INTRODUCTION TO THE GST
GST is one indirect tax for the whole nation, which will make India one unified common market. It will remove all other indirect taxes like central excise duty, vat, service tax, luxury tax, entertainment tax, purchase tax etc.
.By incorporating multiple taxes into a single tax system, the complexities would be reduced while tax base would rise substantially. Under the new GST process, all entities that are involved in buying or selling of goods or providing any services or both are required to obtain GST registration compulsorily.
Entities without the registration of GST will not be permitted to collect GST from customer or claim the input tax credit of GST paid. Also, the GST registration is mandatory once an
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(iii) Reduction in compliance costs - No multiple record keeping for a variety of taxes - so lesser investment of resources and manpower in maintaining records.
(iv) Simplified and automated procedures for various processes such as registration, returns, refunds, tax payments, etc. (v) All interaction to be through the common GSTN portal- so less public interface between the taxpayer and the tax administration.
(vi) Will improve environment of compliance as all returns to be filed online, input credits to be verified online, encouraging more paper trail of transactions. (vii) Common procedures for registration of taxpayers, refund of taxes, uniform formats of tax return, common tax base, common system of classification of goods and services will lend greater certainty to taxation system. (viii) Timelines to be provided for important activities like obtaining registration, refunds, etc. (ix) Electronic matching of input tax credits all-across India thus making the process more transparent and accountable. (C) Benefit to Consumers:
(i) Final price of goods is expected to be lower due to seamless flow of input tax credit between the manufacturer, retailer and service supplier.
(ii) It is expected that a relatively large segment of small retailers will be either exempted from tax or will suffer very low tax rates under a compounding scheme- purchases from such entities will cost less for the consumers;
Because the principle of supply underlies the GST legislation. It is the fundamental precondition for liability to arise from the legislation. The definition of a supply and the mutually exclusive concepts of taxable supply, input taxed supply, and GST free supply, provide the critical element in the application of the legislation.
IRS instalment is an excellent option to citizens in [City] who are struggling in paying out their taxes fully. In this way, they can pay back sufficient cash for the tax without having to give up their regular or on a monthly basis financial costs on various other bills. This is advantageous to minimal income earners in [City] who juggles various work in order to gain
A broad-based tax system that utilizes a flatter rate would alleviate the amount of capital spent on tax-preferred segments and
An Economic Reforms Priority research report issued by the Grattan Institute dissects the possible benefits of tinkering with GST. It calculates that the GST-exempt goods and services equate to about 40 per cent of consumer spending, which means the government gives up about $30 billion a year in revenue. The institute recommends the GST be applied to all of these exempt goods, thus the additional revenue could fund substantial income and corporate tax cuts that would increase economic growth. This would raise an extra $31 billion a year in revenue and add $20 billion a year to the economy or an extra $870 a year income for everyone. The tax system would be far simpler for the Australian people.
Taxes: According to the corporate structure selected, double taxation can be avoided and even election to go through a few taxes can be made (Cutler, 2000).
Basic goods like rice, sugar, some meat, vegetables, basic medicine and baby powder are GST exempted. Due to the exemptions, the calculation of GST is done at the product level and not at the total consumption amount. GST charges also must be displayed clearly to show the amount charges so that it is clear to the consumers on the products charged and exempted from GST. All these measures will improve transparency at all levels and improve collection of overall taxes. According to the Custom’s Department, government expects collection of GST to be above RM23billion by end of the year. GST is expected to contribute to the total target of RM45.44billion tax collection for the
GST will reduce tax burden on producers and foster growth through more production. This double taxation prevents manufactures from producing to their optimum capacity and retards growth. GST would take care of this problem by providing tax credit to the manufacturer.
It will increase the speed of the supply or logisit efficency as the barrier due to the different tax collection point will go
Individual income tax if were to be reframed depending on ability to pay, the mechanical complexities of that system could be rationalized and significantly reduced. The introduction of EFD machines in Tanzania in the first phase of VAT registered traders was much easier because many business
In this section the book discusses the income tax expenses and allowances, annually companies prepare their financial statements by using the GAAP and the Internal Revenue Code so that the stockholders can use the information in order to file their tax returns. Even though companies use these two methods, but they work in different ways in the accounting rules recognize revenues and expenses which can show on the companies income statement. Companies would rather report lower income to their taxing agents instead to the stockholders in order to decrease their tax liability and
The application of the Goods and Services Tax was rationalized as a way to coalesce all the individual and indirect taxes that are applied for various goods under one taxation regime (Roy, 2016). The objectives cited in the move to introduce the new tax regime was to increase the tax base of the government, to remedy the cascading of taxes, to improve the compliance in the payment of taxes and to eliminate the distortions in the economy that result from the difference in the taxes levied from one state to another (Roy, 2016). In the backdrop of these objectives and the modus operandi of the new tax regime, different players in the industry have felt that it will be counterproductive in certain segments of the Indian economy.
see a rising trend. But the rate of GST and how effectively GST is introduced in all the States and at the Centre also plays a crucial role in deciding the actual impact of GST
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