Anti Profiteering under GST – an alternative viewpoint
By: – pranav deshpande
Goods and Services Tax – GST
Dated:- 6-12-2018<\/p>\n
Anti-profiteering is a welcome socio-economic measure brought about by the Government, under the GST regime. The objective of the legislation is to ensure that any benefits arising from a reduction in the tax incidence, is not enjoyed by the subject being taxed, but is passed on to the person from whom such tax is recovered. This is also in alignment with the principle of unjust enrichment.
\nHowever, on the implementation front, there could be a challenge, given the way the section pertaining to anti-profiteering has been drafted and it's placement in the scheme of things. The challenge is interpr<\/p>\n
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\nThat being the case, it is then possible to hold an interpretation that section 171(1) ultimately provides that anti-profiteering has to be tested, not between ST\/VAT and GST regime, but between GST at a higher rate on any product\/service and GST at a lower rate on any product\/service. That is to say, any query on anti-prof<\/p>\n
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