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GST in India versus GST in the other countries: What differentiates India

Concept of GST is not new to the world as nearly 160 countries as on 2016, have opted this mode for bringing individually tax rates into a single tax.

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GST in India versus GST in the other countries: What differentiates India
Representational Image. Photo: Pixabay
Written By: Pooja Jaiswar
Updated: Mon, May 29, 2017
11:42 am
Mumbai, ZeeBiz WebDesk
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Highlights: 
  • A total of 160 countries have opted GST so far. 
  • India has highest rate of GST at 18% compared to emerging market economics. 
  • India has two types of GST hence called as duel GST.  

The GST council has set tax rates for goods and services under five brackets of 0%, 5%, 12% and 28% as the bill is just a month away from its implementation.

Concept of GST is not new to the world as nearly 160 countries as on 2016, have opted this mode for bringing individually tax rates into a single tax.

In most countries value added tax (VAT) is taken as a substitute for GST.

Presently, countries like Australia, Canada, Singapore, New Zealand, Jersey (UK), Malaysia, Indonesia and Pakistan have a GST system while remaining follow a VAT system.

As days near for GST to be active in India, lets have a look at what differentiates the country's GST regime with others.

In comparison with emerging market economics (EMEs), India has highest rate of GST at 18% - with major commodities falling under this rate. EMEs like China and Brazil have their most of commodities falling under the tax rate of 17%, 10% respectively.

However, some of the developed countries like s like France, Germany and United Kingdom have higher GST rates set between 19 – 20%.

Latest data of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development  stated that average VAT/GST rate in major OECD countries is between 20-22% higher than the rate proposed for India

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its research report named “GST: A Game Changer” - showcased performance of many countries after implementation of GST.

New Zealand:

GST in New Zealand was introduced in 1986 at a rate of 10%. However the rates were changed twice later – 12.5% in the year 1989 and 15% in 2010 in a move to mobilize higher revenue while removing distortions in the tax structure.

This led to adoption of GST at single rate with food included in the GST base at the full rate. Such broad-based the tax net and also reduced both compliance and administrative costs. At present, the country is highest tax productive nations among OECD countries.

Canada:

Canada introduced GST in the form of a multi-level VAT in 1991 on supplies of goods and services purchased in the country – included almost all products except certain essentials like groceries, residential rent and medical services.

Once implemented, the bill led to new processing operations and techniques to verify the accuracy of the returns submitted by small entrepreneurs. However, Canada imposes their own sales tax besides GST – this has created price distortions in the country.

Singapore:

The country introduced the bill in April 1194 at a tax rate of 3% to make it acceptable to the public and to minimize inflation. The government committed not to raise tax for next 5 years which came in as a important decision in reviving consumer spending.

Also, Singapore introduced a compensation scheme under the GST which provided support to the needy and underprivileged.

However, in initial stage of GST, the country faced uptick in inflation to 3.1% in 1994 from 2.3% in 1993. But after that it moderated below 2% between 1995 – 1996.

Austrailia:

Though the GST concept was first seeked in the year 1975, it was implemented in Austrailia after 25 years on July 2000 at a tax rate starting at 10%.

Austrailia also replaced a range of existing taxes like the wholesale sales tax (WST), debit tax, financial institutions duty, and stamp duty on shares, leases, mortgages and cheques.

However, the10% tax rate led to low GST revenue productivity from a tax collection standpoint.

Malaysia:

GST in this country has been imposed in the year 2015, after a 26 years of debate over its potential merits and shortcomings. It was introduced at a standard rate of 6% - which is relatively low compared to VAT rates in other ASEAN countries.

After implementation of GST, the cost of doing business in Malaysia reduced as the tax burden was transferred from manufacturers to consumers. Yet, the country has seen low revenue productivity in terms of tax collection.

What differentiates India:

Indian government has structured GST for efficient tax collection, reduction in corruption, easy inter-state movement of goods etc.

India does not follow an ideal VAT. Central sales tax which the central imposed on the sale of goods from one state to another will continue in the different form called Integrated GST.     

One big differentiation between GST in India and GST in other countries is that, in India two types of GST is charged - hence called as duel GST.  

Explaining the impact of GST, analysts at Care Ratings cited few reasons. Firstly the impact of GST on price levels is difficult to ascertain as there are various factors other than tax rates that drive price levels.

Main issue in GST is tax evasion arising out of small businesses not registering, under-reporting of actual sales by traders; traders collecting tax but not remitting to the government; and traders making false claims for refunds.

ClearTax in its report said, "Unlike India, other countries have a much higher threshold for GST applicability thus reducing the burden for small businesses. This will bring in challenges for our SMEs."

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