RS committee moots 1% extra tax only on inter-state supply for a consideration suggests states be given full compensation for revenue loss for 5 years Parliamentarians are understood to have recommended amechanism to do away with the contentious issue of a cascading effect of one per cent tax over the proposed national goods and services tax ( GST). A select panel of the Rajya Sabha is believed to have suggested the tax be made liable only in the case of inter- state supply of goods for a consideration, adding this be made explicit at the time of making the GST law. It also accepted a demand by most states that the Constitution amendment Bill on GST provide that they be fully compensated for revenue loss for five years. The committee, sources said, was also understood to have recommended moderate GST rates, with as many goods under it as possible. However, the rates would be decided by the proposed GST council and these wouldn’t be part of the Constitution amendment Bill. Des