Pros and cons of indian goods and services tax in economic
The Goods and Service Tax Bill passed recently by the RajyaSabha and the LokSabhahas been getting a lot of attention lately. Mainly because it is ‗The Next Big Thing‘ after theFinancial Reforms of 1991 in the history of India‘s economy. We all know that themultiplicities of indirect taxes have driven up the prices of goods and services. Moreover,they make taxation complicated. Further, these taxes are different in each state and businessesend up paying tax on taxes.So basically, GST rationalizes this whole bucket of indirect taxesand attempts to unify most of them to make for a destination base tax, thereby making India aunified market. It is estimated that the GDP of the country will rise by 1 – 2 %. Let‘s have alook at the GST impact on business in the country.Consumers are expected to benefit fromreduced prices of goods and services, which in turn increase consumption. Improved demandand simplified tax structure will help attract increased FDIs and FIIs and boost overalleconomic growth. At the same time state and Central governments are likely to benefit from abroader tax base.