Section 8 - LEVY AND COLLECTION OF GST COMPENSATION CESS - Draft - Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to the States for Loss of Revenue) Act, 2016 - [November 2016]

8. LEVY AND COLLECTION OF GST COMPENSATION CESS There shall be levied and collected in accordance with the provisions of this Act, a cess to be called the GST Compensation Cess at such rate as may be notified, but not exceeding . Per cent, on the value determined under section 15 of the CGST Act, 2016, and on such supplies of goods and services, including imports of goods and services, and those supplies on which tax is payable on reverse charge basis under section 7(3) of the CGST Act, which may be prescribed on the recommendations of the Council, for the purposes of providing compensation to the States for loss of revenue arising on account of implementation of the goods and services tax for a period of five years, w.e.f. the date from which the CGST Act is brought into force. Provided that no such cess shall be leviable under this section on supplies made by a taxable person permitted to opt for composition levy under section 8 of the CGST Act, 2016.