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Four-tier GST rate structure of 5, 12, 18, 28 percent has been announced by the GST Council in addition to zero rated goods

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..... Four-tier GST rate structure of 5, 12, 18, 28 percent has been announced by the GST Council in addition to zero rated goods - Goods and Services Tax - GST Dated:- 3-11-2016 - News - New Delhi: In the latest, four-tier GST rate structure of 5, 12, 18, 28 percent has been announced by the GST Council. Zero-tax rate will be applied to 50 percent of items in CPI basket, including foodgrains used .....

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..... by common man, says Arun Jaitley. 5% duty will be levied on mass consumption items used by common people; 2 Standard Rates of 12%, 18% will be there in GST , said he. Items taxed at 30-31 percent (excise plus VAT) will be taxed at 28 percent, said Jaitley. Furthermore, additional revenue from highest tax slab is to be used to keep essential use items at 5% and transferring common items to .....

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..... 18%. The long-delayed tax, which would transform Asia`s third largest economy into a single market, could boost revenues through better compliance while making life simpler for business that now pay a host of federal and state levies. The brackets, discussed at a meeting of the GST Council overseeing plans to introduce the national sales tax next spring, are steeper than the rates of .....

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..... 6, 12, 18 and 26 percent earlier proposed by the government. There was a broad consensus on four rate slabs, Haseeb Drabu, state finance minister for Jammu Kashmir told reporters after attending the GST Council `s meeting. Foodgrains are likely to be exempted from the GST, and tobacco products may be taxed at 40 percent, he said. Thomas Issac, state finance minister of Kerala s .....

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..... aid the council had yet to decide on the controversial issues of additional levies on luxury items and so-called dual control of tax administration by federal and state tax officials. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will seek parliamentary approval for bills later this month that would set the rate and scope of the GST. State assemblies must also to approve similar bills for the tax to enter f .....

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..... orce as planned next April 1. - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax .....

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