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Costing and Taxation · Ch 7 — Goods and Service Tax (GST)

Terms Introduced in the Chapter

Terms Introduced in the Chapter

This section collects, in one place, every term introduced in this chapter, for quick refere …

Definition 1Goods and Services Tax (GST)

A comprehensive, multi-stage, destination-based indirect tax on the supply of goods and services, effective in In …

Definition 2Constitution (101st Amendment) Act, 2016

The Constitutional amendment that gave Parliament and State Legislatures concurrent power to tax the supply of goods and services, and est …

Definition 3Cascading effect ("tax on tax")

A pre-GST problem where tax was charged on a value already including an earlier stage's tax — removed by GST's in …

Definition 4Dual GST

The Centre and the States/UTs simultaneously levy GST on the same taxable supply — CGST+SGST (or CGST+UTGST) intra-State/UT, IG …

Definition 5CGST / SGST / UTGST / IGST

The four GST components — see Section 7.iii for when eac …

Definition 6GST Council [Article 279A]

The Centre-State constitutional body recommending GST rates, exemptio …

Definition 7Input Tax Credit (ITC)

Credit for GST paid on inputs, set off against GST payable on outputs — the mechanism rem …

Definition 8GSTIN

The unique 15-character GST registration number issued to every registe …

Definition 9GSTN

The organisation operating the common GST portal for registration, returns, and paym …