GST reforms 2026: Employers get ITC on employee health, life insurance premiums
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- Step 1 · The triggerthe GST Council recommends removing health and life insurance premiums from the blocked-credit list under section 17(5)
- Step 2 · Knock-onWithheld
- Step 3 · Knock-onIndian SMEs expand group health adoption to compete for talent, lifting insurer volume and broker activity
- Step 4 · Knock-onlabour-intensive SMEs face competitive pressure to match benefits or lose workers to compliant rivals
- Step 5 · Reaches youthe SME's labour cost structure shifts from cash wages to tax-efficient benefits, with working capital timing tied to GST return filing
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: Economic Times — Economy
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