Introduction of GST by the Central Government & its Benefits By VISHESH JANGIR

Introduction of GST by the Central Government & its Benefits By Vishesh Jangir

The Constitution of India’s 122nd Amendment Bill was put forth in the 16th Lok Sabha on 19th of December 2014, in order to address widespread issues in taxation. GST is also called as the Goods and Service Tax and it is regarded as an indirect tax that has replaced many indirect taxes in India like VAT, Service tax, excise duty etc. The GST was passed on 29th March 2017, in the Parliament but came into effect on 1st July 2017.

In keeping the federal structure of India, it is proposed that the GST will be issued both by the Central Government (CGST) and the State Government (SGST). Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced GST in India on the midnight of 1st July 2017.The development of GST took many negotiations as well as revisions before getting launched in India in its final form in the year 2017.

Some of the Benefits of the introduction of GST in India are:

a) GST abolishes the cascading tax effect.

b) GST is the scheme of composition for small scale businesses.

c) GST improves logistics efficiency.

d) GST has easy as well as simple online procedure.

e) GST has lesser number of compliances.

f) The purpose of GST is to reduce corruption.

g) With the introduction of GST, it has reduced taxes on certain goods by 2% and on other items by 7.5%.

h) GST removes logistics cost by abolishing border taxes.

i) Companies with an income up to Rs. 75 lakhs under the GST process can get profits from composition schemes and have to pay only 1% tax on their income.

j) With the introduction of GST, it is to be believed by the experts that the product cost as well as services will be reduced.

Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Orissa have opposed certain provisions under the GST (Goods and Service Tax) bill. Members of the Congress boycotted the GST as well and the Congress were again joined by the members of Trinamool Congress, Communist Parties of India and also by the DMK. The reason behind their opposing the GST is that the parties have not found any difference between the new GST and the Current GST. Moreover, they believe that they are trying to reimpose the current taxation system with new GST and they are on the argument that the GST would increase the price on commonly used daily items but would reduce the price of luxury items.

Author Bio:

Mr. Vishesh Jangir is a reputed GST practitioner in new Delhi,north-west-Delhi. is recognized for GST Advisory and tax optimization works.

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