Report On Goods and Services Tax Survey: Industry Expectations and Perceptions

I N D I R E C T TA X
Report on Goods and Services Tax Survey

Industry expectations and perceptions
TA X
Acknowledgements
This report, prepared by KPMG in India in cooperation with the
Confederation of Indian Industries (‘CII’), captures the views and
expectations of the trade and industry regarding the
implementation of Goods and Services Tax (‘GST’).
It also summarises the level of preparedness of the industry and

the challenges the industry perceives that it would have to face
due to this change.
Our foremost thanks go to all the respondents from across India

who participated in our online survey.
We would like to thank members of the editorial board and other

colleagues at KPMG, and also the staff of CII who have helped us
in carrying out this survey.
More than 200

respondents participated
in the survey
Russell Parera Hari Bhartia

CEO, KPMG in India President CII
Dinesh Kanabar Uday Ved Sachin Menon

Deputy CEO & Chairman Tax Head of Tax Head of Indirect Tax
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Sectors to which
the respondents
belonged Contents
Manufacturing
1 About the methodology
30 % 3 Executive summary
Trading 5 GST structure and rates
13 % 11 Likely impact on business
21 Readiness for change

Services
42 % 27 The way forward
Multisector
15 %
01 - REPORT ON GOODS AND SERVICES TAX SURVEY
About the methodology
About the methodology
The survey strives to understand how

businesses are preparing themselves for Respondents by industry:
introduction of the new tax, what are their
areas of concern and the potential benefits
they see accruing to their businesses. Auto 7%
The survey was online which contained

FMCG 8%
multiple choice questions primarily revolving
around the rates and structures, impact on
businesses, and the readiness of the Power and Energy 7%
respondents for the new tax. It was conducted
over a period of six months, starting
Real Estate & Infra 6%
December 09.
IT & ITES 18%
Pharma and Health care 7%
Telecom 5%
Media & Entertainment 2%
Present in more
Engineering 10%
Presence of the
respondent in
80 % than One state
Present in Financial 8%
India 20 % One state
Chemical 3%
Others 19%
Respondents by Turnover:
More than INR 2500 INR 1000 to INR 2500 INR 500 to INR 1000 INR 100 to INR 500 Below INR 100
Crore Crore Crore Crore Crore
23 % 11 % 12 % 28 % 26 %
Executive Summary
Executive Summary
This report, prepared by KPMG in India in cooperation with the
CII, seeks to understand and present the responses,
suggestions and preparedness of the Indian industry towards
the imminent introduction of the GST.
GST structure and rates

There is clearly a perception that since the new tax is a cooperative endeavour of the Central
and the State Governments, it should be seen as a national tax. Accordingly, a majority of the
respondents prefer a single common enactment for the Centre and the States. It follows that
they would prefer a single rate for CGST and SGST across India. The survey also found that the
respondents expect a pan-India common policy treatment of complex issues with inter-State
aspects. Further, the respondents have very definitive views about the structure of the new
tax. They are realistic enough to know that the cumulative standard rate of GST may not be
less than 14 to 16 percent. But nevertheless they would much prefer the tax to be collected at
a single rate for both goods and services.
Likely impact on business

Considering the present rate of tax and the likely upward revision of tax on services, 78
percent of the respondents think that this upward revision in rate would have a moderate to
high impact on their business. One of the novelties in GST will be levy of tax on stock
transfers. The response is along expected lines and about 45 percent of the respondents feel
that the tax on stock transfers will have a moderate to high impact on their business. But of
course, the tax on stock transfers would have a sizable impact only on those companies which
are present in more than one State and are dealing in ‘goods’.
One of the salient feature of GST is the availability of full input tax credit across goods and
services thus favourably impacting profitability and pricing of goods and services.
Readiness for change

GST is not merely a new tax; it will be one of the most important factors in changing the way
business is done in India. The introduction will affect both the business processes within the
organisation and how businesses operate in the unified national market.
Transition will therefore involve changes in IT systems, supply chain, and product pricing
amongst other changes. Nearly 40 percent of the respondents feel that IT/ System changes
amongst others would be their most prominent challenge, whereas supply chain restructuring
and product pricing figure next on the list.
In light of the magnitude of the change, two thirds of the respondents were of the view that
they are not fully prepared for the transition.
Majority of the respondents are of the opinion that the new tax
should be introduced by
…April 2011.
Structure and rates
Single enactment Vs Multiple enactments
88%
GST being perceived as not only a new tax but also a national
tax, an overwhelming majority clearly preferred one single
common enactment/ law for the Centre and the states, despite
the existing constitutional limitations.
Further, considering that more than 75 percent of the

respondents have presence in more than one state, they
obviously see a single common enactment as a solution to the Majority of the
difficulties presently caused by multiple tax laws.
Also, the respondents may have perceived that one single

respondents
enactment may promote synergies of operation/ business. prefer having a
Other probable reasons for this preference could be that:
single GST
• The opportunity to have one single common law (for Centre
and states) may not present itself again enactment, both

• A single law may promote the cause of India as a single
unified market.
for the Centre
and the States
Q1. Would you prefer a single GST enactment or multiple enactments? Our comments
The potential benefits of having one single
common law for Centre and states are undeniable.
1%
To reach this objective the state Governments may
11%
have to;
• Accept certain restrictions on their autonomy
regarding fixation of rate of tax;
• Accept that their power and freedom to frame
and implement industrial and fiscal policies

may be impaired; and
• Forego the powers given under the
constitution
88%
For a single enactment to be in place, all states
need to reach a consensus and accept the above
position.
One single common central law for Centre and States;
Therefore, a single common law for Centre and
One law for Centre and a separate common law for all States;
states may remain a distant goal. Nevertheless, it
One law for Centre and a different law for each State;
would still be possible for all states to have a
common law for SGST
Source: KPMG in India's GST Survey 2010
Rate structure under GST
77%
Again an overwhelming majority clearly preferred one single rate
for CGST and SGST across India.
This primarily reiterates the perception of GST as a national tax

as is mentioned in the comment relating to one single law/
enactment for GST.
However, in addition to the reasons stated therein, the message

that the respondents may intend to convey is that the new tax
Majority of the
regime should be uncomplicated and easy to comply with. respondents
prefer having
one single rate
for CGST and
SGST across
India
Q2. What should be the rate structure? Our comments

More than a parity between CGST and SGST
rates, perhaps what is more important is to
1%
have a simple rate structure. In general, the
22%
rate structure should be designed to ensure
that there is no inverted duty anomaly, disputes
around classification or even a multiplicity of
rates.
Given the federal structure of the polity and the

diversity of the economy, agreement on a
single common rate may count as a significant
achievement.
77% The recent suggestions by the Union Finance

Minister (‘FM’) to the states to align their rates
with the Union rate will go a long way in
meeting this aspiration.
One single common rate for CGST and SGST across India;
One single rate for CGST and common standard rate for
SGST across all States;
One single rate for CGST and multiple rates for SGST
across all States
Cumulative standard rate of GST
86%
The respondents have perceived that considering the
transparency in the new tax regime, a cumulative standard rate
between 14 to 16 percent may find consumer acceptance.
Today, the burden of indirect tax is well hidden from the

consumer as excise duty, central sales tax, octroi, etc become
part of the price for the final consumer. of the
Under the new regime, tax will never become a part of the price
and the hidden component of tax would become visible.
respondents
Therefore, the respondents probably feel that a higher rate of tax would prefer a
may trigger consumer resistance.
cumulative
Range
} 14 percent to
16 percent
16 percent to
20 percent
More than 20
percent
standard rate
between 14 to 16
Responses
} 86 % 13% 01% percent
Q3. What do you think should be the cumulative standard rate?

Our comments
Central and the state Governments aim is to
100%
earn the same revenue as before even under
the new tax regime.
80%
In financial year 2007-08, the collection from
taxes which are recommended to be subsumed
% age of responses
under GST is approximately INR 3,04,954 Crore

60%
(for Centre INR 1,68,005 Crore, and for states
INR 1,36,949 Crore) [Source: Report of Task
86%
40% Force on Goods and Services Tax, Thirteenth
Finance Commission].
20% The new rate/s have to be decided keeping

revenue neutrality as the objective.
13% 1% Perhaps, with this objective the FM has hinted
0%
at a standard rate of 20 percent on goods (with
14 to 16% 16 to 20% 20% and
above 12 percent on specified goods) and 16 percent
on services.
Expected range of GST rate
However, having a new rate structure as high
as 20 percent may inevtitably lead to additional
Source: KPMG in India's GST Survey 2010 tax burden on some commodities and on some
classes of consumers, and at the same time
reduce the burden for some others marginally.
Taxation of services
61%
Since 1994, the Central Government has been notifying only
taxable services. The list of taxable services has been enlarged
year after year with more and more services being brought under
the tax net.
Currently, notified taxable services are widely worded and can be

interpreted to cover almost all services offered in business which
has lead to interpretation issues and avoidable litigation. Majority of the
This appears to be the reason why majority of the respondents respondents prefer
prefer that only exempted services should be notified.
that exempted
services be notified
instead of taxable
services
Q4. Should all services be taxed with a separate exempted services Our comments
list or whether only taxable services be notified as is done today?
Internationally, economic activities where the
subject matter is not goods are treated as
services with a list of certain exempted
39% services. It would require a change of
perception to appreciate that certain
contingencies (e.g. non compete fees) may
henceforth also constitute service.
The practice of notifying only the exempt goods

and the goods to be taxed at concessional rate
is prevalent for classification of goods under
the VAT regime which merits to be extended to
services.
61%
This should bring clarity and reduce avoidable
litigation.
All services taxed with the separate exempted services list

Only taxable services should be notified
Likely impact on business
Impact on stock transfers
45%
The responses are mixed and the reasons are not hard to find.
Considering that close to 47 percent of the total respondents are
from the service sector where stock transfers is really not an
issue, it is not surprising that 37 percent of the respondents feel
that taxation of stock transfers would have negligible or no
impact.
Besides, 18 percent of the respondents admit that they have not of the
yet assessed the impact of taxation of stock transfers on their
business.
respondents feel
Further, the 45 percent respondents who have mentioned that that their business
they expect either high or moderate impact are generally from
FMCG, Pharma, or Engineering sectors and most of whom are would be impacted
present in more than one state.
on account of
taxation of stock
transfers
Q5. What will be the implications of taxation of stock transfers on Our comments
your business?
Taxation of stock transfer is in effect only a
prepayment of tax on output which will
primarily impact the working capital
40%
requirements. The quantum of impact will vary
35%
depending on stock turnaround time at
% age of responses
30%
warehouse, credit cycle to customer, quantum
25%
of stock transfer, etc.
20%
37%
15% The scenario in the service sector may
24%
10% 21%
18% dramatically change if the intra company
5% supply of services become taxable under GST.
0%
High Impact Moderate Negligible or Impact not It is thus necessary for each business to study
Impact No Impact assessed as yet this impact individually.
Consolidation of operations
44%
One of the important reasons for an organisation to spread its
business operations across various states is to minimise the
burden of Central Sales tax.
Under the new tax regime, tax on inter-state transactions would

only be a pass through and therefore, location of a plant/
warehouse/ contract manufacturer would become tax neutral.
It would certainly take some time for businesses to assess the

of the
cost involved in relocating and the gains that would follow there respondents may
from. Therefore, close to majority of the respondents may have
responded as “May be”. consider
consolidating
their business
operations
Q6. Would you consider consolidating your operations (i.e. manufacturing Our comments
locations/ warehouses/ contract manufacturing/ etc) in light of GST?
In addition to cost of relocation, consolidation
may present several other challenges with
uncertain consequences e.g. re-organisation of
the business, HR-related issues, land
acquisitions, etc. Respondents are rightly
cautious, but they need to start the process
% of responses
early and utilise the lead time to shape up the

44% decisions and prepare their plans.
31%
25%
May be No Yes
Revision in prices of goods or services
55%
Price fixation is critical to the growth of any business. About 55
percent of the respondents have yet to assess the impact of GST
on their pricing formulae/ structure.
Once there is clarity about the operational impact of GST and

finality about the rate structure, then price fixation would
become easier.
Majority of the
respondents have
not yet assessed
the impact of GST
on the price of
goods or services
Q7. Do you believe GST will require revision in prices of your goods Our comments
or services?
In order to gauge the component of tax built
into the cost and price of a product or services,
businesses first need to decipher their current
55% pricing system.
22% This exercise may require collection of data
from within and outside the organisation.
Those organisations which restructure their

prices early, may gain first player advantage in
9% a competitive market.
14%
Yes, upward price revision

Yes, downward price revision
No revision necessary
Not assessed as yet
Input tax credit under the GST regime and its

impact on profitability
The distinguishing feature of GST is provision of full input tax

yes
credit across goods and services, and collection of tax on value
84%
added at each stage so that full tax is borne by final consumer.
This ensures that tax is always a pass through and that it never
becomes part of the cost.
For these reasons most of the respondents have stated that

introduction of GST will have a positive impact on their
profitability. No
16%
However, nearly one out of six respondents (more than 50
percent of the respondents being from the service sector) did
not feel that introduction of GST would impact his profitability.
The could be on various counts
• They are already enjoying the benefit of substantial input tax
credit e.g. service exporter;
• The cost of salaries and wages far exceeds the cost of
material or services, etc.
Q8. Do you believe that introduction of GST will result in better Our comments
input tax credits for your business resulting in better profitability?
It was the introduction of MODVAT credit in
Central Excise way back in 1986 that first
convinced the industry that grant of input tax
16% credit positively affects the profitability. By the
year 2004, the excise and service tax reforms
were complete and credit was available across
purchases of goods and services. The
introduction of VAT in the year 2005 reinforced
84%
this conviction by allowing input tax credit of
purchases.
Under GST, every tax payer will be able to

claim credit of all indirect taxes paid on the
purchase of goods and services.
Apart from the impact on bottom line of

Yes businesses, seamless credit would also be
No beneficial to Government revenues as it has a
built in self policing feature and reduces tax
slippages.
Impact of GST on working capital requirements
46%
Apart from impacting tax cost, GST is also likely to have an
impact on the cash flow requirement of business. This would be
especially prominent in case of transactions involving supply of
goods.
Majority of the respondents who have said that there would be

negligible impact or have not yet assessed the impact are from
the services sector. Close to majority
Further, majority of the respondents who have stated that there of the
would be either substantial or moderate impact have presence in
more than one state and deal predominantly in ‘goods’. respondents feel
that higher
working capital
may get blocked
under the new tax
Q9. Have you assessed the impact of GST on working capital requirements? Our comments
What will be the extent of the impact? Working capital may be
The contingencies due to which working
impacted in view of abolition of CST on goods, tax on stock transfers,
GST on imports, increase in rate of tax on services, etc. capital would be blocked arise primarily on
account of GST on imports and on stock
transfers, etc.
Even in a federal structure with unified GST

through proper transaction planning, it may be
possible to optimise cash flows.
It may be prudent therefore for businesses to

41% estimate and plan their working capital
33% requirements.
13% 13%
Substantial Moderate Negligible or Impact not

Impact Impact No Impact assessed
as yet
Substantial Impact
Moderate Impact
Negligible or No Impact
Impact not assessed as yet
Mechanism to transfer credit from one State to

another should be built into the GST regime or not
95%
There is a near unanimous response that accumulated credit in
one state should be allowed to be transferred to another state for
utilisation.
Further, this response was also expected considering that close

to 80 percent of the respondents have presence in more than
one state.
Near unanimous
response for
transfer of
excess credit to
be allowed from
one State to
another
Q10. A tax payer may have accumulated credit in one State and a liability Our comments
in another State. Therefore, whether a mechanism to transfer credit
from one State to another should be built into the GST regime? In India, accumulation of credit becomes an
issue in the absence of an appropriate transfer
or refund mechanism.
5% The present proposal for GST ensures that the

number of refunds are substantially reduced.
Unless tax payers are allowed to transfer
excess credit from one state to another, they
would be forced to claim refunds in some
95% states and pay taxes in others. This would lead
to working capital blockage for the industry.
However, for such kind of a proposal there are

no international precedents and the industry
may have to create a strong case.
Hopefully, the proposed IGST mechanism may

Yes fulfill the industry aspirations.
No
Rate of tax on services
78%
Majority of the respondents feel that there would be an impact
on their business due to an increase in the rate of tax on
services.
It appears to be the apprehension of the respondents that

increase in the rate of tax on services will mean that a larger
amount paid by way of service tax will remain locked up till it is
utilised. This would certainly affect the working capital Majority of the
requirements, and could also turnout to be a cost where the
output is not within the purview of GST.
respondents feel
that their business
would be impacted
due to an increase
in the rate of tax
on services.
Q11. What would be the impact on your business on account of increase in

Our comments
the rate of tax on services? Under the current tax regime, the cumulative
rate of tax on goods (both of the Centre and
the state) is approximately between 20-22
percent. Whereas for services the present rate
of tax is only 10.3 percent.
If suggestions of the FM is accepted by the

states, under the GST regime, services would
be taxed at 16 percent which would be higher
than the current rate of 10.3 percent. There
44%
could be strong consumer resistance in case of
34% services with strong demand elasticity. This
could force some sectors to absorb the hike
themselves. Depending on how much is passed
14% on or absorbed, it would affect the
8%
performance of service sector companies.
Impact not Negligible or Moderate Substantial

assessed No Impact Impact Impact
as yet
Cash refund mechanism as a substitute for the

present State incentives
66%
Majority of the respondents are of the view that cash refunds will
be an effective substitute for the tax benefits presently available
under the state incentive schemes.
Interestingly enough, some of the respondents from the balance

of 34 percent also belong to the manufacturing sector and may
have enjoyed state incentives.
The first reason for the minority response could be that whether
Majority of the
the states would continue to extend the benefit towards inter- respondents feel,
state transactions is still an unresolved issue.
The second probable reason why these respondents have said

cash refund
that cash refunds will not be an effective substitute could be
because the standard state rate (SGST) is proposed to be much
would be an
less than the current standard VAT rate thus reducing the adequate
quantum of benefit.
substitute for tax
benefits
Our comments
Q12. State incentive schemes are likely to be converted to cash refund
mechanism. Will this be effective substitute for the present State The benefits under the present schemes are
incentives?
provided under the respective Sales tax/ VAT
Acts.
Under the GST regime, to maintain an

unbroken chain of tax and credit, units under
34% the incentive schemes may have to be treated
on par with other normal units which claim
input tax credit and pay tax. This could possibly
66% be done through refund of tax these units
would pay.
However, the SGST rate suggested by the FM

is less than the current standard VAT rate, thus
reducing the overall quantum of incentive
amount accruing to these units. It must be
stressed that many companies made their
Yes business plans and built their business models
No in a state based on a particular state incentive
system and VAT regime system. If this regime
changes, financial projections of many
companies may get skewed. The interests of
such units need to be protected by the state
Governments through a mutually acceptable
mechanism.
Readiness for change
Challenges for business during the transition to GST
40%
Clearly, the nature of a business dictates the nature of potential
challenges. A substantial majority of the service sector
businesses feel that IT/ Systems changes will prove to be the
biggest challenge during the transition.
A majority of the manufacturing businesses are of the opinion

that supply chain restructuring is likely to prove to be the main
challenge. Close to
The number of businesses who feel that product pricing will be majority of the
their biggest challenge are divided equally between service
sector and manufacturing sector. respondents feel
that IT/ system
changes are the
biggest challenge
Q13. Please grade the biggest challenge for your business during the Our comments
transition to GST regime?
Some of the challenges for each category are
IT/ Systems perspective

• Different compliance requirement;
13%
• Change in approach towards transaction
25% relating to purchases, sales, and stock

transfers;
22%
• Changes in the accounting treatment of certain
transactions, etc
All the above may require realignment of the
existing software applications or even development
40% of new applications
Supply chain perspective

• Sourcing strategies may change on account of a
liberal credit regime;

• Re consideration of distribution strategies on
Supply chain restructuring
account of taxation of stock transfers;
IT/ Systems changes
• Revisiting inventory related controls considering
Product pricing
Other (please specify) the vendors consolidating their operations
Product pricing perspective

Source: KPMG in India's GST Survey 2010 • Deciphering the current product pricing;
• Impact on product pricing on account of GST;
• Renegotiations with the customers, etc

Depending on the nature of activities, businesses
may have to prioritize their challenges.
Time required to reconfigure the current IT system

for business
68%
Nearly 68 percent of the respondents feel that they will not
require more than four months to get their IT system
reconfigured.
It may be possible that they expect the software/ ERP solution

providers to assist them with ready or nearly ready solutions.
Majority of the
respondents feel
that it may take not
more than four
months to get their
IT systems
reconfigured
Q14. How much time do you think it would take for you to reconfigure Our comments
your current IT system?
In today's businesses, IT systems are an
integral part of business processes. Therefore,
40%
time required for reconfiguring IT systems
35% would define the time required for making
changes in the business processes.
30%
It is necessary that the Government allows 4-6
25%
months (from the date of releasing the
Units
20% legislation) for the industry to tune its IT

35%
33% systems.
15%
10% 21%
5% 11%
0%
1-2 months 3-4 months 4-6 months More than
6 months
Level of preparedness for organizations to handle/

face the introduction of GST
70%
The introduction of GST was announced in the Union Budget
2006. The Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers
published the ’First discussion paper on GST’ on 10 November
2009. Thereafter, the FM in his budget speech for 2010 asserted
that it would be his earnest endeavour to introduce GST by April
2011. But the details of the tax were slow in coming. Therefore, it
is not surprising that almost 70 percent of the respondents have Majority of the
rated their preparedness as ‘less than 6’ on a scale of 1 to 10,
meaning thereby that they have lot of ground to cover. respondents feel
It is only in July this year that some clarity on probable GST rates
appeared through FM’s speech. This should enable these
that they are not
companies in gearing up faster for the GST. adequately
prepared
for the new
tax regime
Our comments
The uncertainty about the date of introduction
clearly had a role to play. Now that the
indicative GST rates are known, it would give
fillip to the efforts of businesses to analyse the
probable impact. Businesses can, on the basis
of information available on public domain
carryout a high level assessment of the
potential GST impact on business operations.
The detailed assessment (as well as
preparations) can follow once the draft
legislation is released.
Likely date for introduction of GST
78%
It appears that the corporate sector has a time scale in view.
More than 75 percent of the respondents feel that the proper
date for introduction of GST could be April 2011. In their opinion
this would provide adequate time for both the industry and the
Government.
Majority of the
respondents
feel GST
should be
introduced by
April 2011
Q16. Considering the preparation required by the industry and the Our comments
governments what date do you feel should be the likely date
for implementing GST? The union Finance Minister in his budget
speech of 2009-10 spoke of the Central
100% Governments catalytic role in facilitating the
90% introduction of GST, While in his 2010-11
80% budget speech he stressed his earnest
70% endeavour to introduce GST by April 2011.
60%
The target date of 1 April 2011 is achievable
50% and majority of the respondents have settled
40% 78% for this date.
30%
The introduction of GST requires setting up of a
20%
nation wide IT network, a political consensus,
10% 22%
amendments of the constitution and
0%
preparation of the new law and procedures
April 2011 October 2011
with a clear road map and commitment from all
concerned. If concrete steps are seen on these
fronts in the next few months, the desired date
could be achievable.
The way forward
The way forward
The single largest reform in the system of indirect taxes is about to commence. The current
indirect tax regime in India is historical and complex. It is riddled with a multitude of tax laws,
litigations, compliances, etc. Also, the state-specific nature of many taxes along with taxation of
inter-state transactions leads to the fragmentation of the domestic market which adds cost to
business.
The introduction of GST can help ensure a change which addresses these complexities;
however, this will involve concerted efforts on the part of all stakeholders. Obviously, the
stakeholder required to take the first steps is the Central Government. Provision of a nationwide
IT structure, training and financial assistance, especially for the smaller states, and getting an
agreement on the changes to the constitution are some of these steps.
The next stakeholders, who are the state Governments, need to arrive at an agreement
amongst themselves on policies and procedures. They also need to coordinate their decision
making with the Central Government so as to obtain a broader agreement and devise a detailed
roadmap.
The tasks for the industry as a stakeholder are varied. Industries will have to change internally
and also change the way they do business. They need to develop new strategies for doing
business in a unified national market which may also require consolidation or re-organising of
operations.
In addition to the internal changes, industry will also have to provide inputs to Governments to
help identify critical issues and devise solutions. This may be done acting through industry
associations and confederations.
The opportunity to reform the indirect tax laws will not come again early so this process needs
to start immediately. The future will soon be with us.
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I N D I R E C T TA X

Report on Goods and Services Tax Survey

It also summarises the level of preparedness of the industry and

Our foremost thanks go to all the respondents from across India

We would like to thank members of the editorial board and other

More than 200

Russell Parera Hari Bhartia

Dinesh Kanabar Uday Ved Sachin Menon

Trading 5 GST structure and rates

13 % 11 Likely impact on business

21 Readiness for change

42 % 27 The way forward

About the methodology

About the methodology

The survey strives to understand how

The survey was online which contained

IT & ITES 18%

Pharma and Health care 7%

Media & Entertainment 2%

GST structure and rates

Likely impact on business

Readiness for change

Structure and rates

Single enactment Vs Multiple enactments

Further, considering that more than 75 percent of the

Also, the respondents may have perceived that one single

and states) may not present itself again enactment, both

regarding fixation of rate of tax;

• Accept that their power and freedom to frame

and implement industrial and fiscal policies

• Forego the powers given under the

Rate structure under GST

This primarily reiterates the perception of GST as a national tax

However, in addition to the reasons stated therein, the message

Q2. What should be the rate structure? Our comments

Given the federal structure of the polity and the

77% The recent suggestions by the Union Finance

Source: KPMG in India's GST Survey 2010

Cumulative standard rate of GST

Today, the burden of indirect tax is well hidden from the

Q3. What do you think should be the cumulative standard rate?

under GST is approximately INR 3,04,954 Crore

20% The new rate/s have to be decided keeping

Currently, notified taxable services are widely worded and can be

The practice of notifying only the exempt goods

All services taxed with the separate exempted services list

Source: KPMG in India's GST Survey 2010

Likely impact on business

Impact on stock transfers

Source: KPMG in India's GST Survey 2010

Under the new tax regime, tax on inter-state transactions would

It would certainly take some time for businesses to assess the

early and utilise the lead time to shape up the

Source: KPMG in India's GST Survey 2010

Revision in prices of goods or services

Once there is clarity about the operational impact of GST and

Those organisations which restructure their

Yes, upward price revision

Source: KPMG in India's GST Survey 2010