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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.
GST or the Goods and Services Tax is an indirect tax that replace most of the taxes that are imposed on all goods and services (except a few) under a single banner. This is in contrast to the current system, where taxes are levied separately on goods and services.
Dr. Hasmukh Adhia, Revenue Secretary, Government of India spells-out the future road-map for the GST roll-out w.e.f. 1st April, 2017. During the interview Dr. Hasmukh Adhia said that the threshold limit for GST would be around Rs. 25 lakhs. Discussions are on with the States on this limit.
The Minister said that the Government is taking several steps to promote the medical devices sector in the country. The inverted duty structure has been set right. Sh. Ananth Kumar said GST will further bring down the taxation in the sector by almost 12 per cent.
In this article, you will get a fair idea of timeline for imposing CGST/SGST on goods/services respectively. Section 12 and section 13 of the act rule point of taxation under GST act.
They say, there is nothing called a free lunch. For argument’s sake, let’s suppose there is. Can that be taxed too? Mr. Legal Eagle is among the top Chartered Accountants of the country, he represents only the who’s – who of the business world.
The aim is to create a GST with the widest possible base. The GST will replace the plethora of indirect taxes levied on goods with a single levy, which will help create a seamless national market for delivery of goods and services. The proposed GST Law should support the Government’s overall initiative of ease of doing business and offer a simplified tax regime.
As Goods and Services Tax (GST) is going to be levied on supply of goods and/or services, meaning of ‘goods’ and ‘services’ would also play vital role in levy and chargeability of GST after the key term ‘supply’. It has to be clearly identified as to whether the supply constitutes supply of goods or services for leviability of GST.
Both houses of Parliament and many states have given their nod to roll out GST (Goods & Service Tax) in India. So, the stage seems to be almost set for its implementation in coming financial year. Every newspaper, all the addresses by eminent people and social media are exhilarated as well as positive for this new development.
Till the date, the indirect tax assessment, discharge of tax liability & its proper indirect implementation was the sole or major area of indirect tax professional only. Whereas, for the first time the Finance & accounts department of any organisation or company will be on their toes for proper GST implementation on daily basis. It can be understood from the following aspects :
