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SME Times News Bureau | 22 Apr, 2015
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said he was optimistic that
the pan-India Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be implemented from
April 1 next year, with the mood among the states quite positive now
over the benefits of this unified regime.
"We are trying our best
to work up to an endeavour where, with the support of IT backbone which
has been created, we will try and maintain the target date of April 1,
2016. We are, as of today, quite optimistic," Jaitley told media persons
here after meeting finance ministers of the various states.
"Today
the positives are that states are quite determined. They see the
obvious benefits of the Goods and Services Tax. It is a genuine
relationship between the Centre and the states. Broadly, the approach of
the states and the Centre are converging in the same direction."
The
union finance minister, who addressed the first meeting of the
Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on Goods and Services Tax
under its new chair, Kerala Finance Minister K.M. Mani, also said that
the proposed regime will go a long way in creating a single market in
India.
"It is going to be a win-win situation for all. We will go
ahead with the constitutional amendment in the current session of
parliament. Thereafter, there will be three legislations, which the
empowered committee will work on," the finance minister said.
The panel, he added, will also take up the suggestions of some sub-groups.
"The
Bill has already been introduced. It is a constitutional amendment. It
will need the support of two-thirds of members of both houses of
parliament," said the finance minister, as his party-led government has
been appealing to the opposition to ensure the smooth passage of the GST
bill.
Earlier, Mani had told reporters here that there was no
"obstinate opposition" adopted by any state to the proposed new tax
regime and that a consensus will certainly be built to ensure its
implementation from April next year.
The union cabinet last month
approved payment of compensation to states for the loss they were
expected to incur on account of reduction in the central sales tax
(CST) from 4 percent to 2 percent for three years from fiscal 2010-11.
The
sources said that based on preliminary estimates, Rs.33,000 crore
appears to be payable to states and union territories for the entire
period and settling these claims will help create an enabling
environment for rollout of the GST regime.
The states want petroleum, alcohol and tobacco to be kept out of the purview of the GST.
Seen
as key to facilitating industrial growth and improving the business
climate in the country, the GST bill needs to be passed by a two-thirds
majority in both houses of parliament and by the legislatures of half of
the states in the country to become law.
By subsuming most
indirect taxes levied by the central and state governments such as
excise duty, service tax, VAT and sales tax, the Goods and Services Tax
proposes to facilitate a common market across the country, leading to
economies of scale and reducing inflation through an efficient supply
chain.
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