Clarity likely on BPO sector today at GST Council meet

Panaji: In what could bring relief to India’s $180 billion IT/ITeS industry, the Goods and Services Tax Council could consider on Friday a proposal to clarify that business process outsourcing services will qualify as exports and not be taxed at 18% here. “We have received representations... the law committee has examined the matter,” a government official said, adding that it could figure at the&…