Recommendations of GST council related to changes in GST rates on supply of goods and services

Recommendations of GST council related to changes in GST rates on supply of goods and services

The 39th GST Council meeting held on 14^th March 2020. GST Council took the following decisions relating to changes in GST rates on the supply of goods and services.

1. The recommendation of the Fitment Committee for calibrating the GST rate structure to correct the inverted duty structure on various items like Mobile phones, Footwear, Textiles and Fertilizers was placed before the GST Council for discussion. The Council had a detailed discussion on the matter. Upon discussion, the Council made the following recommendations.

(a) To raise the GST rate on Mobile Phones and specified parts presently attracting 12% to 18%

(b) To deliberate the issue of calibrating the rate in other items for removing inversion in future meetings with further consultation and examination of the issue.

2.         GST rate on all types of matches (Handmade and other than Handmade) has been rationalized to 12% (from 5% on Handmade matches and 18% on other matches). This would address the classification issues. This issue was deliberated earlier in the 37th meeting and was pending for decision.

3          To reduce GST rate on Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) services in respect of aircraft from 18% to 5% with full ITC and to change the place of supply for B2B MRO services to the location of recipient. This change is likely to assist in setting up of MRO services in India. Domestic MRO will also get protection due to 5% tax paid under section 3(7) of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 on most imported goods (sent abroad for repairs) as this tax is not available as credit.

Compliance Mantra will help the organizations to get the latest amendments, rules, and regulations regarding all the Compliances so that there will be no hassle.  Regulatory Compliance Management Software program from Compliance Mantra takes care of compliance in respect of various applicable laws, regulations and various guidelines, simultaneously pointing out or detecting issues of non-compliance along with undertaking appropriate corrective actions.

 

Compliance Mantra : A Real Case Study

One our client expressed his inability to establish control over statutory compliances done by its branch offices, depots & plant etc. They also expressed the fear of missed compliances at multi locations, lack of knowledge of due dates among employees. The most interesting fact that was disclosed was that 10 days in a month are gone for compliances & rest 15 days for compiling & sending the status report to management.

How the IT Solution helped them?

   Our IT Solution "Compliance Mantra" was installed. Now its users across all locations get alerts via email before the set internal target date & statutory due date. Seniors can view the pending & overdue compliances of their respective team & departments at any point of time. One click report is available across various viewing options like user wise  , department wise , location wise , act wise etc .

Other important features those are very useful

• The auto report generation function helps teams to extract graphical representations based reports for the review by management.
• Furthermore, it act as a system by management for Internal Financial Controls as required under Section 134(5) of Companies Act 2013
• The easy to understand screen of the software helps in fast acceptability & effective use by teams all over.
• Data management in different ways help in getting reports as per company, employee, Laws & authority, etc.

How compliance management helps organisations manage their compliances?

Compliance Management System, (CMS) provides an essential foundation of any organization as it develops the execution plan for rolling out, monitoring, and communicate on several vital aspects of the company.

A good Compliance Software can address the risks while meeting multiple regulatory requirements. It also shed new light on problems and can fix those issues before they turn fatal for the organization.

An effective Compliance Software is comprised of three interdependent elements. Board and management oversight, compliance program and compliance audit.

For various organizations, regulatory compliance management software systems are irreplaceable tools for managing internal or external regulatory inspections of quality processes.

Compliances can be statutory compliances covering tasks required under different laws to be abide by the organisation or they can be administrative or an internal compliance of the organisation.

The web solution apart from compliance management helps in task management, document management & is an apt reminder program. Further, it aids the customer in managing risks and generating awareness with regard to new legislation.

Therefore an effective Compliance Management Systems ensures compliances with applicable laws, regulations, and guidelines while also detecting instances of non-compliances and facilities taking corrective measures.

A compliance management helps organisations manage their compliances which are very necessary for smooth functioning and growth of the organisation.

Concepts of Compliance Management

All the organisations are adherent to laws of the land. They are obliged to follow statutory and internal laws along with regulations, acts, circulars, compliance, tasks etc.

There are various software programme like the one from Compliance Mantra available which smoothen this process. These web-based programmes give a global way of compliances, by way of task & document management, timely reminders, notifications, alerts etc. these software are designed to periodically review, schedule, allocate  & complete various compliance practices prevalent world over.

Different laws need compatible & statutory compliance by Regulatory Compliance Software Companies. Complianceis both country-specific or internal or administrative of a particular firm. Further, additional benefits of web-basedRegulatory Compliance Software Solutionsare about task management, document management as also it acts as a periodical reminder of various pre-set tasks. Risk management and follow up regarding new legislation are other significant roles of the program.

Therefore, Regulatory Compliance Management Software program from Compliance Mantra takes care of compliance in respect of various applicable laws, regulations and variousguidelines, simultaneously pointing out or detecting issues of non-compliance along with undertaking appropriate corrective actions.

Various laws to be complied with by the firms are:

• General laws,i.e.Corporate, Taxation, Industrial & Labour laws, Environment laws, Factories act
• Event-based laws are Intellectual Property Laws, custom & foreign exchange laws
• Sector-specific laws 
• Segment wise laws consist of various industry-specificlaws such as in FMCG, Engineering, construction, hotels, drugs, textiles and numerous other industries
• State wise laws – Labour Welfare, Shops and commercial establishment Act, etc.

Regulatory Compliance: The Biggest Challenge

India has been steadily growing on the economic front for the past few decades. Though we are pacing towards development but still the development rate seems to be a tad bit lagging behind but what as to could be the reasons accountable for the same? What are the probable aspects of easing out business practices? How can things be put up on a well-planned, systematic front? How could things be more accountable? Well, undoubtedly these are important questions in today’s scenario given the corruption rate in India and the unaccountability of a well-planned system that deciphers out the same.

The Way Ahead
The technical jargon to all the questions above is a Regulatory Compliance Management Software, which is challenging in itself as it is an ever-evolving process found at all business levels- be it big or small and compliance needs to be addressed at both strategic and tactical levels because an insight into these problems and thereby adopting preventive measures saves money, time as well as ensures a system that is future-complaint.

The Need of Compliance Software
Regulatory Compliance Software Solutions offers great value in tracking and monitoring all statutory and internal compliance-related issues and the same can be said about Compliance Management Software, the CMS Tool offering seamless integration by providing a central platform empowering business on a systematic basis with full accountability and in turn expanding new business horizons.

A Clear and targeted approach to Compliance Policies
Regulatory Compliance software, like the CMS Tool has a precise reach ensuring compliances with applicable laws, regulations, and guidelines while also detecting instances of non-compliances and facilities taking corrective measures. Compliances can be statutory covering tasks required under different laws to be abdicable by the organization or they can be administrative or an internal compliance of the organization so that efficacy of management is never compromised, giving a statistical comprehensive report analysis, having such a feature that is readily accessible anywhere with full tractability of compliance requirements so that productivity is never compromised based on the above metrics.

Calculated Business Costs
This Regulatory Compliance Management Software Solutions is effective as a compliance program that it has a regulatory requirement that its use could control unexpected additional costs as well as reduces non productive time of responsible teams, fulfilling the targets of the organization as well as maintaining a track record of all activities with regular alerts and updates of tasks as well thereby cutting the unexpected and incalculable revenue losses suffered by organizations.

Consolidated, Centralized Reports
For a Compliance Solution it is very necessary to evaluate the right software for reporting and monitoring needs so that smart reports give you real-time information about the progress or the lacunae of your organization as well as creating a backup data which could be retrievable anytime and anywhere by the person having access to all the logs and this feature is readily supported by this Compliance Management Software that helps in increasing productivity and efficiency of the organization thus aiding the customer in managing risks and generating awareness with regard to new legislation.

Comprehensive Solution for Companies in your Industry

ComplianceMantra is a unique and comprehensive solution for companies in your Industry. It offers great value in tracking and monitoring all your statutory and internal compliance related issues.

Under the compelling new Government rules and the New Companies Act2013 being enforced in recent times, there are wide range of compliances, related to

• MCA & RoC related laws
• Labour related laws (EPF, ESI, Wages etc)
• Environment, Air, Water Protection laws
• Income, Sales, Service, VAT Tax related obligations to both State and Central Govt
• Also, it is mandatory for a company to implement a Compliance Management Software for such purposes
  

And many more....

Through ComplianceMantra, you get the MIS reports, thus enabling you to have accurate and real-time status of every compliance. Some key reports are -

• Compliance Control Report - Ensure all compliances are defined & none is missed.
• Company Wise Report - Location Wise Pending due and Overdue compliances.
• Act Wise Report - Statutory Act wise Compliance Task reports.
• Department Wise Report - Task Status - Pending due and Overdue Department wise.
• User Wise Report - Employee wise Pending due and Overdue compliances.
• Monthly Compliance Report - Monthly status of your compliances.
  

Compliance Management Software Helps to Your Business........

Compliance Mantra provides a platform whereby user can define the compliance requirement as per their business or operations. He can schedule the compliance submission targets for decades to come. The software provides the feature to allocate the responsibility of the compliance issue. The best part of the software is that it organizes your submissions and generates alerts for the due and overdue compliance's.

The common issues that businesses face, is to, meet the deadlines at the specified date, to ensure no penalty. Organizations with various companies and agencies have too much compliance to meet.

Monitoring and tracking compliance against their target dates is at time unmanageable. To sort the problem, Compliance Mantra is designed, which will give the user the discretion to track their due dates and actual compliance.

The user can enter the compliance by assigning the responsibility, target date and due date of submission. The software very easily throws alerts of its submissions, pending or dues etc. The user can also upload compliance documents and the acknowledgments for future reference and records.

It gives reporting on various parameters like; agency wise compliance report; company wise compliance report; responsibility wise compliance reports; department wise compliance reports etc.

The software works on team collaboration concept, where management/users can view compliance done by other and can suggest remarks and comments. The software throws alerts for any pending job. The user can actually create a library of files (database), which may be required at any point of time in the operational work as proof. People can access the documents attached. Monitoring and tracking of the compliance, is one of the stand alone feature that sets Compliance Mantra aside of the others and giving automation to the current working systems.