GSTN working with SAP, Oracle to get India Inc GST- ready

In a race against time to roll- out the goods and services tax ( GST) from April 1, 2017, the GST Network ( GSTN) —developing the information technology backbone for the new tax regime — is working closely with business process management ( BPM) software firms like SAP, Tally and Oracle, among others, to facilitate timely preparedness of the corporate sector for the transition.

This comes amid the industry requesting six months time for the roll- out — from the time laws and rules are finalised in order to align their systems with the new law. The GST laws are expected to be finalised by November- December this year.

However, the GSTN is planning to meet about 100- 150 BPM software firms by September- end and hand over the application programming interface ( API) to develop the enterprise resource planning ( ERP) software, which will act as an interface between their clients and GSTN.

“We don’t need to assist all companies, but just 100- 150, which will, in turn, help the corporate sector become GST- ready. We are working closely with these tax accounting software firms and will hand over the APIs by the month- end,” said a GSTN official. A private body like the GSTN is also working with firms like Cleartax and Makemyreturns to facilitate corporate sector transition to the new indirect tax regime.

An API is a set of sub- routine definitions, protocols and tools for building software and applications.

However, experts point out that handing over API will just be 30- 40 per cent of the work that will need to be done to prepare for GST, as the software will need to be tweaked, according to the final rules and law, besides customisation, according to the requirement of each company.

The GST Council, which was approved by the Cabinet on Monday, will prepare the model GST law and decide rates by November 22. The council, chaired by the finance minister, will have its first meeting on September 22 and 23.

While the draft law is in public domain, comments and suggestions will need to be accommodated before it is finalised by the GST Council and tabled in the winter session of Parliament.

“It is important for companies to get adequate time to plan operations once the final law is in place. The common software by SAP and Oracle cannot cater to the needs of every business and it will require significant customisation. The multinational companies will also need to get the ERPs tested with their other teams across the globe, which will require time,” said Saloni Roy, senior partner, Deloitte.

Pratik Jain, leader, indirect tax, PwC, said besides API, corporates will need to do various things to be GSTready, from customisation to master data management. “ API is just one part of it, which will take care of just 30- 40 per cent requirement of companies.

They will need to get the standard ERPs customised, based on their requirements, which will take anywhere between three to six months. Companies will need to start preparing immediately towards that,” he said.

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GSTN is planning to meet about 100- 150 business process management software firms by September end and hand over the Application Programming Interface ( API) to develop the enterprise resource planning software

Handing over API will just be 30- 40 per cent of the work that will need to be done to prepare for GST

The GST laws are expected to be finalised by NovemberDecember this year

Business Standard New Delhi,14th September 2016

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