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| Traders protest against Lakhanpur Toll Tax | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, July 8: On the 2nd anniversary of GST implementation in Jammu and Kashmir, a large number of traders under the banner of Traders Federation Ware House/Nehru Market Jammu, held massive protest demonstration in demand of abolition of Lakhanpur Toll Tax. The protest was held under the leadership of Federation President Rattan Lal Gupta and General Secretary Deepak Gupta, who along with other traders also sat on dharna in front of Main Gate of Ware House.
Expressing strong resentment over non-abolition of Toll Tax at Lakhanpur, despite implementation of GST (Goods and Services Tax) from 08 July 2017 in the State, the traders has reiterated its demand to abolish Toll Tax at Lakhanpur. Deepak Gupta, general secretary of Traders Federation said that GST was introduced with the slogan of 'One Nation One Tax'. He regretted that it did not see the light of the day in the state of Jammu & Kashmir even after two years.
"The state government is imposing toll tax on goods at Lakhanpur entry point into J&K despite imposition of GST. This is simply double taxation," said Deepak Gupta. "In case of non-abolition of toll tax, the trading community will be forced to come to the roads," he said. Even after 08 July 2017, when the GST was rolled out in the state, authorities at Lakanpur have been imposing toll tax on goods carried in trucks to Jammu and Kashmir. "We had totally supported the J&K government draft on the GST with all special powers intact only on the assumption that toll tax on goods shall be kept away from the purview of powers enjoyed under Section 5 of the J&K's Constitution. But our hopes have been belied," he said. |
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