{"id":689,"date":"2015-12-05T14:52:47","date_gmt":"2015-12-05T09:22:47","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-12-05T14:52:47","modified_gmt":"2015-12-05T09:22:47","slug":"insertion-of-new-article-279a-goods-and-services-tax-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/?p=689","title":{"rendered":"Insertion of new article 279A- Goods and Services Tax Council."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Insertion of new article 279A- Goods and Services Tax Council.<br \/>Clause 12<br \/>Bill  <br \/>Enabling Goods and Services Tax  (GST)<br \/>GST &#8211; The Constitution (One Hundred And Twenty Second Amendment) Bill, 2014 [As Intorduced]<br \/>Insertion of new article 279A.<br \/>\n12. After article 279 of the Constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:-<br \/>\nGoods and Services Tax Council.<br \/>\n&#39;&#39;279A. (1)The President shall, within sixty days from the date of commencement of the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-second Amendment) Act, 2014, 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;.<\/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=20152\">Visit the Source <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p>ods and services that may be subjected to, or exempted from the goods and services tax;<br \/>\n (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;<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 Uttar<\/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=20152\">Visit the Source <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p>x Council shall determine the procedure in the performance of its functions.<br \/>\n(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:-<br \/>\n (a) the vote of the Central Government shall have a weightage of one-third 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)<\/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=20152\">Visit the Source <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Insertion of new article 279A- Goods and Services Tax Council.Clause 12Bill Enabling Goods and Services Tax (GST)GST &#8211; The Constitution (One Hundred And Twenty Second Amendment) Bill, 2014 [As Intorduced]Insertion of new article 279A. 12. After article 279 of the Constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:- Goods and Services Tax Council. &#39;&#39;279A. 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