India's parliament is due to vote on the much-awaited Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill on Wednesday.
The bill seeks to streamline India's fragmented tax system with a single levy.
Indian businesses have been lobbying for the single tax rate as it would reduce costs, particularly for shipping goods across state borders.
Analysts say the move could boost India's economic growth by up to 2 percentage points.
The bill was passed by the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament, last year, but it has been stuck in the upper house of parliament, or the Rajya Sabha, where PM Narendra Modi's BJP does not have a majority.
The bill is likely to clear the upper house on Wednesday after the opposition Congress party, which originally proposed the GST while in power, managed to secure some concessions from the ruling government.
The proposed tax reform, the biggest since India's independence from Britain in 1947, seeks to replace a slew of federal taxes and levies in 29 states.
If the bill is passed in the parliament, India's states will have to pass further laws to determine the rate and scope of the tax.
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