GST – A REALITY SOON

The 122ND Constitutional Amen tdment Bill for the introduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST) inhe Indian Constitution has been passed by the Rajya Sabha.

The Bill has already passed by the Lower House (Lok Sabha) on 6th May 2015. Further, the Empowered Committee of the State Finance Ministers has released Model GST Law in June 2016.

In order to have GST as the indirect Taxation Structure in force following steps needs to be followed:

Steps to convert GST a reality

• 122nd Constitutional Amendment Bill to be ratified by at least 50% of the State Legislatures under Article 368 of the Constitution.
• Assent by President of India to the 122nd Constitutional Amendment Bill will require.
• After Constitutional amendment GST Council (GSTC) to be constituted within 60 daysunder Section 279A of the amended Constitution.
• GSTC to recommend GST Law and procedure. IGST and CGST bill for Parliament/Centre and Model SGST bill for State Legislature.
• CGST and IGST Laws to be introduced in Parliament and will require be passed by simple majority.
• SGST Laws to be passed by concerned state legislatures.
• Once Approval from Parliament and States, GSTN (GST network a Section 8 Company will launch the IT Platform for implementation of GST).

GST Council Formation Approved – A Step Forward :

Another step has been taken by the government on the right direction for the implementation of biggest tax reform.

The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty¬ second Amendment) Bill, 2014, for introduction of Goods and Services tax in the Constitution of the country was accorded assent by the President on 8th September, 2016, and the same has been passed as the Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016.

Today, i.e. on 12th September 2016, the union Cabinet has approved the setting up of the GST Council (Section 279A) and its secretariat with the following details:

• Union Finance minister will be the Chairperson with state finance ministers as members to the GST council
• Setting up of Secretariat of GST council with its office at New Delhi
• Appointment of the secretary (Revenue) as the Ex-Officio Secretary to the GST Council.
• Inclusion of the Chairperson, CBEC as a permanent invitee (non-voting) to all the proceedings of the GST Council
• Create one post of Additional Secretary to the GST Council in its secretariat (at the level of Additional secretary to the Government of India), and four post of the Commissioner in its secretariat (at the level of Joint secretary to the Government of India)

The Finance Minister has also decided to call the first meeting of the GST Council on 22nd and 23rd September 2016 in New Delhi.

The GST Council shall make recommendations on tax rates, cesses, exemptions, threshold limit, and other provisions.

GST Constitutional Amendment Bill gets Presidential assent:

 Honorable The President of India gave assent to the 122nd Constitutional Amendment Bill 2014 on Goods and Services Tax (GST).

Now it becomes One Hundred and First Amendment Act, 2016, a major milestone for the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) expected to be implemented by 1st April 2017.

For your information, The Bill was passed unanimously by both the houses of Parliament in august 2016 and ratified by the legislative assemblies of more than 50% of the states.

Assam was the first state to ratify the Bill and the other states which have passed the legislation include Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Nagaland, Maharashtra, Haryana, Sikkim, Mizoram, Telangana, Goa, Odisha and Rajasthan.

Going forward, GST Council will be formed within 60 days of the enactment of One Hundred and First Amendment Act, 2016. CGST and IGST laws will be introduced in Parliament and SGST Laws in State Legislative Assemblies for the rollout of GST.

Article on Supply without Consideration under GST :

(Permanent transfer/ disposal of business assets and Temporary application of business assets to a private or non- business use)

With the passage of 122nd Constitutional Amendment Bill as One Hundred and First Amendment Act, 2016 in both the houses of Parliament by full majority and the release of Draft GST Model in June 2016 by the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers, it is expected that the GST will be in force very soon.

The Team DYKS has been analyzing the Draft GST Model deeply and initiated a Series of Articles on the issues emerging from the analysis.

Goods and Services Tax whether in the form of CGST, SGST or IGST will be levied on the“supply” of goods or/and services. Supply is defined in the Section 3 of the Draft Model Act which will also include a supply as mentioned in Schedule I even without consideration.

We have come up with an Article to analyse two transactions which are mentioned in the Schedule I i.e.

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