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With the approval of President Pranab Mukherjee on the GST Bill, the Bill has already become an Act in India. It is likely to follow the Government deadline of April 1, 2017. Meanwhile, the govt will utilize the time to form a special GST council to set the GST rates for the different sectors of the Indian economy.
US President Barack Obama on Thursday expressed good thoughts over the Goods and Services Tax (GST) that has been passed by the Indian parliament last month. Obama said that the GST will unleash significant economic activity in the country.
GST has become a major tax reform ever in the history of India. It has been in the news almost every corner of political houses and now it’s the turn for small and medium enterprises to join the commune soon.
The government is striving to meet the GST deadline which is proposed on 1 April 2017. The implementation date for the goods and services tax is highly crucial and the Govt don’t want to extend it further as the bill has already been late, said finance minister Arun Jaitley.
Solar power is still a budding sector in the nation with seamless benefits and low-cost operation. After the coming of GST in purview, the industry has applied a plea to the Finance and Commerce Ministry as one should know that the heavy costing by the implication of GST scheme will take the effect long.
BJP MP Subramanian Swamy said that it is quite impossible to implement the GST completely and value its functionality in a proper manner unless the private companies get replaced with the state-owned companies in the GST network. This will work as a backbone to the new indirect tax regime.
As of now, 15 of the total states have taken the decision of supporting the much talked about GST bill. Now the turn is for major states and all the eyes are on to them. After the GST bill received approval from the monsoon session on August 8 in Parliament, now 14 states are left to ratify the bill and a GST council will be established thereafter. There are some states that are yet to take up the GST in their legislative assembly and some haven’t shown a sign of support.
Industry demanded 18 per cent GST rate as it finds that the April 2017 deadline is hard and will likely generate tax buoyancy without controlling inflation. Industry also demanded relaxation in the penal provisions. According to the sources, the Industry when holding meeting with the state finance ministers said that it is hard to meet the deadline in 2017 as they need sufficient time to develop the IT infrastructure.
In present scenario there are different types of taxes levied like service tax, VAT, Excise etc. In GST regime there will be a single rate of tax. The tax will be charged on value addition only. This will lead to lower down the cost of products and services. After the introduction of GST law, the customer will be able to know that what is the actual tax he is paying for the product or services.
