What Is Goods And Service Tax In India?
GST or Goods And Service Tax Act was implemented in India effective from 1st July, 2017 and witness far reaching impact on all the business process for very business entity. The concept of manufacturer, trader & service provider is replaced with Supplier & Recipient and sale, purchase, provision of services replaced with Supply. GST replaced at least 17 taxes imposed by Central Government and various State Governments and under GST regime both CG and SG shall be charging tax on the same transactions at a GST rate on value determined under this Act.
DSRV India is your top choice for expert tax services in India. Our chartered accountant firm in India has qualified team who specializes in smooth GST registration and audits. Trust us to ensure that your company meets all compliance requirements with ease.
Important Departures In GST Regime
Some of the important departures in GST regime are as under:
- Uniform Indirect Tax System across Country;
- Uniform rate of GST on all value of Goods & Services across India.
- Uniform compliance procedure across Country;
- No Tax on Tax;
- No Tax cascading for Indirect Tax;
- Destination principle adopted by introducing IGST concept on all inter-state supplies of all Goods & Services;
- Last but not the least, credit interlocking i.e. Input tax credit can be claimed only if the supplier pay the tax and file his valid GST audit and returns.
All the business entities has to be more accurate and prompt for all GST compliances otherwise they end up losing cash in term of tax credits.
We at DSRV with a dedicated and expert team, advise our clients in handling all challenges in relation to all compliances, expert advice on any aspect of GST including GST audit. Some of the activities which can be handled by our expert team may be:
- Reconciliation of uploaded data with Financial system on fixed frequency
- Uniform rate of GST on all value of Goods & Services across India.
- Verification of GST Regn No from GST site;
- Followup with Vendors and ensure closure of unmatched transactions;
- Matching difference of vendor invoice (input ) value with predefined threshold limits;
- Closure on unmatched transaction raised by service recipient in follow up with Vendor;
- Verification of eligible input credit and ensure reversal of ineligible credits;
- Ensure reversal of input credit for non business & credit for exempted supply from common input credit;
- Determination of state wise GST liability for input and output;
- Preparation of challan at state level for CGST, SGST / UTGST & IGST, along accounting entry reverse feed to ERP;
- Ensure payment of GST before due date;
- Input credit transfer from one state to another (through ISD mechanism);
- Self supply invoices for transit of goods/services from once state / UT to another;
- Invoices for sale of assets and other recoveries;
- Preparation on invoices on other recoveries from agents;
- Preparation of invoices of RCM, including coordination with business partners for Invoices/returns;
- Preparation of all applicable returns including but not limited to:
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- Ensure required records in place as per GST;
- Queries resolution from internal customers like field, operations, Agents etc. using inhouse application;
- Preparation of required information for Internal / Statutory auditors for GST Audit;
- Filing of challans and other documents, backup of records as per statutory guidelines;
- Matter relating classification of goods and services for rate;
- Ensure timely application for refund under GST
- GST Audit and Reconciliation
Registration in GST is quite dynamic as taking GST registration is as important as where to take registration to ensure optimum utilisation of input tax credit. Our expert team is doing research on the subject and provide expert advice to our clients.