The GST Council’s latest meeting has further complicated an already torturous tax system. Tax rates on food items vary based on location, price, specific ingredients, and sometimes even temperature. This encourages evasion and discretion of the tax officials. Meant for ease of doing business, GST is boomeranging on the idea.
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