As companies gear up for GST, a great business opportunity for tax experts and consultants is waiting to be tapped At the beginning of his address at a conference on the goods and services tax ( GST), held in the capital last week, a senior official from the Central Board of Excise and Customs ( CBEC) told the audience of 100- odd senior business executives that his presentation would last for around 45 minutes. Someone from the audience quipped, “ Please take your time. We are in no hurry.” The detailed presentation that followed — on how goods and services would be taxed under the GST regime — lasted alittle over an hour. Hardly anyone in the audience had moved from the seat during the programme. Clearly, corporate India — the hall in an upscale five- star hotel in central Delhi had representatives from the automobile and ancillary industries, FMCG, telecom, real estate, financial services, heavy machineries, exporters and importers, garment manufacturers, among others — is out