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GST Rate Finder: Government launches app to check
rates
‘The government on Friday launched an app called GST Rate Finder—
which as the name suggests is your ready reckoner for all the tax rates
that are to be levied uncer the GST (Goods and Services Tax) regime. The
app has been developed by the Central Board of Excise and Custom
(BEC)
First app ofits kind which would be a ready reckoner for public, for
customers, for consumers, traders, students, anyone who wishes to have
very handily (GST) rates available. So, if you are in a market, a restaurant
or anywhere you can easily check what the (GST) rate is? CBEC
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‘The app is currently available on the Android platform, but will soon be made available for Apple's iOS users as well, the
Finance Ministry said. The rates can also be accessed from the CBEC GST website.
According to the Finance Ministry, once the GST Rate Finder app has been downloaded it can be used in offine mode as well
"A taxpayer can search for applicable CGST (Central GST), SGST (State GST), UTGST (Union Territory GST) rate and
‘Compensation Cess on a supply” the Finance Ministry sald,
‘The government has undertaken a slew of initiatives to educate and familiarise both consumers and traders since it launched
GST in an claborate midnight function on June 30-July 1 in the Parliament's central hall which which broadcast live for the entire
nation,
Earlier this week the government started a series GST "masterclasses" aimed at addressing queries and clarifying any
confusion or doubt regarding the new tax regime. These "masterclasses" are in the form of hour-long programs held across six
ays. They are telecast ive on the state run television channel Doordarshan along with ive webcasts. The "masterclasses" are
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experts on the day's topic.
GST Is India's most ambitious tax reform since independence and subsumes over a dozen central and state taxes that were
levied on goods and services earlier, Bringing the country under a uniform tax regime, GST is expected to add 2 per cent to
India's GOP (gross domestic product
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