GST rate panel for keeping current 4-slab tax structure 'for now'

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A panel of state ministers tasked with suggesting changes to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime has signalled that the current four-slab tax structure should remain in place —“for now”.

“Some members of the group of ministers (GoM) are insisting there should be no changes to the tax slabs under GST,” said Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary, who is also convener of the group, following a meeting on Thursday. However, he stressed that the discussions were still at a preliminary stage, with no decisions reached yet.

The GoM convened in the national capital to review