With all Central legislations in place and only State level ratifications pending, the stage is set for GST implementation. The 1 July 2017 target also seems realistic given that the major hurdles have been crossed.
Submission of details of transaction that the business was indulged in for a given period , in prescribed period can be termed as ‘Return’. It can also be described as periodic statement of transactions carried out by organization. Every Act has certain returns prescribed which has to be filed with certain departments / authorities etc. Even before GST , if we take service tax law there was ST-3 return which was filed half – yearly and due date was within 25 days from the end of half year. We now proceed further for understanding returns under GST.
Proposed GST Tax rates would be lesser than the prevailing taxes in case of Sugar, Tea and Coffee (other than instant coffee) and Milk Powder; Present incidence of taxes on sugar is 8% while proposed GST rate on Sugar is only 5% i.e. 3% less;
Analysis of proposed GST Rates Vs existing rates is going on by different trades and industry. There may be little variation in different states due to difference in VAT rates. GST rates are yet to be notified and may undergo changes, before the notification is issued. However, a general comparison is as under:
As per Section 12(6) of CGST Act, 2017 relating to Time of Supply of Goods states that time of supply to the extent it relates to an addition in the value of supply by way of interest, late fee or penalty for delayed payment of any consideration shall be the date on which the supplier receives such addition in value.
such activities or transactions undertaken by the Central Government, a State Government or any local authority in which they are engaged as public authorities, as may be notified by the Government on the recommendations of the Council, Shall be treated neither as a supply of goods nor a supply of services.
Invoicing is a crucial aspect of tax compliance for every business. Input tax credit can be availed on the basis of Invoice, Tax Invoice, Debit note, ISD Invoice, ISD credit note or other documents as prescribed. One of the important conditions of ITC rule is “Input tax credit shall be availed by a registered person only if all the applicable particulars as prescribed in Chapter – Invoice Rules are contained in the said document, so it is essential to be aware of the provisions & rules of invoice under GST.
One of the most important tasks in getting prepared for GST is updating the vendor and the customer master with their GST registration number. This is a big task for many large companies which have thousands or even tens of thousands of records to update.
Destination based taxation is a system wherein revenue from tax relating to goods or services accrues to the jurisdiction where they are being ultimately consumed. It is also called consumption tax.
The concept of Job Work is very much integral to most of industrial activities that constitute outsourcing of some or all the activities to a third party. Thus job work means any person who undertakes any activity or carried on any process on goods belonging to another person (principal).
