Concept of Goods & Service Tax in India


If you want to apply for GST but not aware about the concept of GST in India then let’s have a look as before applying for GST registration, one should clearly understand the new tax regime.
GST was implementing on 1St July 2017 in India. GST is a multi-stage and destination based tax in India on the consumption of goods and services. It has subsumed previous tax structure. It has been done for free flow of tax credit on inter/intra state levels. GST is levied on all stages from manufacturing level to the consumption level. Under this, credit of taxes is available as set off which have been paid at previous stages. We can say that tax will be charged on only value addition and final consumer will borne the tax burden. GST will be accrued to that authority which has jurisdiction over the place of supply.
Every business which falls under the eligibility criteria has to apply for GST registration otherwise they would have to pay heavy penalties.
*Note: Place of supply is the place of consumption
GST subsumed previous tax structure:
GST has subsumed center taxes such as
a)     Central Excise duty
b)     Excise Duties (Medicinal and Toilet Preparations)
c)     Additional Excise Duties (Goods of Special Importance)
d)     Additional Excise Duties (Textiles and Textile Products)
e)     Additional Custom Duties (commonly known as CVD)
f)      Special Additional Customs Duty (SAD)
g)     Service Tax
h)    Central Surcharge and Cessin relation to supply of goods and services.
State taxes such as
a)     VAT
b)     Central Sales Tax
c)     Entry Tax
d)     Luxury Tax
e)     Advertisement Tax
f)      Entertainment Tax
g)     Purchase Tax
h)    Taxes on lotteries, betting and gambling
Recommendations shall be made by GST council from time to time.
Commodities not under the purview of GST
Alcoholic liquor for human consumption is outside the purview of GST as per Article 366(12A)of the Constitution of India whereas tobacco products will be subject to Central excise and GST. Tax on electricity consumption and sale fall under the purview of state and not under the GST according to entry 53 in list II of seventh schedule of constitution of India.
Below mentioned petroleum products are temporarily out of the purview of GST:
·        Petroleum crude;
·        Motor spirit (petrol);
·        High speed diesel;
·        Natural gas and
·        Aviation turbine fuel.
*Note: Previous tax structure is applicable on above till the decision of GST council.
GST Model in India
GST act consist following:
·        SGST;
·        CGST;
·        IGST;
·        UTGST;
·        GST (Compensation to States) Act
In India, there is a concurrent dual GST model.  Taxes are levied according to the place of supply of goods & services.
CGST- Payable to Central Government.
SGST- Payable to State Government.
UTGST- Payable to administrator of Union Territory.
*Note: CGST and SGST also applicable in union territories such as Delhi & Puducherry.
SGST or UTGST also applicable on 12 nautical miles inside sea as it is a part of state or union territory. IGST is payable in case supply is in between 12 nautical miles and 200 nautical miles.
IGST is applicable in case of inter-state supply of goods or services. IGST rates are equivalent to addition of CGST and SGST. It is levied by the central government and revenue generated from IGST is distributed among union and state.



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