GST reduced tax rates, doubled taxpayer base to 1.24 crore
Business | Aug 24, 2020, 12:57 PM ISTIn a series of tweets, on the first death anniversary of former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, the ministry said before goods and services tax (GST), the combination of value-added tax (VAT), excise, sales tax and their cascading effect resulted in high standard rate of tax up to 31 per cent.