Traditionally India’s tax regime relied heavily on indirect taxes. Revenue from indirect taxes was the major source of tax revenue till tax reforms were undertaken during nineties.
A paper was written which concluded that the macroeconomic impact of GST is significant in terms of growth effects, price effects, current account effects and the effect on the budget balance.
The full paper can be found following the link below.
Source: ssrn.com
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