GST Council to meet on Friday; rate review, tax concession to 11 COVID drugs on cards
The Hindu
Also, taxing petrol and diesel under the single national GST tax might be taken up.
The GST Council, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, will meet on Friday, which among other things may review tax rate of over four-dozen items and extend till December 31, tax concessions on 11 COVID drugs.
Also, taxing petrol and diesel under the single national GST tax and a proposal to treat food delivery apps such as Zomato and Swiggy as restaurants and levy a 5% GST tax on supplies made by them would be taken up by the Council at its meeting in Lucknow on September 17.
“Finance Minister Smt @nsitharaman will chair the 45th GST Council meeting at 11 a.m. in Lucknow tomorrow. The meeting will be attended by MOS Shri @mppchaudhary besides Finance Ministers of States & UTs and Senior officers from Union Government & States,” the Finance Ministry tweeted.
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