Sir — The decision of the GST council to reduce tax rates of some Covid-19 related items from 12 to 5 per cent is too little and too late. The tax should have been removed from all products give...

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Ahead of the crucial GST Council meeting on Saturday, leading tax experts on Friday pitched for lowering the rates on Covid items, even as a temporary measure. The council would consider exemptions o...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will on Saturday chair the meeting of the GST Council, which is expected to decide on tax relief for COVID-19 essentials and black fungus medicine. The 44th GST Co...

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a Delhi high court order which had declared as “unconstitutional” the levy of GST on the import of GST concentrators. Attorney General K.K. Venugopal o...

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Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra said he had threatened to submit a dissent note at the GST Council meeting when the Centre blocked the state's proposal to fix a zero tax rate on Covid-related p...

The finance ministry has proposed to borrow Rs 1.58 lakh crore to fund the shortfall in cess collection under the Goods and Services Tax regime, applying the same formula as last year. “We will...

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