Four years on, GST regime needs further simplification

Initial technical challenges over operating the GST portal have been ironed out over a period of time. New Delhi:  The Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (GST) was launched with great fanfare on 1 July 2017 by the Government of India and was claimed to be the biggest reform in indirect taxes in the country since Independence. The GST regime sought to tax both goods and services under a common l…