- GST Council to discuss reducing levies on products like cement and services such as salons and beauty parlors
- Proposal to move all food and textile products into the 5 percent slab
- Cement levy proposed to be reduced from 28 percent to 18 percent
- Government evaluating lowering levies on some services from 18 percent to 5 percent
- Small salons are exempt, mid and higher-end ones face 18 percent GST
- Term assurance and health insurance policies may have zero GST
- GST Council meeting on September 3 and 4 to decide on fewer slabs: 5 percent and 18 percent for most goods and services, 40 percent for sin and luxury items
- Small cars to face 18 percent tax, larger ones 40 percent levy
- Move to a simpler regime balancing consumer and exchequer interests based on eight years of GST experience
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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