Goods and Service Tax

The Goods and Service Tax Bill or GST Bill, officially known as The Constitution (122nd Amendment) Bill, 2014, would be a Value added Tax (VAT) to be implemented in India,^[1] from April 2016.^[2] GST stands for “Goods and Services Tax”, and is proposed to be a comprehensive indirect tax levy on manufacture, sale and consumption of goods as well as services at the national level. It will replace allindirect taxes levied on goods and services by the Indian Central and State governments. It is aimed at being comprehensive for most goods and services.

India is a federal republic, and the GST will thus be implemented concurrently by the central and state governments as the Central GST and the State GST respectively.^[3] Exports will be zero-rated and imports will be levied the same taxes as domestic goods and services adhering to the destination principle.

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