GST Council to meet on June 12 to discuss tax cut on COVID essentials, black fungus medicineIn the previous meeting on May 28, the Council, which has state ministers as members, a Group of Ministers (GoM) was set up to recommend ta...
10 Jun, 2021, 01.56 PM IST
GoM suggests cut in GST on Covid relief material to 5 per centThe GoM, headed by Meghalaya chief minister Conrad Sangma, has suggested reduction in GST rates of Covid relief material to 5% on items inc...
08 Jun, 2021, 09.00 AM IST
SC stays HC order on levy of IGST on imported oxygen concentrators for personal useA special bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and M R Shah issued notice on the plea and sought response from the petitioner, who filed a PIL ...
01 Jun, 2021, 12.59 PM IST
GoM to look into GST rates of Covid vaccine, drugs and related items set upTax rates on vaccines, drugs, medicines, Covid testing kits, medical grade oxygen, pulse oximeters, hand sanitizers, oxygen concentrators, ...
29 May, 2021, 05.54 PM IST
Delhi HC asks government to place issue of IGST on oxygen concentrators in Friday GST council meetThe issue of IGST on oxygen concentrators may already be addressed by the GST council on Friday. The council could look at doing away with ...
27 May, 2021, 10.30 PM IST
GST council may do away with tax on oxygen concentrators, but only prospectively: SourcesCurrently imported oxygen concentrators attract 12% IGST. Many states have been pushing for doing away with the IGST on imported oxygen con...
25 May, 2021, 05.28 PM IST
GST Council may decide on IGST levy on oxygen concentrators imported for personal use on May 28The Delhi High Court last week said that imposition of 12 per cent Integrated GST (IGST) on oxygen concentrators for personal use or those ...
23 May, 2021, 01.14 PM IST
Oxygen concentrator importers could fight tax in courtWhen many companies decided to import oxygen concentrators amidst the domestic shortage due to Covid pandemic in the country, they were fac...
21 May, 2021, 06.56 AM IST
Govt seeing opportunity in crisis by imposing GST on COVID vaccines, medicines: CongressCongress spokesperson Gaurav Vallabh also claimed that had the government taken steps at the right time, the second wave of coronavirus wou...
12 May, 2021, 09.55 PM IST
Importers drag Centre to court over oxygen concentrators tax, claim 'violation of rights’Only non-profit organisations registered under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) are exempt from the IGST when importing oxy...
11 May, 2021, 07.53 AM IST
Full GST, customs waiver for vaccines & Covid drugs counterproductive, will hurt consumers: Nirmala Sitharaman“If full exemption from GST were given, the domestic producers of these items would be unable to offset taxes paid on their inputs and inpu...
10 May, 2021, 08.45 AM IST
GST waiver on Covid jabs, drugs will backfire: FM Nirmala SitharamanIn a set of 16 tweets on Sunday, she argued why a nominal GST was in the interest of manufacturers and citizens. GST rates vary from 5% on ...
10 May, 2021, 06.46 AM IST
Non-FCRA listed NGOs may have to pay tax on foreign oxygen device giftsThe government has waived integrated GST and customs duty on oxygen concentrators that are gifted from overseas or imported. However, exper...
07 May, 2021, 07.45 AM IST
Drop IGST on import of oxygen concentrators, Delhi HC tells CentreThe Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the finance ministry to consider exempting oxygen concentrators imported by individuals for persona...
06 May, 2021, 01.55 PM IST
‘Room to cut tax further on imported O2 concentrators for personal use’Industry associations want the goods and services tax on oxygen concentrators imported for personal use to be slashed further — even after ...
03 May, 2021, 11.36 AM IST
Government slashes IGST on oxygen concentrators for personal use to 12%"IGST on Import of Oxygen Concentrators for personal use has been reduced from 28 per cent to 12 per cent to bring IGST rate on such person...
01 May, 2021, 10.53 PM IST
COVID-19: Govt permits oxygen concentrator imports via post, courier for personal use under gift categoryAn official press release from the ministry of commerce and industry stated that oxygen concentrators have been added to the list of exempt...
01 May, 2021, 07.39 PM IST