With step-by-step progress towards Goods and Services Tax (GST), the Country is all set to witness the biggest indirect tax reform of unmatched importance in independent India. GST is a biggest game changing indirect tax reform for Indian economy, aimed at undoing Inter-State barriers to trade in goods and services by subsuming around 17 indirect taxes, viz. Excise Duty, Service Tax, VAT, CST, Luxury tax, Entry Tax, etc.
Supreme Court upheld constitutional validity of Entry tax imposed by States. A nine-judge Constitution Bench, overrules ‘compensatory tax’ theory propounded by 7 judges bench
Article explains Withdrawal of Service tax exemption on cross border B2C online information & database access or retrieval services w.e.f. December 1 2016
Enrolment of existing taxpayer on GSTN Portal www.gst.gov.in and FAQs on registration and migration of existing taxpayers
Moving swiftly on the road to formalising the biggest reform of the indirect tax regime, the Goods and Services Tax (“GST”) Council on November 3, 2016, has decided four-tier GST tax structure of 5, 12, 18 and 28%, with zero rate for essential items and the highest for luxury and de-merits goods that would also attract an additional cess.
Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a destination based consumption tax levied at multiple stages of production and distribution of goods and services, with taxes on inputs credited against taxes on output. GST is going to be big game changer and under proposed GST regime
Government is not leaving any stone unturned to roll out the much awaited indirect tax reform from April 1, 2017. In less than a week after the first meeting of GST Council (on September 22-23, 2016), CBEC on September 26, 2016, has unveiled Draft Rules and formats under GST relating to registration, invoice and payment.
Now, with September 12, 2016, being notified as the appointed date for Section 12 of the Constitutional Amendment Act, GST Council shall be constituted within 60 days from September 12, 2016.
The Government’s plan to roll out Goods and Services Tax (“GST”) from April 1, 2017, has moved an inched closer to the reality with the Hon’ble President Shri. Pranab Mukherjee signing the Government’s flagship Constitution (122nd Amendment) Bill, 2014 on GST (GST Bill), just a while ago.
Owing to the federal structure of India, where there are two taxing authorities – the Central Government and the State Government(s), the Country has witnessed overlapping of powers of the State Government(s) and the Central Government.
