{"id":251733,"date":"2023-07-12T20:35:18","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T15:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=251733"},"modified":"2023-07-12T20:35:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T15:05:18","slug":"recommendations-of-50th-meeting-of-gst-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/recommendations-of-50th-meeting-of-gst-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommendations of 50th meeting of GST Council"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the articl<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e<\/span><b> \u201c<\/b><b>Recommendations of 50th meeting of GST Council\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> published in<\/span><b> PIB <\/b>on <b>11th July 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 50th meeting of the Goods and Services Tax(GST) Council was held under the chairmanship of the Union Finance Minister.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the Goods and Services Tax(GST) Council?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/five-years-of-gst-achievements-challenges-and-way-ahead\/\"><b>Click Here to read<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>What are the decisions taken by the GST Council?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-251755\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1689099292-8867.jpg?resize=300%2C158&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1689099292-8867.jpg?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1689099292-8867.jpg?w=620&amp;ssl=1 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Source: Business Standard<\/p>\n<p><b>GST on Online Gaming<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The GST Council has approved the imposition of a uniform 28% tax on full \u201cface value\u201d of bets involving online gaming, casinos and horse racing. This will bring them on a par with betting and gambling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Currently, most online gaming platforms pay an 18 per cent tax on the commission collected for each game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tax on food and beverages in Cinema Halls:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The GST on restaurants inside Cineplex will attract 5% GST against 18% earlier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Currently, movie tickets below Rs 100 were taxed at 12%, while those above the threshold attracted 18% GST.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Exempted GST on cancer drugs: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GST Council has decided to exempt GST on import of cancer drug Dinutuximab, and Food for Special Medical Purposes (FSMP) used in the treatment of rare diseases. Currently, the drug attracts a 12% integrated GST.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tribunals: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The council has recommended setting up of a mechanism for appellate tribunals. Demands for state-wise benches were presented by various states, and the Council approved setting up of as many as 40 benches in phases.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cRecommendations of 50th meeting of GST Council\u201d published in PIB on 11th July 2023 What is the News? The 50th meeting of the Goods and Services Tax(GST) Council was held under the chairmanship of the Union Finance Minister. What is the Goods and Services Tax(GST) Council? Click&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/recommendations-of-50th-meeting-of-gst-council\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Recommendations of 50th meeting of GST Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,9],"tags":[3590],"class_list":["post-251733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-public","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}