'When you realise alcohol may become more expensive,' Confusion prevails as GST kicks in

GST is now a reality! If you're someone who understands what GST or even someone who is trying to understand the concept, you will relate with these tweets!

News Desk
Jul 01, 2017

The much-awaited the much debated and the what is being touted as a historic tax reform, Goods and Services Tax (GST) was launched at a grand event in Parliament’s Central Hall on July 1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee launched the new tax regime at the stroke of midnight in presence of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and other Cabinet Ministers and senior government officials. However, the opposition Congress party decided to boycott the launch event.

Local levies like excise, value added tax, octroi, service tax are set to be replaced by GST. All goods are aligned in the five slabs of taxation— 5%, 12%, 18%, 28% and 28%. While President Mukherjee was pleased that the council completes its task in time, PM Narendra Modi came up with its own full form of GST and termed it as Good and Simple Tax.

While the government officials asserted that the historic tax reform had finally become reality, chaos and confusion and jokes prevailed on Twitter. Some were trying to get over their confusion over the new tax regime, some understood it and tried to comprehend the impact GST will have on their lives and the results were hilarious. If you’re someone who has understood the impact or knows the word GST but don’t really know how it is going to affect you are bound to relate to these hysterical tweets.

Uh-Oh!

When someone says tu to topper ta,

GST ka matlab bata chal pic.twitter.com/1rt7NcC3Bm

— THAT RANDOM Guy (@Soundhumor) June 29, 2017

Those PJs!

Please do not Tweet any GST related jokes, mobile battery automatically goes down by 28%.____

— Lambaddar _______ (@KulwantJanjue) July 1, 2017

Pretty much what a number of people think right now!

GST pic.twitter.com/7SpcpdGJJm

— Mask (@Mr_LoLwa) June 29, 2017

Some feel cheated -_-

BJP voter after knowing that #GST will make alcohol more expensive pic.twitter.com/wLkRJSjJF5

— Professor (@BeerOholic) May 19, 2017

When you know there is something called GST but you don’t really know how it works but also aware that it’s important to know it.

If u can’t feel the GST in the air you are not a true nationalist “janhit me jari”

— Athar _ (@cricdrugs) July 1, 2017

Be cool Be cool!

On TL
B1:GST is such f****d up tax
B2:GST makes no sense at all. Nt needed
In DM
B1:Yeh GST kya hai bhai?
B2:Hashtag mila pel de bas _

— Cherry Dimple (@shailimore) July 1, 2017

Same.

When someone tries to explain GST to me it sounds like….#gstrollout pic.twitter.com/P2y7npBT5v

— Phd in Bakchodi (@Atheist_Krishna) June 30, 2017

Priorities change you know

Right now:
If on one end @deepikapadukone offered to marry me.
On the other: my CA offered to properly explain GST to me.

I’d marry my CA.

— Sorabh Pant (@hankypanty) June 29, 2017

If only we took those Account classes seriously

The amount of money they will make now I’m sure GST stands for – (G)ee i wish i had (S)tudied harder and become a chartered accountan(T)

— Atul Khatri (@one_by_two) June 15, 2017

Yep, he did. “Good and Simple Tax” it is.