Council to mull capacity-based GST on sectors seeing evasion

It will review panel’s report in Sept. 17 meeting; analysts flag risks in approach The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council is likely to consider a ministerial group’s report on introducing a differentiated regime for sectors where tax evasion is very high, such as brick kilns, sand mining, and gutkha and pan masala production, even as tax experts have urged caution about such carve-outs.  Th…