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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | No tax refund, no working capital: How GST is hurting Indian exporters -Mayank Jain

No tax refund, no working capital: How GST is hurting Indian exporters -Mayank Jain

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published Published on Sep 25, 2017   modified Modified on Sep 25, 2017
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Exporters claim that delays in refunds under the new tax code has tied up a substantial amount of their money, thus harming their businesses.

Delays in processing tax refunds under the new Goods and Services Tax regime has locked up the funds of exporters, hurting their businesses and affecting their ability to be competitive in international markets.

On September 19, a delegation of exporters met Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia, who is heading a committee set up to look into the GST-related issues that India’s export sector is facing.

During the meeting, the Federation of Indian Export Organisation reportedly said that the government should fast-track the refunds process for exporters or as much as Rs 65,000 crore of their money could get stuck in the July-October period, affecting their ability to do business.

The Goods and Services Tax, which was implemented from July 1, subsumes all the indirect taxes that businesses earlier paid the Centre and states separately, with the aim of creating a common market. It involved a complete overhaul of the tax filing system.

Under this regime, companies are given the opportunity to claim refunds for the taxes they pay while buying inputs for their businesses, such as raw materials. However technical glitches, among other things, have meant that the government has repeatedly pushed back the deadline for filing GST returns, delaying tax refunds too. Exporters claim that they are suffering the most.

Earlier this month, the Union government took note of the complaints of exporters and ordered the Adhia-led committee to be set up. It has been tasked with providing recommendations to fix the problems exporters face. The committee is scheduled to meet next on October 6. However, it remains to be seen if the GST Council, headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, acts on its recommendations.

Blow to exports

Indian exports were not doing particularly well in the pre-GST months of this year in the first place. The rate of export growth in rupee terms slowed during the March-July period before rising again in August. But exporters organisations now fear that this growth could be undone by the negative effects of GST.

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Scroll.in, 24 September, 2017, https://scroll.in/article/851577/no-tax-refund-no-working-capital-how-gst-is-hurting-indian-exporters


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