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Indian Inc requested early implementation of Goods and service Tax

India Inc on Tuesday asked Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to introduce Goods and Services Tax "as early as possible", amid speculations that the indirect tax reform may not be implemented from the scheduled date of April 1. "We want that the GST deadline should not be missed," Ficci president Harsh Pati Singhania told reporters after a pre-budget meeting with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee along with other industrialists here on Tuesday.
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Simple understanding of GST

Q.1 What does GST seeks to achieve? Ans. GST is a major indirect tax reform in India which takes VAT to its logical conclusion. GST would avoid burden of multiple taxation (tax on tax) with a cascading effect. GST seeks to rule out cascading tax effect. Once it introduced, CST will also be removed.
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