Amid industry’s demand of lowering of proposed GST rates of 5 per cent, 12 per cent, 18 per cent and 28 per cent post the demonetization, Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) Chairman Najib Shah has said that in future the GST Council may reduce the tax slabs under the new tax regime. He noted that reduction in tax slab is possible after assessing the revenues, the effect of exemptions and deductions given in the GST regime, and analysing it with the expenditure.
The CBEC chairman said that the officers committee has already started work on which goods is to be placed in which tax bracket and the final call would be taken by the GST Body. He said that the central government has committed to compensating the states for five years. Now it is a huge burden which the central government has cast upon itself.
Shah further said that the Council has to take into consideration the range of products under new tax regime and the political compulsion of every state while taxing them. He also said that the underlying theme is GST will increase revenues and the need for compensation perhaps will be lesser.
He added that at the last meeting, the Council agreed on a four-slab structure of 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent along with a cess on luxury and ‘sin’ goods such as tobacco. He said that the Centre and the states have collected Rs 8 lakh crore from indirect taxes, minus customs duty, and the same level of revenue had to be collected in the GST regime.
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