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Textile industry from south India hails reduction of service tax for job works under GST

Updated: Jun 13, 2017 07:18:55am
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Textile industry from south India hails reduction of service tax for job works under GST

Coimbatore, June 13 (KNN) The textile industry from southern India has hailed reduction of service tax from 18 per cent to five per cent for textile job work units under the GST.

Southern India Mills Association (SIMA) Chairman M Senthilkumar has said reduction would benefit MSME segment and ensure a level playing field with the vertically integrated manufacturing units.

The five per cent service tax with full input tax credit would enable various textile manufacturing segments including reeling, power loom, handloom, knitting, fabric bleaching and printing and finishing segments to set off their input credits and pay very minimal GST on services, he said.

Senthilkumar also appealed to the council to include garmenting, made-ups and other sewn textile products also under the list.

He also reiterated the demand of the industry for reducing GST rate on manmade fibre, filaments and spun yarn from 18 to 12 per cent.

Meanwhile, Tirupur Exporters Association President Raja M Shanmugham thanked Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and the GST Council for the reduction.

The cut in the tax was a big relief to the knitwear garment sector as all the intermediate processes of garments were being carried out by job working units, mostly MSMEs, he said in a statement.

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