Walmart India has started a series of workshops for its supplier partners to help them evaluate their Goods and Services Tax compliance levels and prepare for the transition to the new tax structure to be rolled out from July 1. Tax rates have been finalized for 1,211 items with a majority of items listed under the 18 percent slab.
“GST is not just a tax reform, it is a whole new way of doing business. With its impending implementation, it is imperative for all businesses, large and small, to get ready to embark on the GST adoption journey,” said Krish Iyer, president and CEO of Walmart India.
“These workshops are expected to educate them [supplier partners] and accelerate their preparation by providing them with a platform to answer queries and concerns. With the customer at the heart of everything we do, this initiative will ultimately lead to a positive impact on the customer as we emerge with a streamlined process both at the back-end and the front-end,” Iyer added, reports the Economic Times.
