We're not shops, but platforms: E-tailers voice concerns over GST clause

In the absence of any straightforward classification,  e-commerce  companies are finding it hard to convince the government to treat them not as a ‘shop’ but as a ‘platform’, which vendors use to sell products.  Under the goods and services tax (GST), this will imply that  e-commerce  firms will have to deduct one per cent tax collected at source while making payments to t…