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Govt hints at reviewing GST rates on items in the 28% tax bracket

Press Trust of India, Mumbai | ByPress Trust of India
Dec 09, 2017 09:17 PM IST

As many as 178 items of daily use were shifted from the top tax bracket of 28% to 18%, and a uniform 5% tax was prescribed for both air-conditioned and non- AC restaurants.

After slashing the GST rates of over 200 items last month, the government on Saturday hinted at reviewing levies on the items in the top 28% tax bracket.

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley speaks at Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Foundation Day Celebrations, 2017 in New Delhi on Monday.(PTI)
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley speaks at Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Foundation Day Celebrations, 2017 in New Delhi on Monday.(PTI)

On November 10, the GST Council, headed by Finance Minster Arun Jaitley, had lowered Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates on over 200 items, ranging from chewing gum to chocolates, to beauty products, wigs and wrist watches.

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As many as 178 items of daily use were shifted from the top tax bracket of 28% to 18%, and a uniform 5% tax was prescribed for both air-conditioned and non- AC restaurants.

“We have already reduced GST slabs of 12% to 5% and 5% to zero per cent (on six items). Going forward, we may look at reviewing the 28% slab,” Union Minister of State for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla said at an event here this evening.

The GST Council had also pruned the list of items in the top 28% slab to just 50 from 228 earlier.

Following this major rejig in GST rates, Jaitley had hinted at a further scope for rationalisation of rates.

“In four months, we have rationalised the 28% slab. Such rationalisation (will happen in future) depending on revenue buoyancy,” Jaitley said at an event last month.

Shukla said by March next year, the government will ensure that all the processes under the GST are simplified.

The GST, a landmark tax reform which subsumed a host of central and state levies, came into force on July 1.

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