The jewellery trade has urged the Union government to exempt the Jewellery sector from the requirement directing consumers to submit their tax Permanent Account Number (PAN) for any purchase over Rs 1,00,000. Last month, in his Union Budget proposals, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley proposed compulsory requirement of PAN Card for any cash purchase over Rs 1,00,000. Under the Income Tax Act, cash purchase of jewellery worth over Rs 5,00,000 and bullion (coins and bars) require one’s PAN.
Jewellery retailers fear massive loss of business. “The proposal is impractical. Any ornaments with over 30g of gold would come under this net. Denial of sales would neither be good for jewellers nor for the economy,” said Ashok Minawala, Director, All India Gems & Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF), which says it represents about 600,000 jewellery makers, traders and retailers.
Domestic sales of jewellery are estimated at Rs 2,50,000 crore a year, of which rural sales comprise 70 percent. All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation said the move will discriminate this 70% of the rural buyers as they are not under tax net and do not possess PAN cards.
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