#ShareYourGSTBill: As GST comes into force, people rush to share pictures of their first bill

GST bills have begun to be issued and eager Indians took to Twitter to showcase their first ever bills procured under the new tax regime.

#ShareYourGSTBill: As GST comes into force, people rush to share pictures of their first bill

Key Highlights
  • Starting today, CGST and SGST will be levied on all bills and invoices procured from stores.
  • The hashtag – One Nation One Tax started trending on Twitter shortly after people started tweeting images of their GST bills.
  • GST has come into effect after 17 years since it was first proposed in the year 2000.

This morning when Indians awoke to begin their daily dose of grocery shopping they found a new tax being named on their bills – CGST (Central GST) and SGST (State GST).

With the rollout of the Goods and Service Tax (GST) regime when the clock struck midnight on July 1, India witnessed its biggest tax reform since independence.

The new tax administration began on a ceremonious note as President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi who together ushered in the historic event at Central Hall of Parliament.

Citizens took to social media platforms like Twitter to share images of their first ever bill issued under the GST regime.

Even Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Future Group had tweeted a picture of the first ever bill issued by one of the Big Bazaar outlets under GST saying, "Proud to issue India's first GST invoice at Big Bazaar," a report by India Today said on Saturday. However the tweet was later deleted.

With several hashtags to showcase their first ever GST bill Twitteratis used the hashtag - ‘Share Your GST Bill,’ ‘GST For New India’ and of course – ‘One Nation One Tax,’ which began trending on Twitter shortly after.

Here are a few of the bills that zeebiz came across.

Written By: ZeeBiz WebTeam
Updated: Sat, Jul 01, 2017
02:50 PM IST
Mumbai, ZeeBiz WebDesk
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