Assam becomes first state to ratify GST Constitution Amendment Bill

Taking an important step forward on the Goods and Services Tax, Assam has become the first state to ratify the Constitution Amendment Bill on GST. Today, the Assam Assembly unanimously passed the Constitution Amendment Bill on GST. Assam has a BJP government, led by CM Sarbananda Sonowal. “Assam will be remembered as the first state in the country to ratify the GST constitutional amendment bill,” Sonowal said. All states need to pass the GST Bill in their respective assemblies. Also, Central Goods and Service Tax (CGST) and Integrated Goods and Service Tax (IGST) bills need to be passed by both houses of Parliament for the Bill to finally become a law. GST is India’s most important indirect tax reform since Independence.
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