In our piece yesterday, we reviewed the performance of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) over the past seven years, emphasising that the states did well but at the cost of a revenue sacrifice by the Centre. In this piece, we look ahead to consider the

There's no reason for the cess to be retained in its current form. That's because the cess rates themselves are monstrously complicated, varying not only in magnitude but also according to end-use

GST revenues: The fate of the compensation cess amid Centre-state row

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Over the past few years, most commentators have rightly emphasised the tensions in Centre-state fiscal relations, pointing especially to the Centre's repeated recourse to non-sharable cesses

GST's revenue performance: Centre's sacrifice for cooperative federalism

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Contrary to belief, GST underperformed the old tax regime in its initial years but has now begun to exceed expectations, six years after implementation

Varun Agarwal

Varun Agarwal

Varun Agarwal

GST revenues: The fate of the compensation cess amid Centre-state row

GST's revenue performance: Centre's sacrifice for cooperative federalism

Understanding GST revenue performance