Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers Attract 18% GST; No Exemption For 'Essential Commodities' : AAR Goa [Read Order]

On an application for advance ruling by the Springfields (India) Distilleries, the Goa Bench of the Goods and Service Tax Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) has ruled that the alcohol based hand sanitizers will attract 18% of GST.The applicant Springfields (India) Distilleries, a registered partnership firm under the business of manufacturing Hand Sanitizers, approached the authority for...