Rajasthan depts deduct TDS from contractors, unlawfully

In what could bring the state governments’ adaptation to the goods and services tax (GST) into question, a few departments of the Rajasthan government have been deducting tax at source (TDS) from contractors, though this provision has remained suspended since the rollout of the new indirect tax regime in July last year. In a letter written by the additional chief secretary of finance in Rajasthan…