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Consumers foot the bill as double taxation bites during GST transition

ཟླ་༡ 10, 2026 3 mins read
Consumers foot the bill as double taxation bites during GST transition

Consumers are facing short-term price increases as the country transitions to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) system, with the burden of double taxation embedded in the cost of pre-GST inventory still circulating in the market.

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