Govt losing revenue due to GST: Bibek Debroy

23 Aug 2023 Evaluate

Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister Chairman Bibek Debroy has said the government was losing revenue due to the goods and services tax (GST), which should be revenue neutral with a single rate. However, he said that GST has led to a lot of simplification.

He said ‘the ideal GST is one that has a single rate, and it was meant to be revenue neutral. According to calculations by the finance ministry when GST was first introduced, the average rate should be at least 17 per cent. But, the existing rate is 11.4 per cent. Because of GST, the government is losing revenue’.

Debroy said the public as well as members of the GST Council want the 28 per cent tax rate to come down, but ‘no one wants the 0 and 3 per cent tax rates to go up’. He said ‘That way, we will never have a simplified GST’. He noted a ‘lot of abuse’ of GST provisions was taking place.


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