the art of creating confusion bread is zero tax but the vegetable sandwich is in the 5 tax slab hitting the vegetable grower directly bun is zero but bun with a few raisins is 5 and cakes and chocolates are 18 its the same with taxes on wine rum and beer which generate huge employment and are the backbone of the grapes and sugarcane farming and cocoa industrythe lowcost airline model is successful because of the kiss principle elimination of all frills food water freebies assigned seats etc singleclass seating pointtopoint travel with no codesharing direct internet booking no middlemen its an udupi selfservice hotel in the skyjaitley instead of moving gingerly as has been the case till now should take a cue from the pm who hinted at major reforms in gst and do away with all the confusing tax slabs in one fell swoop he can then usher in a truly single low tax rate along with a list of exempt items that will ensure compliance widen the tax net boost the economy create jobs and increase tax collection as witnessed in many countries a move that will be both populist and wellregarded by economists and a wonderful new year gift to the countrythe writer is an entrepreneur founder of air deccan and a retired captain of indian army views are personal toi contributor published on dec 27 2018 at 0647 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app new gst rates jaitley gst gst rates kiss kiss principle homenewsindustryview with gst clock ticking away jaitley needs to go for the kiss principle