129 Liability in case of amalgamation /merger of companies -Revised Model GST Law ( Nov 2016)

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(Last Updated On: March 13, 2017)

Revised Model GST Law ( Nov 2016)

Section 129 Revised Model GST Law ( Nov 2016)

  1. Liability in case of amalgamation /merger of companies 

(1) When two or more companies are amalgamated or merged by the order of court or of Tribunal or of the Central Government and the order is to take effect from a date earlier to the date of the order and any two or more of such companies have supplied or received any goods and/or services to or from each other during the period commencing on the date from which the order takes effect till the date of the order, then such transactions of supply and receipt shall be included in the turnover of supply or receipt of the respective companies and shall be liable to tax accordingly.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the said order, for all purposes of this Act, the said two or more companies shall be treated as distinct companies for the period up to the date of the said order and the registration certificates of the said  companies shall be cancelled, where necessary, with effect from the date of the said order.

Explanation – Words and expressions used in this section but not defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013).

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