PROJECT ON

TAX LIABILITY OF GST

TAX LIABILITY OF GOODS & SERVICE TAX

SUBMITTED TO
University of Mumbai for partial completion of
the DEGREE OF MASTER IN COMMERCE

SEMESTER IV
PREPARED BY:

JYOTI VIJAY VERMA

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF

PROF. VISHAL RAJAK

ACHIEVERS COLLEGE ARTS & COMMERCE

NEAR HDFC BANK SANTOSHIMATA MANDIR ROAD,
NEAR JOSHI BAUG, MALHAR NAGAR,KALYAN(W)

2021-2022

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 PROJECT ON

TAX LIABILITY OF GST

TAX LIABILITY OF GOODS & SERVICE TAX

SUBMITTED TO
University of Mumbai for partial completion of
the DEGREE OF MASTER IN COMMERCE

SEMESTER IV
PREPARED BY:

JYOTI VIJAY VERMA

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF

PROF. VISHAL RAJAK

ACHIEVERS COLLEGE ARTS & COMMERCE

NEAR HDFC BANK SANTOSHIMATA MANDIR ROAD,
NEAR JOSHI BAUG, MALHAR NAGAR,KALYAN(W)

2021-2022

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 ACHIEVERS COLLEGE ARTS & COMMERCE
NEAR HDFC BANK SANTOSHIMATA MANDIR ROAD,
NEAR JOSHI BAUG, MALHAR NAGAR,KALYAN(W)

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that MISS JYOTI VIJAY VERMA has

worked and duly completed his Project Work for the degree of
Master in Commerce under the Faculty of Commerce in the
subject of and his project is entitled,“ TAX LIABILITY OF GST
- GOODS & SERVICE TAX TOWARDS under my supervision. I
further certify that the entire work has been done by the learner
under my guidance and that no part of it has been submitted
previously for any Degree or Diploma of any University. It is
his own work and faces reported by his personal findings and
investigations

Name and Signature of

Guiding Teacher

Date of submission:

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 DECLARATION

I the undersigned MISS JYOTI VIJAY VERMA hereby

declare that the work embodied in this project work titled “
TAX LIABILITY OF GST - GOODS & SERVICE TAX
TOWARDS” my own contribution to the research work carried
out under the guidance of is a result of my own research
work and has not been previously submitted to any other
University for any other Degree / Diploma to this or any
other University.
Wherever reference has been made to previous works of
others, it has been clearly indicated as such and included in
the bibliography.

I, hereby further declare that all information of this

document has been obtained and presented in accordance
with academic rules and ethical conduct.

Name and Signature of the learner

Certified by

Name and signature of the Guiding Teacher

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 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

To list who all have helped me is difficult because they are so numerous and
the depth is so enormous.

I would like to acknowledge the following as being idealistic channels and

fresh dimensions in the completion of this project.

I take this opportunity to thank the University of Mumbai for giving me

chance to do this project.

I would like to thank my Principal, MS.SOPHIA AUGUSTINE D’SOUZA

for providing the necessary facilities required for completion of this project.

I take this opportunity to thank our Coordinator MRS. MADHURI MURBADE,

for her moral support and guidance.

I would also like to express my sincere gratitude towards my project guide

MR VISHAL RAJAK whose guidance and care made the project successful.

I would like to thank my College Library, for having provided various

reference books and magazines related to my project.

Lastly, I would like to thank each and every person who directly or indirectly
helped me in the completion of the project especially my Parents and Peers
who supported me throughout my project.

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 INDEX
SR N0 NAME OF THE CHAPTER PAGE NO.

1 CHAPTER 01- INTRODUCTION

 Abstract 1
 Introduction 2-3
 Historical Background Of Impact Of GST 4-9

 Definition Of Impact Of GST 10-12

 Statement Of The Problem 13

 Significance Of The Problem 13

2 CHAPTER 02- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

 Objectives 14
 Significance Of The Study 14
 Research Method 14
 Need For The Study 14
 Data Analysis 15
 Limitations Of The Study 15
 Challenges 15
 Research Methodology 16-17
 Hypothesis 17

3 CHAPTER 03- LITERATURE REVIEW 18-23

4 CHAPTER 04 - DATA ANALYSIS, INTERPRETATION AND

PRESENTATION
 Results 24
 Discussion 24-26
 Opportunities And Challenges 26
 Introduction 27
 Goods And Services Tax (GST) 28
 Tax Development 29-31
 Policy Initiatives 32-33
 Overview Of Performance 34-71
5 CHAPTER- 05- SUGGESTIONS AND CONCLUSION
 Findings Of The Study 71
 Suggestions 72
 Summary, Conclusions And Policy Implications 73
 Conclusion 74

 Biblography 75
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 CHAPTER NO.: 01 INTRODUCTION

Executive summary

Goods and Service Tax or GST as it is known is all set to be a game changer for
the Indian Economy Taxation system. GST evolved an all India One Nation One Tax
regime. It has now been more than a decade since the idea of national Goods and
Services Tax (GST) was mooted by Kelkar Task Force in 2004. The Task Force strongly
recommended fully integrated „GST‟ on national basis.

The Union Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambaram, while presenting the Central
Budget (2006-2007), announced for the first time a proposal to introduce a national level
GST by April 1, 2010. However, GST missed several deadlines and continued to be
surrounded by clouds of uncertainty. Since now, the former finance minister of India
Arun Jaitley in his budget speech of 2015 has announced time and again that the tax will
be introduced on 1 April 2016. In India, there are different indirect taxes applied on
goods and services by central and state government. GST is intended to include all these
taxes into one tax with seamless Input Tax Credit and charged on both goods and
services. Thus, excise duty, special additional duty, service tax, VAT to name a few will
get repealed and will be added into GST. For this, GST will have 3 parts CGST, SGST
and IGST. The central taxes like excise duty will be subsumed into CGST and state taxes
like VAT into SGST. For the introduction of GST in the above form, the Government
needs to get the Constitution Amendment Bill passed so that the proposed objective of
subsuming all taxes and allowing states to tax subjects in Union list and vice versa is
achieved. Without these powers, it is not legally possible to move towards GST.
However, the Lok Sabha passed the Bill on 6th May 2015 and Rajya Sabha on 3rd
August 2016. Subsequent to ratification of the Bill by more than 50% of the States,
Constitution (122nd Amendment) Bill, 2014 received the assent of the President on
8thSeptember, 2016 and became Constitution (101st Amendment) Act, 2016, which
paved the way for introduction of GST in India.

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 In the following year, on 27th March 2017, the Central GST legislations - Central
Goods and Services Tax Bill, 2017, Integrated Goods and Services Tax Bill, 2017, Union
Territory Goods and Services Tax Bill, 2017 and Goods and Services Tax (Compensation
to States) Bill, 2017 were introduced in Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha passed these bills on 29th
March 2017 and with the receipt of the President‟s assent on 12th April 2017, the Bills
were enacted. The enactment of the Central Acts is being followed by the enactment of
the State GST laws by various State Legislatures. Telangana, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh,
Punjab, Goa and Bihar are among the first ones to pass their respective State GST laws.

Government is endeavoring to roll out GST by 1st July 2017, by achieving

consensus on all the issues relating thereto. It is geared to attain July 1st deadline for
implementation of GST across India. GST is a path breaking indirect tax reform which
will create a common national market by dismantling inter-State trade barriers. GST has
subsumed multiple indirect taxes like excise duty, service tax, VAT, CST, luxury tax,
entertainment tax, entry tax, etc. For successful implementation of GST, it is necessary
that the Government at both centre and state levels, agree to merge all their taxes into
CGST/SGST. Further, the base for taxation for both has to be the same. The exemptions,
abatements etc. under GST need to be common for both centre and all states to avoid
litigation. Further exemptions/exclusions should be minimum to avoid break of credit
chain. The law needs to provide for single point compliances, absence of multistate audits
etc. for the assesse.

Conceptually GST is expected to have numerous benefits like reduction in

compliances in the long run since multiple taxes will be replaced with one tax. It is
expected to bring down prices and hence the inflation since it will remove the impact of
tax on tax and enable seamless credit. It is expected to generate revenue for the country
as the tax base will increase as the GST rate will be somewhere around 27% with both
goods and services covered. It is also expected to make exports from India competitive
and India a preferred destination for foreign investment since GST is a globally accepted
tax. France was the first country to implement GST in the year 1954. Within 62 years of

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its advent, about 160 countries across the world have adopted GST because this tax has
the capacity to raise revenue in the most transparent and neutral manner. Before the
impending GST, addressing issues faced by the financial service industry is important.
The industry is currently facing issues inter alia on determining nature of taxability of
their incomes, input credit recovery, deciding the place of provision of their service,
issues like intermediary service income, interchange income, correspondent bank charges
income, format of the service tax returns, time limits for compliances and revision of
returns, and so on. Unless these issues are addressed the industry would face major
hurdles with GST. GST is a multistate tax with compliances expected in different states.
Thus, it is imperative to address the issue of “place of supply” with clarity before GST.
Further double taxation issues like taxing intermediary services, interchange income,
correspondent bank charges etc. needs to be addressed so that India is globally
competitive. Issues around compliances need to be clarified since going forward there is
an apprehension of multistate compliances and so on. However, there is a huge hue and
cry against its implementation. It would be interesting to understand why this proposed
GST regime may hamper the growth and development of the country.

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Background of Goods and Service Tax outside India

Goods and Service also known as the Value Added Tax (VAT) or Harmonized Sales
Tax.
Following are some successfully implemented GST models in other counties:

1. France: -
• Rate of GST 19.6%

• France was the first country to introduce GST in 1954.

Worldwide, almost 150 countries have introduced GST in one or the other form since
now. Most of the countries have a unified GST system. Brazil and Canada follow a dual
system vis-à-vis India is going to introduce. In China, GST applies only to goods and the
provision of repairs, replacement and processing services.

2. Australia: -
• Rate of GST 10%

• GST is administered by the Tax office on behalf of the Australian Government,

and is appropriated to the states and territories.

• Every company whose turnover exceeds $75,000 is liable for registration under
GST and in default 1/11th of the income and some amount is form of penalty.

• There are provisions for credit back of GST, submission of returns according to
limit decided, Maintenance of records etc. There they have to keep records for 5
years for the purpose of GST.

3. Canada: -
• GST is imposed at 5% in Part IX of the Excise Tax Act. GST is levied on goods and
services made in Canada except items that are either "exempt" or "zero-rated".
• When, a supplier makes a zero-rated supply, he is eligible to recover any GST paid
on purchases but the supplier who makes supply of Exempt goods he is not eligible
take input tax credit on purchases for the purpose of making the exempt goods and
services.

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4. New Zealand: -
• Rate of GST 12.5%.
• Exceptions are rent collected on residential rental properties, donations and
financial services.

Background of Goods and Service Tax in India

The Kelkar Task Force on implementation of FRBM23 Act, 2003 had pointed out that
although the indirect tax policy in India has been steadily progressive in the direction of
VAT Principle since 1986, the existing system of taxation of goods and services still
suffers from many Problems. The tax base is fragmented between Centre and States.
Keeping significance of GST in view, an announcement was made by then our Ex –
Finance Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram in his four budget speeches24.

• Budget Speech 2004-05

• Budget Speech 2005-06

• Budget Speech of 2006-07

• Similar speech given in the Budget of 2007-08

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Preparation for GST

The GST will require legislative and constitutional changes. As the time gap between
formation and implementation is very less. Therefore, following things need to be done: -

• Constitutional amendment to enable state to levy service tax.

• Center to tax goods beyond factory Gates

• Laws of central excise act 1944 and finance act 1994 needs to be replaced.

• Existing VAT laws needs to be repealed.

• It is highly expected that all steps are taken to ensure that no pending work
relating to Sales Tax, VAT or other Indirect Taxes remains outstanding before
implementation of GST so that everybody can concentrate on new law.

• Central and State Government should be prepared to fulfil the expectations for
Trade and Industries.

• Record keeping will have to be changed and IT software will have to be updated
in order to comply with GST provisions.

• Trade and Industries will have to rethink market strategies, stock transfer pricing
and godown keeping policies in different states.

• Uniform dispute settlement machinery

• Adequate training for both tax payers and tax enforcers.

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 Need for GST

Deficiencies in A cure for ills

the existing
Value-Added
HAS LED
GST of Existing
indirect tax

Deficiencies in the existing Value-Added Taxation

❖ In the present regime, a manufacturer of excisable goods charges excise duty and value
added tax (VAT) on intra-State sale of goods. However, the VAT dealer on his
subsequent intra-State sale of goods charges VAT (as per prevalent VAT rate as
applicable in the respective state) on value comprising of (basic value + excise duty
charged by manufacturer + profit by dealer).

❖ Further, in respect of tax on services, service tax is payable on taxable services

provided. W.e.f. 1 July 2012, service tax is levied on all „services‟ other than the
Negative list of services as provided under Section 66D of the Finance Act, 1994 or else
otherwise exempted vide the Mega Exemption Notification No. 25/2012-ST dated 20
June 2012 (“the Mega Exemption Notification”).

❖ Presently, from 1 June 2016, service tax is levied @ 15% [Service tax @ 14%, Swachh
Bharat Cess (SBC) @ 0.5% (w.e.f. November 15, 2015) and Krishi Kalyan Cess (KKC)
@ 0.5% (w.e.f. June 1, 2016)] on specified services provided by service providers in
India.

❖ The existing indirect tax framework in India suffer from various shortcomings. Under
the existing indirect tax structure, the various indirect taxes being levied are not
necessarily mutually exclusive.

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❖ To illustrate, when the goods are manufactured and sold both central excise duty
(CENVAT) and State-Level VAT are levied. Though CENVAT and State-Level VAT are
essentially value added taxes, set off of one against the credit of another is not possible as
CENVAT is a central levy and State-Level VAT is a State levy. Moreover, CENVAT is
applicable only at manufacturing level and not at distribution levels. The existing sales
tax regime in India is a combination of origin based (Central Sales Tax) and destination
based multipoint system of taxation (State-Level VAT). Service tax is also a value added
tax and credit across the service tax and the central excise duty is integrated at the central
level.

❖ Despite the introduction of the principle of taxation of value added in India - at the
Central level in the form of CENVAT and at the State level in the form of State VAT –
its application has remained piecemeal and fragmented on account of the following
reasons:

Non-inclusion of several Cascading of taxes on account of (i) levy of

local levies in State VAT such Non- VATable CST and (ii) inclusion of
as Luxury tax, entertainment CENVAT in the value For imposing VAT
tax, etc.

No CENVAT after Non- integration of Double taxation of a transaction

manufacturing stage VAT & service tax as both goods and services

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 OBJECTIVE OF STUDY

The study has following objectives:

1) To cognize the concept of GST
2) To study the features of GST
3) To evaluate the advantages and challenges of GST
4) To furnish information for further research work on GST.

GST is a tax on goods and services with value addition at each stage having
comprehensive and continuous chain of set of benefits from the producer‟s / service
provider‟s point up to the retailer‟s level where only the final consumer should bear the
tax.

The main objective of the project is to understand about need, requirements,

purpose, benefits and backlogs of the GST.

The country will benefit immensely in three ways from the GST:

First: -
The GST will greatly boost the GDP. Lesser taxes leads, to lower prices of goods and
services. Lower prices lead, to increased purchasing power of the consumers. Increased
purchasing power leads to more demand of the goods and services. More demands lead to
more production. More production leads to Higher GDP. Hence, GST will boost the
GDP.

Second: -
The GST will facilitate „Make in India‟ by converting the geographical landscape of the
country into a single market. Despite being one country, India is a union of 30 or more
markets. Too many taxes in the current system like the Central Sales Tax (CST) on inter-
state sales of goods; numerous intra-state taxes; and the extensive nature of
countervailing duty exemptions, favour imports over domestic production. GST would
get rid of the CST and subsume most of the other taxes. And since, it will also be
applicable on imports, the major tax factor working against „making in India‟ will

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disappear, greatly boosting the production and in turn exports. This will ultimately help
bridge the current account deficit.

Third: -
The GST would improve tax governance in two ways.
One, like the value added tax (VAT), it is a self-collecting and self-enforcing tax. What it
essentially means it that the companies buying supplies from outside parties will insist on
tax payment on goods supplied as without this they can‟t get setoffs on their own final
product sales.
Two, due to the dual monitoring structure of the GST – one by the states and another by
the Centre – it is difficult to evade tax. Even if one set of tax authorities overlooks or fails
to detect evasion, there is the possibility that the other overseeing authority may not.
To reap these benefits, it is important that the GST is well-designed and the
revenue-neutral rate is such that protects revenue, simplifies administration, encourages
compliance, avoids adding to inflationary pressures, and keeps India in the range of
countries with reasonable levels of indirect taxes.

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Benefits & simplication of GST Model in India

Uniform GST Registration: - The model legislation for the introduction of goods and
services tax (GST) will have a provision for registration of individuals and companies
which pay the tax. The registration will be done through a uniform PAN-linked business
identification number. The Department of Revenue in the Ministry of Finance had
recently sent a proposal to state governments for making the 10-digit permanent account
number (PAN) the starting point for registering GST payees.

Figure (1)
Payment and Input Tax Credit model: -

Input Credit in GST: -

Input Credit Mechanism (ref fig.1) is available to you when you are covered under the
GST Act. Which means if you are a manufacturer, supplier, agent, e-commerce operator,
aggregator or any of the persons mentioned here, registered under GST, you are eligible
to claim INPUT CREDIT for tax paid by you on your purchases.

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Growth of Revenue in States and Union: - It is expected that the introduction of GST
will increase the tax base but lowers down the tax rates and also removes the multiple
point taxation. This will lead to higher amount of revenue to both the states and the
union. Reduces transaction costs and unnecessary wastages: - If government works in an
efficient mode, it may be also possible that a single registration and a single compliance
will suffice for both SGST and CGST provided government produces effective IT
infrastructure and integration of states level with the union.

Reduces average tax burdens: - Under GST mechanism, the cost of tax that consumers
have to bear will be certain and it is expected that GST would reduce the average tax
burdens on the consumers.

Reduces the corruption: - It is one of the major problems that India is overwhelmed
with. We cannot expect anything substantial unless there exists a political will to root it
out. This will be a step towards corruption free Indian Revenue Services. Present CST
will be removed and need not to be paid. At present, there is no input tax credit available
for CST. There are many indirect taxes in state and central level currently, which will be
included by GST. i.e. you need to pay a single GST instead of all of them. Uniformity of
tax rates across the states Ensure better compliance due to aggregate tax rate reduces. By
reducing the tax burden, the competitiveness of Indian products in international market is
expected to increase and there by development of the nation. Prices of goods are expected
to reduce in the long run as the benefits of less tax burden would be passed on to the
consumer.

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 Simplification of Various Terms of GST

GST

Intra-state Inter-state UTGST

Movement Movement

Central GST State GST Integrated

(CGST) (SGST) GST (SGST)

Intra-State Movement: -
An intra-State supply if the goods remain within the same State.
A supply of Services shall be -
(a) An inter-State supply if the service provider and the service recipient are located in
different States.
(b) An intra-State supply if the service provider and the service recipient are located in
the same State.

Inter- State Movement: -

An inter-State supply if the supply involves the movement of goods from one State
to another.
Explanation: Where the movement of goods commences and terminates in the same
State it shall not be deemed to be a movement of goods from one State to another by
reason merely of the fact that in the course of such movement the goods pass through the
territory of any other State.

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CGST: -
CGST means Central Goods and Service Tax. CGST is a part of goods and service tax. It
is covered under Central Goods and Service Tax Act 2016. Taxes collected under Central
Goods and Service tax will be the revenue for central Government. Present Central taxes
like Central excise duty, Additional Excise duty, Special Excise Duty, Central Sales Tax,
Service Tax etc. will be subsumed under Central Goods and Service Tax.

SGST: -
SGST means State Goods and Service Tax. It is covered under State Goods and service
Tax Act 2016. A collection of SGST will be the revenue for State Government. After the
introduction of SGST all the state taxes like Value Added Tax, Entertainment Tax,
Luxury Tax, and Entry Tax etc. will be merged under SGST. For example, if goods are
sold or services are provided within the State then SGST will be levied on such
transaction.

IGST: -
IGST means Integrated Goods and Service Tax. IGST falls under Integrated Goods and
Service Tax Act 2016. Revenue collected from IGST will be divided between Central
Government and State Government as per the rates specified by the government. IGST
will be charged on transfer of goods and services from one state to another state. Import
of Goods and Services will also be deemed to be covered under Inter-state transactions so
IGST will be levied on such transactions. For example, if Goods or services are
transferred from Rajasthan to Maharashtra then the transaction will attract IGST.

UTGST: -
The full form of UTGST is Union Territory Goods and Service Tax. UTGST is a part of
Goods and Service Tax in India. GST under supply of goods and services takes place in
Union Territories like Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar
Haveli, Daman and Diu, Delhi (National Capital Territory of Delhi), Lakshadweep,
Puducherry etc. is accounted under UTGST. A separate Act is being implemented for

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Union Territory states to impose and administer GST in India in the name of UTGST
Act. Under UTGST Act, the details of GST rates payable against the movement of goods
and services in Union territories are explained.
The UTGST bill is presented in respective states government to implement as UTGST
Act.
The above information is about the meaning of UTGST under GST in India, the
mechanism of UTGST under GST system in India and union territory states falls under
UTGST.

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 SCOPE OF THE GST

The scope of the project limits up to the study of GST under Indirect Tax System. GST
shall cover all goods and services, except alcoholic liquor for human consumption, for
the levy of goods and services tax. In case of petroleum and petroleum products, it has
been provided that these goods shall not be subject to the levy of Goods and Services Tax
till a date notified on the recommendation of the Goods and Services Tax Council.

Goods and Services Tax Council to examine issues relating to goods and services tax and
make recommendations to the Union and the States on parameters like rates, exemption
list and threshold limits. The Council shall function under the Chairmanship of the Union
Finance Minister and will have the State Union Minister as its members.

All goods and services are covered under GST Regime except Alcoholic liquor for
Human Consumption, Tobacco Products subject to levy of GST and Centre may also levy
excise duty GST Council yet to decide the incidence and levy of GST on
following;

A) Crude Petroleum
B) High Speed Diesel (HSD)
C) Motor Spirit (Petrol)
D) Natural Gas
E) Aviation Turbine Fuel

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 LITERATURE REVIEW

Consistent with the federal structure of the country, the GST will have two
components: one levied by the Centre (hereinafter referred to as Central GST), and the
other levied by the States (hereinafter referred to as State GST). This dual GST model
would be implemented through multiple statutes (one for CGST and SGST statute for
every State). However, the basic features of law such as chargeability, definition of
taxable event and taxable person, measure of levy including valuation provisions, basis of
classification etc. would be uniform across these statutes as far as practicable. GST is also
referred as value added tax (VAT). It is a tax government collected at the final purchase
consumption. However, according to Hooper and Smith (1997), GST is actually collected
at various stages of the production process. Accordingly, there is output tax, a GST tax
charges by the suppliers on taxable goods and services and input tax, a tax incurred by
businesses on goods and services purchases. It is noted that GST is not a cost to the
sellers and would not appear in financial statements as expenditure. Recently, the
government initiative to introduce Goods and Services Tax (GST) has been a growing
topic of interest in Malaysia.

Despite the increasing popularity and success of GST implementation around the
world (Hooper & Smith, 1997), Malaysian citizens are not entirely convinced with this
new tax scheme. There are debates mainly centred on the advantages and disadvantages
derived from the new tax initiative. As per as India is concerned Agogo Mawuli (May
2014) studied, “Goods and Service Tax an Appraisal” and found that GST is not good for
low-income countries and does not provide broad based growth to poor countries. If still
these countries want to implement GST then the rate of GST should be less than 10% for
growth. Dr. R. Vasanth Gopal (2011) studied, “GST in India: A Big Leap in the Indirect
Taxation System” and concluded that switching to seamless GST from current
complicated indirect tax system in India will be a positive step in booming Indian
economy. Success of GST will lead to its acceptance by more than 130 countries in world
and a new preferred form of indirect tax system in Asia also. Ehtisham Ahmed and Satya

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Poddar (2009) studied, “Goods and Service Tax Reforms and Intergovernmental
Consideration in India” and found that GST introduction will provide simple and
transparent tax system with increase in output and productivity of economy in 18

India. But the benefits of GST are critically dependent on rational design of GST.

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 CHAPTER NO.: 02 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Being an explanatory research, it is based on secondary data of journals, articles,

newspapers and magazines. Considering the objectives of study descriptive type research
design is adopted to have more accuracy and rigorous analysis of research study. The
accessible secondary data is intensively used for research study.

DATA COLLECTION

Dual GST Model To be introduced in India

❖ India will adopt a dual GST which will be imposed concurrently by the Centre and
States, i.e. Centre and States will simultaneously tax goods and services. Centre will
have the power to tax intra-State sales & States will be empowered to tax services.
GST will extend to whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.

❖ GST is a destination based tax applicable on all transactions involving supply of

goods and services for a consideration subject to exceptions thereof. GST in India will
comprise of Central Goods and Service Tax (CGST) - levied and collected by Central
Government, State Goods and Service Tax (SGST) - levied and No CENVAT after
manufacturing stage Non-inclusion of several local levies in State VAT such as luxury
tax, entertainment tax, etc. Non-integration of VAT & service tax Cascading of taxes
on account of (i) levy of Non-VAT able CST and (ii) inclusion of CENVAT in the
value for imposing VAT Double taxation of a transaction as both goods and services
collected by State Governments/Union Territories with State Legislatures and Union
Territory Goods and Service Tax (UTGST) - levied and collected by Union Territories
without State Legislatures, on intra-State supplies of taxable goods and/or services.
Inter-State supplies of taxable goods and/or services will be subject to Integrated
Goods and Service Tax (IGST). IGST will approximately be a sum total of CGST and
SGST/UTGST and will be levied by Centre on all inter-State supplies.

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❖ There is single legislation – CGST Act, 2017 - for levying CGST. Similarly, Union
Territories without State legislatures [Andaman and Nicobar Islands,
Lakshadweep, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and Chandigarh] will be
governed by UTGST Act, 2017 for levying UTGST. States and Union territories with
their own legislatures [Delhi and Puducherry] have to enact their own GST
legislation for levying SGST. Though there would be multiple SGST legislations, the
basic features of law, such as chargeability, definition of taxable event and taxable
person, classification and valuation of goods and services, procedure for collection and
levy of tax and the like would be uniform in all the SGST legislations, as far as
feasible. This would be necessary to preserve the essence of dual GST.

❖ In GST regime, tax (i.e. CGST and SGST/UTGST for intra-State supplies and IGST
for inter-State supplies) shall be paid by every taxable person and in this regard
provisions have been prescribed in the law. However, for providing relief to small
businesses, a simpler method of paying taxes and accounting thereof is also
prescribed, known as Composition Scheme. Along with providing relief to small-
scale business, the law also contains provisions for granting exemption from payment
of tax on specified goods and/or services.

❖ Input Tax Credit (ITC) of CGST and SGST/UTGST will be available throughout the
supply chain, but cross utilization of credit of CGST and SGST/UTGST will not be
possible, i.e. CGST credit cannot be utilized for payment of SGST/UTGST and
SGST/UTGST credit cannot be utilized for payment of CGST. However, cross
utilization will be allowed between CGST/SGST/UTGST and IGST, i.e. credit of
IGST can be utilized for the payment of CGST/SGST/UTGST and vice versa.

❖ Since GST is a destination based consumption tax, revenue of SGST will ordinarily
accrue to the consuming States. The inter-State supplier in the exporting State will be
allowed to set off the available credit of IGST, CGST and SGST/UTGST (in that

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 order) against the IGST payable on inter-State supply made by him. The buyer in the
importing State will be allowed to avail the credit of IGST paid on inter-State purchase
made by him. Thus, unlike the existing scenario where the credit chain breaks in case
of inter-State sales on account of non-VAT able CST, under GST regime there is a
seamless credit flow in case of inter-State supplies too. The revenue of inter-State sale
will not accrue to the exporting State and the exporting State will be required to
transfer to the Centre the credit of SGST/UTGST used in payment of IGST. The
Centre will transfer to the importing State the credit of IGST used in payment of
SGST/UTGST. Thus, the inter- State trade of goods and services (IGST) would need a
robust settlement mechanism amongst the States and the Centre. A Central Agency is
needed which can act as a clearing house and verify the claims and inform the
respective Governments to transfer the funds. This is possible only with the help of a
strong IT Infrastructure.

❖ Resultantly, Goods and Services Network (GSTN) - a Special Purpose Vehicle – has
been set to provide a shared IT infrastructure and services to Central and State
Governments, taxpayers and other stakeholders for implementation of GST.

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The functions of the GSTN, inter alia, include:

• Facilitating registration;

• Forwarding the returns to Central and State authorities;

• Computation and settlement of IGST;

• Matching of tax payment details with banking network;

• Providing various MIS reports to the Central and the State Governments based
on the taxpayer return information;

• Providing analysis of taxpayers' profile; and

• Running the matching engine for matching, reversal and reclaim of input tax
credit.

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GST PORTAL
The government‟s portal (ref fig.2) for GST compliance is finally live and open for
business registrations. The GST portal is hosted at https://www.gst.gov.in/ and so far,
only registrations are enabled on it. Existing taxpayers or new businesses can apply to
register and submit the required documents. All the existing registered taxpayers will be
granted provisional registration initially and would be required to submit additional
documents within 6 months.

Figure (2)

GSTIN
For any dealer registered under state VAT law, a unique TIN number is issued by the
respective state tax authorities. Similarly, a service provider is assigned a service tax
registration number by the Central Board of Excise and Custom (CBEC). Going forward,
in the new GST regime, all these taxpayers will get consolidated into one single platform
for compliance and administration purposes and will be assigned registration under a
single authority. The government has set up GSTN–a special purpose vehicle to provide

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the IT infrastructure necessary to support GST digitally. It is expected that 8 million
taxpayers will be migrated from various platforms into GST. All of these businesses will
be assigned a unique Goods and Services Tax Identification Number (GSTIN). But most
are yet not aware of the new registration process and the identification number.

Proposed GST Identification Number (GSTIN)

A complete break-up of the proposed GST Identification Number. Each taxpayer

will be allotted a state-wise PAN-based 15-digit Goods and Services Taxpayer
Identification Number (GSTIN).

 The First two digit of this number will represent the state code as per
Indian Census 2011
 The next ten digits will be the PAN number of the taxpayer
 The thirteenth digit will be assigned based on the number of registration
within a state
 The fourteenth digit will be Z by default
 The last digit will be for check code

A format of proposed GSTIN has been shown in the image below.

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GST Registration

Every business carrying out a taxable supply of goods or services under GST
regime and whose turnover exceeds the threshold limit of Rs. 20 lakh/ 10 Lakh as
applicable will be required to register as a normal taxable person. This process is of
registration is referred as GST registration.

Importance of GST Registration

GST registration is critical because it will enable you to avail various benefits that
are available under the GST regime. One such benefit is to avail seamless input tax
credit. Multiple taxes are being clubbed under GST and thus the cascading of taxes that is
prevailing currently will no longer be the case. Also, timely registration will help you
avoid any kind of interface with tax authorities.

Casual Registration

A person who occasionally supplies goods and/or services in a territory where

GST is applicable but he does not have a fixed place of business. Such a person will be
treated as a casual taxable person as per GST.
Example: A person who has a place of business in Bangalore supplies taxable consulting
services in Pune where he has no place of business would be treated as a casual taxable
person in Pune.

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Composition Dealer

This is an option available to small businesses and taxpayers having a turnover

less than Rs. 75 lakhs. They can opt for Composition scheme where they will tax at a
nominal rate of 1% or 2.50% (for manufacturers) CGST and SGST each (rates will be
notified later). They will be required to maintain much less detailed records and file only
1 quarterly return instead of three monthly returns. However, they cannot issue taxable
invoices, i.e., collect tax from customers, but are required to pay the tax out of their own
pocket. They cannot also claim any input tax credit. Composition levy is available to only
small businesses. It is not available to interstate sellers, e-commerce traders, and
operators.

Applicability

GST will apply when turnover of the business exceeds Rs 20 lakhs (Limit is Rs
10 lakhs for the North-Eastern States). [Earlier the limit was Rs 10lakhs and Rs 5lakhs
for NE states.]

Migration to GST

All existing Central Excise and Service Tax assessees and VAT dealers will be
migrated to GST. To migrate to GST, assessees would be provided a Provisional ID and
Password by CBEC/State Commercial Tax Departments.

Provisional IDs would be issued to only those assessees who have a valid PAN
associated with their registration. An assessee may not be provided a Provisional ID in
the following cases:

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1. The PAN associated with the registration is not valid

2. The PAN is registered with a State Tax authority and Provisional ID has been supplied
by the said State Tax authority.

3. There are multiple CE/ST registrations on the same PAN in a State. In this case, only 1
Provisional ID would be issued for the 1st registration in the alphabetical order provided
any of the above 2 conditions are not met.

The assessees need to use this Provisional ID and Password to login to the GST Common
Portal https://www.gst.gov.in where they would be required to fill and submit the Form
20 along with necessary supporting documents.

Penalties for Not Registering Under GST

An offender not paying tax or making short payments has to pay a penalty of 10%
of the tax amount due subject to a minimum of Rs. 10,000. The penalty will be high at
100% of the tax amount when the offender has evaded i.e., where there is a deliberate
fraud. However, for other genuine errors, the penalty is 10% of the tax due.

Multiple Registrations Under GST

 A person with multiple business verticals in a state may obtain a separate

registration for each business vertical.

 PAN is mandatory to apply for GST registration (except for a non-resident

person who can get GST registration on the basis of other documents).

 A registration which has been rejected under CGST Act/SGST Act shall also
stand rejected for the purpose of SGST/CGST act.

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Input Tax Credit

One of the fundamental features of GST is the seamless flow of input credit (ref
fig.3) across the chain (from the manufacture of goods till it is consumed) and across the
country.

Figure (3)

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Gst software

The brink of one of the biggest business changes of our times viz. Goods and
Services Tax. So far, most of the big businesses have already identified vendors for
implementation of GST software. Many of the large enterprises had floated a Request for
Proposal/Request for Information (RFP/RFI) late last year, asking software providers to
present them with their solutions. They would have then evaluated these providers, over
multiple product demos and extensive question and answer rounds, to reach a stage where
they can now begin the implementation process, and undertake business process mapping
and solution‟s.

GST software, a list of some of the key features that software provides.

1. Cloud based GST Software: -

Clear tax GST is a cloud based software i.e. developed and maintained on internet
which empowers us to provide our users with the following features

• Create a sync between working offline and backup on connectivity with internet

• Providing an updated version of our software without bothering the user with
additional efforts to update the software

• Easy access to software from anywhere at any time without worrying about
internet connectivity

2 .No desktop for installation: -

As the software is hosted on cloud, user need not have a desktop system for
installation of our software.

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Clear Tax GST software can be downloaded as an offline software on system / mobile
app, mobile website / desktop website.

User need not bear additional cost of installation of the software and utilities. Hence, You
can login from anywhere and anytime.

At the point of creating an invoice our software makes sure that all mandatory fields are
accurately filled.

In case of any mistake, an alert or notification will be given for every error made in
an invoice along with report of all such invoices.

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 GST RATES COMPARISION EXISTING TAX SYSTEM V/S
NEW TAXATION

GST council has made the much-awaited announcements around tax rates on
various categories of goods on day one of a two-day meeting of the said council at
Srinagar. There has been a hype around these rates for a while and now these rates are
finally in the public domain.

As soon as the GST rates were announced a huge wave of curiosity hit across
industry and trade bodies. Everyone is evaluating their position as a result of this change.
So, in this article, we bring you our analysis of these GST rates.

We know that the GST slabs are pegged at 5%, 12%, 18% & 28%. According to
the GST council, the tax structure for common-use goods are as under:

SERVICES

Name of Item GST Rate Existing

(%) Rate (%)
Telecom 18 15
Works Contracts 12 15
Non AC/alcohol-serving restaurants 12 13-14
AC/alcohol-serving restaurants 18 22
Five Star restaurants 28 18

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 CONSTRUCTION

Name of Item GST Rate Existing

(%) Rate (%)
Cement 28 30
Wallpaper 28 18.5
Paints and Varnishes 28 26
Putty, Wall Fillings 28 26
Plaster 28 26
Ceramic Tiles 28 26
Tempered Glass 28 26
Sand lime bricks, fly ash bricks 5 6

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 METAL & MINERALS

Name of Item GST Rate Existing

(%) Rate (%)
Peat 5 19.5
All Ores and concentrates 5 18.5
Kerosene PDS 5 17
Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen 18 27.5
Tar 5 12
Coal 5 12
Lignite 5 12
Copper bars, rods, wires 18 18.5
Copper screws, nuts, bolts 18 18.5
Nickel bars, rods, wires 18 18.5
Nickel screws, nuts, bolts 18 18.5
Nickel tubes, Pipes, netting 18 18.5
Aluminum ingots, rods, wires 18 18.5
Lead plates, sheets, strips 18 18.5
Zinc Goods 18 18.5
Tin bars, Rods 18 18.5

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 LIFESTYLE AND HOME

Name of Item GST Rate Existing

(%) Rate (%)
Leather bags 28 6
Cell phones 18 6
Yachts 28 18.5
Air conditioners 28 26
Refrigerators 28 26
Storage water heater 28 26
Dish washing machines 28 26
Printer, photocopier, fax machines 28 26
Wristwatches 28 26
Furniture 28 26
Video game consoles 28 26
Exercise equipment 28 26
Sports goods 12 18.5
Bicycles 12 18.5
Spectacle lens 12 18.5
Whey proteins & fitness supplements 18 26
Hats and other headgears 18 26
Steel utensils 5 18.5

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 CONSUMER GOODS

Name of Item GST Rate Existing

(%) Rate (%)
Aluminum foil 28 18.5
Agarbatti 12 0
Preserved vegetables 18 0
Butter , ghee , cheese 12 6
Dry fruits 12 6
Jams, jellies 18 12
Frozen meal 12 6
Branded paneer 5 0
Branded cereals 5 0
Cocoa butter, oils chocolates 28 26
Instant, aroma coffee 28 26
Coffee concentrates, custard powder 28 26
Protein concentrates, sugar syrups 28 26
Razors 28 26
Dental floss 28 26
Toothpaste 28 26
Deodorants 28 26
Aftershave 28 26

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Shaving cream 28 26
Cereals 0 0
Puffed, rice, papad, bread EXEMPT 0
Aquatic/ poultry/ cattle feed EXEMPT 0
Salt EXEMPT 0
Soya bean, groundnut, sunflower, seeds 5 6
Infant use preparations 18 19.5
Pasta, corn flakes, and cakes 18 19.5
Coffee, tea 5 6
Frozen vegetables 5 6
Condensed milk 18 18.5
Toilet paper 18 18.5
Hot water bottles 18 18.5
Petroleum jelly, paraffin wax 18 20
Pencil sharpeners, knives 12 18.5
Meats & fish preparations 12 18.5
Sweetmeats 5 12
Bakery mixes, dough‟s, pizza bread 5 12
Vegetable fats & oils 5 12
Tea concentrates, sauces, soups 5 12
Ice cream, instant food mixes, sherbet 18 26
Refined sugar 18 26
Soap 18 26

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Dentifrices- toothpaste 18 26
Hair oil 18 26
Handmade safety matches 5 18.5
Broomsticks 5 18
Candles 12 26
Tooth powder 12 26
Led lights 12 26
Milk beverages 12 26
Ready to eat Namkeen/ bhujiya 12 26
Beet sugar, cane sugar 5 26

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 OTHERS

Name of Item GST Rate Existing

(%) Rate (%)
Tyres 28 18.5
Steam 12 0
Children‟s drawing books 12 0
Plastic products 28 18.5
Calcareous stone 28 18.5
Artists, students or signboard colours 28 18.5
Nuclear fuel 5 0
Heavy water and other nuclear fuels 5 0
Compressed air 5 0
Solar water heater 5 0
Renewable energy devices 5 0
Braille typewriters 18 13.5
Pianos 28 26
Revolvers 28 26
Artificial flowers 28 26
Bangles (Non-Precious Metals) EXEMPT 0
Fountain pen ink, ball pen ink 12 12
Wood pulp 12 12

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Printed books 0 0
Calendars 12 12
Animal or human blood vaccines 5 6
Power driven water pumps 12 12.5
Padlocks, locks 18 18.5
Helmet 18 18.5
Plastic products 28 18.5
Fertilizers 12 18.5
Tractors 12 18.5
Sewing/ knitting needles 12 18.5
Agricultural implements 0 12.5
Firewood 0 12.5
Geometry boxes 5 18.5

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 GST return procedure

GST Monthly Returns: -

GST return procedure (ref fig no.3) Based on the category of registered person
such as monthly return is to be filed by Regular, Foreign Non-Residents, ISD and Casual
Tax Payers whereas Compounding/Composite tax payers has to file quarterly returns:

Figure (3)

Needs to file Return in GST regime

• Every registered dealer is required to file return for the prescribed tax period. A
Return needs to be filed even if there is no business activity (i.e. Nil Return) during the
said taxperiod of return.

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• Government entities / PSUs, etc. not dealing in GST supplies or persons exclusively
dealing in exempted / Nil rated / non –GST goods or services would neither be required
to obtain registration nor required to file returns under the GST law.

• However, State tax authorities may assign Departmental ID to such government

departments / PSUs / other persons and will ask the suppliers to quote this ID in the
supply invoices for all inter-State purchases being made to them.

Salient Features of GST Returns

• Filing of returns would only be through online mode. Facility of offline generation and
preparation of returns will also be available. The returns prepared in the offline mode will
have to be uploaded.

• There will be a common e-return for CGST, SGST, IGST and Additional Tax.

• A registered Tax Payer shall file GST Return at GST Common Portal either by himself
or through his authorized representative.

• There would be no revision of Returns. Changes to be done in subsequent Returns

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 CHAPTER NO.: 03 LITERATURE REVIEW

GST calculation

Model of GST with example:

The GST shall have two components: one levied by the Centre (referred to as
Central GST or CGST), and the other levied by the States (referred to as State GST or
SGST). Rates for Central GST and State GST would be approved appropriately,
reflecting revenue considerations and acceptability.

The CGST and the SGST would be applicable to all transactions of goods and
services made for a consideration except the exempted goods and services.

Cross utilization of ITC both in case of Inputs and capital goods between the
CGST and the SGST would not be permitted except in the case of inter-State supply of
goods and services (i.e. IGST).

The Centre and the States would have concurrent jurisdiction for the entire value
chain and for all taxpayers on the basis of thresholds for goods and services prescribed
for the States and the Centre.

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 THE FOLLOWING COMPARISION SHOW THE BENEFIT OF GST: -

Comparison between Multiple Indirect Tax Laws & Proposed one Law
Particulars Without GST (Rs.) With GST (Rs.)
Manufacture to Wholesaler
Cost of Production 5,000.00 5,000.00
Add : Profit Margin 2,000.00 2,000.00
Manufacturer Price 7,000.00 7,000.00
Add: Excise Duty @ 12% 840.00 -
Total Value (a) 7,840.00 7,000.00
Add: VAT @ 12.5% 980.00 -
Add: CGST @ 12% - 840.00
Add: SGST @ 12% - 840.00
Invoice Value 8,820.00 8,680.00

Wholesaler to Retailer
COG to Wholesaler (a) 7,840.00 7,000.00
Add: Profit Margin @ 10% 784.00 700.00
Total Value (b) 8,624.00 7,700.00
Add: VAT @ 12.5% 1,078.00 -
Add: CGST @ 12% - 924
Add: SGST @ 12% - 924
Invoice Value 9,702.00 9,548.00

Retailer to Consumer
COG to Retailer (b) 8,624.00 7,700.00

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Add: Profit Margin 862.40 770.00
Total Value (c) 9,486.40 8470.00
Add: VAT @ 12.5% 1,185.80 -
Add: CGST @ 12% - 1,016.40
Add: SGST @ 12% - 1,016.40
Total Price to the Final 10,672.20 10,502.80
Consumer Cost saving to - 169.40
consumer % Cost saving - 1.59

Notes: -
Input tax credit available to wholesaler is Rs.980 and Rs. 1,680 in case
of without GST and with GST respectively.

Likewise Input tax credit available to Retailer is Rs. 1,078 and Rs.
1,848 in case of without GST and with GST respectively.

In case, VAT rate is also considered to be 12%, the saving to

consumer would be 1.15%.

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 GST benefits to common man

The basis of Goods and Services Tax is the seamless flow of Input Tax Credit
(ITC) along the entire value addition chain. At every step of the manufacturing process,
businesses will have the option to claim the tax already paid in the previous transaction.
Understanding this process is crucial for businesses. A detailed explanation here.

To understand this, let us first understand what is Input Tax Credit. It is the credit
an individual receives for the tax paid on the inputs used in manufacturing the product.
So, if there is a 10% tax that the individual must submit to the government, he can
subtract the amount he has paid in taxes at the time of purchase and submit the balance
amount to the government.

Understand this with a hypothetical numerical example.

Say a shirt manufacturer pays Rs. 100 to buy raw materials. If the rate of taxes is
set at 10%, and there is no profit or loss involved, then he has to pay Rs. 10 as tax. So, the
final cost of the shirt now becomes Rs (100+10=) 110.

At the next stage, the wholesaler buys the shirt from the manufacturer at Rs. 110,
and adds labels to it. When he is adding labels, he is adding value. Therefore, his cost
increases by say Rs. 40. On top of this, he has to pay a 10% tax, and the final cost
therefore becomes Rs. (110+40=) 150 + 10% tax = Rs. 165. Now, the retailer pays Rs.
165 to buy the shirt from the wholesaler because the tax liability had passed on to him.
He has to package the shirt, and when he does that, he is adding value again. This time,
let‟s say his value add is Rs. 30. Now when he sells the shirt, he adds this value (plus the
VAT he has to pay the government) to the final cost. So, the cost of the shirt becomes Rs.
214.5 Let us see a breakup for this: Cost = Rs. 165 + Value add = Rs. 30 + 10% tax = Rs.
195 + Rs. 19.5 = Rs. 214.5 40

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 So, the customer pays Rs. 214.5 for a shirt the cost price of which was basically
only Rs. 170 (Rs 110 + Rs. 40 + Rs. 30). Along the way the tax liability was passed on
at every stage of transaction and the final liability comes to rest with the customer. This
is called the Cascading Effect of Taxes where a tax is paid on tax and the value of the
item keeps increasing every time this happens.

Action Cost 10% Tax Total

Buys Raw Material @ 100 100 10 110
Manufactures @ 40 150 15 165
Adds value @30 195 19.5 214.5
Total 170 44.5 214.5

In the case of Goods and Services Tax, there is a way to claim credit for tax paid
in acquiring input. What happens in this case is, the individual who has paid a tax already
can claim credit for this tax when he submits his taxes.

In our example, when the wholesaler buys from the manufacturer, he pays a 10%
tax on his cost price because the liability has been passed on to him. Then he adds value
of Rs. 40 on his cost price of Rs. 100 and this brings up his cost to Rs. 140. Now he has
to pay 10% of this price to the government as tax. But he has already paid one tax to the
manufacturer. So, this time what he does is, instead of paying Rs (10% of 140=) 14 to the
government as tax, he subtracts the amount he has paid already. So, he deducts the Rs. 10
he paid on his purchase from his new liability of Rs. 14, and pays only Rs. 4 to the
government. So, the Rs. 10 becomes his input credit.

When he pays Rs. 4 to the government, he can pass on its liability to the retailer.
So, the retailer pays Rs. (140+14=) 154 to him to buy the shirt. At the next stage, the
retailer adds value of Rs. 30 to his cost price and has to pay a 10% tax on it to the
government. When he adds value, his price becomes Rs. 170. Now, if he had to pay 10%

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tax on it, he would pass on the liability to the customer. But he already has input credit
because he has paid Rs.14 to the wholesaler as the latter‟s tax. So, now he reduces Rs. 14
from his tax liability of Rs. (10% of 170=) 17 and has to pay only Rs. 3 to the
government. And therefore, he can now sell the shirt for Rs. (140+30+17) 187 to the
customer.

Action Cost 10% Tax Actual Total

Liability
Buys Raw Material 100 10 10 110
Manufactures @ 40 140 14 4 165
Adds value @30 170 17 3 214.5
Total 170 17 214.5

In the end, every time an individual was able to claim input tax credit, the sale
price for him reduced and the cost price for the person buying his product reduced
because of a lower tax liability. The final value of the shirt also therefore reduced from
Rs. 214.5 to Rs. 187, thus reducing the tax burden on the final customer.

So essentially, Goods & Services Tax is going to have a two-pronged benefit.

One, it will reduce the cascading effect of taxes, and second, by allowing input tax credit,
it will reduce the burden of taxes and, hopefully, prices.

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 Impact of GST

A) OVERALL GST IMPACT: -

1. Change in law and procedure: Since it is a major indirect tax reform in India,
there would be new legislations and procedures. The entire indirect tax code
would be a new one.

2. Change in tax-rates: The standard rate of 12.5 % for central excise, Service tax,
along with residuary rate of VAT at 12.5-14.5% brings the overall rate to 25%-
30%. But, post GST, the general rate will be 18%; a net gain of almost 7%-12%.
Most of the dealers and consumers would experience the change in tax rates,
either significantly or marginally. When the tax rates are increased for some
products it could lead to tax evasion as well.

3. GST based on HSN: The central excise tariff based classification would no
longer be applicable. It would reduce the interpretational issues in respect of class
of commodities.

4. Availment of tax credit: GST would facilitate near seamless credit across the
entire supply chain and across all States under a common tax base. At present no
cross credits are available across central excise/service tax to local VAT/sales tax.
Under the GST law, the input tax credit (ITC) (set off) would be given for Central
GST against CGST and the States would give input tax credit (ITC) SGST to
SGST. Cross-utilization of credit between Central GST and State GST would not
be allowed.

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5. Credit availment based on vendor’s invoices: The credit of excise duty paid is
available based on the excise invoice raised by manufacturer or service provider.
The credit is available under the Service Tax law when the invoice amount is paid
within 3 months of the invoice date. In respect of joint charge and reverse charge,
based on receipt of payment on the basis of payment challans of the assessee.
Under State VAT law, credit is allowable on the basis of tax invoice. Under GST
the credits could be availed based on the invoices of vendors under CGST and
SGST. But the onus may shift onto the assessee to ensure that the amount of the
CGST/SGST has been deposited in the respective Government treasury by the
vendor. This provision has been added to bring in tax discipline but smaller
businesses may find transaction cost increasing due to this.

6. Avoidance of Double Taxation: Presently, several transactions suffer VAT as

well as Service Tax such as works contract or licensing of software. This could be
resolved under the GST regime by redefining what is goods and service.

7. Changes in the Accounting Software: Dealers and service providers need to

modify/replace the accounting and taxation software. Initially there could be
investment costs, costs of training in GST of people at each level starting from
junior/mid to higher level managerial staff, management group/stakeholders.

8. Training: Comprehensive training would be required to the staff members of the

business community, both at senior level and also at junior level across the
purchase, sales and finance functions. VAT + CE/ ST officers would also need to
understand the law well.

9. Competent Professionals: There are specialized consultants for Excise Duty,

Service Tax and VAT. With the GST, only a single consultant maybe required
who can handle all GST matters. Compliance for the SME may necessitate
competent tax preparers

10. Amending existing contracts: Assessees have to incorporate an extra clause in

the existing contracts to collect CGST and SGST as applicable.

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(B) ON INDIA:-

Goods and Services Tax (GST) is expected to provide the much-needed stimulant
for economic growth in India by transforming the existing basis of indirect taxation
towards free flow of goods and services within the economy and also eliminating the
cascading effect of tax on tax. In view of the important role that India is expected to play
in the world economy in the years to come, the expectation of GST being introduced is
high not only within the country, but also in neighbouring countries and in developed
economies of the world.

Some of the imp impacts are: -

a) Increased FDI: The flow of Foreign Direct Investments may increase once GST
is implemented as the present complicated/ multiple tax laws are one of the
reasons foreign Companies are wary of coming to India in addition to widespread
corruption.
b) Growth in overall revenue: It is estimated that India could get revenue of $15
billion per annum by implementing the Goods and Services Tax as it would
promote exports, raise employment and boost growth. Over a period, the dilution
of the principles may see that only part of this is accruing.
c) Single point taxation: Uniformity in tax laws will lead to single point taxation
for supply of goods or services all over India. This increases the tax compliance
and more assesses will come into tax net.
d) Simplified tax laws: This reduces litigation and waste of time of the judiciary and
the assessee due to frivolous proceedings at various levels of adjudication and
appellate authorities. Present law appears to be much worse and an amalgam of
the bad parts of VAT/ ST/ CE.
e) Increase in exports and employment: GST could also result in increased
employment, promotion of exports and consequently a significant boost to overall
economic growth and factors of production -land labour and capital.

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(C) ON INDIAN ECONOMY: -

 Reduce tax burden on producers and foster growth through more production.
This double taxation prevents manufacturers from producing to their optimum
capacity and retards growth. GST would take care of this problem by providing
tax credit to the manufacturer.

 Various tax barriers such as check posts and toll plazas lead to a lot of wastage
for perishable items being transported, a loss that translated into major costs
through higher need of buffer stocks and warehousing costs as well. A single
taxation system could eliminate this roadblock for them.

 A single taxation on producers would also translate into a lower final selling
price for the consumer.

 Also, there will be more transparency in the system as the customers would know
exactly how much taxes they are being charged and on what base.

 GST would add to government revenues by widening the tax base.

 GST provides credits for the taxes paid by producers earlier in the goods/services
chain. This would encourage these producers to buy raw material from different
registered dealers and would bring in more and more vendors and suppliers under
the purview of taxation.

 GST also removes the custom duties applicable on exports. Our competitiveness
in foreign markets would increase on account of lower cost of transaction.

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  The proposed GST regime, which will subsume most central and state-level taxes,
is expected to have a single unified list of concessions/exemptions as against the
current mammoth exemptions and concessions available across goods and
services

The introduction of Goods and Services Tax would be a very noteworthy step in
the field of indirect tax reforms in India. By amalgamating a large number of Central and
State taxes into a single tax, it would alleviate cascading or double taxation in a major
way and pave the way for a common national market. From the consumer point of view,
the biggest advantage would be in terms of reduction in the overall tax burden on goods
and services. Introduction of GST would also make Indian products competitive in the
domestic and international markets. Last but not the least, this tax, because of its
transparent character, would be easier to administer. However, once implemented, the
system holds great promise in terms of sustaining growth for the Indian economy.

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 Negative list under GST

Schedule III: -Activities or transactions which shall be treated neither as a supply of

goods nor a supply of services

a. Services by an employee to the employer in the course of or in relation to

his employment.

b. Services by any Court or Tribunal established under any law for the time
being in force.

c. Functions performed by the MPs, MLAs, Members of municipality and

Member of other local authorities.

d. Duties performed by any person who holds any constitutional post.

e. Duties performed by any person as a Chairperson or a Member or a

Director in a body established by the Central Government or a State
Government or local authority and who is not deemed as an employee
before the commencement of this clause.

f. Services of funeral, burial, crematorium or mortuary including

transportation of the deceased.

g. Sale of land and sale of building where entire consideration has been
received after issuance of completion certificate.

h. Actionable claims other than lottery, betting and gambling.

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 Questionnaire

1) Name:

2) Gender:
 Male
 Female

3) Age :
 13-25
 26-50
 Above 50

4) Occupation:
 Student
 Business
 Employer
 Retire

5) Are you aware about GST?

 YES
 NO

6) How do you get know about GST From?

 Friends
 Family
 Mass Media
 Online Source

7) Do you agree the implementation of GST ?

 YES
 NO

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8) Which System Do you Think is More beneficial To Both Govt. & People?
 Goods & Service Tax
 Sales Tax & service Tax

9) Do you think GST will burden on consumer?

 YES
 NO

10) Do you think implementing GST Will Cause Higher Price Of Goods & Services?
 YES
 NO

11) Do you think all business need to be Registered under GST?

 YES
 NO

12) Are you Aware About Rules & regulations related To GST?
 Completely Aware
 Have an Overview About It
 Not Aware

13) Are you satisfied by the tax brackets decided by the govt. for the product?
 Fully Satisfied
 Satisfied to some Extent
 Only on few of them
 Not Satisfied

14) If not satisfied, what is the reason?

 Tax is very high for our products
 This GST will affect the common people & might lead to corruption
 It is complicated to understand

15) Was GST implemented on correct time?

 Govt. should have given some more time
 There was no need of implementing GST
 Should have been implemented earlier
 It was implemented on right time

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16) Impact of GST on profit margins?
 No impact on margins
 Margins are reduced
 Margins are higher

17) Impact of GST on Sales?

 Reduced for some time but is back to normal
 No change in sale
 Sales increased
 Sales reduced

18) Impact of GST on Purchase from Producers?

 Price of purchase Increased
 Price of purchase Decrease
 No change

19) Biggest Benefit Due to GST implementation?

 Increase in opportunity due to one tax system
 Financial system is more transparent
 Reduction in black market money

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CHAPTER NO.: 04 DATA INTERPRETATION ( PIE CHART)

Information about Gender

Information about Gender of respondent is collected & classified information of
classification is presented in the following table.

Row Label Count of Gender

Male 14
Female 11
Grand Total 25

According To Table there are 25 respondents Out of this 14 respondent are Male, & 11
respondents are Female.

Information is presented using pie diagram as shown below

Gender

44%
Male
Female
56%

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Information about Age
Information about Age of respondent is collected & classified information of
classification is presented in the following table.

Row Label Count of Age

13-25 11
26-50 11
Above 50 3
Grand Total 25

According To Table there are 25 respondents Out of this 11 respondent having age
between 13-25, 11 Respondents having age between 26-50 & 3 respondents having age
above 50.

Information is presented using pie diagram as shown below

Age

12%

44% 13-25
26-50
Above 50

44%

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Information about Occupation
Information about Occupation of respondent is collected & classified information of
classification is presented in the following table.

Row Label Count of Occupation

Student 14
Employee 8
Other 3
Grand Total 25

According To Table there are 25 respondents Out of this 14 respondent are Students,8
Respondents are Employee & 3 respondents are in Other (Business Or Retire) category.

Information is presented using pie diagram as shown below

Occupation

12%

Student
Employee
32% 56% Other

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Are You aware about GST?

Row Label Count of Answer

Yes 24
No 1
Grand Total 25

According To Table there are 25 respondents Out of this 24 respondent are Aware about
GST. & only 1 Respondent doesn‟t aware about GST.

Information is presented using pie diagram as shown below

Are you aware about GST

4%

Yes
No

96%

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How Do You get know about GST From?

Row Label Count of Answer

Friends 3
Family 5
Mass Media 9
Online Source 8
Grand Total 25

According To Table there are 25 respondents Out of this 3 respondents know about GST
from Friends, 5 respondents know about GST from Family, 9 respondents know about
GST from Mass Media, 8 respondents know about GST from Online Source.

Information is presented using pie diagram as shown below

How do you get know about GST from

12%

32%

20% Friends

Family

Mass Media

Online Source

36%

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Do you agree the implementation of GST?

Row Label Count of Answer

Yes 18
No 7
Grand Total 25

According To Table there are 25 respondents Out of this 18 respondents Agree with
Implementation of GST & 7 Respondents didn‟t agree with Implementation of GST.

Information is presented using pie diagram as shown below

Do you agree the implementation of GST?

28%

Yes No

72%

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Which System do you think is more beneficial to both govt. &
people?

Row Label Count of Answer

GST 10
Sales Tax & Service Tax 15
Grand Total 25

According To Table there are 25 respondents Out of this 10 respondents think GST is
beneficial for government and people & 15 respondents think Service Tax & Sales Tax is
beneficial for government and people.

Information is presented using pie diagram as shown below

Which System do you think is more beneficial

to both govt. & people?

GST
40%

Sales Tax &

60% Service Tax

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Do you think GST will Burden on Consumer?

Row Label Count of Answer

Yes 13
No 12
Grand Total 25

According To Table there are 25 respondents Out of this 13 respondents think GST Will
burden on consumer and 12 respondents think GST don‟t have burden on consumer.

Information is presented using pie diagram as shown below

Do you think GST will Burden on Consumer

48%
Yes No
52%

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Do you think implementing GST cause higher price of Goods
& Services ?

Row Label Count of Answer

Yes 9
No 16
Grand Total 25

According To Table there are 25 respondents Out of this 9 Respondents think

implementing GST causes higher price of Goods & Services, & 16 Respondents think
implementing GST didn‟t causes higher price of Goods & Services.

Information is presented using pie diagram as shown below

Do you think implementing GST cause higher

price of Goods & Services ?

36%

Yes No

64%

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Are you aware about Rules & Regulation Related To GST ?

Row Label Count of Answer

Completely Aware 6
Have an overview about it 14
Not aware 5
Grand Total 25

According To Table there are 25 respondents Out of this 6 Respondents Completely

aware about GST & 14 Respondents have an overview about it, & 5 Respondents not
aware about GST.

Information is presented using pie diagram as shown below

Are you aware about Rules & Regulation To

GST

18%
32% Completely aware

Have an Overview
About it

Not Aware
50%

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 CHAPTER- 05- SUGGESTIONS AND CONCLUSION

SUGGESTIONS

For quite some time now, it has been clear that the people most keen on this
“reform” are big industrialists, especially multinationals. Since they are big, they cannot
evade state or central taxes on goods. Their crib is that they have to compete with
companies in the unorganized sector which often pay no tax.

FIRST, as we noted above, it helps the big more than the small. Since the proposal is that
companies with a turnover of Rs 1.5 crore will have to pay GST, it means many small
companies will end up paying taxes. The big companies will benefit, as they will now get
deductions on the taxes paid by their small suppliers. Since the initial GST rate could be
anywhere from 15-25 percent (depending on what is left out of its ambit), that‟s a huge
tax bite for the small. the key beneficiaries of GST will be sectors such as batteries,
footwear, plywood, electrical appliances, ceramics, adhesives and paints, where the
unorganised sector accounts for 35-70 percent of total market size.” The latter‟s loss will
be the gain of their competitors in the organised sector.

SECOND, if the unorganised sector is going to lose some of its competitive edge
initially, it means there will be pressures for layoffs in companies that can‟t compete as
a result of GST implementation. In the short run, GST may end up costing jobs till the
smaller companies learn to compete. And small companies are the biggest job creators
anywhere in the world.

THIRD, if we assume that those evading excise (legally or otherwise) currently will
henceforth start paying the tax, it means they have to raise prices to stay 50

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Beside above mentioned, some other reason Businesses Need to Overcome in
the GST Regime,

✓ Change in Business Software

✓ GST Compliance

✓ Increase in Operating Costs

✓ Policy Change During the Middle of the Year

✓ Online Procedure

✓ Higher Tax Burden for Manufacturing SMEs

✓ No Clarity on Tax Holidays

✓ Disruption to Business

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 CONCLUSION

From the above discussion, it is clear that GST is basically an indirect tax that
brings most of the taxes imposed on most goods and services, on manufacture, sale and
consumption of goods and services, under a single domain at the national level. In the
present system, taxes are levied separately on goods and services. The GST is a
consolidated tax based on a uniform rate of tax fixed for both goods and services and it is
payable at the final point of consumption. At each stage of sale or purchase in the supply
chain, this tax is collected on value-added goods and services, through a tax credit
mechanism Introduction of the Value Added Tax (VAT) at the Central and the State
level has been considered to be a major step – an important breakthrough – in the sphere
of indirect tax reforms in India. If the VAT is a major improvement over the pre-existing
Central excise duty at the national level and the sales tax system at the State level, then
the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will indeed be a further significant improvement –
the next logical step – towards a comprehensive indirect tax reforms in the country.

Once GST is implemented, most of the current challenges of this move will be
a story of the past. India will become a single market where goods can move freely and
there will lesser compliances to deal with for businesses. The benefits of GST will
definitely outweigh the disadvantages of GST.

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FINDINGS

Some suggestions for better administrative way to handle and implement of goods and
service tax act in India are: -

• Standardization of systems and procedure

• Tax relief in case of branch transfer

• Well defined procedures in case of job works

• Uniform dispute settlement procedure

• Adequate training for both tax payers and tax enforcers

• Re-organization of administrative machinery for GST implementation

• Building information technology backbone – the single most important initiative

for GST implementation

• Uniform implementation of GST should be ensured across all states (unlike the
staggered implementation of VAT) as many issues might arise in case of
transactions between states who comply with GST and states who are not
complying with GST.

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Books Referred:

Indirect Tax (Introduction of GST)

-M.Com. ( Sheth Publisher)

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