#ShareYourGSTBill: As GST comes into force, people rush to share pictures of their first bill

Key Highlights

• Starting today, CGST and SGST will be levied on all bills and invoices procured from stores.
• The hashtag – One Nation One Tax started trending on Twitter shortly after people started tweeting images of their GST bills.
• GST has come into effect after 17 years since it was first proposed in the year 2000.

This morning when Indians awoke to begin their daily dose of grocery shopping they found a new tax being named on their bills – CGST (Central GST) and SGST (State GST).

With the rollout of the Goods and Service Tax (GST) regime when the clock struck midnight on July 1, India witnessed its biggest tax reform since independence.

The new tax administration began on a ceremonious note as President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi who together ushered in the historic event at Central Hall of Parliament.

Citizens took to social media platforms like Twitter to share images of their first ever bill issued under the GST regime.

Even Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Future Group had tweeted a picture of the first ever bill issued by one of the Big Bazaar outlets under GST saying, "Proud to issue India's first GST invoice at Big Bazaar," a report by India Today said on Saturday. However the tweet was later deleted.

Big Bazaar owner #kishoreBiyani tweeted a bill with #GST levied on the products and later deleted his tweet. Have a look at S GST and C GST. pic.twitter.com/nKGiFhEfd2

— Dhananjay Tiwari (@dhananjay1313) July 1, 2017

With several hashtags to showcase their first ever GST bill Twitteratis used the hashtag - ‘Share Your GST Bill,’ ‘GST For New India’ and of course – ‘One Nation One Tax,’ which began trending on Twitter shortly after.

Here are a few of the bills that zeebiz came across.

#GSTForNewIndia #gstrollout #GSTBegins #GoodThingsThatAnnoyMe #GSTBill pic.twitter.com/XbyrZ6ehC5

— Feroz Khan (@ferozMV) July 1, 2017

First GST bill of Indian history #GSTForNewIndia #gstrollout #GST #GSTBill pic.twitter.com/IEonJNVaJU

— Ayanabh Paul (@imAyanabh01) July 1, 2017

@sidin #shareyourGSTbill #GST https://t.co/d0xjYzt7Ve

— Anil Padmanabhan (@capitalcalculus) July 1, 2017

#GSTBill !

Central #CGST + State #SGST 50% share on Total #GST #GSTForNewIndia #gstrollout pic.twitter.com/sU4BFYDWBd

— Troll Cinema ( TC ) (@Troll_Cinema) July 1, 2017

My first #GSTbill is a cold coffee pic.twitter.com/lPRDM1T0lP

— Mausami Singh (@mausamii2u) July 1, 2017

My first #GST transaction with @vijayshekhar's @Paytm!!! #GSTBill pic.twitter.com/0JapeiNK54

— Adhvith Dhuddu (@adhvith) June 30, 2017

First #GSTbill #GSTMuhuratShopping,First #GST interview with @kishore_biyani.Action in#parliament &@BigBazaar only.What a crowd in midnight pic.twitter.com/cFiGxTlnHd

— Anurag Shah (@anuragshah710) June 30, 2017

13.50 Tax for 75. All for a pongal and coffee. Is the govt. looting the common man?#OneNationOneTax pic.twitter.com/R0Fcuf85mk

— Keerthi (@realkeerthi) July 1, 2017

#OneNationOneTax #gstrollout #GST #GSTForNewIndia 18% GST on Veg Restaurants which is used by most is too much load on consumers pic.twitter.com/xJSm4bxx1X

— Ramshankar Alwar (@a_ramshankar) July 1, 2017

#OneNationOneTax #GoodAndSimpleTax 18% on Haldiram's snacks,12% on Mango,5% on Milk,No tax on veg,dal,soap, sooji.Dont know what was earlier pic.twitter.com/8jEcUVIyK5

— Shadow Warrior (@ShadowWarrior06) July 1, 2017

कांग्रेसी सोशलमीडीया पर बिलो की छपाई में लग गए है,मैडम इन्ही के चंदे से हेराल्ड की मालकिन बन गई @nanditathhakur #OneNationOneTax pic.twitter.com/xP1EKL149Y

— रतन सिंह (@singhratan656) July 1, 2017

#OneNationOneTax GOOD & SIMPLE TAX pic.twitter.com/eQEjXPE6KF

— P R A S H A N T (@PrashantShewat1) July 1, 2017

It goes 50 50 #OneNationOneTax #GSTForNewIndia #gstrollout #OneNationOneTaxOneMarket #OneTax #GST #GSTMuhuratShopping pic.twitter.com/0OQuQMNEB6

— Budha Vagyanik (@bvagya) July 1, 2017

Here is 1 more bill with 18% State and Center GST. #OneNationOneTax
368.80 #GST for Rs 2048.84 restaurant bill. pic.twitter.com/jrTc2pOaAS

— Dhananjay Tiwari (@dhananjay1313) July 1, 2017