Rohan Shah : GST notification a "self goal", excise duty & sales tax levy illegal

Speaking at Taxsutra’s “GST Round Table”, tax expert & ELP Managing Partner Rohan Shah terms excise duty & sales tax levy "illegal" post September 16; Mr. Shah opines that amendment to Entry 84 of List I (excise duty) and Entry 54 of List II (sales tax) has created a vacuum, effectively taking away the right to tax of both Union & State Govts; Stating that Govt. in its first engagement on GST seems to have scored a self-goal, Mr. Shah expresses the reasonabl...