Category: GST

Implementation of the GST will be positive for India’s rating as it will lead to higher GDP growth and increased tax revenues, Moody’s Investors Service

Vanaja Sarna CBEC, Chairperson The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) is prepared for the transition to the goods and services tax (GST). Any

Fewer rates and classifications The GST has four base rates (5 per cent, 12 per cent, 18 per cent and 28 per cent), two special

Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia on Sunday cleared apprehensions of the consumers over the complexities of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) reform, which is likely

We commend adoption of the goods and services tax, the biggest tax reform since Independence, to create a seamless common market. Prime Minister Narendra Modi,

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed GST as a “good and simple tax” that will end harassment of small businesses. However, reality remains quite different. Experts

The finance ministry apart from working on the smooth implementation of the GST is doing an important task — analysing what is written in national

Booming business Online shopping has become a way of life for over 50 million Indians, a number that is expected to scale to 175 million

Benefits of GST essentially flow from the effects of a simplified tax structure, seamless tax credit facility, and technology-driven easy tax compliances systems. Here are

is an imperfect tax that will usher in a long period of turbulence. As an idea, GST is unexceptionable. The Constitution of India (Art 301)

“It is not only a new beginning for the Indian economy but the entire world is watching us ; how a country of large political

CPI national secretary D Raja criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for describing GST as a “good and simple tax” and said only the experience of

Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Issac, who had won applause during discussions with the Centre to formulate the GST regime of taxes that rolled out in

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today hit out at the Centre for rolling out the GST in its present form, saying it has many “defects”

Niti Aayog member Bibek Debroy today said any suggestion that the Goods and Services Tax will boost GDP growth by 1-1.5 per cent is “utter

GST is here. Is it more complex than we envisaged? What changes can we expect? One has to first see whether relative to what we

GST is here. Is it more complex than we envisaged? What changes can we expect? One has to first see whether relative to what we

Right at this point as India readies to embrace the goods and services tax (GST) from the midnight of June 30, unorganised or informal economic

Now that Goods and Services Tax (GST) has come into force, business people have made a beeline for chartered accountants due to the complex nature

Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN), the information-technology backbone of India’s new tax regime, is a data-storage behemoth. Nearly 80 lakh businesses will upload details