GST on Crematorium Services / Now GST will be applicable on cremation services too information given by the government

After the implementation of the recently revised rates of GST, there is confusion among people regarding many points. Not only this, due to the increase in GST on some everyday things, people are also seeing a rose. Now this message is coming on social media that GST is also being levied on the services of the crematoriums. Under this, the government has imposed GST on funeral, burial

Vikrant Shekhawat : Jul 21, 2022, 04:58 PM
GST on Crematorium Services: After the implementation of the recently revised rates of GST, there is confusion among people regarding many points. Not only this, due to the increase in GST on some everyday things, people are also seeing a rose. Now this message is coming on social media that GST is also being levied on the services of the crematoriums. Under this, the government has imposed GST on funeral, burial, cremation or mortuary services and that too at a higher rate of 18 percent. The government has also given its answer on this.

Now GST will also be applicable on cremation services

Let us tell you that a message is going viral on social media in which it is being claimed that the Central Government has imposed 18 per cent GST on cremation services. Under this, 18 percent GST will be charged on funeral, burial, cremation or mortuary services. But in the meantime, to know the truth of this message, PIB Fact Check has investigated and given information about it.

PIB Fact Check gave this information

PIB Fact Check has given detailed information on this after examining this message. PIB Fact Check has termed the news of the Central Government imposing 18 per cent GST on cremation services as completely fake. PIB Fact Check has clarified in a tweet that this claim is misleading, and do not spread it. There is no GST on funeral, burial, cremation or mortuary services.

You can also do fact check

Many such messages keep going viral, which are not true. If you also want to get a fact checked of any message, then you can do a fact check through PIB to find out about its truth. For this, all you have to do is visit the official link of PIB Fact Check https://factcheck.pib.gov.in/. Apart from this, you can also send the video to WhatsApp number +918799711259 or email: pibfactcheck@gmail.com.