QUESTIONNAIRE

I AM LLOYD GEORGE, FINAL YEAR BCOM STUDENT AT

YUVAKSHETRA COLLEGE. The objective of this study is to identify the “IMPACT OF
IMPLEMENTING GST ON SPORTS GOODS AMONG YOUTH WITH SPECIAL
REFERENCE TO PALAKKAD”. Hence, I kindly request you to spend a little time in helping me
know your views.

1. Name: …………………………….

2. Age : …………

3. Gender: Male Female

4. Stream: Commerce Science Arts

5. Do you know that GST is charged on sports goods?

Yes No

6. How much knowledge you have about GST for sports goods?

Fare Little Absolute Nothing

7. From where did you get to know about GST?

Media Family & friends All of these Buying experience

8. What concern your family and friends have about GST?

High concern Low concern Very high concern

Very low concern Neutral

9. Is charging GST for sports goods acceptable ?

Acceptable Opposable Highly acceptable

Highly opposable Neutral

10. From where you get money for your personal needs?

Family income Part time job None Self employment

11. How often you get a part time job?

Frequently Rarely Never Haven’t tried for

12. Do you accept that youths with a craze for sports goods will ignore its GST?

Accept Object Strongly accept Strongly object

Neutral

13. Did your family ever advised you to notice GST rates before buying a product?

Yes No

14. How often you have noticed GST rates while buying sports goods?

Frequently Rarely Never Don’t remember

15. Do you agree that your friends are able to control your buying behavior?

Agree Disagree Strongly agree Strongly disagree

Neutral

16. Are you sure that your friends have similar opinion like you about charging GST for sports
goods?

Sure Not sure Never Don’t know

17. Do you agree that youths will ignore GST due to dignity they will get among friends by
owning sports goods?

Agree Disagree Strongly agree Strongly disagree

Neutral

18. Have you been advised by your family to avoid buying products with high GST rates?

Yes No

19. Which feature you consider most important factor while buying sports goods?

Price Quality Brand Guaranty/ warrant Others

20. Do you agree that youths not dependent on family income will ignore GST rates of sports
goods?

Agree Neutral Strongly agree Strongly disagree Disagree

21. Which of these incentives if provided by sports goods industry will reduce impact of GST on
you?

Free gifts Offers Free coupons Improved quality All of these

22. Do you agree that most youths expect a price deduction for sports goods will help to overcome
impact of GST?

Agree Neutral Strongly agree Strongly disagree Disagree

23. Have you ever seen any of your friends opposing charging of GST for sports goods in social
media?

Never Rarely Frequently Don’t remember

24. Do you agree that youths may avoid purchasing sports goods by sharing them among friends
due to high GST charged?

Agree Disagree Strongly agree Strongly disagree Neutral

25. How often you have purchased sports goods through online shopping?

Once Twice Never More than twice

26. Do you agree that discount offers provided by online shopping sites makes them more suitable
for buying sports goods with high GST rates?

Agree Disagree Strongly agree Strongly disagree Neutral

27. Under which of these tax slabs do you think GST is charged for sports goods?

12% to 28% 12% to 15% 2%to10%

20% to 25%

28. If provided with a platform to oppose/support about GST on sports goods what you will do?

Support Oppose Strongly support Strongly oppose Neutral

 LIST OF CHARTS

CHART TITLE OF CHARTS PAGE

NO. NO.

4.1 Gender wise classification 26

4.2 Stream of respondents 27
Youths aware of GST charged for sports goods 28
4.3

4.4 Youths level of knowledge about GST on sports goods 29

Sources which informed youths about goods and sales tax 30
4.5
Level of concern youths family have over GST 31
4.6
4.7 Youth accepting charging GST for sports goods 32
4.8 Sources of money for youths personal needs 33

4.9 Availability level of part time jobs for youths 34

4.10 Youths who think GST will be ignored by youths with craze on sports goods 35
4.11 Youths being advised by family to notice GST rates of products 36
4.12 Youths with habit of noticing GST rates of sports goods 37

4.13 Influence of friends in youths buying behavior 38

4.14 Similarity in opinion of youths and their friends over GST on sports goods 39
4.15 Youths ignoring GST due to fame received by owing sports goods 40
4.16 Youths advised by family to avoid purchase of products with high GST rates 41
Factors considered by youths while purchasing sports goods 42
4.17

4.18 Ignorance of GST on sports goods by financially self dependent youths 43

4.19 Incentives which help youths ignore impacts of GST on sports goods 44
Youths expecting a deduction in price to overcome impact of GST 45
4.20

4.21 Youths who saw friends protest against GST on spots goods in social media 46
Youths tendency to share sports goods among friends to avoid purchasing 47
4.22

Youths frequency in buying sports goods through online shopping sites 48

4.23

4.24 Suitability of online shopping of sports goods as offers being provided 49

Youths knowing the tax slab in which GST is charged for sports goods 50
4.25

4.26 Manner in which youths will use a platform to speak about GST 51

4.27 Correlation Analysis 52

YUVAKSHETRA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES COLLEGE, PALAKKAD

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND MANAGEMENT

CERTIFICATE

Certified that this Project Report titled ‘A STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF IMPLEMENTING
GST ON SPORTS GOODS AMONG YOUTH WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO
PALAKKAD’ is a bonafied work carried out by LLOYD GEORGE of B.Com sixth semester
(2018 -2019), YUVAKSHETRA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, PALAKKAD.

It is submitted to university of Calicut in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the
degree of Bachelor of Commerce.

Mrs. SRUTHI N NAIR Dr. MATILDA DANNY

(Assistant professor in commerce) (Head of the Department of

Commerce and Management)

EXTERNAL EXAMINER
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I submit this report entitled “A STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF IMPLEMENTING GST ON

SPORTS GOODS AMONG YOUTH WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PALAKKAD” with an
immense sense of gratitude towards all those who have helped me in various ways for this humble
endeavour.

First of all I express my gratitude to almighty who give me strength to complete the project within
the limited time period.

I would like to express my profound thanks to Rev. Dr. MATHEW GEORGE VAZHAYIL,
Director of Yuvakshetra Institute of Management Studies for giving me an opportunity to study in
this esteemed institution.

I would like to extend my sincere thanks to our Principal Dr. TOMY ANTONY for his constant
supervision throughout the project.

I extend my heartfelt thanks to our Vice Principal Rev. Dr. LALU OLIKKAL for his constant
support in all our activities.

I express my sincere thanks to Dr. MATILDA DANNY, Head of Department of Commerce And
Management Studies for giving me valuable guidance throughout the period of training.

I bound to submit my deep sense of thankfulness to our beloved faculty and my project guide
Mrs. SRUTHI N NAIR, Assistant professor, Department of Commerce and Management
Studies.

It gives me great pleasure to convey my gratitude to all the teaching faculties of my college and
sincere regards for my parents and other family members for their encouragement and inspiration
throughout the project.

Lastly, I express my heartfelt thanks to all my dear friends for their suggestion, ideas and help,
also to the respondents for their utmost cooperation.

LLOYD GEORGE