As per the recommendation, hotel rooms having room rents up to Rs 1,000 per day were brought under the GST rate slab of 12 per cent from the earlier exempt category.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Vikramjit Singh Sahney on Friday thanked Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for making clear that GST would not be charged on religious places and that sarais run by Sikhs will not need to pay the tax.
Punjab Rajya Sabha MP Vikramjit Singh Sahney on Friday thanked Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman after waiving off Goods and Services Tax (GST) from religious places including Sarais in or around Gurdwaras.
Certain sections of the media and social media are spreading the message that GST has recently been imposed with effect from 18 July, 2022 even on ‘Sarais’ run by religious/charitable trusts. This is not true, Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs said.
Outstation devotees, who stay at “serais” (inns) managed by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) during their visit to the Golden Temple, would now have to pay more, for the Centre has imposed the Goods and Service Tax (GST) on the accommodation.