Post-July 2018 (one year of GST), there has been a genuine effort by the Government and the GST Council, in particular, to cut down on the burden that GST rate has had on the common man’s pocket.
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Post-July 2018 (one year of GST), there has been a genuine effort by the Government and the GST Council, in particular, to cut down on the burden that GST rate has had on the common man’s pocket.
The Goods and Service Tax was criticised from the very first day for its multiple tax slabs. A major point that was raised in favour of multiple tax slabs in the ‘One Nation, One Tax’ regime was the great disparity in the purchasing capacity of the common Indian citizens.
Finally, the matter of petrol under GST has reached to the almighty Rajya Sabha of India in which during the ongoing Rajya Sabha session, Dharmendra Pradhan, the Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, confirmed that the Central government and the Industry are in favour of bringing petroleum products under the GTS ambit.
GST was touted as ‘One Nation One Tax’ since its introduction on July 1st, 2017 GST has undergone many changes both structural and provisional.
The home minister Rajnath Singh has assured that the central government is still open to consider any GST rate reduction in the view of recent 28th GST council meeting decisions.
The next GST Council meeting is all set to be held on July 21, 2018. Among many issues to be discussed in the meeting, one is related to the reduction of GST rate on various products and services, especially the ones which do not add much in terms of revenue to the government.
Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Advisor India mentioned in a statement that introducing a single GST rate is not relevant in India instead a three slab GST rate framework is a better option for stabilizing the revenues.
When the GST was introduced on the midnight of July 1, 2017, many pundits termed it as India’s second tryst with destiny. Tryst though is a not an appropriate word to describe a landscape changing move like GST.
On Tuesday, The Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia assured that the GST is now way past its troubled teething stage. Just a month ahead of its 1st anniversary, GST has now entered a smooth phase with increased tax compliance.