Article 268 of Indian Constitution – Distribution of Revenues between the Union and the States

Article 268 of Indian Constitution: Distribution of Revenues between the Union and the States

Article 268 Distribution of Revenues between the Union and the States – Constitution Of India

(1) Such stamp duties and such duties of excise on medicinal and toilet preparations as are mentioned in the Union List shall be levied by the Government of India but shall be collected—

(a) in the case where such duties are leviable within any 2 [Union territory], by the Government of India, and

(b) in other cases, by the States within which such duties are respectively leviable.

(2) The proceeds in any financial year of any such duty leviable within any State shall not form part of the Consolidated Fund of India, but shall be assigned to that State.

Article 268A

Service tax levied by Union and collected and appropriated by the Union and the States.

(1) Taxes on services shall be levied by the Government of India and such tax shall be collected and appropriated by the Government of India and the States in the manner provided in clause (2).

(2) The proceeds in any financial year of any such tax levied in accordance with the provisions of clause (1) shall be—

(a) collected by the Government of India and the States;

(b) appropriated by the Government of India and the States, in accordance with such principles of collection and appropriation as may be formulated by Parliament by law.

Constitution Of India Part 12 Finance, Property, Contracts And Suits – Articles 264 to 300