Tax on helicopter services for religious travel down at 5%: Uttarakhand FM

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The Council is slated to deliberate on a host of issues, including lowering of taxes on life and health insurance premiums, as well as levy of GST on payment aggregators for small digital transactions up to Rs 2,000, via debit and credit cards.

Uttarakhand Finance Minister Prem Chand Agarwal on Monday said the GST Council has decided to cut tax on helicopter services for religious travels to 5 per cent.

The 54th meeting of the GST Council, chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, is currently underway.

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Published On: 2024-09-09 @ 17:07:05 (7 hours ago)

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