GST rate for gold, other items fixed: Will it raise demands for more special rates?

The GST Council on Saturday completed the work of bringing all items under a 4-slab tax structure with gold attracting 3 percent rate, ending suspense on the item dear to Indians, even as all states barring West Bengal agreed on the rollout of the new indirect tax regime on 1 July. Industry said that traders need to gear up for the transition as more delay was unlikely. Here's what tax experts and…