Businesses with annual turnover of up to Rs 40 lakh are GST exempt: Ministry of Finance

24 Aug 2020 Evaluate

In a huge relief for businessmen, the Ministry of Finance has said that businesses with an annual turnover of up to Rs 40 lakh are Goods and Services Tax (GST) exempt and those with a turnover up to Rs 1.5 crore can opt for the Composition Scheme and pay only one percent tax. Initially, this limit was Rs 20 lakh.

The Ministry also noted that significant relief has been extended to the construction sector, particularly the housing sector. It has now been placed at the 5% rate. GST on affordable housing has been reduced to 1%.

While talking about benefits of GST, the Ministry of Finance said that the taxpayer base has almost doubled since the rollout of GST. The numbers of assessee covered by the GST at the time of its inception were about 65 lakh. Now the assessee base exceeds 1.24 crore. All processes in GST has been fully automated. Till now 50 crore returns have been filed online and 131 crore e-way bill generated.

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