Goods and Services Tax (GST)
is a proposed system of indirect taxation in India merging most of the existing
taxes into single system of taxation. The main expectation from this system is
to end all indirect taxes and only GST would be charged. GST is a tax that we
need to pay on supply of goods & services. Any person, who is providing or
supplying goods and services are liable to charge GST. GST is a consumption
based tax/levy. It is based on the “Destination principle.” GST is applied on
goods and services at the place where final/actual consumption happens.
The GST will cut down the large number of taxes
imposed by the Central Government (e.g. Central VAT, Excise duty, Service Tax, Central
Sales Tax on inter-state sale, etc) and State (VAT on sales, entertainment tax ,luxury
tax, octroi and entry tax charged by municipalities). GST will give credits for
all taxes paid earlier in the goods/service chain incentivizing tax paying
firms to source inputs from registered dealers only. Since the companies in a
chain will have to pay tax on value addition instead of underlying value of
goods or service, actual tax paid will likely be small and reduce evasion.
GST
is about to become a law in India. SAP India is ready with GST related
changes in the software. However there are certain requirements to meet before
GST changes can be done in SAP system. GST related changes done by SAP are
based on TAXINN concept of tax determination. If you are still using TAXINJ
concept of tax determination, you will have to migrate your SAP system from
TAXINJ to TAXINN.
The
localized SAP GST solutions are design to provide organizations with
transformational opportunities by:
- Providing common infrastructure and services including document and file management as per Central and State Government guidelines.
- Building efficient and convenient tax payers and administrators by leveraging SAP’s global experience.
- Facilitating, implementing and setting standards for providing common GST solution for corporate.
- Enriching and enabling the SAP ecosystem in India to manage the transition effectively.
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