Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government will convene a special session of the assembly on May 9 to complete the formality of implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime in the state, Minister of State Pradipsinh Jadeja announced today.

To complete the formality of implementation of GST regime in Gujarat a special brief session of the assembly would be convened on May 9.

Notably the parliament has cleared four bills related to the Goods and Services Tax (GST), setting the stage for 28 states, along with Delhi and Puducherry, to enact state laws over the next three months to roll out the new tax regime from July.

After the clearance of the four bills – Integrated GST, Central GST, Union Territory GST and Compensation Bill- several state governments are convening assembly sessions to clear state GST laws, which will enable them to impose tax that is expected to widen the tax base.

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