Bangalore University - Mba 4 Semester Chapter - 1 Introduction To GST
Bangalore University - Mba 4 Semester Chapter - 1 Introduction To GST
Bangalore University - Mba 4 Semester Chapter - 1 Introduction To GST
Tax Rates
S. No. List of items
(%)
Household necessities including edible oil, spices,
sugar, tea, and coffee (except those instant packing
1. 5% and noodles) Coal, Indian Sweets, and Life-saving
drugs and medications are covered under this GST
slab.
This slab includes all the computers its parts and
2. 12%
processed and instant food products.
Commodities like toothpaste, hair oils, soaps,
3. 18% cleaner’s industrial intermediaries and capital
goods come under this category.
All the luxury items like cars, high-end bikes,
consumer appliances like AC and Refrigerators and
4. 28%
other electrical goods, cigarettes, aerated drinks
come under this high tax reform category.
Exempted :
This supply includes items which are used for everyday purposes. Since they
are basic essentials, they do not attract any GST at all. You will not be able to
claim any ITC on such supplies. Some examples include bread, fresh What s
Taxable supply under GST
Taxable supply:
The value of a supply of goods or services or both shall be the transaction value,
which is the price actually paid or payable for the said supply of goods or services
or both where the supplier and the recipient of the supply are not related and the
price is the sole consideration for the supply.
Composition Scheme is a simple and easy scheme under GST for taxpayers. Small
taxpayers can get rid of tedious GST formalities and pay GST at a fixed rate of
turnover. This scheme can be opted by any taxpayer whose turnover is less than
Rs. 1.0 crore*.
A taxpayer whose turnover is below Rs 1.0 crore* can opt for Composition
Scheme. In case of North-Eastern states and Himachal Pradesh, the limit is now Rs
75* lakh.
As per the CGST (Amendment) Act, 2018, a composition dealer can also supply
services to an extent of ten percent of turnover, or Rs.5 lakhs, whichever is higher.
This amendment will be applicable from the 1st of Feb, 2019. Further, GST
Council in its 32nd meeting proposed an increase to this limit for service providers
on 10th Jan 2019*.
Turnover of all businesses registered with the same PAN should be taken into
consideration to calculate turnover.
Most of the products and services that are subject to the new tax regime have been
categorized under four tax slabs - 5%, 12%, 18% and 28%. However, GST rates
will not apply on some goods and services, like fresh meat, milk, chicken, curd,
fresh fruits, jute, fish, eggs, butter milk, vegetables, natural honey, bread, salt,
besan, bindi, judicial papers, newspapers, handloom, prasad, sindoor, bone grist,
horn meal, hoof meal, palmyra jaggery, printed books, bangles, horn cores, bone
meal, cereal grains hulled, etc.
The rates for essential food items have been kept either nil or very low. The reason
to do this is because food items make up for about 50% of the consumer basket and
contribute rather significantly to ensuring that widespread inflation is kept in
check. Luxury goods and negative items are, however, taxed at a higher rate so as
to maintain revenue neutrality for state and central governments.
Apparel below Rs. 1000, Packaged food items, Branded paneer, Frozen
vegetables Cream, Skimmed milk powder, Coffee, Tea, Spices, Pizza bread,
Rusk, Sabudana, Cashew nut, Cashew nut in shell, Raisin,Fish fillet,
Kerosene, Coal, Medicine, Agarbatti (incense sticks),Postage or revenue
stamps, Fertilizers, LPG supply to household consumers by private LPG
distributors, Rail and economy class air tickets, Small restaurants.
Butter, Cheese, Ghee, Almonds, Dry fruits in packaged form, Animal fat,
Sausage, Umbrella, Sewing machine, Cellphones, Ketchup & Sauces, Sugar
boiled confectionery, Bio-diesel, Pasta, Bio-pesticides, Mechanical sprayer
Air tickets by business class
Pan masala, Aircraft for personal use, Gambling and race club betting
5-star hotels, Cigarette, Small cars, High end motor cycles, Consumer
durables such as AC, Fridge, Luxury and Sin items.
Registration under CGST, SGST AND IGST IN INDIA
For certain businesses, registration under GST is mandatory. If the organization carries on
business without registering under GST, it will be an offence under GST and heavy penalties will
apply.
GST registration usually takes between 2-6 working days. We’ll help you to register for GST in
3 easy steps.
*CBIC has notified the increase in threshold turnover from Rs 20 lakhs to Rs 40 lakhs. The
notification will come into effect from 1st April 2019.
The Goods and Service Tax Network (or GSTN) is a non-profit, non-government
organization. It will manage the entire IT system of the GST portal, which is the
mother database for everything GST.
Structure of GSTN
Private players own 51% share in the GSTN, and the rest is owned by the
government. The authorized capital of the GSTN is ₹10 crore (US$1.6 million), of
which 49% of the shares are divided equally between the Central and State governments, and the
remaining is with private banks.
Shareholder Shareholding
Central Government 24.5%
State Governments & EC 24.5%
HDFC 10%
HDFC Bank 10%
ICICI Bank 10%
NSE Strategic Investment Co 10%
LIC Housing Finance Ltd 11%
Total 100%
The tax automation will be very critical under GST because it would be very
difficult to comply all regulatory requirements under Goods and Service
Tax (GST).
The high level of synchronization of data will be required and all such
information will be transferred between the taxpayer’s system and the GST
Network (GSTN) system.
In other words, GSTN can interact only with GSP, not with tax payers.
A common GST system will provide linkage to all State/UT Commercial Tax
departments, Central Tax authorities, Taxpayers, Banks and other stakeholders.
The eco-system consists of all stakeholders starting from taxpayer to tax
professional to tax officials to GST portal to Banks to accounting authorities. The
diagram given below depicts the whole GST eco-system