Poonam Hotwani (Ex-Employee)

GST Council has announced Goods and Service Tax (GST) rate, but it also requires some modifications in the upcoming days. Several industries and businesses which include FMCG, Automobiles and traders had been requesting to the Central Government for revising taxation rates. The next meeting of the GST Council will be scheduled on 3rd June 2017.

After the announcement of Goods and Service Tax (GST) Rate by Government of India in GST Council Meeting, Amusement Park and Electrical Firms are falling under the 28 percent slab rate in the indirect taxation structure. Both of the sectors are now requesting to the Government to impose a lower tax rate under the new GST Regime.

As per the recent findings, Tata Steel is now capable of selling Kalinganagar products across India under GST Regime. GST is going to roll out from 1st July 2017, and the year is good for Tata Steel also as it will bring more liberal operations in its company. Along with the introduction of new indirect taxation structure, TATA steel can now sell their finished products from its Kalinganagar steel plant in Odisha outside the state across the nation.

One common unified tax will be applicable after the introduction of GST. GST Regime will replace octroi duty and nearly 1,300 employees of the Brihnamumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will be fired from the job. People who are working in the Octroi Department which include five check posts at Mumbai’s entry-exit points will be jobless.

After the implementation of Goods and Services Tax from 1st July 2018, it is expected that service tax increase by 3%. The expense ratio is the measurement of the cost carried by the investment company to operate its mutual fund. The expense ratio of Mutual Fund houses across the globe also goes up by 3%. The small Mutual Fund (MF) distributors whose annual earning of up to Rs20 lakh will beneficial with the implementation of GST.

Telecom industry falls under the category of 18 percent slab rate under Goods and Service Tax (GST) and it disappoints the industry very badly.

Nagpur is one of the states that will be profited with the implementation of Goods and Service Tax Compliance in India because it is located in the centre. Aniruddha Ghude, the chartered accountant, said that, To avoid unnecessary logistics costs, companies will be bound to set up manufacturing plants around the city because of its central location.