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The 56th GST Council meeting will be held in New Delhi on September 3 and 4, 2025, to discuss shifting to a two-slab GST structure.
In addition, an Officers’ Meeting will be held on 2nd September, 2025 at New Delhi. (File)
The 56th meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council will be held on September 3 and 4, 2025, in New Delhi, a notification by the GST Council issued on Friday stated.
The meeting will begin at 11 am on both days, according to a communication issued to members.
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As per the notification, ahead of the Council deliberations, an Officers’ Meeting will take place on September 2, 2025, in the national capital.
The agenda for both meetings, along with details of the venue, will be shared later, the communication said.
The meeting will come amid the Centre’s big push to reform the indirect taxation regime’s structure into two slabs, from four at present.
The council, comprising finance ministers of all states and UTs besides the Centre, will deliberate on the recommendations by the three GoMs on rate rationalisation, compensation cess and health and life insurance. The GoM, comprising state ministers, met earlier this week and, in principle, agreed to the Centre’s proposal for a two-slab GST, reported news agency PTI.
As per sources, the finance ministry has proposed to have two slab rates – 5% and 18% against the current four-slab structure. Majority of commodities of the common man uses will be under 5% (99 percent of items in 12% slab category will go to 5 percent) and 90 percent of items in 28 percent to be accommodated in 18% slab.
The Centre has also proposed a new rate of 40% with specific sin and ultra luxury goods in it. However, several states raised the issue of revenue loss and highlighted the need for continued compensation to states.
Currently, GST is a four-tier tax structure of 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent, where essential items are either exempted or taxed at the lower tax bracket, while demerit and luxury items at the highest slab. Besides, a compensation cess is levied at varied rates on demerit and luxury items like pan masala and cars.
The GST Council, chaired by the Union Finance Minister and comprising representatives from all states and Union Territories, is the apex decision-making body for indirect tax matters in India.
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