Finance Ministry condemns rumours of Churches and mosques being exempt from paying GST

The Union Finance Ministry on Monday condemned the rumours, which were claiming that churches and mosques were exempted from paying GST. The ministry’s Twitter handle confirmed that all religious institutions including temple trusts, churches and mosques will have to pay GST.

The Twitter handle stated that there are some messages going around in social media stating that temple trusts have to pay the GST while the churches & mosques are exempt. This is completely untrue because no distinction is made in the GST Law on any provision based on religion. We request to people at large not to start circulating such wrong messages on social media.