The 2025 GST rate cuts primarily benefit the automotive (especially commercial vehicles and small cars), FMCG, and consumer durables sectors. Key beneficiaries include companies like M&M, Bajaj Auto, Maruti Suzuki, and Tata Motors. Consumers, particularly the middle class, also gain from lower prices on daily goods.
GST cuts boost market sentiment; auto, insurance, FMCG, and agricultural stocks in focus as sectors benefit from lower tax rates. In a major step to boost consumption and simplify taxation, the GST Council has approved a new 2-rate structure and slashed GST rates across several sectors.
From autos and banks to consumer goods, dairy, travel, apparel, footwear, consumer durables, and cement — we'll look at the value chain of each industry and how these changes can impact growth, credit demand, and the stock market.
Petrol cars with the biggest price cuts after GST 2.0
Stephen Harper's Conservatives won that election and formed a minority government on February 6, 2006. On July 1, 2006, the Government of Canada reduced the tax by 1 percentage point (to 6%). They again lowered it to 5%, effective January 1, 2008.
In 2022, Canada was ranked 22nd out of the 38 OECD countries in terms of the tax-to-GDP ratio. 1. In this note, the country with the highest level or share is ranked first and the country with the lowest level or share is ranked 38th.
Final impact: The retailer claims Rs. 27,000 as an input tax credit and remits Rs. 9,000 to the government. The consumer ultimately bears the cost of GST.
Here's how much you stand to save with the revised new prices after the GST cut on Kia Cars: Kia Sonet– up to ₹1,64,471. Kia Syros– up to ₹1,86,003. Kia Seltos– up to ₹75,372.
By lowering GST slabs to 5% on several goods and rationalising rates in transport and allied sectors, the reforms aim to reduce costs for consumers, ease compliance for traders, and enhance competitiveness for Indian businesses.
The top 10% of the population, representing the highest income earners, is responsible for 26.63% of the total Household GST collected and 9.12% of the Total GST collected.
It brings benefits to all the stakeholders' viz. industry, government and the citizens.
When a GST Trust is created, the Grantor not only names their children, but also their grandchildren as eligible beneficiaries of the GST trust (or anyone that is at least 37.5 years younger than the Grantor, i.e., a grandniece or nephew, or even someone not related to the Grantor so long as they meet the age ...
Maximum marginal rate is the highest rate of tax at any income level. This means for those with incomes between Rs 2 crore and Rs 5 crore, 39% will be the highest applicable tax rate, and for those with incomes above Rs 5 crore, it will be 42.74% — the highest tax rate since 1992.
The tax cut will make Indian garments affordable for middle-class and lower-income households. This will further revive demand, enhance export competitiveness in global markets and support India's ambition to become a global textile hub.
For any standard-rated supplies of goods or services that you make on or after 1 Jan 2024, you must charge GST at 9%. For instance, if you issue an invoice and receive payments for your supply on or after 1 Jan 2024, you must account for GST at 9%.
Maruti Suzuki Swift
The Swift has always been a bestseller in India, thanks to its balance of affordability, style, and efficiency. With GST reduced to 18%, this hatchback is now even more value-for-money for young professionals and families alike.
Sikkim remains India's only tax-free state, granting full income tax exemptions to its residents under Article 371(F) and the Income Tax Act, 1961.
The GST rates in India have been simplified to three main slabs: 5%, 18%, and 40%. The 5% rate applies to essentials and common household goods, the 18% rate is the new standard for most consumer products and services, and the 40% rate is for luxury and "sin" goods.
From groceries and fertilisers to footwear, textiles, and even renewable energy, a broad basket of goods and services is set to become more affordable. Items earlier taxed at 12 per cent and 28 per cent will now largely migrate to the other two slabs, making a wide range of products cheaper.
The GST Council's decision to rationalise the tax structure from four slabs to just two — 5 per cent and 18 per cent — marks one of the most sweeping reforms since the introduction of the indirect tax regime.
GST/HST Is a Flow-Through Tax
You are NOT the one paying this tax. The consumer ultimately pays GST/HST at the point of purchase.
(a) any person engaged exclusively in the business of supplying goods or services or both that are not liable to tax or wholly exempt from tax under this Act or under the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act; (b) an agriculturist, to the extent of supply of produce out of cultivation of land.