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Single GST rate can't work at the moment; compliance to be made simpler: FM

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Single GST rate can't work at the moment; compliance to be made simpler: FM
He said that being the reason, the government started with multiple rates and was now moving towards rationalisation Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said that India being a "significantly tax non-compliant" country, with wide socio-economic diversities, it cannot have a single GST rate in near future.

However, he said, the government was moving towards rationalisation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) structure, which would pick up more pace once tax compliance improves."India has been a significantly tax non-compliant country.And therefore, the compliance standards in India have to be first improved."Also, in a society like India where you still have a significant population which is deprived or below the poverty line, a single (GST) rate can't work," Jaitley said at "India-Korea Business Summit" here.

He said that being the reason, the government started with multiple rates and was now moving towards rationalisation."In the first stage of rationalisation process, we are thinning out the 28 per cent bracket. After we have thinned the 28 per cent and are able to improve compliance levels, then the second stage of reform of further consolidating other rates would begin - with two rates merging into one," the Finance Minister said.Inviting delegates from South Korea to invest in India, Jaitley said India would continue to remain among the fastest growing economies in the world.

"India has demonstrated that even in a global environment of adversity, it has the potential to continue to reform, to take difficult decisions and maintain a high trajectory growth," he said.Jaitley added that a seven to eight per cent growth rate was the normal expectation of Indians who believe the actual potential for Indian economy is much higher.

The Business Standard, New Delhi, 28th February 2018

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