{"id":131837,"date":"2025-09-04T09:02:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T09:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/131837\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T09:02:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T09:02:07","slug":"gst-council-proposes-lower-5-tax-on-gyms-salons-yoga-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/131837\/","title":{"rendered":"GST Council Proposes lower 5% Tax on Gyms, Salons &#038; Yoga Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 56th meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council was held at Sushma Swaraj Bhavan in New Delhi on September 03, 2025, chaired by Union <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxscan.in\/tags\/finance-minister-nirmala-sitharaman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman<\/a>, has brought cheer to fitness and wellness enthusiasts across the country. The Council has recommended reducing GST on gyms, salons, barbers, yoga centres and similar services from 18% to 5%.<\/p>\n<p>The change will directly lower the bills paid by customers at gyms, yoga studios, and salons. A service that earlier cost Rs. 1,000 plus 18% GST (Rs. 180) will now carry only 5% GST (Rs. 50). This means customers will save nearly 13% on every visit or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxscan.in\/tags\/membership-fee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">membership fee<\/a> once the new rates take effect.<\/p>\n<p>Step by Step Guide of Preparing Company Balance Sheet and Profit &amp; Loss Account <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.taxscan.in\/products\/company-balance-sheet-and-profit-loss-account?utm_source=instory&amp;utm_medium=txn&amp;utm_campaign=aryamar25balancesheet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beyond services, the relief extends to a wide range of personal care and wellness products. Everyday grooming essentials like talcum powder, face powder, hair oil, shampoo, toothpaste, shaving cream, and toilet soap will now fall under the 5% GST slab, down from 18%. This change is expected to make basic hygiene and wellness more affordable for millions of households.<\/p>\n<p>The Council also brought cheer to fitness and recreation. Bicycles and tricycles will now attract only 5% GST, encouraging eco-friendly mobility and exercise. Similarly, sports goods and toys including gloves for sports, tricycles, pedal cars, chessboards, carom, and ludo have also been shifted to the 5% slab.<\/p>\n<p>Step by Step Handbook for Filing GST Appeals, <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.taxscan.in\/products\/gst-appeals-appellate-procedures?utm_source=instory&amp;utm_medium=txn&amp;utm_campaign=gstappeals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Health-conscious consumers received relief on the food front too. Items such as UHT milk, paneer, dates, nuts, diabetic foods, fruit juices, and plant-based milk like soy and almond have seen reductions, making nutritious and fitness-oriented diets lighter on the pocket.<\/p>\n<p>Even daily household items are covered. Candles, safety matches, feeding bottles, diapers, sewing machines, kitchen utensils, and combs will now be taxed at just 5%, easing the financial burden on families.<\/p>\n<p>The new rates may come into force from 22nd September 2025, once the required notifications are issued.<\/p>\n<p>Support our journalism by subscribing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxscan.in\/my-account\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Taxscan premium<\/a>. Follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/taxscan_in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> for quick updates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 56th meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council was held at Sushma Swaraj Bhavan in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[83295,83294,337,83288,83289,78427,83292,9664,97,83290,83293,83291],"class_list":["post-131837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-56th-meeting-of-the-goods-and-services-tax-gst-council","tag-big-relief-for-fitness-lovers","tag-fitness","tag-fitness-lovers","tag-gst-council","tag-gst-council-meeting-2025","tag-gst-council-proposes-lower-5-tax-on-gyms","tag-gyms","tag-health","tag-salons","tag-salons-yoga-services","tag-yoga-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}