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Keynote Topic: GST – The Game

Changer: A Tax Expert Perspective

Harishanker Subramaniam
Partner and National Leader, Indirect
Tax Services, EY LLP
Goods and Service Tax
- A Game Changer
Current Patchwork of Indirect Taxes

State VAT CENVAT/Service Tax

Primary Service Primary Service


Producers Providers Producers Providers

Service Service
Manufacturers Manufacturers
Resellers Resellers

Distributors Distributors
Real Estate Real Estate
Resellers Resellers
Proposed GST Framework

GST

Primary Service
Producers Providers

Manufacturers Service
(less exclusions) Resellers

Distributors Real Estate/


Resellers Petroleum
Proposed GST Framework

Dual-GST Inter-state supplies


and imports
► Centre and States
to levy GST on ► Integrated-GST
common base (IGST) on inter-state
supplies/import of
(CGST & SGST) Salient goods and services
features

Minimum exemptions 1% origin tax


► Potentially
aligned to ► On inter-state
current VAT supplies of goods
exemptions
Economic Impact of GST

GST
reforms
Improved
resource
allocation Lower price of
capital goods

Higher total
productivity
Larger capital
stock
Improved
competitiveness

Sales
Higher
tax
potential
reforms
output
GST will lead to a business transformation
Thank You

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