Garment units in a fix over confusion in GST rates on job work

Seek assurance that job work done after fabric is made into garment will attract 5% GST, not 18%

Claiming that the the confusion over tax rates on job work on garments has not been addressed, the textile industry has knocked the doors of the Ministry, seeking a clarification on the issue.

At the June 11 meeting, the GST Council had said that services by way of job work on textile yarns (other than man-made and filament) and textile fabrics would be brought down to five per cent from 18 per cent

But the textile sector thinks that processes such as stitching, printing, embroidery might still attract 18 per cent, not five per cent. Their reason for