New Delhi, April 19 -- The Directorate General of Anti-Profiteering has served a notice to technology major Samsung India for allegedly not passing on the benefits of GST reduction to its customers and in turn making undue profits, sources said.
The notice, sources said, was served on the basis of a complaint which alleged that the company was not transferring the rate cut in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on television sets to the consumers.
In December, the GST Council reduced the tax rate on televisions with screen sizes of up to 32 inches to 18 per cent from 28 per cent, which came into effect on January 1, 2019. Earlier, only the television sets with screens up to 26 inches were in the 18 per cent tax slab.
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