The GST Council, during its 56th meeting, decided to increase the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on items with added sugar, sweeteners, or fl...

The Indian Beverage Association urges the finance ministry for a sugar-based taxation system, aligning with global standards, ahead of a cr...

The GoM on GST rate rationalisation has proposed increasing the tax on aerated beverages to 35% from 28% and similarly raising taxes on sin...

High taxes under India's GST regime are hampering the growth of the carbonated soft drinks sector, despite initiatives like 'Make in India'...

India's beverage industry, facing a 40% GST on carbonated drinks, advocates for tax rationalization to spur innovation, job creation, and i...

If any deduction claimed for expenditure made on purchase of sugar has been disallowed, an application can be made to the assessing officer...

"Preparing to impose new taxes of Rs 1,50,000 crore. Modi government finds new ways to fleece Indians by increasing GST slab from 5 per cen...

Some political outfits had been clamouring for doing away with the four-slab GST rate structure and the Congress had promised to reduce it ...

As India wakes up to a new tax regime, here is a quick guide to all the goods and services and their respective tax slabs.

The government has already said that the benefits of a reduced tax rate post GST should be passed on to consumers by way of price reduction.

These services were so far taxed at 15% and the hike in the tax rate means that individuals will have to pay Rs 3 more for every Rs 100 pai...

Daily use items like milk, fruits & veggies, food grains & cereals have been exempted; sugar, tea, coffee, edible oil, sweets placed in the...

The announcement of the GST rates has brought cheer to at least some consumer goods firms, which expect the decision to help boost consumpt...

The GST slabs announced so far indicate that mass consumption items will be taxed lower, said Saugata Gupta, managing director at Marico.

According to ISMA, consumers from Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, the two states which currently have VAT on sugar, will have to pay less on...

In another major policy reversal, the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh on Friday decided to do away with the Mulayam Singh administrati...

Two months ahead of the budget for 2005-06, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today promised to make tax structure simpler for petroleum, tele...