TIWN Oct 12, 2019
AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, Oct 12 (TIWN): Day after Tripura Govt praised GST, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman accepted that GST might have flaws, however asked the taxpayers not to curse GST as it’s Indian law now, the 'Economic Time' reported.
Conceding that GST may have some flaws in its present form, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday asked tax professionals not to curse it and sought their help to make it better.
The minister was replying to the concerns raised by taxation industry professionals here, who said the industry was "cursing" the government over how the GST was implemented.
Billed as the biggest reform in indirect taxation, the goods & services tax, which does away with a host of levies from the federal to the local government levels, was implemented in July 2017.
On several stakeholders "cursing" GST, Sitharaman even objected to a person who raised the question, and asked him not to damn the law which was passed by Parliament and all the state assemblies.
"After a long time, many parties in Parliament and in state assemblies worked together and came up with the Act. I know you are saying this based on your experiences but suddenly we cannot call 'what a goddamn structure it is'," the minister said.
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