Hi Members
What is the maxiumum VAT rate that can be charged by State Government on declared goods?
Shivani
Subramanya
(Tax Consultant)
(523 Points)
Replied 11 September 2013
Hi,
As per CST Act 1956 section 15 it should not be morethan 5 percent
15 Restrictions and conditions in regard to tax on sale or purchase of declared goods within a State
Every sales tax law of a State shall, in so far as it imposes or authorises the imposition of a tax on the sale or purchase of declared goods, be subject to the following restrictions and conditions, namely:
(a) the tax payable under that law in respect of any sale or purchase of such goods inside the State shall not exceed five percent of the sale or purchase price thereof, [***] ;
(b) where a tax has been levied under that law in respect of the sale or purchase inside the State of any declared goods and such goods are sold in the course of inter- State trade or commerce, and tax has been paid under this Act in respect of the sale of such goods in the course of inter-State trade or commerce, the tax levied under such law shall be reimbursed to the person making such sale in the course of inter- State trade or commerce in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be provided in any law in force in that State;
(c) where a tax has been levied under that law in respect of the sale or purchase inside the State of any paddy referred to in sub-clause (i) of clause (i) of section 14, the tax leviable on rice procured out of such paddy shall be reduced by the amount of tax levied on such paddy ;
(ca) where a tax on sale or purchase of paddy referred to in sub-clause (i) of clause (i) of section 14 is leviable under that law and the rice procured out of such paddy is exported out of India, then, for the purpose of sub-section (3) of section 5, the paddy and rice shall be treated as a single commodity ;
(d) each of the pulses referred to in clause (vi-a) of section 14, whether whole or separated, and whether with or without husk, shall be treated as a single commodity for the purposes of levy of tax under that law.
with regards,
Subramanya
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