GST is Challenge For IT Industry Because of Multiple Taxes : Nasscom
The GST regime would streamline the taxation system and make it much more transparent, but would also create multiple taxation points, which will be a "challenge" for the IT industry, Nasscom said today.
Nasscom President R Chandrasekhar said the concerns regarding multiple taxation points have been brought to the notice of the government and it expects a positive response while framing the GST law.
"IT services are intangible. The way things are looked at in the GST law, not the Constitution amendment, there we have a number of concerns which have been shared with the government.
"We feel that today for IT services, it is a simple regime. One single point of taxation which is central service tax, one single point of registration, one single invoice, one single place where you hav...