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GoM recommends 5% GST for under construction properties: Here's what experts have to say
Feb 8, 2019 7:20 AM

A group of ministers (GoM) headed by headed by Gujarat Deputy CM Nitinbhai Patel has recommended 5 percent goods and services tax (GST) for under construction properties and 3 percent GST for affordable housing sector without input tax credit, said sources familiar with the matter.

Currently, GST is levied at 12 percent on payments made for under-construction property or ready-to-move-in flats where completion certificate has not been issued at the time of sale.

Prashant Thakur of Anarock Property Consultants; MR Jaishankar, CMD, Brigade Enterprises; Pratik Jain, leader-indirect tax, PwC India and MS Mani, partner-GST, Deloitte India, shared their views and readings on the recommendation.

Thakur said this will be a positive move for the realty sector which is seeing stagnation in the sale.

“Looking at the huge amount of under construction projects that we have right now, this would be a great move and we will see a good amount of traction happening,” Thakur said.

Talking from developers’ perspective, Jaishankar said, “Whatever we developers have calculated, if the input tax credit is not given, 5 percent will have a cost-push effect to the extent of 2 percent or so.”

“In the case of affordable housing, if a composite tax of 3 percent without the input tax credit, it maybe cost neutral. So based on our calculation by eliminating input credit there will be a cost-push effect of at least 2 percent,” he said.

According to Pratik Jain, it’s never a good idea to restrict input credit for any sector and more so for real estate.

First Published:Feb 8, 2019 4:20 PM IST

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