By kinjal

On September 26, YouTuber Elvish Yadav tweeted that only Hindu temples have to pay taxes. His post received more than 8,600 retweets as of this writing.

( Link https://twitter.com/ElvishYadav/status/1441998462225059841?t=VM3wNsUW9zOzyJjd7QkpCA&s=19)

Another YouTuber Gaurav Taneja quote-tweeted Yadav’s post and wrote, “If they [BJP] cannot do it with 282 (2014) and 303 (2019), I doubt if even 543 would be enough.”

The claim is widespread on Twitter.

It is also being shared widely on Facebook.

Fact-check
Alt News had already fact-checked this claim back in 2017 when Subramanian Swamy claimed that mosques and churches were exempt from GST. The claim is false.

The Finance Ministry had also tweeted on July 3, 2017, that the claim was false. It stated that GST was not implemented on the basis of religion.

( Link https://twitter.com/FinMinIndia/status/881894212286922753?t=Ii65GgGINquK-XvDFirUBA&s=19)

( Link https://twitter.com/FinMinIndia/status/881894366482022400?t=3V0J4lNBmCDYY9Yx-1SXdg&s=19)

( Link https://twitter.com/FinMinIndia/status/881894482416779265?t=l7CeBh09BGCuT2_DTN3eXQ&s=19)

Apart from this, Alt News had contacted a few Muslim trusts. They had informed us that they were following the new tax laws implemented in the country and also had GST certificates to show for it.

Usman H Qureshi, a member of the Qureshi Committee from Mirzapur, Ahmedabad, told us that he had received a GST registration number and was set to pay taxes as per the new laws. He shared a picture of his GST certificate with Alt News.

We also spoke to Rizwan Qadri, president of the Ahmedabad Sunni Muslim Waqf Committee (Trust). He explained that the trust owned some properties in the city, from which they received Rs. 3,00,000 as rent. Since the GST regulations contain an exemption for earnings up to Rs. 20,00,000, it was necessary for them to register their annual income. He also confirmed that he had been paying tax on the earnings of the trust even before the introduction of GST.

Explaining GST

Any organization with an annual earning of more than Rs. 40 lakh (more than Rs. 20 lakh in special circumstances) must obtain GST registration.

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