chandigarh the gst council on tuesday approved changes in tax rates on some goods and services while allowing states to issue an eway bill for intrastate movement of gold and precious stones officials saidthe council chaired by finance minister nirmala sitharaman and comprising state counterparts also cleared a host of compliance procedures for gstregistered businesses along with a gom report on highrisk tax payers to check evasionthe discussion on the crucial issues of extension of compensation to states beyond june 2022 and the imposition of 28 per cent gst on casinos online gaming and horse racing will take place on wednesdayoppositionruled states have been pressing for either extension of the gst compensation regime or increasing states share in revenue from the current 50 per centin the meeting on tuesday the council accepted the interim report of the group of state finance ministers headed by karnataka chief minister basavaraj s bommai on rate rationalisation including correction of inverted duty structure and removing tax exemption on some items to simplify the rate structurethe gom had suggested withdrawal of gst exemption on a host of services including on hotel accommodation of less than rs 1000 per day and replacing it with a 12 per cent taxit also recommended a levy of 5 per cent gst on room rent excluding icu charged for hospitalised patients where the hospital room charges are above rs 5000 per dayit wanted all post office services other than postcards and inland letters book post and envelopes weighing less than 10 gm to be taxed also cheques loose or in book form should be taxed at 18 per cent the gom recommendedthe gom favoured withdrawal of exemption given to renting of residential dwellings by businesses for residential usewith regard to eway bill on intrastate movement of gold jewellery and precious stones to check evasion the council recommended that states can decide on the threshold above which the electronic bill is to be made mandatorya panel of state ministers had recommended the threshold to be rs 2 lakh and abovewith regard to highrisk taxpayers a report of a panel of state finance ministers had suggested verification after registration for highrisk taxpayers under gst besides using verification of electricity bill details and bank accounts for identifying such taxpayers