India has complicated taxation system. This is made even more complex with federal system where state having its own taxation and rules.
The proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) is planned to be rolled out by July 1st, 2017. This is one of the biggest change Indian Taxation system have seen in last 60 years. This entire system is based on technology backbone and self policing. A great opportunity for software solution providers to develop innovative and efficient solutions which are robust and scalable.
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Goods & Services Tax
For India
Biggest Change Electronic Compliance
Electronic communication
mandatory to comply, claim credit
& for settlement.
Requires close collaboration with
counter-parties
Biggest tax reform in the next 20-30
years
Replaces most indirect taxes in the
country
Every transaction detail cross-
verified. Eliminates unaccounted
sales.
Will bring millions of businesses
into indirect tax fold.
Transaction level Compliance
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2006
2009
2013
2015
2016
2017
Union Budget
Speech:
Proposal to
introduce GST by 01-
Apr-2010
Responsibility of preparing draft design
and roadmap assigned to Empowered
committee (EC) of state finance
ministers
EC Released first discussion
paper on GST.
Mar-2011:
Constitutional
amendment bill
introduced in Lok Sabha
EC recommends changes to constitutional amendment
bill based on recommendations by design committee
Nov-2012: Committee on GST
design formed
Preliminary standing committee
report on GST to Lok Sabha
Revised Constitutional (122nd
amendment) bill 2014 presented and
passed by Lok Sabha.
Report presented by JC on
business process for Registrations,
returns, Payments and Refunds.
Model GST Act Presented for
review.The Constitutional (122nd
amendment) bill 2014
passed by Rajya Sabha.
India GST
Journey So-far GST Council formed.
Time available until
16-Sept-17 to
implement GST
GST Council clears CGST,
IGST & Compensation laws.
All states have agreed on
GST rollout.
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India GST
What’s Next?
GST Council The Parliament The States
GST Network GST Suvidha Providers
To finalize key aspects of the GST laws
including exemptions, threshold limits.
To clear/pass the following bills
Central GST
Integrated GST
Compensation to the States
Each of the 29 state
assemblies need to clear
the State GST (SGST) Act.
Same needs to be done by
the Union Territories for
UT-GST Acts.
To complete and deliver the IT
backbone for return processing &
payments.
Identify and on-board GST Suvidha
Provers
To develop GSP and ASP Solutions
to facilitate businesses to process
returns
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• Transactions of all businesses need to flow to GST System
• System to system integration possible only through GSP
• Application Service Providers (ASP) would provide value
added solutions that connect businesses with GSP’s and
with services pre & post transactions
GST Server
ASP Solutions
Source Systems
ERP’s, Accounting,
Invoicing, POS
solutions
Custom or Industry
specific solutions
Manual Records
maintained by CA’s,
Accountants
GSP-GST ServerGSP Portal GST System
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Technology Framework
Systems & Participants
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State-wise Compliance
• A professional services
organization with offices
in 4 states
Mandatory E-Filing
• Returns by 20th of
subsequent month
• Returns closed cannot be
re-opened
• Annual Returns to match
with Financial statements
Credit Management
• Counter party compliance
mandatory to claim credit
• Credit claimed w/o
compliance would be
reversed, with addl interest
• Additional compliance for
Ecommerce Vendors,
Marketplaces
2 Service Tax
Returns a year
148 GST Returns per
year
Accounting system
& returns need not
in sync
Mandatory closure of
books; No double
books
No need to follow-up
with Suppliers on their
compliance
Self-policing.
Compliance key criteria
to stay in business
Organizational Impact
Additional Compliance
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GSP
InfrastructureASP
Return Filing solution that can seem lessly
integrate with any applications. Multi-modes
of integration.
Core
Enables Collaboration with Platform for
TRP’s. Tax Calculation Engine & Services. GST
transaction prep and analytics.Tax Social.
Value Added Services
Always Available, on any device. SaaS
Solution. Platform, Integration framework for
ASP’s.
Infrastructure
Solutions for GST
By HITA Informatics
12. Organization Structure
• Organizations with Nexus Pan-India
• Business Groups
• Composition Tax Payers
• Input Service Distributors
• Casual Traders, Non-resident Traders
• Ecommerce operators
Optimized Processes
• Real-time Dashboards to enable users to focus on
exceptions
• Exceptions identified at source
• Enables work on multiple-periods
• Simple spreadsheet templates
• Utility services & API’s for ASP Integrations
Returns
• Automated register load, reconcile-with GST
System, communication of exceptions
• Transmission to GST System at
user-defined intervals;
• Mobile for decision making & filing
Ease of Administration
• Role-based function security with data security
• Manage Organization, user transitions with
ease
• Simplified file management enables ease of
administration
• Manage ASP Solutions, Usage Billing
Capabilities
Core Solution
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Scalable
Uses best combination
of unstructured &
structured databases,
Auto load-balancing,
Containers &
orchestration tools
Secure
Multi-tenant, RBAC,
data security by
GSTIN, SSO, project
level isolation,
authentication through
access tokens, client
certificates
Extensible
Modularized code,
allows multiple entry
points, API
infrastructure for
authorized data
transmission
Platform
Multiple ASP
integration approaches,
Utility API’s Enriched
API’s, GSTN API’s,
Metering tools for
managing subscriptiosn
& billing
Tech Capabilities
Core Solution
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Tax Calculator
Engine to enable synchronous
tax calculation
Integrations
Out of the box integrations for
key ERP, Accounting solutions
Validation
Rules engine to ensure clean
transaction data
Tax Social
Proactive reconciliation, counter
party communication and
settlements.
Tax Dropbox
Secure content server for
transaction & tax data/returns
TDS Reporting
Certificates and E-Filing.
Communication with counter
parties
Tax Calendar
Tracks your compliance wrt
Registrations, Returns, Payments
Analytics
GST and Transaction data
analytics
ASP Solutions
Empowering businesses