GST _ the Constitution (122nd Amendment) (GST) Bill, 2014
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TheConstitution(122ndAmendment)(GST)Bill,2014
TheConstitution(OneHundredandTwentySecondAmendment)Bill,2014wasintroducedintheLokSabhaonDecember19,2014bytheMinisterofFinance,Mr.ArunJaitley.
TheBillseekstoamendtheConstitutiontointroducethegoodsandservicestax(GST).Consequently,theGSTsubsumesvariouscentralindirecttaxesincludingtheCentralExciseDuty,CountervailingDuty,ServiceTax,etc.Italsosubsumesstatevalueaddedtax,octroiandentrytax,luxurytax,etc.
ConcurrentpowersforGST:TheBillinsertsanewArticleintheConstitutiontogivethecentralandstategovernmentstheconcurrentpowertomakelawsonthetaxationofgoodsandservices.
IntegratedGST(IGST):However,onlythecentremaylevyandcollectGSTonsuppliesinthecourseofinterstatetradeorcommerce.ThetaxcollectedwouldbedividedbetweenthecentreandthestatesinamannertobeprovidedbyParliament,bylaw,ontherecommendationsoftheGSTCouncil.
GSTCouncil:ThePresidentmustconstituteaGoodsandServicesTaxCouncilwithinsixtydaysofthisActcomingintoforce.TheGSTCouncilaimtodevelopaharmonizednationalmarketofgoodsandservices.
CompositionoftheGSTCouncil:TheGSTCouncilistoconsistofthefollowingthreemembers:(i)theUnionFinanceMinister(asChairman),(ii)theUnionMinisterofStateinchargeofRevenueorFinance,and(iii)theMinisterinchargeofFinanceorTaxationoranyother,nominatedbyeachstategovernment.
FunctionsoftheGSTCouncil:Theseincludemakingrecommendationson:(i)taxes,cesses,andsurchargesleviedbythecentre,statesandlocalbodieswhichmaybesubsumedintheGST(ii)goodsandserviceswhichmaybesubjectedtoorexemptedfromGST(iii)modelGSTlaws,principlesoflevy,apportionmentofIGSTandprinciplesthatgoverntheplaceofsupply(iv)thethresholdlimitofturnoverbelowwhichgoodsandservicesmaybeexemptedfromGST(v)ratesincludingfloorrateswithbandsofGST(vi)specialratestoraiseadditionalresourcesduringanynaturalcalamity(vii)specialprovisionwithrespecttoArunachalPradesh,JammuandKashmir,Manipur,Meghalaya,Mizoram,Nagaland,Sikkim,Tripura,HimachalPradeshandUttarakhandand(viii)anyothermatters.
Resolutionofdisputes:TheGSTCouncilmaydecideuponthemodalitiesfortheresolutionofdisputesarisingoutofitsrecommendations.
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Restrictionsonimpositionoftax:TheConstitutionimposescertainrestrictionsonstatesontheimpositionoftaxonthesaleorpurchaseofgoods.TheBillamendsthisprovisiontorestricttheimpositionoftaxonthesupplyofgoodsandservicesandnotonitssale.
AdditionalTaxonsupplyofgoods:Anadditionaltax(nottoexceed1%)onthesupplyofgoodsinthecourseofinterstatetradeorcommercewouldbeleviedandcollectedbythecentre.Suchadditionaltaxshallbeassignedtothestatesfortwoyears,orasrecommendedbytheGSTCouncil.
Compensationtostates:Parliamentmay,bylaw,provideforcompensationtostatesforrevenuelossesarisingoutoftheimplementationoftheGST,ontheGSTCouncilsrecommendations.Thiswouldbeuptoafiveyearperiod.
Goodsexempt:AlcoholicliquorforhumanconsumptionisexemptedfromthepurviewoftheGST.Further,theGSTCouncilistodecidewhenGSTwouldbeleviedon:(i)petroleumcrude,(ii)highspeeddiesel,(iii)motorspirit(petrol),(iv)naturalgas,and(v)aviationturbinefuel.