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Uniformity In Computing Taxes For Goods And Service

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Consequently, for consumer goods, the customer pays around 25–26% above production cost because of VAT and excise duty. With the GST rollout, in which the rate could be 18%, such goods should get less expensive.
Goods and services that may get cheaper after GST rollout o Online Shopping (Amazon, Flipkart, etc.) o Movie tickets o Fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) goods like shampoo, processed foods, etc. o Branded apparel o Pharma products o Paint, cement, and other construction material o Fan, water heater, air cooler, TV, and other electronic goods
For the common man, GST will help bringing in the following benefits–
1. Uniformity in Computing Taxes for Goods and Service-
GST will lead to the elimination of multiple excise, CST, VAT, …show more content…

will become more expensive which will directly affecting common man.
• Increased cost of services means, an add-on to your monthly expenses
• You will have to reorganize your budgets to bear the additional services cost
• An increase in inflation might be seen initially.
• If actual benefit is not passed to the consumer and the seller increases his profit margin, the prices of goods can also
• 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

GST WILL POSITIVELY IMPACT THE COMMON MAN IN MANY WAYS:
GST is a unified tax system removing bundle of Indirect Tax like VAT, CST, Service Tax, CAD, SAD, and Excise Duty which will have a positive impact on common man.
There will be less tax compliance and a simplified tax policy as compared to earlier tax structure, GST will reduce the cascading effect of taxes i.e. tax on tax system, It will help in removing the manufacturing cost which will bring price of consumer goods down, the lower price will further lead to an increase in demand/consumption of goods, increased demand will lead to increase supply hence this will ultimately lead to rise in production of goods. The increased production will lead to more job opportunities. GST will crub circulation of

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