GST made trade easier, reduced tax compliance burden on traders: FM

04 Dec 2017 Evaluate

Expressing hopes, the structural reforms including the Goods and Services Tax (GST)  and demonetisation will benefit the economy in the medium and long-term, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the GST has made doing business easier for traders, to spread business activities in the country. He added the market place for traders had opened the horizons and there is lesser tax compliance burden.

Jaitley elaborated that the GST has reduced the compliance burden on traders as under the new regime a trader is not required to file multiple tax returns. He added that the tax rates too are being rationalised and a trader will no more be required to confront inspectors. He also said that the impact of GST on the economy was limited to one quarter, mainly because of de-stocking by corporates and the impact of demonetisation of high value currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 in November last year was limited to one or two quarters.

On the economic growth, Finance Minister said the country was back on the growth trajectory and the latest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) boost from 5.7 percent in the first quarter to 6.3 percent in the second quarter would give fillip to job creation in the country. He also said the GDP growth of 6.3 percent this quarter had been helped by a rapid growth in manufacturing that increased from 1.2 percent in Q1FY18 to 7 percent in Q2FY18.


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