Charge 0.1% GST on Covid vaccines, medical items

Last week, the government rejected demands to fully exempt the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on vaccines, medicines and medical equipment used to deal with Covid-19 saying if a full GST exemption was given on these items, domestic producers would be unable to offset the input taxes paid and would pass them to the consumers by increasing their prices. Apparently, the government has not looked at bet…