• twitter-icon
Unlimited Tax Return Filing


Govt Starts Review of GST Issues for Intermediary Services & Discounts by Companies

Centre Comprehensive Review for Legal GST Issues

Towards the GST law, the center has started doing the examination. Several guidelines and numerous laws directed the levy to give transparency upon the problems that were cut since it was begun in July 2017. The purpose of the review is to clear the air on problems like if the services given through back offices of multinational firms in India quality as exports reason being the exports, which are zero-rated and therefore shall not need to pay the tax Check out due dates of payment under GST for general and composition taxpayers in India. We have included penalty charges on late payment with interest.

Latest Update

20th September 2021

  • “Clarification on doubts related to scope of “Intermediary” Read PRF

There is a misunderstanding towards the discounts provided through FMCG and the consumer durables firms to their dealers to sell the products at a lesser cost eligible for GST or not. The review is urged to resolve the law and diminish the conflicts. The government council commented that these problems including others shall be taken to the official’s committee of GST officials for consideration. Upon the grounds of the feedback, a brief proposal shall make understood to the officials for the last decision.

“The idea is to iron out any legal issues to make the regime simpler, as was intended,” commented the council. From multiple industries both the governments collected various representation upon these concerns.

Also, the problems have been shown by the states and field-building which requires being clear by an amendment in the rules or the act itself. “It was felt that some of the issues that have been flagged should be examined and necessary clarification or changes to laws should be taken up to address them to bring down litigation, commented the council.”

The council seeks to lessen the litigation over the direct and indirect taxes, however, GST has seen an increase in conflicts at various forums. Opposing the views on various problems which consists of the council for the advance rulings has also raised the problems.

For instance, there are more than 200 firms that consist of disputes on the definition of “intermediary” services. On the multinationals exports, there is no tax levied on them when GST was not introduced. Similar to that there are various problems with the levy of GST on reimbursements given to the dealers through FMCG companies to sell products at a particular price.

Disclaimer:- "All the information given is from credible and authentic resources and has been published after moderation. Any change in detail or information other than fact must be considered a human error. The blog we write is to provide updated information. You can raise any query on matters related to blog content. Also, note that we don’t provide any type of consultancy so we are sorry for being unable to reply to consultancy queries. Also, we do mention that our replies are solely on a practical basis and we advise you to cross verify with professional authorities for a fact check."

Published by Yash Bapna (Ex-employee)
I hold a degree in law, a diploma in mass communication, and a degree in management. Though I am a lawyer by profession, but writing has always been one of the things that I'm passionate about. View more posts
SAGINFOTECH PRODUCTS

Leave a comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Follow Us on Google News

Google News

Latest Posts

New Offer for Professionals

Super Tax Offer

Upto 20% Off
Tax, ROC/MCA, XBRL, Payroll, Online GST

Limited Offer, Hurry

Big Offer for Tax Experts

Upto 20% Discount on Tax Software

    Select Product*

    Current GST Due Dates