Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia is hopeful of a smooth transition to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime and says it would help local firms become more competitive, besides stream lining taxation for all business activities.“GST is a multipoint tax on value addition with seamless input tax credit,” he said. Adhia´s comments came amid calls from some experts andasection of business to defer the GST rollout to September October instead from July 1. Business Standard New Delhi, 08th May 2017