date:Dec 29, 2016
mend, the states can add two per cent to it or reduce it by two per cent. Also the GST councils decision is not legally binding on the states. There is no mention of this in the constitution amendment bill, the representative stated.
Further we feel that the situation will be similar to what happened to value-added tax (VAT), where the VAT empowered committees decision to levy four per cent duty on food products was not accepted by the states. Different states levied VAT at different rates. Som