The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) has urged the Department of Revenue to take initiatives for exempting digital news subscriptions from the Goods and Services Tax (GST) or bringing it down to 5% from 18%.
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“In a letter to the Department last month, the I&B Secretary had written to the Revenue Secretary in this regard, recommending that either the GST on digital news subscriptions be removed or be rationalised and brought down to 5% on par with that of e-books,” said an official.
Read more at: The Hindu
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