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India Kashmir joins GST launch

  • Jul 12, 2017 | Richard Asquith

India Kashmir joins GST launch

The last of the 29 Indian states to implement GST, Jammu and Kashmir, approved the introduction of the new consumption tax one week after the national launch.

Kashmir has its own constitution, so was permitted to miss the 1 July launch of the new Goods & Services Tax.  GST has consolidated over 20 sales taxes, levies and duties into a single tax with 5 rates (including ‘nil).  The new tax is split into two: Central and State.

8 July was the launch date of GST in Kashmir.


VP Global Indirect Tax
Richard Asquith
VP Global Indirect Tax Richard Asquith
Richard Asquith is the former VP Global Indirect Tax at Avalara