Origin of Service Tax: Dr. Manmohan Singh‚ the then Union Finance Minister‚ in his Budget speech for the year 1994-95 introduced the new concept of Service Tax and stated that ’’ There is no sound reason for exempting services from taxation‚ therefore‚ I propose to make a modest effort in this direction by imposing a tax on services of telephones‚ non-life insurance and stock brokers.’’ Service Tax has been introduced in order to explore new avenues for taxation and to bring more people into the
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What is GST? GST is a tax on goods and services with comprehensive and continuous chain of set-off benefits from the Producer’s point and Service provider’s point up to the retailer level. It is essentially a tax only on value addition at each stage and a supplier at each stage is permitted to set-off through a tax credit mechanism. Under GST structure‚ all different stages of production and distribution can be interpreted as a mere tax pass through and the tax essentially sticks on final
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INTRODUCTION GST shall be levied and charged on the taxable supply of goods and services made in the course or furtherance of business in Malaysia by a taxable person. GST is also charged on the importation of goods and services. A taxable supply is a supply which is standard rated or zero rated. Exempt and out of scope supplies are not taxable supplies. GST is to be levied and charged at the proposed rate of 6% on the value of the supply. GST can be levied and charged only of the business is
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JUSTIFICATION OF GST There was a burden of "tax on tax" in the pre-existing Central excise duty of the Government of India and sales tax system of the State Governments. The introduction of Central VAT (CENVAT) has removed the cascading burden of "tax on tax" to a good extent by providing a mechanism of "set off" for tax paid on inputs and services upto the stage of production‚ and has been an improvement over the pre-existing Central excise duty. Similarly‚ the introduction of VAT in the States
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SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES Goods & Services Tax Report submitted to Dr. Dhirendra Deshpande in partial fulfillment for the degree of Masters in Business Administration Symbiosis International University‚ Pune Abstract: This report is an attempt to understand the impact of GST on Indian economy. The report defines Sales Tax and Value-Added Tax (VAT). It then looks at the Goods and Services Tax (GST) design in India which has been adapted to suit the Indian
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SUMMARY OF GOOD AND SERVICES TAX (GST) WHAT IS GST? Good and service tax is a direct tax code to be implemented by the government. It is a comprehensive indirect tax to be levied on manufacture‚ sale and consumption of goods as well as services at a national level. Integration of goods and services taxation would give India a world class tax system and improve tax collections. It would end the long standing distortions of differential taxation treatments of manufacturing and service sector. The introduction
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John Smith tax issue: 1a). How is the $300‚000 treated for purposes of federal income tax? The $300‚000 that John Smith received would be treated as income. According to the IRS‚ income is classified as “earned income includes all the taxable income and wages you get from working‚” such as: • wages‚ salaries‚ tips‚ and other taxable employee pay; • union strike benefits; • long-term disability benefits received prior to minimum retirement age; • net earnings from self-employment‚ such as own
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packages require a freezer and thus Smith provided the sale of freezers for customers that didn’t own any. Also‚ it is highly important to mention that Smith gave all its customers the possibility of financing all of its goods; packages and freezers. Through this new division‚ Smith is not only selling food and freezers; it is actually providing its customers with high convenience! Buyers no longer have to run to the market to get any kind of foods‚ as Smith includes everything in the packages.
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INTRODUCTION It is generally perceived that the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) can facilitate a significant improvement in the overall tax administration and enable revenue authorities to introduce modern procedures based on voluntary compliance. GST is a consumption tax charged on a wide range of domestic & international products‚ goods and services. GST covers all types of goods & services sold to Malaysian & non-Malaysian residents also known as consumers except
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The GST input tax incurred by businesses is claimable as a credit if they make taxable supplies. This avoids the cascading tax effect of the current single-stage sales tax and service tax regime‚ which results in higher prices. Recognising the wide-ranging impact of GST‚ the Government has proposed an initial low rate of 4%‚ coupled with zero-rating and exemption of essential goods and services. Anti-profiteering legislation and other measures for qualifying persons in the lower-income
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