99-percent items to be under 18-percent or lower GST-slabs: What about service-sector
It refers to media-reports about lowering GST on many more items so that 99-percent items will be under 18-percent or lower GST-slab as yet other unneeded financial gimmick. It is not proper to reduce GST-slab on items of long-term use like air-conditioners, refrigerators etc because it is one-time payment. Lower GST-slabs are beneficial on items of day-to-day use.
But government has never thought of lowering GST-slab on invisible service-sector where it needs urgent lowering from existing 18-percent slab to 12-percent. Such a high rate of GST-slab hurts badly those honest tax-payers where professional service-providers have to pay from their pocket heavy dose of 18-percent GST when those having availed service do not pay GST. For examples even government-departments and TV channels do ...









