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Central Sales Tax (CST)

STRUCTURE
Introductions
Inter-State Sale
What are the objectives of CST Act ?
What are the conditions for CST Act to become applicable.
Rate of CST
Sale Price
CST Transactions Forms
10.1. INTRODUCTION
Central Sales Tax (CST) is a tax on sales of goods levied by the Central Government of India. CST is applicable only
in the case of inter-state sales and not on sales made within the state or import/export of sales.
Inter-state sale is when a sale or purchase constitutes movement of goods from one state to another. Accordingly,
consignments to agents or transfers of goods to branch or other offices is not a sale as per the CST Act
CST is payable in the state where the goods are sold and movement commences. The tax collected is retained by the
state in which the tax is collected. CST is administered by Sales Tax authorities of each state. Thus, the State
Government Sales Tax officer who assesses and collects local (state) sales tax also assesses and collects CST.
Sales Tax is a tax, levied on the sale or purchase of goods. There are two kinds of Sales Tax i.e. Central Sales Tax,
imposed by the Centre and Sales Tax, imposed by each state.
10.2. INTER-STATE SALE
An inter-state sale takes place when a sale or purchase:
Leads to movement of goods from one State to another State.
Is achieved by the transfer of documents of title while the goods are being moved from one State to another

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State.
Example 1: A in Orissa sells and delivers goods to B in Gujarat.
Example 2: X in Orissa delivers goods to Y in Calcutta. Y sells it to C in Delhi by transferring the document of
title during the goods movement from Orissa to Delhi.
Note: Goods that are sold within a state, but while transporting travel through another state is not considered
inter-state sales.
10.3. WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES OF CST ACT ?
1. Formulate principles for determining when a sale or purchase of goods takes place :-
- in the course of interstate trade or commerce ; or
- outside a State ; or
- in the course of import into or export from India.
2. Provide for the :-
- levy of
- collection and
- distribution
Of taxes on sales of goods in the course of interstate trade or commerce.
3. Declare certain goods to be of special importance of inter state trade or commerce.
4. Specify the restriction and conditions to which state laws imposing taxes on the sale or purchase of such goods
of special importance shall be subject.
5. Provides for collection of tax in the event of liquidation of a company.
6. Authority to settle disputes in course of interstate trade or commerce.
10.4. WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS FOR CST ACT TO BECOME APPLICABLE.
1. The sale should not take place in the course of import into or export from India.
2. There should be a Dealer and such dealer must be registered under the CST Act.
3. He should made a sale to any buyer ( registered dealer or unregistered dealer)
4. He should carry on any business.
5. He should made a sale of any goods ( declared or undeclared)
6. The sale should be made in the course of interstate trade or commerce ( i.e. the sale should not be a sale
inside a state.
WHAT HAPPENS IF THE ABOVE CONDITION ARE SATISFIED
1. The CST Act becomes applicable and CST is levied at the Rate specified.
2. it is levied on Turnover, which in turn is computed on the basis of the sale price.

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3. it is payable by the dealer who makes the sale in the course of interstate trade or commerce.
4. It is payable in respect of sale of goods effected by him during the year.
5. It is so payable to appropriate state in which the dealer has a place of business.
10.5. RATE OF CST
In an inter-state sale to a registered dealer against form C the rate of CST is 4% or local sales tax rate
whichever is lower.
If under the local sales tax law, sale or purchase is exempt from CST the CST is Nil.
In an inter-state sale to government against form D the rate of CST is 4% or local sales tax rate whichever is
lower.
Rate of CST in case of inter-state sale of declared goods without form C or D is twice the rate of tax applicable
to the local sale or purchase of such goods in that state.
Rate of CST in case of other goods ( i.e. non-declared goods) is 10% or the applicable local sales tax of that
state, which ever is higher.
10.6. SALE PRICE
Sale Price means the amount payable to a dealer as consideration fro the sale of any goods.
It does not include,
Cash Discount ( including Trade Discount, Quantity Discount, Additional Discount ). This sum is deducted from
sale consideration.
Cost of installation, freight and delivery is excluded ( if such cost is separately charged).
Goods returned by buyer within 6 months.
Goods rejected by buyer.
It includes,
Consideration for sale any goods
Excise Duty ( whether included in sale price or separately charged)
Sales Tax payable by the dealer ( whether included in sale price or separately charged)
Sum charged for anything done by the dealer in respect of the goods at the time of or before the deliver thereof.
Cost of packing material and packing charges.
Insurance charges if the seller has insured the goods.
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10.7. CST Transaction Forms
Dealers have to issue certain declarations in prescribed forms to buyers/sellers. The type of forms are C, D, E1, E2, F,
H and I. Forms C, E1, E2, F and H are printed and supplied by Sales Tax authorities. Dealers have to issue declarations
in these forms printed and supplied by the Sales Tax authorities. Form D is to be issued by government organization
departments making purchases. These forms are to be prepared in triplicate.
Form C
The sales tax on inter-state sale is 4% or the applicable sales tax rate for sale within the State whichever is lower if the
sale is to a dealer registered under CST and the goods are covered in the registration certificate of the purchasing
dealer. The purchasing dealer is eligible to get these goods at concessional rate if a declaration in C form is submitted
to the selling dealer.
Form D
Sale to government is taxable @ 4% or applicable sales tax rate for sale within the State whichever is lower. This
concession on CST is applicable if Form D is issued by the government department which purchases the goods.
Form E1
This form is issued by the dealer who makes the first inter-state sale during movement of goods from one State to
another. This enables the purchaser to claim exemption from CST on the second inter-state sale during the movement
of goods by transfer of documents of title.
Form E2
This form is issued by the second or the subsequent seller when the goods move from one state to another in a series
of inter-state sales by transfer of documents of title. This form enables the purchaser to claim exemption form CST on
subsequent sale of goods.
Form F
This form is issued when goods are despatched to another state as a consignment or to the branch of a dealer in
another State. The CST is not payable if there is only inter-state stock transfer and there is no sale. To claim
inter-state movement of goods as not a sale, the dealer has to produce a declaration in Form F received from
Consignment Agent or Branch Office in another State. One Form F covering receipts during one calendar month has to
be issued.
Form H
This form is issued by an exporter for purchase of goods. The purchase of goods is for an export order or in pursuance
of an export order. These goods are then sold in export and the form enables seller of the goods to the exporter to
claim deduction on the goods sold for export.
Form I
This form is issued by a dealer located in a Special Economic Zone (SEZ). No CST is levied when sales is made to a
dealer located in SEZ.

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