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GST collections for June at Rs 1.44 lakh crore, up 56 pc year-on-year
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Goods and Services Tax collection for the month of June 2022 came in at Rs 1.44 lakh crore, a 56 per cent rise from the same month last year.
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GST rates on casinos, online gaming, horse racing to be finalised in Augus
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], June 29 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala SithaNirman on Wednesday said that the GST rates on online gaming, horse racing and casinos will be finalized in the 48th GST Council Meeting which will be held in first week of August in Madurai.
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GST rates hiked for LED lights, solar water heaters, tetra packs
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], June 29 (ANI): After the recommendations that were taken up in the two-day 47th GST Council meeting in Chandigarh on Wednesday, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) were hiked for numerous items including LED lamps, solar water heater and various job works, informed the offic
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Union Finance Minister chairs Day 2 of 47th GST Council meet in Chandigarh
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], June 29 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chaired the second day of the two-day meeting of the 47th Goods and Service Tax (GST) Council in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
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SC judgement on GST Council recommendations only 'elaborated' its mechanis
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): After the Supreme Court has ruled that the GST Council recommendations are not binding on the Centre and the states, the government sources on Thursday said this judgement neither has any bearing on the way GST has been functioning in India nor lays down anyt
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Cryptocurrencies may be taxed at par with lotteries, casinos
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): The government is considering to tax cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, at par with casinos, lotteries, betting and racecourses, sources said.
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Other states which criticised Goa want to commit same 'sin' by bringing ca
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], April 29 (ANI): Goa Transport Minister and state representative on the GST council Mauvin Godinho on Friday said that the other states which once accused Goa of committing a "sin" for bringing casino industry are now replicating it due to revenues.
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Centre has not sought feedback from states on raising GST on 143 items, cl
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): Regarding reports in a section of the media that feedback has been sought from States on raising GST rates on 143 items, the Finance Ministry on Monday clarified that no feedback from States has been sought on the GST rates for any specific items and the re
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Centre denies reports of GST council planning to raise 5 pc tax slab to 8
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): The Central Government has categorically denied the media reports claiming that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council is planning to raise a five per cent tax slab to eight per cent, said the government sources.
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Such tax regime would destroy country's indigenous textile sector: TDP lea
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], March 5 (ANI): TDP National General Secretary Nara Lokesh on Saturday wrote to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman and urged her to exempt the handloom sector from the GST regime.
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Cong slams Centre, says GST hike on textiles deferred due to Assembly poll
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], January 2 (ANI): Congress has slammed the Centre's decision to defer its decision of hiking the Goods and Services Tax on textiles from the existing 5 per cent to 12 per cent, and said that the move has been made only until the counting of votes in the upco
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Centre deferred GST hike on textiles fearing defeat in upcoming polls: Con
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 1 (ANI): Reacting to the Centre's announcement to defer the earlier decision to increase GST on textiles from 5 per cent to 12 per cent, All India Congress Committee (AICC) Spokesperson Mohan Prakash on Saturday said that BJP took this decision out of f
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