earn Rs. 1910.45 to buy goods of Rs. 1000 with 28% GST ( implying total tax component of 92.05%).

Think before you spend!!! 😳

Assume that I need to buy an item of base price of Rs 1000.
Assume it attracts GST @18%
I will need to pay Rs 1000 + Rs 180 = Rs 1180 for that item.

Now, I need to earn Rs 1180 first, to be able to pay this amount.

Assume that I am in the 20% Income Tax bracket (income between Rs 5 Lakhs and Rs 10 Lakhs per year).

If I earn Rs 1486.15, then I will have to pay Income Tax of Rs 297.23 (@20%), and a Cess of Rs 8.92 (@3% of the Income Tax), and that will leave me with an earning (after Income Tax) of  Rs 1180.

Hence, to buy an item of base price Rs 1000, I need to earn Rs 1486.15.

Which means that I pay Rs 486.15 in taxes on the purchase of an item of Rs 1000.

And that, dear people, implies a tax of over 48.6% paid overall (through both direct and indirect taxes).

Now, this figure will be far higher for items in the 28% GST slab. (It will be 61.2% in total taxes).

If I am in highest income tax bracket, then I have to earn Rs. 1761 to buy goods of Rs. 1000 with 18% GST ( implying total tax component of 76.1%) and earn Rs. 1910.45 to buy goods of Rs. 1000 with 28% GST ( implying total tax component of 92.05%).

And that, friends, is the real cost of money to you.

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