GST Council may end e-commerce, app-cab tax disputes; uniform levy proposed

The 57th GST Council meeting on Wednesday is likely to resolve long-pending tax disputes involving e-commerce and app-based cab services by simplifying rules for services supplied through digital platforms, irrespective of their commercial models, government sources said.

“The tax on a booking will depend on the service supplied and not on how a platform arranges its contracts. The same delivery will bear the same tax, whichever way it is routed,” a source said.