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Sweet Traders Seek Bengal Government’s Help for Equal GST on Packaged Sweets and Snacks

  • Sweet traders are appealing to the Bengal government for uniform GST on packaged sweet and namkeen products.
  • They took their appeal to the state minister for industries, commerce, and enterprises.
  • Currently, there is a 5% GST on consumers, but if chocolate is used to make a sweet, the GST goes up to 18%.
  • The president of Mishti Udyog expressed this concern.
  • The state minister assured the manufacturers that she would take up their demand with the relevant authority.

Source: a2ztaxcorp.com

Note that this post was (partially) written with the help of AI. It is always useful to review the original source material, and where needed to obtain (local) advice from a specialist.

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