Treatment of bitcoins as goods/property would mean that supply of bitcoins is a ‘taxable supply’ and hence subject to GST. However, a supply of bitcoins as goods or property in exchange of other virtual/real goods should technically fall within the ambit of ‘barter transaction’ since bartering is simply an exchange of one good for other goods.
Introduction With the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the entire landscape of indirect taxation in India has undergone an upheaval. The GST has been hailed as a revolutionary enactment which would remove the cascading effect of taxes, i.e. no longer would tax on tax be have to be paid. To do this […]
This project discusses the position of taxation on sanitary pads pre and post exemption regime, discussing the effects of the same in both eras. Moreover, it also discusses the consequences of exempting the sanitary napkins completely of GST and suggests what can be the alternatives to tackle the problems of high maximum retail price and less accessibility of the pads to the general masses
It is vital to know that GST has tried to address many issues that existed in the previous regime like that of cascading tax effect, intricate filing procedures, cumbersome tax registration process, etc. that majorly caused distress among the middle-class people of India that form the backbone of India’s economy.
