It is only month’s time from now when a major economic reform will be implemented throughout the Country. The entire Indirect Tax System will undergo a sea change and entire new Indirect Tax System known as the Goods and Service Tax, will be implemented. It is touted as One Nation One Tax, however it is dual system of GST, which is being implemented, whereby the Centre and the State will have the power to levy and collect their respective share in GST.
The success in implementation of the Goods and Service Tax (GST) through-out India, depends a lot on smooth transition from the current Indirect tax structure to the GST regime. If the transition is smooth, then it will obviously be heartening for all the stakeholders involved (i.e. both the tax collectors and tax payers).
The Model GST Law was kept in the public domain in June 2016. It is a race against the time in order to implement the GST across the entire country by 1st April 2017.From origin based taxation system (in case of Excise and VAT/CST), GST will shift to consumption based tax system (i.e. the Taxes will go to the states where the goods and / or services are consumed).
