Chapter III LEVY AND COLLECTION OF TAX

1. (1) For the purposes of this Act, the expression "supply" includes-
   • (a) all forms of supply of goods or services or both such as sale, transfer, barter, exchange, license, rental, lease or disposal made or agreed to be made for a consideration by a person in the course or furtherance of business; 1[(aa) the activities or transactions, by a person, other than an individual, to its members or constituents or vice-versa, for cash, deferred payment or other valuable consideration. Explanation.- For the purposes of this clause, it is hereby clarified that, notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force or any judgment, decree or order of any Court, tribunal or authority, the person and its members or constituents shall be deemed to be two separate persons and the supply of activities or transactions inter se shall be deemed to take place from one such person to another;]
   • (b) import of services for a consideration whether or not in the course or furtherance of business 2[and]; 5[(1A) Where certain activities or transactions constitute a supply in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1), they shall be treated either as supply of goods or supply of services as referred to in Schedule II.]
2. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1),-
   • (a) activities or transactions specified in Schedule III; or
   • (b) such activities or transactions undertaken by the Central Government, a State Government or any local authority in which they are engaged as public authorities, as may be notified by the Government on the recommendations of the Council, shall be treated neither as a supply of goods nor a supply of services.
3. (3) Subject to the provisions of 6[sub-sections (1), (1A) and (2)], the Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, specify, by notification, the transactions that are to be treated as-
   • (a) a supply of goods and not as a supply of services; or
   • (b) a supply of services and not as a supply of goods.

The tax liability on a composite or a mixed supply shall be determined in the following manner, namely :-

1. (a) a composite supply comprising two or more supplies, one of which is a principal supply, shall be treated as a supply of such principal supply; and
2. (b) a mixed supply comprising two or more supplies shall be treated as a supply of that particular supply which attracts the highest rate of tax.

1. (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), there shall be levied a tax called the Maharashtra goods and services tax on all intra-State supplies of goods or services or both, except on the supply of alcoholic liquor for human consumption 1[and un-denatured extra neutral alcohol or rectified spirit used for manufacture of alcoholic liquor, for human consumption], on the value determined under section 15 and at such rates, not exceeding twenty per cent., as may be notified by the Government on the recommendations of the Council and collected in such manner as may be prescribed and shall be paid by the taxable person.
2. (2) The State tax on the supply of petroleum crude, high speed diesel, motor spirit (commonly known as petrol), natural gas and aviation turbine fuel, shall be levied with effect from such date as may be notified by the Government on the recommendations of the Council.
3. (3) The Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, by notification, specify categories of supply of goods or services or both, the tax on which shall be paid on reverse charge basis by the recipient of such goods or services or both 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 or services or both. 2[(4) The Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, by notification, specify a class of registered persons who shall, in respect of supply of specified categories of goods or services or both received from an unregistered supplier, pay the tax on reverse charge basis as the recipient of such supply of goods or services or both, 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 such supply of goods or services or both.]
4. (5) The Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, by notification, specify categories of services the tax on intra-State supplies of 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 supplier 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.

1. (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act but subject to the provisions of sub-sections (3) and (4) of section 9, a registered person, whose aggregate turnover in the preceding financial year did not exceed fifty lakh rupees may opt to pay, 1[in lieu of the tax payable by him, under sub-section (1) of section 9, an amount of tax calculated at such rate] as may be prescribed, but not exceeding,-
   • (a) one per cent. of the turnover in State in case of a manufacturer,
   • (b) two and a half per cent. of the turnover in State in case of persons engaged in making supplies referred to in clause (b) of paragraph 6 of Schedule II, and
   • (c) half per cent. of the turnover in State in case of other suppliers, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed: Provided that the Government may, by notification, increase the said limit of fifty lakh rupees to such higher amount, not exceeding 2[one crore and fifty lakh rupees], as may be recommended by the Council: 3[Provided further that, a person who opts to pay tax under clause (a) or clause (b) or clause (c) may supply services (other than those referred to in clause (b) of paragraph 6 of Schedule II), of value not exceeding ten per cent. of turnover in the State in the preceding financial year or five lakh rupees, whichever is higher.[ 4[Explanation.- For the purposes of second proviso, the value of exempt supply of services provided by way of extending deposits, loans or advances in so far as the consideration is represented by way of interest or discount shall not be taken into account for determining the value of turnover in the State.]
2. (2) The registered person shall be eligible to opt under sub-section (1), if- 5[(a) save as provided in sub-section (1), he is not engaged in the supply of services;]
   • (b) he is not engaged in making any supply of goods 6[or services] which are not leviable to tax under this Act;
   • (c) he is not engaged in making any inter-State outward supplies of goods 7[or services];
   • (d) he is not engaged in making any supply of 8[* * *9[*] services] through an electronic commerce operator who is required to collect tax at source under section 52; 10[* * *]
   • (e) he is not a manufacturer of such goods as may be notified by the Government on the recommendations of the 11[Council; and] 12[(f) he is neither a casual taxable person nor a non-resident taxable person:] Provided that where more than one registered person are having the same Permanent Account Number (issued under the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961)), the registered person shall not be eligible to opt for the scheme under sub-section (1) unless all such registered persons opt to pay tax under that sub-section. 13[(2A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act, but subject to the provisions of sub-sections (3) and (4) of section 9, a registered person, not eligible to opt to pay tax under sub-section (1) and sub-section (2), whose aggregate turnover in the preceding financial year did not exceed fifty lakh rupees, may opt to pay, in lieu of the tax payable by him under sub-section (1) of section 9, an amount of tax calculated at such rate as may be prescribed, but not exceeding three per cent. of the turnover in State, if he is not,-
   • (a) engaged in making any supply of goods or services which are not leviable to tax under this Act;
   • (b) engaged in making any inter-State outward supplies of goods or services;
   • (c) engaged in making any supply of 14[* * *] services through an electronic commerce operator who is required to collect tax at source under section 52;
   • (d) a manufacturer of such goods or supplier of such services as may be notified by the Government on the recommendations of the Council; and
   • (e) a casual taxable person or a non-resident taxable person: Provided that, where more than one registered person are having the same Permanent Account Number issued under the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the registered person shall not be eligible to opt for the scheme under this sub-section unless all such registered persons opt to pay tax under this sub-section.]
3. (3) The option availed of by a registered person under sub-section (1) 15[or sub-section (2A), as the case may be,] shall lapse with effect from the day on which his aggregate turnover during a financial year exceeds the limit specified under sub-section (1) 16[or sub-section (2A), as the case may be.]
4. (4) A taxable person to whom the provisions of sub-section (1) 17[or, as the case may be, sub-section (2A)] apply shall not collect any tax from the recipient on supplies made by him nor shall he be entitled to any credit of input tax.
5. (5) If the proper officer has reasons to believe that a taxable person has paid tax under sub-section (1) 18[or sub-section (2A), as the case may be,] despite not being eligible, such person shall, in addition to any tax that may be payable by him under any other provisions of this Act, be liable to a penalty and the provisions of section 73 or section 74 shall 19[or section 74A], mutatis mutandis, apply for determination of tax and penalty. 20[Explanation 1.- For the purposes of computing aggregate turnover of a person for determining his eligibility to pay tax under this section, the expression "aggregate turnover" shall include the value of supplies made by such person from the 1st day of April of financial year upto the date when he becomes liable for registration under this Act. But shall not include the value of exempt supply of services provided by way of extending deposits, loans or advances in so far as the consideration is represented by way of interest or discount. Explanation 2.- For the purposes of determining the tax payable by a person under this section, the expression "turnover in State" shall not include the value of following supplies, namely:-
   • (i) supplies from the first day of April of a financial year upto the date when such person becomes liable for registration under this Act; and
   • (ii) exempt supply of services provided by way of extending deposits, loans or advances in so far as the consideration is represented by way of interest or discount.]

1. (1) Where the Government is satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, it may, on the recommendations of the Council, by notification, exempt generally, either absolutely or subject to such conditions as may be specified therein, goods or services or both of any specified description from the whole or any part of the tax leviable thereon with effect from such date as may be specified in such notification.
2. (2) Where the Government is satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, it may, on the recommendations of the Council, by special order in each case, under circumstances of an exceptional nature to be stated in such order, exempt from payment of tax any goods or services or both on which tax is leviable.
3. (3) The Government may, if it considers necessary or expedient so to do for the purpose of clarifying the scope or applicability of any notification issued under sub-section (1) or order issued under sub-section (2), insert an explanation in such notification or order, as the case may be, by notification at any time within one year of issue of the notification under sub-section (1) or order under sub-section (2), and every such explanation shall have effect as if it had always been the part of the first such notification or order, as the case may be.
4. (4) Any notification issued by the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, under sub-section (1) of section 11 or order issued under sub-section (2) of the said section of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act shall be deemed to be a notification or, as the case may be, an order issued under this Act. Explanation.- For the purposes of this section, where an exemption in respect of any goods or services or both from the whole or part of the tax leviable thereon has been granted absolutely, the registered person supplying such goods or services or both shall not collect the tax, in excess of the effective rate, on such supply of goods or services or both.

1[11A. Power not to recover Goods and Services Tax not levied or short-levied as a result of general practice.- Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, if the Government is satisfied that,-

1. (a) a practice was, or is, generally prevalent regarding levy of State tax (including non-levy thereof) on any supply of goods or services or both; and
2. (b) such supplies were, or are, liable to,-
   • (i) State tax, in cases where according to the said practice, State tax was not, or is not being, levied, or
   • (ii) a higher amount of State tax than what was, or is being, levied, in accordance with the said practice, the Government may, on the recommendation of the Council, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that the whole of the State tax payable on such supplies, or, as the case may be, the State tax in excess of that payable on such supplies, but for the said practice, shall not be required to be paid in respect of the supplies on which the State tax was not, or is not being levied, or was, or is being, short-levied, in accordance with the said practice.]