Good news for employees: ITC on group health and life insurance allowed; Know how it helps employees
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Key takeaway
GST Council approves input tax credit on employer-funded group health and life insurance, amending Section 17(5) of CGST Act
- Step 1 · The triggerGST Council removes Section 17(5) block, allowing ITC on employer-paid group health and life insurance premiums
- Step 2 · Knock-onWithheld This step of the chain is withheld. The reason is set out in the notice above — a deliberate omission, not missing data.
- Step 3 · Knock-onformal employers with scale and compliance infrastructure gain cost advantage over informal competitors on labour cost
- Step 4 · Knock-ondemand shifts toward group policies from individual retail covers, compressing retail premium pools
- Step 5 · Reaches youSME employee-benefit costs fall for compliant firms, while non-compliant firms face relative labour-cost pressure
The trigger is reported by the source below. The steps that follow are Branch²’s traced reasoning — how the shock could reach a business like yours, not a prediction.
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com
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