The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham), citing its report on the unified pan-India indirect tax regime has said that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will boost the competitiveness of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The industry body in the report has said that the GST is set to impart better competitiveness to micro, small and medium enterprises and provide them a level-playing field with large firms owing to factors like an easier process of availing input credit and simpler tax regime.
The Assocham and Ashvin Parekh Advisory Services (APAS) joint study titled 'Emerging Mantras for Bankers-Borrowers', said that from an MSME perspective, GST will bring many positives compared to the current systems such as easy process of availing input credit, single point tax, elimination of cascading tax system, and simpler taxation. It said that the GST regime will usher in lower taxes, seamless input tax credit, logistics savings and market share swings from unorganized to organised players and added that with it Indian MSMEs would be able to compete with foreign competition coming from cheap cost centers such as China, Philippines, and Bangladesh.
Assocham though also said that the GST designed to increase the taxpayer base and bring more MSMEs into its scope, would put some burden of compliance and associated costs to them. The study also listed the negative implications of the GST for MSMEs as being the lower threshold, no tax differentiation for luxury items and services, increase in product cost, selective tax levying, and higher tax rate for service provider. Among other negatives it listed excess working capital requirement, realignment of purchase and supply chain, dual control, high compliance burden and tax on advances, tax under reverse charge for un-registered purchases, tax on stock transfers and deemed supplies etc.
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