Goods and Services Tax – GST – Dated:- 8-7-2017 – Amaravati, Jul 8 (PTI) Maintaining that the Centre was not playing big brother role, Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman today suggested that any state could forego its share of GST if it wanted to lessen the tax burden. Sitharaman, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, made this remark referring to the agitation by Tamil Nadu film industry over the high rates of tax on cinema tickets. In fact, they (Tamil film industry) have no issue with the GST. It is the additional 30 per cent local bodies tax levied by the state government that they are agitated about, the minister told reporters here today. The Centre didn't play big brother role in fixing rates (under GST). If it (tax rate)
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