GST changes implementing from Jan 1: Here’s all you need to know

The GST regime will witness a host of tax rate and procedural changes coming into effect from January 1. 

New Delhi: The GST regime is all set to witness a host of tax rate and procedural changes coming into effect from January 1. These changes include liability on e-commerce operators to pay tax on services provided through them by way of passenger transport or restaurant services.

Also, the correction in inverted duty structure in footwear and textile sectors would come into effect from Saturday wherein all footwear, irrespective of prices, will attract GST at 12 per cent while all textile products, except cotton, including readymade garments will have 12 per cent GST.

While the passenger transport services provided by auto rickshaw drivers through offline/ manual mode would continue to be exempt, such services when provided through any e-commerce platform would become taxable effective January 1, 2022, at 5 per cent rate.