Subodh Kumawat

The disagreement emerged between the states and Centre regarding the Centre’s administrative control of service tax assessees, which was earlier accepted in the first meeting. The council didn’t accept the points noted down on the first meeting which was held on 23rd September.

GST application is proving tons of work and pressure on the government which has to roll out the reformative taxation regime on a pre-decided timeline of 1 April 2017. In the direction of preparation, the revenue department has to scoop up the training session to a steep level as there is a giant target of 60,000 official to be trained in a meager amount of time.

Tamil Nadu saw a significant discussion meeting recently in which Salem Central Excise and Service Tax Commissionerate made some important clarifications on Goods and Service tax regime which is destined to roll out on April 1, 2017, absorbing all the indirect taxes currently prevailing in the nation.

Electric vehicles have got much fame in recent years due to their economical maintenance and environmentally friendly behavior. Now the manufacturers of electric vehicles have demanded relaxation from GST on the basis of aforementioned facts. Also, the impact of the GST on the auto industry is expected to be fruitful according to leading automakers in India and the on-road price of vehicles will also go down under the GST regime.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has given a concern about complacency by India’s listing in Global Competitiveness Index (GCI). The implementation of GST will also improve the competitiveness of the SME sector as well. Jaitley also noted down that India has improved its position by taking 39th place out of 138 countries in the list.

GST structure will need a good number of expert officials and trained staff which can keep the taxation in flow, and in this same direction the state commercial tax department is building a team of experts which can further guide and make ready those officials who would be dealing with the core aspects of Goods and Service Tax regime expected to roll out on April 1, 2017.

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given a relaxing news to the CBEC by sanctioning a good Rs. 2,256 crore to help build them IT structure which will link CBECs system with GST network. The decision is taken to encounter the timeline of 1 April 2017, the roll out of GST.

The expert belief has suggested that Goods and Service Tax will bring some competitiveness into the MSMEs Arena. The Micro Small Medium Enterprise as of now scattered into organized and unorganized sector but both of them will come into an active position to meet the rumble. The said gesture was made by experts at manufacturing conclave which was held by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) on Tuesday.