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DFS to approach revenue dept, opposing GST on 'free services' by banks

Revenue department officials argue that banks are not offering 'free services' but actually charging customers by asking them to maintain a minimum account balance

Revenue department officials argue that banks are not offering free services and actually charging customers by asking them to maintain a minimum account balance
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Revenue department officials argue that banks are not offering free services and actually charging customers by asking them to maintain a minimum account balance

Somesh Jha New Delhi
The department of financial services (DFS) is planning to write to the department of revenue opposing the move to tax banks for some of the free services provided to its customers.
"We will write to the revenue department on the issue of imposition of tax - service tax and goods and services tax (GST) on banks for some free services they offer to customers," DFS secretary Rajiv Kumar told reporters.
He said that the services, offered free of cost, were entitlement of customers and taxing such facilities is not legally tenable.
"To our mind, it's not a service. The banks are already earning

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