Govt panel favours lowering GST on under-construction flats to 5%
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The ministerial panel was set up in January to consider a scheme to boost the real estate sector which is struggling with record inventories. At present, the effective rate of GST on under-construction properties is 12% after allowing for the cost of land, which is out of the purview of GST. Properties where the construction has been completed attract stamp duty, not GST.
The panel examined the quantum of tax cut needed in the housing sector, according to the official mentioned above. “Real estate is a major industry after agriculture. We are working out tax relief for residential flats. Recommendations on real estate will be finalized in two or three days," said the official.
The move to lower the tax rate sharply with no input tax credits is aimed at giving relief to homebuyers, but it remains to be seen whether the federal indirect tax body, the GST Council, will approve it without changes, considering the complications involved. Denial of rebate for the taxes already paid on raw materials could lead to padding up of cost and result in an increase in the price of the final product. Cement, for example, is taxed at 28% and accounts for roughly a fifth of the construction cost, for which the builder will not be able to claim credit if the ministerial panel’s proposal is implemented without modifications.
Builder lobbies, including the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (Credai) and the National Real Estate Development Council have been demanding a reduction in the GST rate for a while now.
The GST rate, particularly in the luxury real estate segment, has been a source of pain both for homebuyers and developers.
Real estate stakeholders and developers said if the group of ministers’ recommendation to reduce GST rates to 3% and 5%, respectively, in affordable housing and other under-construction projects is accepted, it will help boost home sales. #casansaar (Source - PTI, LiveMint)
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