{"id":1609,"date":"2016-10-16T18:41:01","date_gmt":"2016-10-16T13:11:01","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-10-16T18:41:01","modified_gmt":"2016-10-16T13:11:01","slug":"goods-and-services-tax-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/?p=1609","title":{"rendered":"Goods and Services Tax Council."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Goods and Services Tax Council.<br \/>Article 279A<br \/>Indian Laws<br \/>FINANCE, PROPERTY, CONTRACTS AND SUITS<br \/>Constitution of India<br \/>1[Article 279A. Goods and Services Tax Council.-<br \/>\n(1) The President shall, within sixty days from the date of commencement of the Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016, by order, constitute a Council to be called the Goods and Services Tax Council.<br \/>\n(2) The Goods and Services Tax Council shall consist of the following members, namely:-<br \/>\n (a) the Union Finance Minister&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; Chairperson;<br \/>\n (b) the Union Minister of State in charge of Revenue or Finance&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. Member;<br \/>\n (c) the Minister in charge of Finance or Taxation or any other Minister nominated by each State G<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Plain text (Extract) only<\/strong><BR>For full text:-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxtmi.com\/acts?id=22796\">Visit the Source <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p>ies in the course of Inter-State trade or commerce under article 269A and the principles that govern the place of supply;<br \/>\n (d) the threshold limit of turnover below which goods and services may be exempted from goods and services tax;<br \/>\n (e) the rates including floor rates with bands of goods and services tax;<br \/>\n (f) any special rate or rates for a specified period, to raise additional resources during any natural calamity or disaster;<br \/>\n (g) special provision with respect to the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand; and<br \/>\n (h) any other matter relating to the goods and services tax, as the Council may decide.<br \/>\n(5) The Goods and Services <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Plain text (Extract) only<\/strong><BR>For full text:-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxtmi.com\/acts?id=22796\">Visit the Source <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p>ncil 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:-<br \/>\n (a) the vote of the Central Government shall have a weightage of onethird of the total votes cast, and<br \/>\n (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.<br \/>\n(10) No act or proceedings of the Goods and Services Tax Council shall be invalid merely by reason of-<br \/>\n (a) any vacancy in, or any defect in, the constitution of the Council; or<br \/>\n (b) any defect in the appointment of a person as a member of the Council; or<br \/>\n (c) any procedural irregularity of the Council not affe<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Plain text (Extract) only<\/strong><BR>For full text:-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxtmi.com\/acts?id=22796\">Visit the Source <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goods and Services Tax Council.Article 279AIndian LawsFINANCE, PROPERTY, CONTRACTS AND SUITSConstitution of India1[Article 279A. 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