Section 8 IGST Act 2017
[ Section 8 IGST Act 2017 Notified w.e.f 01.07.2017 vide Notification No. 3/2017 – Integrated Tax Dated 28th June, 2017 ]
Section 8 IGST Act 2017 deals with Intra-State supply and is covered in CHAPTER IV
DETERMINATION OF NATURE OF SUPPLY
( Note IGST Act 2017 also known as THE INTEGRATED GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 received the Assent of the President of India on 12th April 2017. This is an Act to make a provision for levy and collection of tax on inter-State supply of goods or services or both by the Central Government and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.)
Intra-State supply.
8. (1) Subject to the provisions of section 10, supply of goods where the location of the supplier and the place of supply of goods are in the same State or same Union territory shall be treated as intra-State supply:
Provided that the following supply of goods shall not be treated as intra-State supply, namely:––
(i) supply of goods to or by a Special Economic Zone developer or a Special Economic Zone unit;
(ii) goods imported into the territory of India till they cross the customs frontiers of India; or
(iii) supplies made to a tourist referred to in section 15.
(2) Subject to the provisions of section 12 , supply of services where the location of the supplier and the place of supply of services are in the same State or same Union territory shall be treated as intra-State supply:
Provided that the intra-State supply of services shall not include supply of services to or by a Special Economic Zone developer or a Special Economic Zone unit.
Explanation 1.––For the purposes of this Act, where a person has,––
(i) an establishment in India and any other establishment outside India;
(ii) an establishment in a State or Union territory and any other establishment outside that State or Union territory; or
(iii) an establishment in a State or Union territory and any other establishment 1[***] registered within that State or Union territory,
then such establishments 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.
Notes on Section 8 of IGST Act 2017
1.Words “being a business vertical” omitted by the Integrated Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018, w.e.f. 1-2-2019.
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