Claim: Comparison of GST rates of certain goods with that of their pre-GST tax rates.
Fact-check: This comparison of pre- & post-GST taxes on different goods and services is not rational - FACTLY
Verdict: before the introduction of gst, the taxes were not uniform across all the states. state vat used to vary from state to state. thus, comparing the current gst rates with that of a purported uniform pre-gst tax rates is not rational. while the introduction of gst brought down taxes on certain goods and services, there are few other goods and services which are taxed more now compared to the pre-gst regime. for example, essential commodities like wheat, curd, rice, flour are currently slabbed under 5% gst , whereas these items were taxed lesser under the pre-gst regime. the post makes a selective comparison of those goods and services which are taxed less under the gst compared to the pre-gst regime. hence the claim made in the post is misleading.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Chaitanya
Date published: 2022-07-21T12:26:08