BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
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Posted on 24 December 2019
Doubled the exemption threshold for small businesses from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 40 lakh and also allowed Kerala to impose a natural disaster cess of up to 1 percent for a period of up to two years.
Kerala is now entitled to impose a maximum cess of 1 percent on intra-state sales for a maximum period of two years," Jaitley announced adding that the GST Council can allow some states to levy cess in case of natural disasters.