CBIC: GST charges hiked for LED lights, photo voltaic water heaters, tetra packs

The GST on printing/writing or drawing ink, LED lamps, lights and fixtures and their steel printed circuit board has been hiked to 18 per cent from 12 per cent.

The GST charge on photo voltaic water heaters and programs has been hiked to 12 per cent from 5 per cent.

GST charge on job work in relation to fabricate of leather-based items and footwear has been elevated to 12 per cent from 5 per cent, apart from charge on works contract for roads, bridges, railways, metro, effluent therapy plant, crematorium being elevated to 18 per cent from 12 per cent.

Additional, the Council has additionally elevated the speed on tetra pack to 18 per cent from 12 per cent and charge on lower and polished diamonds to 1.5 per cent from 0.25 per cent.

The Council additionally advisable reducing the speed on sure gadgets.

GST charge on ostomy, sure orthopaedic home equipment has been decreased to five per cent from 12 per cent, apart from decreasing the speed on

items and passengers by ropeways to five per cent from 18 per cent.

The Council decreased the speed on renting of truck/items carriage the place the price of gas is included to 12 per cent from 18 per cent.

The speed modifications advisable by the GST Council will likely be efficient from July 18, 2022.

The Chairman of the Central Board of Oblique Taxes (CBIC) Vivek Johri stated that GST Council has executed charge rationalization to take away the inverted responsibility construction.

“These gadgets the place charge have been elevated wouldn’t have a lot impression on customers as a lot of the gadgets are utilized in enterprise to enterprise actions,” Vivek Johri instructed ANI

“Gadgets like Printing, writing or drawing ink, knives with reducing blades, Paper knives, Pencil sharpeners and blades therefor, Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers is not going to have a lot impression on customers, stated Johri, including that there are some aid to customers too,” he added.

The Group of Ministers arrange headed by Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on On line casino, Race Course and On-line Gaming will re-examine the problems in its phrases of reference based mostly on additional inputs from States and submit its report by July 15 finalized within the GST council assembly which is scheduled to be held in Madurai within the first week of August.