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Online travel booking to get expensive under GST

The Central Board of Excise and Customs has categorised an e-commerce operator as someone who works for or manages the electronic platform for e-commerce, and is allowed to collect 1 percent of the net value of taxable supplies made through it. Aug 9, 2017
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GST Council increases cess on cigarettes

"In first 15 days of GST implementation, it was noted that the 28 pc tax rate plus compensation cess on cigarettes when translated, the impact of cascading effect had not adequately factored in, resulting in windfall gain for the cigarette companies," finance minister Arun Jaitley said. Jul 17, 2017