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'Next parliamentary session crucial; GST deadlock may break'
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SME Times News Bureau | 04 Jan, 2016
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
on Saturday hoped the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill will be passed
during parliament's budget session beginning next month as the numbers
in the Rajya Sabha would favour the government by then.
He also said that retrospective taxation scares away both domestic and foreign investors who wish to invest in the country.
"Among
the states, there is a complete consensus now (on the bill). Between
political parties, it is no secret that there is virtually a
consensus... everybody supports it but parliamentary obstructionism has
prevented it from happening in the last few sessions," Jaitley said
while addressing trainee officers of the Indian Revenue Service here.
"The
next session is going to be extremely important; halfway through the
next session, the numbers (of members of different political parties) in
the upper house (Rajya Sabha) are also going to change. I am reasonably
optimistic as far as the next (parliament) session is concerned... that
we may be able to push the bill through," he added.
The budget session of parliament will begin in February-end. The GST Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha in May 2015.
The
government is expecting improved numbers in the Rajya Sabha in April
2016 since a number of Congress members are retiring in March and April
next year.
In March, five nominated members of the upper house are retiring. The BJP-led government will get to nominate new members.
Jaitley said after the Rajya Sabha's nod to the bill, three more bills were required and these had been worked out.
"We
are in a state of readiness as far as those legislation are concerned,
which will have to be passed by the central government and one by the
state governments," the minister said.
He said implementation of GST was already late in the country.
Regarding
the retrospective tax, he said: "If you ask me four-five years later
regarding the Income Tax Act's provision for retrospective tax, whether
it helped or hurt India, my answer is very clear: They hurt India."
"At
the end of the day, we were not able to collect those taxes and we
scared the investors away. Investors want stability, they want
predictability. This applies to both domestic and international
investors. When they put in their money, they want to know how much tax
they will be charged. They don't want to invest in a jurisdiction where
there is uncertainty," Jaitley added.
Jaitley said that maintenance of fairness in taxation was also important.
"If
we lean either way, we may unfairly lose revenue or may unfairly tax an
assessee. Unfairness either way has to be avoided," the finance
minister said.
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Gst regard
A v g reddy | Wed Jan 20 07:44:09 2016
If a bill like ap and telangana state division made on moguvani vote why not GST bill
'Next parliamentary session crucial; GST deadlock may break'
NEEL SHAH | Sat Jan 9 15:12:46 2016
IF IT IS TRUE THAN WHY BJP DIDNOT PASSED THE BILL WHEN OPPSITION PARTY WAS RULLING THE COUNTRY
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