जीसटी –ठरवलेले दर किती योग्य –किती अयोग्य — सविस्तर माहितीसाठी इकॉनॉमिक टाइम्स मधील अग्रलेख वाचावा .

It is welcome that the GST Council has finalised the rates of the new tax for most goods and services. They must quickly finalise the rest and publish them, along with the rules, to enable companies to prepare their accounting systems to roll out the new tax at the earliest. The government must be prepared to tweak the rates and procedures, depending on how things work out as the tax is implemented.

While most rates on goods and services are fine, some are not. A 5 per cent levy on newsprint will hurt the vital newspaper industry. The 18 per cent GST on financial services and 28 per cent on detergents are excessive. Financial services should come under the Integrated GST to ease compliance. The 1 per cent tax at source that ecommerce is obliged to collect is a needless burden on the fledgling industry and consumers.

via Even after fixing rates, much remains to be done by the GST council