Papads are telling us an important story about GST complexity

The system of classifying near-identical goods into different classes of goods and taxing them at different levels should be dumped. Most goods should be taxed at a central rate, say 12%. A lower rate should flank this rate, say 6% for essentials and another rate, say, 18% for indulgences Between state-level benches of the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) and the Appellate Authority for Advance…