With just
4-days left for the goods and services tax (GST) rollout, the government has
deferred implementation of Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) and Tax Collection at
Source (TCS) provisions as well as exempted from registration small businesses
selling on e-commerce platform.
E-commerce
companies will not be required to collect 1% TCS while making payment to
suppliers under GST which will be rolled out from 1 July. As per the Central
GST (CGST) Act, the notified entities are required to collect TDS at 1% on
payments to suppliers to goods or services in excess of Rs2.5 lakh.
This
provision has been kept in abeyance. Based on the feedback received from trade
and industry, the government has decided to postpone provision relating to TDS
(Section 51) and TCS (Section 52) of the CGST/State GST Act 2017, with the
objective of ensuring smooth rollout of GST, the finance ministry said in a
statement.
Small businesses, with turnover less than Rs20 lakh,
will also not be required to register themselves under the GST for selling
goods or services through e-commerce portal. In other words, persons supplying
goods or services through electronic commerce operator liable to collect tax at
source would not be required to obtain registration immediately.
“This step has been taken to provide more time
for persons liable to deduct tax at source/ecommerce companies and their
suppliers to prepare for the historic tax reform,” the statement added. The GST
Network portal has started accepting registration of TDS, TCS deductors and
e-commerce operators only on Sunday.
Given the
huge rush, it is unlikely that all registrations would be done before the 1
July rollout date. Biggest indirect tax reform since Independence, GST will
subsume host of levies, including excise, service tax, VAT and other local levies.
It will create a uniform market for seamless transfer of goods and services.
GST is expected to widen the tax base, check tax evasion and add about 1-2% to
GDP.
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