From Monday, that is, July 18, you will have to spend more for some other things including some household items, hotels and bank services. Inks used for printing, writing or drawing, LED lamps, lights and fixtures and their metal printed circuit boards are going to be expensive.
New Delhi. After the recent changes in the GST rates of many items by the government, their effect will start showing from next week. From Monday, that is, July 18, you will have to spend more for some other things including some household items, hotels and bank services. The decision regarding rates was taken in the 47th meeting of the GST Council held in Chandigarh.
Now the ink used for printing, writing or drawing, LED lamps, lights and fixtures and their metal printed circuit boards are going to be expensive. Earlier, GST was levied on all these at the rate of 12 percent, but after July 18, this tax will be 18 percent. The GST rate on solar water heaters and systems has been increased from 5 per cent to 12 per cent.
Cremation ground work too expensive
The GST rate on job work involving making leather goods and footwear has been increased from 5 percent to 12 percent. Now the work of road, bridge, railway, metro, and cremation ground will also be costly. Till now, GST of 12 percent was applicable on works contracts issued for such works, which has now been increased to 18 percent. The rate on Tetra Pack has been increased from 12 percent to 18 percent and on cut and polished diamonds from 0.25 percent to 1.5 percent.
Here is the complete list
- Printing, writing or drawing ink – 18%
- Knives with cutting blades, paper knives, pencil sharpeners and blades for, spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers -18%
- Electric powered pumps (mainly those used to extract water), deep tubewell turbine pumps, submersible pumps, cycle pumps -18%
- Cereal cleaning, sorting or grading of pulses, Machines for seed use, Machinery for milling industry or grain processing, Wind mills, Air based flour mills, Wet grinders -18%
- Eggs, fruit or other agricultural products and machines used for cleaning, sorting or grading thereof, milking machines and dairy machinery -18%
- LED lamps, lights and fixtures, their metal circuit boards -18%
- Marking or drawing equipment -18%
- Solar water heaters and systems -12%
- Finished Leather / Chamois Leather / Composition Leather – 12%
- In the form of cheques, opened or booked – 18%
- Maps and other hydrographic or similar charts, atlases, wall maps, topographical plans and globes, printed maps -12%
- Hotel stay up to Rs.1,000 -12%
- -5% (without benefit of income tax credit) on hospital room rent (excluding ICU) if it exceeds Rs.5,000
- Carrying out works for roads, bridges, railways, metro, effluent treatment plants, crematoriums – 18%
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