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Home Acts & Rules GST Draft-Bills-Reports MODEL GST LAW - Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 - [November 2016] Chapters List Chapter III LEVY OF, AND EXE MPTION FROM, TAX This

Section 8 - Levy and Collection of Central/State Goods and Services Tax - MODEL GST LAW - Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 - [November 2016]

MODEL GST LAW - Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 - [November 2016]
Chapter III
LEVY OF, AND EXE MPTION FROM, TAX
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CHAPTER III

LEVY OF, AND EXEMPTION FROM, TAX

8. Levy and Collection of Central/State Goods and Services Tax

(1) There shall be levied a tax called the Central/State Goods and Services Tax (CGST/SGST) on all intra-State supplies of goods and/or services on the value determined under section 15 and at such rates as may be notified by the Central/State Government in this behalf, but not exceeding fourteen percent, on the recommendation of the Council and collected in such manner as may be prescribed.

(2) The CGST/SGST shall be paid by every taxable person in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

(3) The Central or a State Government may, on the recommendation of the Council, by notification, specify categories of supply of goods and/or services the tax on which is payable on reverse charge basis and the tax thereon shall be paid by the recipient of such goods and/or services and all the provisions of this Act shall apply to such person as if he is the person liable for paying the tax in relation to the supply of such goods and/or services.

(4) The Central or a State Government may, on the recommendation of the Council, by notification, specify categories of services the tax on 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 person liable for paying the tax in relation to the supply of such services:

PROVIDED that where an electronic commerce operator does not have a physical presence in the taxable territory, any person representing such electronic commerce operator for any purpose in the taxable territory shall be liable to pay tax:

PROVIDED FURTHER that where an electronic commerce operator does not have a physical presence in the taxable territory and also he does not have a representative in the said territory, such electronic commerce operator shall appoint a person in the taxable territory for the purpose of paying tax and such person shall be liable to pay tax.

 
 
 
 

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