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In general terms tax defined as a levy of any type of financial charges being imposed by state or central governments on Individuals and Other Entities (includes Education, Corporates and Small and Big Shop keepers) Local authorities like municipal corporations also have the right to impose taxes.
Goods and Service Tax (GST) will be levied on taxable supply of goods and services. GST will be levied on value addition on each stage of supply of goods and services by allowing setoff facilities at each stage to avoid double taxation. GST is the demand of the country. The Central Government is very serious in this regard and we hope that it will be enforced after 1st April, 2016.
GST is one of the biggest tax reforms since 1947. It would mitigate the cascading effect by subsuming a large number of Central and State taxes into a single tax, and pave the way for a common market. A roadmap towards the stronger nation is stalled in the political walls of Rajya Sabha.
Whatever may be the time frame for the rollout and implementation of GST in India, it has huge impact on the business process and to the business houses. The business process have to be changed due to the above mentioned points. The budget session of the Parliament is being proposed from 23rd February, 2016 and it is expected to be placed in the Rajya Sabha for discussion.
In the Indian context, Constitution of India specifically reserves the power to impose tax on specific activities to specific level of Government, e.g., tax on import of goods can be imposed by Union Government only whereas tax on sale of goods involving movement of goods within the State can be imposed by State Governments only.
In normal course of business, the registered dealer buys goods from the registered dealer and avails the input tax credit and utilizes the same for paying the output tax liability on sales. There will be certain cases where the inputs are taxed and the output is not taxed or inputs are taxed at higher rate and output is taxed at lower rate or inputs are taxed at normal rates and output is tax exempted on account of supplies to deemed export units or exports etc.
In a federal country like India where the power to tax domestic trade is divided between the Central Government and the State Government, the designing of a destination based GST becomes extremely complicated. A conventional national GST cannot be implemented without the States losing their fiscal autonomy.
In the current tax architecture of India, Input Tax Credit i.e CENVAT Credit in case of purchase of manufactured goods and VAT credit in case of purchase of goods within in the same state is available based on the sales invoice issued by the selling dealer.
Implementation of ‘Goods and Service Tax’ (GST) is a dream project for recent and earlier governments. The business fraternity and all stakeholders in national economy wish that it will be implemented as soon as possible. GST will benefit all stakeholders and end users providing simple and hassle free way of taxation. Gone are the days when we bear cascading effects of taxes due to faulty taxations laws.
The Central Government led by Mr. Narendra D. Modi is doing a lot to create good business environment in the Country. They have started “Make in India” and recently Start Up India to encourage the new and young entrepreneurs. The GST i.e. Goods and Service Tax is the dream project of the government earlier governments had also done a lot to shift towards GST regime. The Goods and Service Tax regime will be boon for industry as well as for our consumers.
