- Vito Tanzi, former IMF Fiscal Affairs Director, recommends India adopt a single, uniform GST rate for all domestic consumption.
- He suggests redistributing all GST revenue equally to citizens via per capita digital transfers linked to Aadhaar accounts.
- Tanzi argues that simplicity in tax policy is preferable and that redistribution should occur through spending, not complex tax rates.
- The recommendations were made at an international conference on the socio-economic impacts of GST organized by the Centre for Development Studies.
Source: a2ztaxcorp.net
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