CM Siddaramaiah to meet with trade bodies, officials to resolve GST mess

BENGALURU: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will meet with trade bodies along with finance department secretaries and commercial tax officers to allay the fears of small traders and street vendors on complying with GST norms on Wednesday.

Over 16,000 businessmen, many of them uneducated vendors selling fruits, pan, cigarettes, vegetables, milk, and flowers or canteens, bars etc across the state have been slapped with tax demands for allegedly exceeding Rs 40 lakh in goods turnover or Rs 20 lakh in services for UPI payments since 2021.