GST Could Trip Make in India For Smartphones

India’s success in making firms such as Samsung, Xiaomi, and Micromax to locally produce phones could become a cropper, once the Goods and Services Tax (GST) comes into effect, as the new expats taxation regime could neutralise the cost benefits to make these phones in India in taxation services for expatriates
Since the last two years, India has been able to attract 40 global smartphone makers in the country, after it tweaked norms that made cheaper to make phones in India and sell it to the billion strong mobile subscribers. At the same time, government has been able to scale investments in electronic manufacturing over ten-fold to Rs 1.24 lakh crore from Rs 11,000 crore two years ago.
“There is a near 10% tax arbitrage for manufacturing mobile phones in India in the current tax regime. However, once GST is implemented, it will be different. We hope that the Government will try and protect the arbitrage in some manner,” said Prateek Jain, Partner and National Leader – Indirect Tax at PwC India.
A IIMB Counterpoint report released in November 2016 estimates that 180 million mobile phones to be manufactured in India in 2016, which is nearly a 125% growth over the year-ago period. This has also helped in creating nearly 50000 jobs in expatriates taxation.

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How To Complete Tax Related Issues Before March 31, 2017

With hardly a fortnight left for the end of the financial year 2016-17, the March 31 deadline remains sacrosanct for several tax-related matters. Leaving things to the last minute has its own share of risks. So, keep a 2-4 days buffer to finish all tax-related tasks. 

 A taxpayer invests through a cheque on March 30 (or even on March 29), but the payment doesn't go through for some reason, say, wrong date or signature mismatch, and by the time the taxpayer rectifies the mistake, it's the new financial year (FY), i.e., 2017-18. Something may go wrong when it comes to online payments too if things are left to the last minute. 

Here are few tax-related matters to attend to now so that they can be wrapped up by March 31. 

Filing tax returns 
If you are one of those taxpayers who has not filed income tax returns (ITRs) in time, March 31 could be the last date for some of you, depending on the FY that you wish to file for. Archit Gupta, Founder & CEO, ClearTax.com, says, "In one financial year, you can file your IT returns for the previous two financial years. So, in FY 2016-17, you. 

Conclusion 
Investments made on ad-hoc basis have high probability of not giving the desired results. From the start of the next FY, prepare a plan in advance, taking care of your tax savings requirement and the goals to achieve. Unless you begin now, March 31, 2018 will not be any different from what it is this year. 

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