GST Benefits | Goods and Services Tax Benefits

After a long wait, India will finally implement the Goods and Service tax  – This will help remove tax barriers between states, creating a single market. GST will replace a plethora of cascading central, state, interstate and local taxes with a single, nationwide, value-added tax on goods and services.

Following are the benefits of GST

• There are various definitional issues related to manufacturing, sale, service, valuation etc. arises. These needs to be rationalized.
• Several transactions take the character of sales as well as services, thus there is complexity in determining the nature of transaction.
• The mechanism of imposing taxes, exemptions, abatements, other benefits are different in state and centre
• Existing law has resulted in significant number of issues related to interpretation or various provisions and the category of the products and the nature of services.
• Administration mechanics of the centre and state and even in different states is different.
• India needs comprehensive levy and collection on both goods and services at the same rate with the benefit of input credit
• A simple tax structure can bring greater compliance, thus increasing number of tax payers and in turn tax revenues of Government.
• Goods and service tax will ensure competitive pricing. Tax paid by final consumer will come down in most cases. Lower prices will help in boosting consumption which is beneficial to Companies.
• GST will ensure boost to exports. When the cost of Production falls in the domestic market, Indian Goods and services will be more price competitive in foreign markets
• The current state of Indian Economy demands fiscal consolidation and reduction in Fiscal deficit. A recent Report By CRISIL states that GST is the country’s best bet to achieve fiscal consolidation.
• Cascading effects elimination – This will be the major contribution of GST for the business and commerce. At present, there are different state level and centre level indirect tax levies that are compulsory one after another on the supply chain till the time of its utilization.

For business and industry

• Easy compliance: A robust and comprehensive IT system would be the foundation of the GST regime in India. Therefore, all tax payer services such as registrations, returns, payments, etc. would be available to the taxpayers online, which would make compliance easy and transparent..

For Central and State Governments

• Simple and easy to administer: Multiple indirect taxes at the Central and State levels are being replaced by GST. Backed with a robust end-to-end IT system, it would be simpler and easier to administer than all other indirect taxes of the Centre and State levied so far.

For the consumer

• Single and transparent tax proportionate to the value of goods and services: Due to multiple indirect taxes being levied by the Centre and State, with incomplete or no input tax credits available at progressive stages of value addition, the cost of most goods and services in the country today are laden with many hidden taxes

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