempted from the goods and services tax; (c) model Goods and Services Tax Laws, principles of levy, apportionment of integrated Goods and Services Tax and the principles that govern the place of supply; (d) the threshold limit of turnover below which goods and services may be exempted from goods and services tax; (e) the rates including floor rates with bands of goods and services tax; (f) any special rate or rates for a specified period, to raise additional resources during any natural calamity or disaster; (g) special prov
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ctions. (9) Every decision of the Goods and Services Tax Council shall be taken at a meeting, by a majority of not less than three-fourths of the weighted votes of the members present and voting, in accordance with the following principles, namely: (a) the vote of the Central Government shall have a weightage of one-third of the total votes cast, and (b) the votes of all the State Governments taken together shall have a weightage of two-thirds of the total votes cast, in that meeting. (10) No act or proceedings of the Goods and Services Tax Council shall be invalid merely by reason of- (a) any Vacancy in, or any defect in, the constitution of the Council: or (b) any defect in the appointment of a person as a member of the Council; or (c) any procedural irregularity of the Council not affecting the merits of the case. (11) The Goods and Services Tax Council may decide about the modalities to resolve disputes arising out of its recommendation.
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of the tax as Parliament may by law specify. Amended clause: (1) No law of a State shall impose, or authorise the imposition of a tax on the supply of goods or of services or both, where such supply takes place the sale or purchase of goods where such sale or purchase takes place (a) outside the State; or (b) in the course of the import of the goods goods or services or both into, or export of the goods goods or services or both out of, the territory of India. (2) Parliament may by law formulate principles for determining when a sale or purchase of goods takes place supply of goods or of services or both in any of the ways mentioned in clause (I). (3) Any law of a State shall, in so far as it imposes, or authorises the imposition of,- (i) a tax on the sale or purchase of goods declared by Parliament by law to be of special importance in inter-State trade or commerce; or (b) a tax on the sale or purchase of goods, being a tax of the natu
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Constitution may be initiated only by the introduction of a Bill for the purpose in either House of Parliament, and when the Bill is passed in each House by a majority of the total membership of that House and by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members of that House present and voting, it shall be presented to the President who shall give his assent to the Bill and thereupon the Constitution shall stand amended in accordance with the terms of the Bill: Provided that if such amendment seeks to make any change in- (a) article 54 , article 55 , article 73 , article 162 or article 241 , or (b) Chapter IV of Part V, Chapter V of Part VI, or Chapter I of Part Xl. or (c) any of the Lists in the Seventh Schedule , or (d) the representation of States in Parliament, or (e) the provisions of this article, the amendment shall also require to be ratified by the Legislatures of not less than one-half of the States by resolutions to that effect passed by tho
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or (e) the provisions of this article, the amendment shall also require to be ratified by the Legislatures of not less than one-half of the States by resolutions to that effect passed by those Legislatures before the Bill making provision for such amendment is presented to the President for assent.. Amendment of Sixth Schedule Existing Schedule: 8 (3) The District Council for an autonomous district shall have the power to levy and collect all or any of the following taxes within such district, that is to say (c) taxes on the entry of goods into a market for sale therein, and tolls on passengers and goods carried in ferries; and (d) taxes for the maintenance of schools dispensaries or roads. Amended Schedule: 8 (3) The District Council for an autonomous district shall have the power to levy and collect all or any of the following taxes within such district, that is to say (c) taxes on the entry of goods into a market for sale therein, and tolls on passe
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published in the newspapers and advertisements broadcast radio or television. 62. Taxes on luxuries, including taxes on entertainments, amusements, betting and gambling. Amended Schedule: List I- Union List 84. Duties of excise on tobacco and other goods manufactured or produced in India except (a) alcoholic liquors for human consumption (b) opium Indian hemp and other narcotic drugs and narcotics, but including medicinal and toilet preparations containing alcohol or any substance included in sub-paragraph (b) of this entry. Duties of excise on the following goods manufactured or produced in India, namely:- (a) petroleum crude; (h) high speed diesel; (c) motor spirit (commonly known as petrol); (d) natural gas; (e) aviation turbine fuel: and (f) tobacco and tobacco products. : 92. Taxes on the sale or purchase of newspapers and on advertisements published therein . 92C. Taxes on services. List II State List
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of goods to States for two years or such other period recommended by the Council 18. (1) An additional tax on supply of goods, not exceeding one per cent. in the course of inter-State trade or commerce shall, notwithstanding anything contained in clause (I) of article 269A, be levied and collected by the Government of India for a period of two years or such other period as the Goods and Services Tax Council may recommend, and such tax shall be assigned to the States in the manner provided in clause (2). (2) The net proceeds of additional tax on supply of goods in any financial year, except the proceeds attributable to the Union territories, shall not form part of the Consolidated Fund of India and be deemed to have been assigned to the States from where the supply originates. (3) The Government of India may, where it considers necessary in the public interest, exempt such goods from the levy of tax under clause (1). (4) Parliament may, by law, formulate the princ
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y, difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of the Constitution as amended by this Act (including any difficulty in relation to the transition from the provisions of the Constitution as they stood immediately before the date of assent of the President to this Act to the provisions of the Constitution as amended by this Act), the President may, by order, make such provisions, including any adaptation or modification of any provision of the Constitution as amended by this Act or law, as appear to the President to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of removing the difficulty: Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of three years from the date of such assent. (2) Every order made under sub-section (1) shall, as soon as may be after it is made, be laid before each House of Parliament. – – Scholarly articles for knowledge sharing authors experts professionals Tax Management India – taxmanagementindia – taxmanagement – taxmanagementindia.
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