“Comparison of GST rates of certain goods with that of their pre-GST tax rates”
What FACTLY found
Before the introduction of GST, the taxes were not uniform across all the states. State VAT used to vary from state to state. Thus, comparing the current GST rates with that of a purported uniform pre-GST tax rates is not rational. While the introduction of GST brought down taxes on certain goods and services, there are few other goods and services which are taxed more now compared to the pre-GST regime. For example, essential commodities like wheat, curd, rice, flour are currently slabbed un...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 21 July 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 21 July 2022. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
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