Goods and Services Tax

Section 14 – Acts – TIME AND VALUE OF SUPPLY – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 14 – Change in rate of tax in respect of supply of goods or services. 14. Notwithstanding anything contained in section 12 or section 13, the time of supply, where there is a change in the rate of tax in respect of goods or services or both, shall be determined in the following manner, namely:- (a) in case the goods or services or both have been supplied before the change in rate of tax,- (i) where the invoice for the same has been issued and the payment is also received after the change in rate of tax, the time of supply shall be the date of receipt of payment or the date of issue of invoice, whichever is earlier; or (ii) where the invoice ha

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rate of tax, the time of supply shall be the date of receipt of payment or date of issue of invoice, whichever is earlier; or (iii) where the invoice has been issued after the change in rate of tax but the payment is received before the change in rate of tax, the time of supply shall be the date of issue of invoice: Provided that the date of receipt of payment shall be the date of credit in the bank account if such credit in the bank account is after four working days from the date of change in the rate of tax. Explanation.-For the purposes of this section, the date of receipt of payment shall be the date on which the payment is entered in the books of account of the supplier or the date on which the payment is credited to his bank account

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Section 13 – Acts – TIME AND VALUE OF SUPPLY – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 13 – Time of supply of services. 13. (1) The liability to pay tax on services shall arise at the time of supply, as determined in accordance with the provisions of this section. (2) The time of supply of services shall be the earliest of the following dates, namely:- (a) the date of issue of invoice by the supplier, if the invoice is issued within the period prescribed under 1[****] section 31 or the date of receipt of payment, whichever is earlier; or (b) the date of provision of service, if the invoice is not issued within the period prescribed under 1[****] section 31 or the date of receipt of payment, whichever is earlier; or (c) the date

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ccount of the supplier or the date on which the payment is credited to his bank account, whichever is earlier. (3) In case of supplies in respect of which tax is paid or liable to be paid on reverse charge basis, the time of supply shall be the earlier of the following dates, namely:- (a) the date of payment as entered in the books of account of the recipient or the date on which the payment is debited in his bank account, whichever is earlier; or (b) the date immediately following sixty days from the date of issue of invoice or any other document, by whatever name called, in lieu thereof by the supplier: Provided that where it is not possible to determine the time of supply under clause (a) or clause (b), the time of supply shall be the da

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Section 12 – Acts – TIME AND VALUE OF SUPPLY – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 12 – CHAPTER IV TIME AND VALUE OF SUPPLY Time of supply of goods. 12. (1) The liability to pay tax on goods shall arise at the time of supply, as determined in accordance with the provisions of this section. (2) The time of supply of goods shall be the earlier of the following dates, namely:- (a) the date of issue of invoice by the supplier or the last date on which he is required, under 1[****] section 31, to issue the invoice with respect to the supply; or (b) the date on which the supplier receives the payment with respect to the supply: Provided that where the su

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> (3) In case of supplies in respect of which tax is paid or liable to be paid on reverse charge basis, the time of supply shall be the earliest of the following dates, namely:- (a) the date of the receipt of goods; or (b) the date of payment as entered in the books of account of the recipient or the date on which the payment is debited in his bank account, whichever is earlier; or (c) the date immediately following thirty days from the date of issue of invoice or any other document, by whatever name called, in lieu thereof by the supplier: Provided that where it is not possible to determine the time of supply under clause (a) or clause (b) or clause (c), the time of supply shall be the date

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Section 11 – Acts – LEVY AND COLLECTION OF TAX – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 11 – Power to grant exemption from tax. 11. (1) Where the Government is satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, it may, on the recommendations of the Council, by notification, exempt generally, either absolutely or subject to such conditions as may be specified therein, goods or services or both of any specified description from the whole or any part of the tax leviable thereon with effect from such date as may be specified in such notification. (2) Where the Government is satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, it may, on the recommendations of the Council, by special order in each case, under

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Section 10 – Acts – LEVY AND COLLECTION OF TAX – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 10 – Composition levy. 10. (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act but subject to the provisions of sub-sections (3) and (4) of section 9, a registered person, whose aggregate turnover in the preceding financial year did not exceed fifty lakh rupees, may opt to pay, 1[in lieu of the tax payable by him under sub-section (1) of section 9, an amount of tax calculated at such rate] as may be prescribed, but not exceeding,- (a) one per cent. of the turnover in State or turnover in Union territory in case of a manufacturer, (b) two and a half per cent. of the turnover in State or turnover in Union territory in case of pe

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preceding financial year or five lakh rupees, whichever is higher.] (2) The registered person shall be eligible to opt under sub-section (1), if- 4[(a) save as provided in sub-section (1), he is not engaged in the supply of services;] (b) he is not engaged in making any supply of goods which are not leviable to tax under this Act; (c) he is not engaged in making any inter-State outward supplies of goods; (d) he is not engaged in making any supply of goods through an electronic commerce operator who is required to collect tax at source under section 52; and (e) he is not a manufacturer of such goods as may be notified by the Government on the recommendations of the Council: Provided that where more than one registered persons are having the

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tion (1) despite not being eligible, such person shall, in addition to any tax that may be payable by him under any other provisions of this Act, be liable to a penalty and the provisions of section 73 or section 74 shall, mutatis mutandis, apply for determination of tax and penalty. ****** Notes 1. Substituted vide Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018 w.e.f. 01-02-2019 before it was read as "in lieu of the tax payable by him, an amount calculated at such rate" 2. Substituted vide Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018 w.e.f. 01-02-2019 before it was read as "one crore rupees" 3. Inserted vide Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018 w.e.f. 01-02-2019 4. Substituted vide Central

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Section 9 – Acts – LEVY AND COLLECTION OF TAX – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 9 – Levy and collection. 9. (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), there shall be levied a tax called the central goods and services tax on all intra-State supplies of goods or services or both, except on the supply of alcoholic liquor for human consumption, on the value determined under section 15 and at such rates, not exceeding twenty per cent., as may be notified by the Government on the recommendations of the Council and collected in such manner as may be prescribed and shall be paid by the taxable person. (2) The central tax on the supply of petroleum crude, high speed diesel, motor spirit (commonly known as petrol), natural

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ods or services or both received from an unregistered supplier, pay the tax on reverse charge basis as the recipient of such supply of goods or services or both, and all the provisions of this Act shall apply to such recipient as if he is the person liable for paying the tax in relation to such supply of goods or services or both.] (5) The Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, by notification, specify categories of services the tax on intra-State supplies of which shall be paid by the electronic commerce operator if such services are supplied through it, and all the provisions of this Act shall apply to such electronic commerce operator as if he is the supplier liable for paying the tax in relation to the supply of such ser

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Section 8 – Acts – LEVY AND COLLECTION OF TAX – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 8 – Tax liability on composite and mixed supplies. 8. The tax liability on a composite or a mixed supply shall be determined in the following manner, namely:- (a) a composite supply comprising two or more supplies, one of which is a principal supply, shall be treated as a supply of such principal supply; and (b) a mixed supply comprising two or more supplies shall be treated as a supply of that pa

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Section 7 – Acts – LEVY AND COLLECTION OF TAX – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 7 – CHAPTER III LEVY AND COLLECTION OF TAX Scope of supply. 7. (1) For the purposes of this Act, the expression supply includes- (a) all forms of supply of goods or services or both such as sale, transfer, barter, exchange, licence, rental, lease or disposal made or agreed to be made for a consideration by a person in the course or furtherance of business; (b) import of services for a consideration whether or not in the course or furtherance of business 1[and]; (c) the activities specified in Schedule I, made or agreed to be made without a consideration 2[****]; 3[****] 4[(1A) where certain activities or transactions constitute a supply in ac

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ions that are to be treated as- (a) a supply of goods and not as a supply of services; or (b) a supply of services and not as a supply of goods. ****** Notes 1. Inserted vide Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018 w.e.f 01-07-2017 and shall always be deemed to have been inserted. 2. Omitted vide Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018 w.e.f 01-07-2017 and shall always be deemed to have been omitted, before it was read as "and" 3. Omitted vide Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018 w.e.f 01-07-2017 and shall always be deemed to have been omitted, before it was read as "(d) the activities to be treated as supply of goods or supply of services as referred to in Schedule II." 4. Inser

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Section 6 – Acts – ADMINISTRATION – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 6 – Authorisation of officers of State tax or Union territory tax as proper officer in certain circumstances. 6. (1) Without prejudice to the provisions of this Act, the officers appointed under the State Goods and Services Tax Act or the Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act are authorised to be the proper officers for the purposes of this Act, subject to such conditions as the Government shall, on the recommendations of the Council, by notification, specify. (2) Subject to the conditions specified in the notification issued under sub-section (1),- (a) where any proper officer issues an order under this Act, he shall also issue an order under the S

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Section 5 – Acts – ADMINISTRATION – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 5 – Powers of officers. 5. (1) Subject to such conditions and limitations as the Board may impose, an officer of central tax may exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred or imposed on him under this Act. (2) An officer of central tax may exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred or imposed under this Act on any other officer of central tax who is subordinate to him. (3) The Commissi

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Section 4 – Acts – ADMINISTRATION – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 4 – Appointment of officers. 4. (1) The Board may, in addition to the officers as may be notified by the Government under section 3, appoint such persons as it may think fit to be the officers under this Act. (2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the Board may, by order, authorise any officer referred to in clauses (a) to (h) of section 3 to appoint officers of central tax below the rank

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Section 3 – Acts – ADMINISTRATION – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 3 – CHAPTER II ADMINISTRATION Officers under this Act. 3. The Government shall, by notification, appoint the following classes of officers for the purposes of this Act, namely:- (a) Principal Chief Commissioners of Central Tax or Principal Directors General of Central Tax, (b) Chief Commissioners of Central Tax or Directors General of Central Tax, (c) Principal Commissioners of Central Tax or Principal Additi

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Section 2 – Acts – PRELIMINARY – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 2 – Definitions. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (1) actionable claim shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in section 3 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (4 of 1882); (2) address of delivery means the address of the recipient of goods or services or both indicated on the tax invoice issued by a registered person for delivery of such goods or services or both; (3) address on record means the address of the recipient as available in the records of the supplier; (4) adjudicating authority means any authority, appointed or authorised to pass any order or decision under this Act, but does not include the 2[Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs], the Revisional Authority, the Authority for Advance Ruling, the Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling, 3[the Appellate Authority, the Appellate Tribunal and the Authority referred to in sub-section (2) of section 171] ; (5

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(8) Appellate Authority means an authority appointed or authorised to hear appeals as referred to in section 107; (9) Appellate Tribunal means the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal constituted under section 109; (10) appointed day means the date on which the provisions of this Act shall come into force; (11) assessment means determination of tax liability under this Act and includes self-assessment, re-assessment, provisional assessment, summary assessment and best judgment assessment; (12) associated enterprises shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in section 92A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961); (13) audit means the examination of records, returns and other documents maintained or furnished by the registered person under this Act or the rules made thereunder or under any other law for the time being in force to verify the correctness of turnover declared, taxes paid, refund claimed and input tax credit availed, and to assess his compliance with the provisions

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lub, association, society, or any such body (for a subscription or any other consideration) of the facilities or benefits to its members; (f) admission, for a consideration, of persons to any premises; (g) services supplied by a person as the holder of an office which has been accepted by him in the course or furtherance of his trade, profession or vocation; 4[(h) activities of a race club including by way of totalisator or a license to book maker or activities of a licensed book maker in such club; and] (i) any activity or transaction undertaken by the Central Government, a State Government or any local authority in which they are engaged as public authorities; 5[(18) *****] (19) capital goods means goods, the value of which is capitalised in the books of account of the person claiming the input tax credit and which are used or intended to be used in the course or furtherance of business; (20) casual taxable person means a person who occasionally undertakes transactions involving supp

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rking days in respect of a State or Union territory shall mean such days in succession which are not declared as gazetted holidays by the Central Government or the concerned State or Union territory Government; (28) company secretary means a company secretary as defined in clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Company Secretaries Act, 1980 (56 of 1980).; (29) competent authority means such authority as may be notified by the Government; (30) composite supply means a supply made by a taxable person to a recipient consisting of two or more taxable supplies of goods or services or both, or any combination thereof, which are naturally bundled and supplied in conjunction with each other in the ordinary course of business, one of which is a principal supply; Illustration: Where goods are packed and transported with insurance, the supply of goods, packing materials, transport and insurance is a composite supply and supply of goods is a principal supply. (31) consideration in relat

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under a contract, whether or not by means of a wire, cable, pipeline or other conduit, and for which the supplier invoices the recipient on a regular or periodic basis and includes supply of such goods as the Government may, subject to such conditions, as it may, by notification, specify; (33) continuous supply of services means a supply of services which is provided, or agreed to be provided, continuously or on recurrent basis, under a contract, for a period exceeding three months with periodic payment obligations and includes supply of such services as the Government may, subject to such conditions, as it may, by notification, specify; (34) conveyance includes a vessel, an aircraft and a vehicle; (35) cost accountant means a cost accountant as defined in 6[clause (b)] of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959 (23 of 1959); (36) Council means the Goods and Services Tax Council established under article 279A of the Constitution; (37) credit note means

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tronic commerce operator means any person who owns, operates or manages digital or electronic facility or platform for electronic commerce; (46) electronic credit ledger means the electronic credit ledger referred to in sub-section (2) of section 49; (47) exempt supply means supply of any goods or services or both which attracts nil rate of tax or which may be wholly exempt from tax under section 11, or under section 6 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, and includes non-taxable supply; (48) existing law means any law, notification, order, rule or regulation relating to levy and collection of duty or tax on goods or services or both passed or made before the commencement of this Act by Parliament or any Authority or person having the power to make such law, notification, order, rule or regulation; (49) family means,- (i) the spouse and children of the person, and (ii) the parents, grand-parents, brothers and sisters of the person if they are wholly or mainly dependent on the

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stitution, its territorial waters, seabed and sub-soil underlying such waters, continental shelf, exclusive economic zone or any other maritime zone as referred to in the Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and other Maritime Zones Act, 1976 (80 of 1976), and the air space above its territory and territorial waters; (57) Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act means the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017; (58) integrated tax means the integrated goods and services tax levied under the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act; (59) input means any goods other than capital goods used or intended to be used by a supplier in the course or furtherance of business; (60) input service means any service used or intended to be used by a supplier in the course or furtherance of business; (61) Input Service Distributor means an office of the supplier of goods or services or both which receives tax invoices issued under section 31 towards the receipt of input service

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on Territory Goods and Services Tax Act, but does not include the tax paid under the composition levy; (63) input tax credit means the credit of input tax; (64) intra-State supply of goods shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in section 8 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act; (65) intra-State supply of services shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in section 8 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act; (66) invoice or tax invoice means the tax invoice referred to in section 31; (67) inward supply in relation to a person, shall mean receipt of goods or services or both whether by purchase, acquisition or any other means with or without consideration; (68) job work means any treatment or process undertaken by a person on goods belonging to another registered person and the expression job worker shall be construed accordingly; (69) local authority means- (a) a Panchayat as defined in clause (d) of article 243 of the Constitution; (b) a Municipality as defined

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ion of such fixed establishment; (c) where a supply is received at more than one establishment, whether the place of business or fixed establishment, the location of the establishment most directly concerned with the receipt of the supply; and (d) in absence of such places, the location of the usual place of residence of the recipient; (71) location of the supplier of services means,- (a) where a supply is made from a place of business for which the registration has been obtained, the location of such place of business; (b) where a supply is made from a place other than the place of business for which registration has been obtained (a fixed establishment elsewhere), the location of such fixed establishment; (c) where a supply is made from more than one establishment, whether the place of business or fixed establishment, the location of the establishment most directly concerned with the provisions of the supply; and (d) in absence of such places, the location of the usual place of resid

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not dependent on any other. It shall not be a mixed supply if these items are supplied separately. (75) money means the Indian legal tender or any foreign currency, cheque, promissory note, bill of exchange, letter of credit, draft, pay order, traveller cheque, money order, postal or electronic remittance or any other instrument recognised by the Reserve Bank of India when used as a consideration to settle an obligation or exchange with Indian legal tender of another denomination but shall not include any currency that is held for its numismatic value; (76) motor vehicle shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (28) of section 2 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988); (77) non-resident taxable person means any person who occasionally undertakes transactions involving supply of goods or services or both, whether as principal or agent or in any other capacity, but who has no fixed place of business or residence in India; (78) non-taxable supply means a supply of good

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person includes- (a) an individual; (b) a Hindu Undivided Family; (c) a company; (d) a firm; (e) a Limited Liability Partnership; (f) an association of persons or a body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, in India or outside India; (g) any corporation established by or under any Central Act, State Act or Provincial Act or a Government company as defined in clause (45) of section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013); (h) any body corporate incorporated by or under the laws of a country outside India; (i) a co-operative society registered under any law relating to co-operative societies; (j) a local authority; (k) Central Government or a State Government; (l) society as defined under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860); (m) trust; and (n) every artificial juridical person, not falling within any of the above; (85) place of business includes- (a) a place from where the business is ordinarily carried on, and includes a warehouse, a godown or any other place wh

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function to be performed under this Act, means the Commissioner or the officer of the central tax who is assigned that function by the Commissioner in the Board; (92) quarter shall mean a period comprising three consecutive calendar months, ending on the last day of March, June, September and December of a calendar year; (93) recipient of supply of goods or services or both, means- (a) where a consideration is payable for the supply of goods or services or both, the person who is liable to pay that consideration; (b) where no consideration is payable for the supply of goods, the person to whom the goods are delivered or made available, or to whom possession or use of the goods is given or made available; and (c) where no consideration is payable for the supply of a service, the person to whom the service is rendered, and any reference to a person to whom a supply is made shall be construed as a reference to the recipient of the supply and shall include an agent acting as such on behalf

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5 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act; (99) Revisional Authority means an authority appointed or authorised for revision of decision or orders as referred to in section 108; (100) Schedule means a Schedule appended to this Act; (101) securities shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (h) of section 2 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (42 of 1956); (102) services means anything other than goods, money and securities but includes activities relating to the use of money or its conversion by cash or by any other mode, from one form, currency or denomination, to another form, currency or denomination for which a separate consideration is charged; 8[Explanation.-For the removal of doubts, it is hereby clarified that the expression services includes facilitating or arranging transactions in securities;] (103) State includes a Union territory with Legislature; (104) State tax means the tax levied under any State Goods and Services Tax Act; (105) suppl

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wire, radio, visual or other electromagnetic means; (111) the State Goods and Services Tax Act means the respective State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017; (112) turnover in State or turnover in Union territory means the aggregate value of all taxable supplies (excluding the value of inward supplies on which tax is payable by a person on reverse charge basis) and exempt supplies made within a State or Union territory by a taxable person, exports of goods or services or both and inter-State supplies of goods or services or both made from the State or Union territory by the said taxable person but excludes central tax, State tax, Union territory tax, integrated tax and cess; (113) usual place of residence means- (a) in case of an individual, the place where he ordinarily resides; (b) in other cases, the place where the person is incorporated or otherwise legally constituted; (114) Union territory means the territory of- (a) the Andaman and Nicobar Islands; (b) Lakshadweep; (c) Dadra and

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; (119) works contract means a contract for building, construction, fabrication, completion, erection, installation, fitting out, improvement, modification, repair, maintenance, renovation, alteration or commissioning of any immovable property wherein transfer of property in goods (whether as goods or in some other form) is involved in the execution of such contract; (120) words and expressions used and not defined in this Act but defined in the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, the Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act and the Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in those Acts; (121) any reference in this Act to a law which is not in force in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, shall, in relation to that State be construed as a reference to the corresponding law, if any, in force in that State. ******************** Notes:- 1. Substituted vide THE FINANCE ACT, 2018, before it was read as, "Central Board of Excise

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Section 1 – Acts – PRELIMINARY – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 1 – THE CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 No. 12 of 2017 Dated: 12th April 2017 An Act to make a provision for levy and collection of tax on intra-State supply of goods or services or both by the Central Government and the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY Short title, extent a

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THE UNION TERRITORY GOODS AND SERVICES TAX BILL, 2017 – Goods and Services Tax – GST – Dated:- 27-3-2017 – THE UNION TERRITORY GOODS AND SERVICES TAX BILL, 2017 GST bills – Clause by Clause – News – Press release

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THE INTEGRATED GOODS AND SERVICES TAX BILL, 2017. – Goods and Services Tax – GST – Dated:- 27-3-2017 – THE INTEGRATED GOODS AND SERVICES TAX BILL, 2017. GST bills – Clause by Clause – News – Press release

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Goods and Services Tax – GST – Dated:- 27-3-2017 – THE GOODS AND SERVICES TAX (COMPENSATION TO STATES) THE GOODS AND SERVICES TAX (COMPENSATION TO STATES) BILL, 2017 A BILL to provide for compensation to the States for the loss of revenue arising on account of implementation of the goods and services tax in pursuance of the provisions of the Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- Short title, extent and commencement. (1) This Act may be called the Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act, 2017. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. Definitions. 2. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) central tax means the central goods and services tax levied and collected under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act; (b) Central Goods an

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s of the Council, under this Act; (k) projected growth rate means the rate of growth projected for the transition period as per section 3; (l) Schedule means the Schedule appended to this Act; (m) State means,- (i) for the purposes of sections 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 the States as defined under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act; and (ii) for the purposes of sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 the States as defined under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act and the Union territories as defined under the Union Territories Goods and Services Tax Act; (n) State tax means the State goods and services tax levied and collected under the respective State Goods and Services Tax Act; (o) State Goods and Services Tax Act means the law to be made by the State Legislature for levy and collection of tax by the concerned State on supply of goods or services or both; (p) taxable supply means a supply of goods or services or both which is chargeable to the cess under this Act; (q) transition date shal

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(5) and (6), the base year revenue for a State shall be the sum of the revenue collected by the State and the local bodies during the base year, on account of the taxes levied by the respective State or Union and net of refunds, with respect to the following taxes, imposed by the respective State or Union, which are subsumed into goods and services tax, namely:- (a) the value added tax, sales tax, purchase tax, tax collected on works contract, or any other tax levied by the concerned State under the erstwhile entry 54 of List-II (State List) of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution; (b) the central sales tax levied under the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 (74 of 1956.); (c) the entry tax, octroi, local body tax or any other tax levied by the concerned State under the erstwhile entry 52 of List-II (State List) of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution; (d) the taxes on luxuries, including taxes on entertainments, amusements, betting and gambling or any other tax levied by the concern

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amely:- (a) any taxes levied under any Act enacted under the erstwhile entry 54 of List-II (State List) of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution, prior to the coming into force of the provisions of the Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016, on the sale or purchase of petroleum crude, high speed diesel, motor spirit (commonly known as petrol), natural gas, aviation turbine fuel and alcoholic liquor for human consumption; (b) tax levied under the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956, (74 of 1956.) on the sale or purchase of petroleum crude, high speed diesel, motor spirit (commonly known as petrol), natural gas, aviation turbine fuel and alcoholic liquor for human consumption; (c) any cess imposed by the State Government on the sale or purchase of petroleum crude, high speed diesel, motor spirit (commonly known as petrol), natural gas, aviation turbine fuel and alcoholic liquor for human consumption; and (d) the entertainment tax levied by the State but collected by local bo

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tax shall be such as may be notified. (5) The base year revenue shall be calculated as per sub-sections (1), (2), (3) and (4) on the basis of the figures of revenue collected and net of refunds given in that year, as audited by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. (6) In respect of any State, if any part of revenues mentioned in sub-sections (1), (2), (3) and (4) are not credited in the Consolidated Fund of the respective State, the same shall be included in the total base year revenue of the State, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed. Projected revenue for any year 6. The projected revenue for any year in a State shall be calculated by applying the projected growth rate over the base year revenue of that State. Illustration-If the base year revenue for 2015-16 for a concerned State, calculated as per section 5 is one hundred rupees, then the projected revenue for financial year 2018-19 shall be as follows- Projected Revenue for 2018-19-100 (1+14/100)3 Calculation

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State in the absence of the goods and services tax, shall be calculated as per section 6; (b) the actual revenue collected by a State in any financial year during the transition period shall be- (i) the actual revenue from State tax collected by the State, net of refunds given by the said State under Chapters XI and XX of the State Goods and Services Tax Act; (ii) the integrated goods and services tax apportioned to that State; and (iii) any collection of taxes on account of the taxes levied by the respective State under the Acts specified in sub-section (4) of section 5, net of refunds of such taxes, as certified by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India; (c) the total compensation payable in any financial year shall be the difference between the projected revenue for any financial year and the actual revenue collected by a State referred to in clause (b). (4) The loss of revenue at the end of every two months period in any year for a State during the transition period shall be

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he State Goods and Services Tax Act; (ii) the integrated goods and services tax apportioned to that State, as certified by the Principal Chief Controller of Accounts of the Central Board of Excise and Customs; and (iii) any collection of taxes levied by the said State, under the Acts specified in sub-section (4) of section 5, net of refund of such taxes; (c) the provisional compensation payable to any State at the end of the relevant two month period in any financial year shall be the difference between the projected revenue till the end of the relevant period in accordance with clause (a) and the actual revenue collected by a State in the said period as referred to in clause (b), reduced by the provisional compensation paid to a State till the end of the previous two months period in the said financial year during the transition period. (5) In case of any difference between the final compensation amount payable to a State calculated in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (3)

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such manner as may be prescribed, on the recommendations of the Council, for the purposes of providing compensation to the States for loss of revenue arising on account of implementation of the goods and services tax with effect from the date from which the provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act is brought into force, for a period of five years or for such period as may be prescribed on the recommendations of the Council: Provided that no such cess shall be leviable on supplies made by a taxable person who has decided to opt for composition levy under section 10 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act. (2) The cess shall be levied on such supplies of goods and services as are specified in column (2) of the Schedule, on the basis of value, quantity or on such basis at such rate not exceeding the rate set forth in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the Schedule, as the Central Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, by notification in the Official Gaz

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apply for refunds of such cess paid in such form, as may be prescribed. (2) For all purposes of furnishing of returns and claiming refunds, except for the form to be filed, the provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act and the rules made thereunder, shall, as far as may be, apply in relation to the levy and collection of the cess leviable under section 8 on all taxable supplies of goods or services or both, as they apply in relation to the levy and collection of central tax on such supplies under the said Act or the rules made thereunder. Crediting proceeds of cess to Fund 10. (1) The proceeds of the cess leviable under section 8 and such other amounts as may be recommended by the Council, shall be credited to a non-lapsable Fund known as the Goods and Services Tax Compensation Fund, which shall form part of the public account of India and shall be utilised for purposes specified in the said section. (2) All amounts payable to the States under section 7 shall be paid out of

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g to cess. 11. (1) The provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, and the rules made thereunder, including those relating to assessment, input tax credit, non-levy, short-levy, interest, appeals, offences and penalties, shall, as far as may be, mutatis mutandis, apply, in relation to the levy and collection of the cess leviable under section 8 on the intra-State supply of goods and services, as they apply in relation to the levy and collection of central tax on such intra-State supplies under the said Act or the rules made thereunder. (2) The provisions of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, and the rules made thereunder, including those relating to assessment, input tax credit, non-levy, short-levy, interest, appeals, offences and penalties, shall, mutatis mutandis, apply in relation to the levy and collection of the cess leviable under section 8 on the inter State supply of goods and services, as they apply in relation to the levy and collection of integrated tax on

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e total base year revenue of the State, under sub-section (6) of section 5; (c) the manner of refund of compensation by the States to the Central Government under sub-section (6) of section 7; (d) the manner of levy and collection of cess and the period of its imposition under sub-section (1) of section 8; (e) the manner and forms for payment of cess, furnishing of returns and refund of cess under sub-section (1) of section 9; and (f) any other matter which is to be, or may be, prescribed, or in respect of which provision is to be made, by rules. Laying of rules before Parliament. 13. Every rule made under this Act by the Central Government shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in ma

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le, reference to a tariff item , heading , sub-heading and Chapter , wherever they occur, shall mean respectively a tariff item, heading, sub-heading and Chapter in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975). 2. The rules for the interpretation of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), the section and Chapter Notes and the General Explanatory Notes of the First Schedule shall, so far as may be, apply to the interpretation of this Schedule. S.No. Description of supply of goods or services Tariff item, heading, sub-heading, Chapter, or supply of goods or services, as the case may be The maximum rate at which goods and services tax compansation cess may be collected (1) (2) (3) (4) 1. Pan Masala. 2106 90 20 One hundred and thirty-five per cent. ad valorem. 2. Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes, including tobacco products. 24 Four thousand one hundred and seventy rupees per thousand sticks or two hundred and ninety per cent. ad valor

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s tax for a period of five years in accordance with the provisions of section 18 of the Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016. 2. The Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016, has amended the Constitution to facilitate the introduction of goods and services tax in the Country. The amendments made in the Constitution confer simultaneous powers upon Parliament and the State Legislatures to make laws for levy of goods and services tax on the supplies of goods or services or both. Section 18 of the Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016, provides that, Parliament shall, by law, on the recommendations of the Goods and Services Tax Council, provide for compensation to the States for loss of revenue arising on account of implementation of the goods and services tax for a period of five years. . 3. The Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Bill, 2017, inter alia, provides for the following, namely:- (a) to provide that the financia

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e base year 2015-16; (f) the revenues of States that were not credited to the Consolidated Fund of the States but were directly devolved to mandi or municipalities would also be included in the definition of 'revenue subsumed' if these were collected under the authority of entries 52, 54, 55 and 62 of List II of Seventh Schedule of the Constitution and were subsumed in the goods and services tax; (g) to generate resources to compensate States for five years for any loss of revenue suffered by them on account of implementation of goods and services tax, a cess shall be levied on such goods, as recommended by the Goods and Services Tax Council, over and above the goods and services tax on that item; (h) the proceeds of the goods and services tax compensation cess shall be credited to a non-lapsable Fund known as the Goods and Services Tax Compensation Fund in the Public Account and all amounts payable to the States as goods and services tax compensation shall be paid from the Goo

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nown as the Goods and Services Tax Compensation Fund, which shall form part of the public account of India and shall be utilised for purposes specified in the clause 8 of the Bill. Sub-clause (3) of clause 10 of the Bill seeks to provide that fifty per cent. of the amount remaining unutilised in the goods and services tax compensation fund at the end of the transition period shall be transferred to the Consolidated Fund of India as the share of Centre, and the balance fifty per cent. shall be distributed amongst the States and the Union territories in the ratio of their total revenues from the State goods and services tax or the Union territory goods and services tax, as the case may be, in the last year of the transition period. 2. Since the central goods and services tax rate shall be arrived at so as to protect the present revenues of the Central Government from the indirect taxes being subsumed under goods and services tax, the Union Government would need additional source of reven

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e 5 empowers the Central Government to prescribe the conditions subject to which, any part of revenues not credited in the Consolidated Fund of a State shall be included in the total base year revenue of the concerned State. 2. Clause 7 of the Bill seeks to provide the detailed procedure for calculating and releasing the goods and services tax compensation amount to a State. Sub-clause (6) of clause 7 empowers the Central Government to prescribe the manner of refund of compensation by a State to the Central Government, in case excess goods and services tax compensation is paid to the said State by the Central Government. 3. Clause 8 of the Bill seeks to levy a goods and services tax compensation cess on certain supplies of goods and services. Sub-clause (1) of clause 8 empowers the Central Government to notify the manner of levy and collection of the cess and the period of its imposition. 4. Clause 9 of the Bill seeks to provide that every taxable person shall pay the cess, furnish ret

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THE CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX BILL, 2017. – Goods and Services Tax – GST – Dated:- 27-3-2017 – THE CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX BILL, 2017 GST bills – Clause by Clause – News – Press release

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Goods and Services Tax – GST – Dated:- 27-3-2017 – PDF Files Clause by Clause THE CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX BILL, 2017 CGST Bill, 2017 (Clause by Clause) THE INTEGRATED GOODS AND SERVICES TAX BILL, 2017 IGST Bill, 2017 (Clause by Clause) THE UNION TERRITORY GOODS AND SERVICES TAX BILL, 2017 UT GST Bill, 2017 (Clause by Clause) THE GOODS AND SERVICES TAX (COMPENSATION TO STATES) GST (Compensation to States) New Delhi, Mar 27 (PTI) Four bills aimed at rolling out the much-awaited Goods and Services Tax (GST) and usher in landmark tax reforms in the country were tabled in the Lok Sabha today. The Opposition objecting to it saying the introduction of these measures was not listed in today's agenda for the House. Finance Minister Arun

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ty and service tax as well as state levies like VAT. The GST Council has already approved four-tier tax slabs of 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent plus an additional cess on demerit goods like luxury cars, aerated drinks and tobacco products. The work on for putting various goods and services in the different slabs is slated to begin next month. The introduction of the Bills by Jaitley was objected to by a number of Opposition MPs for the manner in which this was being done, saying they were not given enough time to study the proposed legislation. Raising his objection, Congress member K C Venugopal said the introduction of these bills was not listed in today's agenda and asserted that parliamentary procedures must be followed while dealing wit

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Goods and Services Tax – Started By: – N Balachandran – Dated:- 27-3-2017 Last Replied Date:- 28-9-2017 – Dear sir,We are executing the various Water supply projects in different state in India. At Present, the Water supply projects is exempted from payment of Service tax . Will the exemption still continue in GST regime? Can we have a single Registration and do the projects all over India? or we need to take GST registration in all the states where we are executing the Projects?. – Reply By KASTURI SETHI – The Reply = Exemption is likely to continue in GST. No concept of single Registration in GST. If exemption continues, no need of registration at all. – Reply By Himansu Sha – The Reply = please wait some more days – Reply By N Balachand

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nsaction would be Interstate transaction attraction IGST. In that case no need to take registration in all states.Single centralised registration provision is done away in GST. – Reply By Govind Gupta – The Reply = Dear Kalyani Sir, on registration few more clarifications required, suppose if we have AMC business where our engineers go and service the machines, do we have to take registations in each state where we have our customer's site locations, assuming i have our registered place in Delhi and my client's registered place is also in delhi and PO is placed by our customer from Delhi office to our office in Delhi but the services need to be provided on 5 sites which are situated in 5 different states, now below questionswhat wil

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Goods and Services Tax – GST – By: – Ganeshan Kalyani – Dated:- 26-3-2017 Last Replied Date:- 1-4-2017 – The Goods and Service Tax (GST) is expected to be implemented from July 1, 2017. In view of the same, the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) have initiated steps to ensure that all the existing taxpayers are migrated to Goods and Service Tax Network (GSTN). A provision for migration of existing taxpayers to GST is provided in the draft Model Goods and Services Tax Law. The FAQs to clear query of the taxpayer pertaining to enrollment is published by GSTN in their website www.gst.gov.in. The taxpayers who are currently registered with any State or Central laws like Value Added Tax, Central Sales Tax, Central Excise, Service Tax etc. need to enroll themselves under GST. Enrollment under GST means validating the data and filling up the remaining key fields in the Enrollment Application at the GST Common Portal. The registered taxpayer will be receiving login ID and password fro

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d under State Act. However, the window is still open to ease taxpayers to do the enrollment process. A user manual on using the GST Common Portal is made available in GSTN. A video based tutorial explaining the process of filling up the enrollment form, registering digital signature certificate, uploading documents etc. is made available in the GSTN portal. Additionally, a mobile based application for GST enrollment is also made available by GSTN in their website. The status of enrollment of taxpayers is published in GSTN website. As per the status of enrollment as on 24.03.2017, Karnataka State is ahead with 92.43% of their taxpayers being enrolled. Maharashtra State is second with 86.57%. Gujarat State has completed enrollment of 86.44% of the total taxpayers in the State. From the enrollment status as on the aforesaid date, it is seen that most of the States have completed the enrollment process of more than 50% of the taxpayers in their respective States. The enrollment process is

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be reached at 1800-1200-232 and query related to GST enrollment can be emailed to cbecmitra.helpdesk@icegate.gov.in. The GSTN has also flashed their Help Desk number as 0124-4688999 and email id – helpdesk@gstn.gov.in in their website. Once GST is implemented, the registered taxpayers under current laws with valid PAN and those having completed the enrollment process shall be issued a certificate of registration on a provisional basis in such form and manner as may be prescribed on the appointed day. The certificate of registration so issued shall be valid for a period of six month from the date of its issue. Every taxpayer to whom a certificate of registration has been issued shall furnish such information as may be prescribed and upon furnishing the same the certificate of registration shall be furnished on a final basis by the Central/State Government. Though the taxpayers are encouraged to enroll into GST by conducting seminars, training, advertisements etc. some States are yet to

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Goods and Services Tax – GST – By: – Sanjeev Singhal – Dated:- 26-3-2017 Last Replied Date:- 3-4-2017 – Under the Central Excise and Service Tax laws, there is no requirement for audit of accounts and furnishing reconciliation statement by an accountant except special audit. However, several State VAT laws stipulate audit of records by a Chartered Accountant and filing of VAT audit reports. Threshold limits are prescribed for such audits. Reconciliations between the tax records and audited statements of accounts are generally sought for at the time of assessment, audit or investigation by the Revenue authorities. There is no statutory requirement to furnish such reconciliation statements under the present laws. In India, the tax compliance

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ompleted within three months from the date of commencement. For any reason if the commissioner is satisfy that audit can not be completed with in three months , for reason to be recorded in writing , may extended it for further period of six months. Commencement date of audit for the above sub section shall be , the date of record and other document called and submitted by RTP or Start of audit at RTP office which ever is later. Within 30 days from the conclusion of audit, the proper officer will inform the RTP of audit finding and reason of the same. Where the audit result in detection of tax not paid, short paid or erroneously refunded or ITC wrongly claimed or utilized , the officer may start action under section 66 or 67 i.e. under chap

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expenses and fees of audit shall be determined and paid by commissioner. Where the special audit result in detection of tax not paid, short paid or erroneously refunded or ITC wrongly claimed or utilized , the officer may start action under section 66 or 67 i.e. under chapter Demand and Recovery. POWER OF CAG FOR AUDIT The proper officer shall, upon request made in this behalf, make available to the comptroller of Auditor General of India any information , record and return under the act for conduct of audit as required. Author is practicing chartered accountant in Gurgaon and having specialization in Service Tax and Haryana VAT. He can be reached at sanjeev.singhal@skaca.in. WWW. skaca.in – Reply By KASTURI SETHI – The Reply = Thanks for

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Goods and Services Tax – GST – By: – esha agrawal – Dated:- 26-3-2017 – The Union Cabinet has cleared four bills related to the Goods and Services Tax (GST), ahead of their introduction in Parliament, to enable roll out of the tax reform from July 1. Approval of the bills by Parliament and a separate one by all state Assemblies will complete the legislative process for roll out of the GST, the one-nation-one-tax system that merges central taxes like excise duty and service tax and state levies like VAT. What is GST bill? Goods and Services Tax bill is India s biggest reform in India s indirect tax structure. The purpose of the bill is to introduce one single tax on supply of goods and services, from the manufacturing stage until its delive

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40 percent after the GST Council proposed raising the peak rate in the Bill to 20 percent, from the current 14 percent, to obviate the need for approaching Parliament for any change in rates in future. The change in the peak rate will not alter the 4-slab rate structure of 5, 12, 18 and 28 percent agreed upon last year for the moment, In addition, a cess will be levied on demerit goods like luxury cars, aerated drinks and tobacco products. The CGST Bill sets the tax regime for the levy of GST on intra-state supply of goods or services or both by the central government. IGST Bill deals levy of GST on inter-state supply of goods or services or both by the central government. Similarly, the UTGST Bill provides for levy of GST on intra-UT suppl

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Constitution of GST Working Groups to address concerns of the Trade and Industry – Goods and Services Tax – GST – Dated:- 25-3-2017 News – Press release

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