Budget 2019: Luxury Carmakers Demand Reduction In GST Rates

Reduced GST rates will also help with better return-on-investment, making our market more lucrative for luxury carmakers.

EV makers have asked to bring EVs under the 5 per cent GST bracket and to reduce import duties on EVs and components used to assemble electric vehicles.

Industry Body and automakers have high hopes from the upcoming budget session which can help the industry to recover from the current slowdown.

SIAM has demanded reduction in GST rates and 200 per cent weighted reduction in R&D expenses which can help the industry to recover from a slowdown.

IRCTC Tourism's package includes air tickets, breakfast and dinner, GST, accommodation in three-star hotels and one night stay in a house boat

While the GST collections in June were lower than Rs 1,00,289 crore in May, they were higher than Rs 95,610 crore receipts in the same month of 2018

GST, which subsumed 17 local taxes, was rolled out on July 1, 2017. The GST currently has four slabs -- 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent

According to the industry body, further rationalisation of taxes and simplification of registration process among others will usher in GST 2.0.

Former Union Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Goods and Services Tax -- the flagship reform of the Modi 1.0 government which completes two years today -- has been both consumer and assessee friendly. The transformation has proved "one of the smoothest". That it was "politically safe" was proved by the BJP's performance in Gujarat, particularly Surat, which had see...

Luxury cars are often under scrutiny for being extravagant purchases, which has resulted in the cars attracting the highest taxation. However, Jaguar Land Rover India's President and Managing Director, Rohit Suri believes that the government should stop classifying luxury cars as sin goods and reduce the tax burden on such vehicles. In a statement made to PTI, the JLR...

The new Goods and Services Tax return filing system will enable traders to file returns in a single format once a month instead of multiple formats, Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Modi, who heads the Group of Ministers (GoM) to look into revenue shortfall after the GST roll-out said on Saturday.

Rationalisation of various GST rates is one of the demands of the hospitality/tourism sectors.

A simple shop selling 'kachoris' in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh has left the commercial tax sleuths astounded.

The GST Council will consider reducing tax on electric vehicles, which are seen as more environment-friendly, and the matter is pending before it, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur informed the Lok Sabha on Monday.