THE INTEGRATED GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2016
Section 5 Model IGST Law [ Nov 2016]
CHAPTER– III
LEVY AND COLLECTION OF TAX
- Levy and collection of Integrated Goods and Services Tax
(1) There shall be levied a tax called the Integrated Goods and Services Tax on all supplies of goods and/or services made in the course of inter-State trade or commerce on the value determined under section 15 of CGST Act, 2016 and at such rates as may be notified by the Central Government in this behalf, but not exceeding twenty eight percent, on the recommendation of Council and collected in such manner as may be prescribed and shall be paid by every taxable person in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
PROVIDED that the Integrated Goods and Services Tax on goods imported into India shall be levied and collected in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) at the point when duties of customs are levied on the said goods under section 12 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), on a value as determined under the first mentioned Act.
(2) The Central Government may, on 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 recipient as if he is the person liable for paying the tax in relation to the supply of such goods and/or services.
(3) The Central 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.
Explanation1: For the purposes of this Act,-
(i) an establishment of a person in India and any of his other establishments outside India, or
(ii) an establishment of a person in a State and any of his other establishments outside that State, shall be treated as establishments of distinct persons.
Explanation 2: A person carrying on a business through a branch or an agency or a representational office in any territory shall be treated as having an establishment in that territory.