Revenue Secretary Tarun Bajaj on Tuesday said that he is not sure if the country is ready for a single Goods and Services Tax rate and suggested that it would be better if India can first move the 5%, 12%, and 18% GST rates into two slabs.
Read MoreThe GST council has withdrawn exemptions from taxation on some food items, grains, etc. With this withdrawal, milk products like pre-packed, pre-labeled curd, lassi, and buttermilk will have a GST rate from the current NIL. This move is expected to push dairy companies in hiking their consumer prices to pass on the impact of additional costs. Although, there is limited impact seen in volumes. Heritage Foods and Dodla Dairy are two hot stocks in the sector.
Read MoreThe Delhi government will seek a reduction in the GST rates of raw materials for manufacturing alternatives to single-use plastics after the Centre imposed a ban on them, said state environment minister Gopal Rai.
Read MoreAfter a period of stagnation, the domestic housing market is expected to expand over the next five years. Thanks to sectoral reforms like RERA and GST, which have increased predictability, housing finance companies are well positioned to take advantage of this potential, according to PNB Housing Finance's annual report for 2021–22.
Read MoreThe trend of robust goods and services tax (GST) revenue collection of ₹1.51 trillion a month on average in the June quarter brings states’ GST revenue receipts closer to the level of revenue protection they seek, according to the revenue secretary Tarun Bajaj.
Read More"Compensation was more an insurance against tax losses for five years (2017-22). But if it is continued for too long, it will lead to laxity in states’ bureaucracy. It will act as a disincentive in mopping up more taxes. The GST compensation to states should end now."
Read MoreOn July 1, Goods and Services Tax (GST) completed five years of its existence. From its grand midnight launch at the historic central hall of Parliament to the 47th GST Council meet in Chandigarh earlier this week, it has been an eventful life story for what was nicknamed the “good and simple tax.”
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Fifth GST Day with vision [email protected] साधन, देश के सर्वांगीण विकास का celebrated at New Delhi
Read MoreThe GST Council last week decided to bring packaged foods items like milk, curd, and dried leguminous vegetables, makhana, wheat or meslin flour, jaggery, puffed rice, organic food, manure and compost under the 5% tax slab
Read MoreStating that the GST has become a nightmare for doing business in India, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday that the saffron front turned his party's 'Genuine Simple Tax' into a 'Gabbar Singh Tax'.
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