News & Media 3rd Dec 2024

Have high hopes from GST cut on health, life insurance? Here’s why a drastic fall is unlikely to benefit policyholders

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Nishant ShahPartner | Mumbai

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There has been growing clamour for removing or lowering the current GST rate of 18% on life and health insurance policies. Government gets a significant revenue from GST on insurance policies. The government has answered in Lok Sabha that more than Rs 16,000 crores was collected by levying Goods and Services Tax (GST) on health and life insurance policies issued through FY 2023-24.

Against this backdrop, our Partner Nishant Shah has been quoted in an article “Have high hopes from GST cut on health, life insurance? Here’s why a drastic fall is unlikely to benefit policyholders” authored by Neelanjit Das from ET Wealth.

Read the article here

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