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New GST rates: Cigarettes to SUVs and some motorcycles land it highest tax slab
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New GST rates: Cigarettes to SUVs and some motorcycles land it highest tax slab

A new 40% slab of GST will come into effect on September 22, along with all new rates. The 12% and 28% slabs are gone,…

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New GST rates: All you need to know about what happens next, and when | FAQs
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New GST rates: All you need to know about what happens next, and when | FAQs

After the GST rates were changed on Wednesday, to come into effect on September 22, here are some of the major questions being asked, and…

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GST rate cut: Individual health, life insurance policies exempt from GST
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GST rate cut: Individual health, life insurance policies exempt from GST

The GST Council has exempt individual life insurance and health insurance policies from GST as part of broader reforms for the indirect tax regime. Finance…

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New GST rates: Full list of items that have received rate cut
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New GST rates: Full list of items that have received rate cut

The GST Council on Wednesday approved a two-tier rate structure of 5 and 18 per cent, which will be implemented from September 22. New GST…

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Small cars, some motorcycles to get cheaper after GST rate cut. Check details
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Small cars, some motorcycles to get cheaper after GST rate cut. Check details

In the GST rate rejig announced on Wednesday, bikes under 350cc engine capacity and small cars get a tax cut of 10 percentage points. They…

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India delivers tax bonanza ‘for common man’, new GST rates from 22 September
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India delivers tax bonanza ‘for common man’, new GST rates from 22 September

India has cut GST rates on hundreds of consumer items,—ranging from soaps to small cars—to spur demand in the world’s fourth largest economy in the…

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Simpler GST regime with two rates from September 22
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Simpler GST regime with two rates from September 22

An overhauled and simplified goods and services tax (GST) regime with only two main rates rates, 5% and 12%, will be implemented from September 22….

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GST rate cut on footwear, apparel likely in relief from 50% US tariffs
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GST rate cut on footwear, apparel likely in relief from 50% US tariffs

The GST Council has recommended a rate cut on footwear and apparel, in what can be seen as relief to a sector marred by 50%…

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Google survives breakup, gets to keep Chrome, thanks to rise of ChatGPT, Perplexity AI
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Google survives breakup, gets to keep Chrome, thanks to rise of ChatGPT, Perplexity AI

Google avoided a breakup after a US judge ruled against the government’s most onerous proposals, including a forced sale of its Chrome browser, in another…

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Swiggy, Zomato raise platform fee yet again to make the most of festive demand
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Swiggy, Zomato raise platform fee yet again to make the most of festive demand

Swiggy Ltd. and Eternal Ltd.’s Zomato have increased platform fees in tandem, yet again, to capitalise on a surge in demand expected during the festive…

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