What Real Estate Market Is Doing Today and How It Impacts Your House
Real estate industry in India is one of the most recognized sectors which has gone through a notable change in the recent past affecting builders as well as the final buyer to some extent. Latest happenings in real estate industry One of the most recent happenings is that the new GST tax rates for real estate sector were approved. The new rates became effective from 1st April, 2019 where GST rates for affordable housing and normal housing properties have been reduced to 1% and 5% respectively. However, the plan allows real estate developers to choose between old tax rate with ITC (input tax credit) and new tax rates without ITC for residential projects which are under construction aimed at resolving issues with ITC. For ongoing projects builders are allowed to pay tax at old rates (8% or 12% with ITC) only once where construction and booking started before 1st April, 2019 but could not be completed before 31st March, 2019. However, on all new projects tax rates of 1% and 5% with