Wednesday onwards, here’s what will get cheaper:28 per cent to 18 wholesale Folding clothes bag per centLiquid soaps, Detergents, washing and cleaning preparationsCosmetics and deodorants, including Shampoos; Hair cream, Hair dyes (natural, herbal or synthetic) and similar other goods; henna powder or paste, not mixed with any other ingredient; Pre-shave, shaving or after-shave preparations, personal deodorants, bath preparations, perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations, room deodorisersWire, cables, insulated conductors, electrical insulators, electrical plugs, switches, sockets, fuses, relays, electrical connectorsElectrical boards, panels, consoles, cabinets etc for electric control or distributionFurniture, mattress, bedding and similar furnishing.
Trunk, suitcase, vanity cases, brief cases, travelling bags and other hand bags, casesPrimary cell and primary batteriesSanitary ware and parts thereof of all kind.
Articles of plastic, floor covering, baths, shower, sinks, washbasins, seats, sanitary ware of plasticSlabs and goods of marbles and granite, ceramic tiles of all kindsMiscellaneous articles such as vacuum flasks, lighters,Wrist watches, clocks, watch movement, watch cases, straps, partsArticles of apparel and clothing accessories of leather, guts, furskin, artificial fur and other articles such as saddlery and harness for any animal.
Articles of cutlery, stoves, cookers and similar non electric domestic appliancesRazor and razor bladesMulti-functional printers, cartridgesOffice or desk equipmentDoor, windows and frames of aluminium. Alcohol still continues to be outside the ambit of GST and will attract regular VAT as earlier. (Photo: Pexel)Mumbai: After months of bitterness over the high GST rate on food in restaurants, eating out is finally going to taste better from Wednesday!Reason? The 18 per cent GST you paid all this while on food served in restaurants has been brought down to 5 per cent by the GST Council last week.Eating out will get cheaper from Wednesday as the GST Council has slashed rates on food served in AC and non AC restaurants to 5 per cent.
The GST Council, last week, in a major tax overhaul also slashed the rates on nearly 200 items that were placed in the topmost 28 per cent slab under the new indirect tax reform.A uniform 5 per cent tax will now be levied on all kinds of food served in both AC and non AC restaurants.Articles of plaster such as board, sheet,Articles of cement or concrete or stone and artificial stone,Articles of asphalt or slate,Articles of micaCeramic flooring blocks, pipes, conduit, pipe fittingWall paper and wall coveringGlass of all kinds and articles thereof such as mirror, safety glass, sheets, glasswareElectrical, electronic weighing machineryFire extinguishers and fire extinguishing chargeFork lifts, lifting and handling equipment,Bull dozers, excavators, loaders, road rollers, Earth moving and levelling machinery,Escalators,Cooling towers, pressure vessels, reactorsCrankshaft for sewing machine, tailor’s dummies, bearing housings, gears and gearing