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The Bihar Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017

Section 7

In force Act 12 of 2017 As on 09 Oct 2026

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Act 12 of 2017 Cited by 3 provisions Instruments 4

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Section 7 of the Bihar Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. Substituted vide The Bihar Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018 (Bihar Act no.

Substituted vide The Bihar Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018 (Bihar Act no. 14 of 2018) vide Notification No. 1039 Dated 10th December, 2018 for "clause (c)". Compiled by Commercial Taxes Department, Bihar in Association with National Law Book Publications, Ghaziabad (45) "electronic commerce operator" means any person who owns, operates or manages digital or electronic facility or platform for electronic commerce;

(46) "electronic credit ledger" means the electronic credit ledger referred to in sub-section (2) of section 49;

(47) "exempt supply" means supply of any goods or services or both which attracts nil rate of tax or which may be wholly exempt from tax under section 11, or under section 6 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, and includes non-taxable supply;

(48) "existing law" means any law, notification, order, rule or regulation relating to levy and collection of duty or tax on goods or services or both passed or made before the commencement of this Act by the Legislature or any Authority or person having the power to make such law, notification, order, rule or regulation;

(49) "family" means,- (i) the spouse and children of the person, and (ii) the parents, grand-parents, brothers and sisters of the person if they are wholly or mainly dependent on the said person;

(50) "fixed establishment" means a place (other than the registered place of business) which is characterised by a sufficient degree of permanence and suitable structure in terms of human and technical resources to supply services, or to receive and use services for its own needs;

(51) "Fund" means the Consumer Welfare Fund established under section 57;

(52) "goods" means every kind of movable property other than money and securities but includes actionable claim, growing crops, grass and things attached to or forming part of the land which are agreed to be severed before supply or under a contract of supply;

(53) "Government" means the Government of Bihar;

(54) "Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act" means the Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act, 2017;

(55) "goods and services tax practitioner" means any person who has been approved under section 48 to act as such practitioner;

(56) "India" means the territory of India as referred to in article 1 of the Constitution, its territorial waters, seabed and sub-soil underlying such waters, continental shelf, exclusive economic zone or any other maritime zone as referred to in the Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and other Maritime Zones Act, 1976, and the air space above its territory and territorial waters;

(57) "Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act" means the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017;

(58) "integrated tax" means the integrated goods and services tax levied under the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act;

(59) "input" means any goods other than capital goods used or intended to be used by a supplier in the course or furtherance of business; Compiled by Commercial Taxes Department, Bihar in Association with National Law Book Publications, Ghaziabad (60) "input service" means any service used or intended to be used by a supplier in the course or furtherance of business; [(61) "Input Service Distributor" means an office of the supplier of goods or services or both which receives tax invoices towards the receipt of input services, including invoices in respect of services liable to tax under sub-section (3) or sub-section (4) of section 9 [of this Act or under sub-section (3) or subsection (4) of section 5 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017]8, for or on behalf of distinct persons referred to in section 25, and liable to distribute the input tax credit in respect of such invoices in the manner provided in section 20;'.]9 (62) "input tax" in relation to a registered person, means the central tax, State tax, integrated tax or Union territory tax charged on any supply of goods or services or both made to him and includes- (a) the integrated goods and services tax charged on import of goods;

(b) the tax payable under the provisions of sub-sections (3) and (4) of section 9;

(c) the tax payable under the provisions of sub-sections (3) and (4) of section 5 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act; or (d) the tax payable under the provisions of sub-sections (3) and (4) of section 9 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, but does not include the tax paid under the composition levy;

(63) "input tax credit" means the credit of input tax;

(64) "intra-State supply of goods" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in section 8 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act;

(65) "intra-State supply of services" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in section 8 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act;

(66) "invoice" or "tax invoice" means the tax invoice referred to in section31;

(67) "inward supply" in relation to a person, shall mean receipt of goods or services or both whether by purchase, acquisition or any other means, with or without consideration;

(68) "job work" means any treatment or process undertaken by a person on goods belonging to a not her registered person and the expression "job worker" shall be construed accordingly;

Section 7, The Bihar Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Act 12 of 2017).

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Questions about Section 7

How do I find court cases under Section 7 of the Bihar Goods and Services Tax Act?

In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Bihar Goods and Services Tax Act 7, section 7 Bihar Goods and Services Tax Act, section 7 of the Bihar Goods and Services Tax Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.

What should I read with Section 7 of the Bihar Goods and Services Tax Act, and has it changed?

Its own text turns on section 9, section 11, section 20, section 25, and on 7 further provisions, so none of them can safely be read on its own. 3 other provisions in this corpus refer back to it. The rules and notifications made under it are where it actually bites, and there are 3: most recently Notification No. 25/2019- State Tax (Rate) (2019), then Notification no. 16/2018- State Tax (Rate) (2018), and 1 more.

When was the Bihar Goods and Services Tax Act enacted?

Bihar Goods and Services Tax Act was enacted in 2017 as Act 12 of 2017. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.

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