The GST is a more efficient tax system than SST. Under the GST regime, most businesses are able to fully recover the GST charged by their suppliers through an “input tax” mechanism. Hence, the GST is borne by the ultimate consumer, mitigates the tax-cascading impact of the SST regime, and does not add to the cost of doing business.
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