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Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA) says Iran's production will compensate for the decline in the US output and may lead to geo-political tensions among major oil producers.
Lutfey Siddiqi, Global Head, EM- FX, Rates and Credit at UBS says that structurally there is disruption and dislocation everywhere and the impact will be felt by economies with rigid labour markets.
Under GST, any local body tax or state tax will be available as a credit which will reduce overall costs and eliminate any dual levies of service tax and VAT on transactions. However, media companies will have to pay additional local body tax over and above the one proposed in GST.
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It is further speculated that e-commerce players might have to move from single registration to multiple registrations across each state under GST, thereby increasing compliance costs.
"Currently, the sector is taxed at the normal rate for both excise and VAT and hence the overall duty burden is between 24% and 27%. As against this, if the GST rate for the standard rate of products for paints is 17-19%, there will be clearly an advantage," says Jayraj Sheth, Indirect Tax Partner, EY
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