Any conspiracy theories on why did GST council pass the 28% GST bill on face value all of a sudden? What is the catch?

From what I hear from a friend who is aware of the leadership discussions, MPL might be looking to lay off close to 50% of its workforce and shut down most of its other BU’s to consolidate by October. This would include folks even till the SVP levels. This might be one of the first pins to fall with the 28% GST rule kicking in by October. Dark days ahead for online RMG industry in India

Today I sat with a small biz owner to figure out why he wasn't earning enough from his business. Turns out he wasn't accounting for GST twice (you need to do that if you are buying and selling forward as a trader). Calculating GST amount itself on total invoice value is a nightmare when you account for other things like figuring out HSN-wise tax rates and logistics. And then splitting into two for state and central tax. And he's still educated but weak at math and accounts. I can only imagine how much the average business owner struggles with their own accounting. Heartbreaking stuff.

Seems like since last year the focus of government has shifted from actually making beneficial policies to enable innovation and growth of India to just collecting taxes blindly. They just want to harvest tax in as many ways possible and kill the middle class person. First it was crypto. Then us salaried individuals started receiving notices. Then they levied 28% GST on online gaming. Now they are also checking proofs for HRA allowance and other stupid stuff which wasn't done before. I was wondering why there is a sudden increase in such incidents? Is the government hiding something? Are they running out of money? Or are they just smoking weed just like us and making stupid rules?

Online gaming startups are among those rare breeds which were profitable . With this move, even they will be forced to do layoffs..

I still can’t comprehend the tax system in India. We pay almost 30-33% tax to govt n pay gst of 10-18% on every product that we buy n not to forget exercise duty on petrol/ diesel. What do we get back in return? Health insurance nope! Free education nope! Not even decent interest rates on loans and any political party is just an other party which loots people in the name of democracy. My neighbour is a fruit vendor who holds multiple stalls but never heard him paying tax. Whats the way forward as no political party pays heed and only handful pays the tax.