Customs duty relief for Covid tangled in red tape - The Hindu BusinessLine
Customs duty relief for Covid tangled in red tape × The on-going second wave of Covid-19 has taken many by surprise including the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC). The second wave has hit India so hard that beds in hospitals are hard to get, beds with oxygen are next to impossible and there is a huge shortage of vaccines. Importing these things seems to be the only option. But, CBIC would levy both Customs Duty and Integrated Goods and Service Tax (IGST) on such imports thereby making the landed cost higher. After a bit of back and forth, CBIC responded. On April 20 and 24...