Ahead of the meeting with state finance ministers to iron out contentious issues over GST implementation, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has asserted that the government will soon release Rs 11,000 crore towards Central Sales Tax (CST) compensation, as part of consensus building for Goods and Services Tax (GST) rollout.
The Minister stressed that despite the challenging revenue condition, the government will release about Rs 11,000 crore, which is one-third this year, as a part payment of CST compensation to the states and balance amount will start being paid from the next financial year. The GST roll out has missed several deadlines because of lack of consensus among Centre and states over certain crucial issues like CST compensation. The states still wait for Rs 13,000 crore CST compensation arrears pending till 2010 and have also sought a five-year compensation mechanism from the Centre and demanded the same to be included in the GST Constitutional Amendment Bill. States have also been demanding that petroleum, alcohol and tobacco should be kept out of the purview of the GST.
The proposed GST is one of the biggest taxation reforms in India and will replace existing state and federal levies such as excise duty, service tax and value-added tax (VAT) and will integrate State economies and boost overall growth. Under GST, the taxation burden will be divided equitably between manufacturing and services, through a lower tax rate by increasing the tax base and minimizing exemptions. The industry is awaiting its introduction, as GST would boost revenues and aid economic growth.
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