Business Standard spoke to market experts on the likely impact on economy and corporate profits
Q&A with Archit Gupta, founder & CEO, ClearTax
These are all procedural matters, they go on, Jaitley said
Must be prepared for short-term challenges on GST rollout, said Jaitley
Tata feels that the recent increase in valuations has anything to do with GST
---Pointer table sent with this is only a space filler----Existing provisions such as e-Sugam in Karnataka or e-Suvidha in Uttar Pradesh might continue under the goods and services tax (GST) regime till the electronic-way (e-way) Bill is approved. While the draft e-way Bill proposed a threshold of Rs 50,000 over which prior online registration of a consignment is required, there is no threshold in the current systems of states. Also, while the e-way Bill was proposed for both inter-state and intra-state movement of goods, the existing system is only for inter-state movement. So, any truck coming to Karnataka or Uttar Pradesh has to fill a form on e-Sugam or e-Suvidha, beside taking a challan and invoices, so that the authorities in these states can track stocks with dealers. And, if he has not paid value added tax (VAT) on it, they can ask him to show the stock. Then, there are states such as Maharashtra which do not have this type of system for all goods but only for evasion-prone ...
Chemists say sufficient stocks are available, experts say shortage may be limited to few brands
Transitional Provisions under the CGST Act allow carryover of only the Cenvat Credit: Rajagopalan
Questions continue to be raised about the preparedness of the system
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has passed the Tamil Nadu Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill, 2017, through a voice vote, while the opposition Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) abstained from the process. The state, which has initially raised its protest against the new tax regime, has later agreed to support the move as it claimed its concerns were addressed by the Central government.The bill was placed on June 14, in the first day of the Assembly session, and was moved today by Minister for Commercial Taxes, K C Veeramani, who said that the new tax regime would simplify the indirect taxes.DMK Working President M K Stalin, who is the leader of opposition in the Assembly, sought the government to consider formation of a select committee to address various issues and the passing of the bill has to be postponed till the committee consider the matter.However, the demand was not considered and Stalin announced that the party will be abstaining from voting. The Assembly passed the Bill with ..
Of the 80.91 lakh excise, service tax and VAT assessees, 65.6 81% have migrated to the GSTN portal
A 40-second video featuring him has already been shot and is being circulated
While current effective tax rate is 18.12% for these products, under GST they will be taxed at 28%
The official launch of the GST will take place at a function: FM Arun Jaitley
While state-run lotteries will be taxed at 12 per cent under the GST, state-authorised private lotteries will attract tax at the highest rate of 28 per cent.
However, luxury cars like Mercedes and Audi will get cheaper after GST rollout
GST on restaurants in five-star and luxury hotels has been reduced from 28% to 18%
The refunds given on taxes for inputs should lead to price reductions in the sector: FM Arun Jaitley
A three-stage anti-profiteering structure has been approved