GST Council To Meet On December 31 To Discuss Rate Rationalisation.
GST council will hold its meeting on December 31New Delhi:
The GST council headed by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will meet on December 31, a day after she meets her states counterparts for pre-budget consultations.
The council is expected to discuss the report of the group of states finance ministers on rate rationalisation, which will be submitted during the meeting. It is also likely to discuss correction in duty inversion in certain commodities, official sources said.
The panel has reviewed items under an inverted duty structure to help minimise refund payout.
The fitment committee, comprising of tax officers from states and the Centre, has made many “sweeping” recommendations to the finance ministers' panel regarding the slab and rate changes and bringing several items out of the exemption list.
Currently, GST is a four-tier slab structure of 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent. Essential items are either exempted or taxed at the lowest slab, while luxury and demerit items attract the highest slab. On the top of the highest slab, a cess is levied on luxury and demerit goods.
