Inspection of tax evaders later, first priority is facilitation of GST

On July 1, India rolled out the goods and services tax (GST), the country's biggest tax reform since Independence. Aimed to be a single national uniform tax levied across the country on all goods and services, it is expected that GST will strengthen India's fiscal health. In an interview with Moneycontrol, Subhash Varshney, Principal Commissioner of GST, Mumbai Zone spoke in length on the landmark…