The all-powerful GST Council headed by the Hon’ble Finance Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley met for the fifteenth time with an agenda to fix the rates for almost all the remaining items, such as precious metals (gold and silver), diamonds, biscuits, textiles, and footwear.
The GST Council has broadly approved the GST rates for services at Nil, 5%, 12%, 18% and 28% for services including telecom, insurance, hotels and restaurants. The information has been uploaded immediately after the GST Council’s decision and it will be subject to further vetting during which the list may undergo some changes. It is stated that the decisions of the GST Council are being communicated for general information and will be given effect through gazette notifications which shall have force of law.
In Srinagar, the all-powerful GST Council headed by the Hon’ble Finance Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley met for the fourteenth time to finalise the nuts and bolts of the new GST tax framework. This meeting is paving the way for India to join select League of Nations with a GST rollout from July 1, 2017 as envisaged.
In order to engage with the stakeholders and invite comments from the public at large, recently, the Central Government has issued 3 more Draft Goods and Services Tax (“GST”) Rules viz. Draft GST Rules on Accounts & Records, Appeals & Revision and Advance Ruling, on April 19, 2017, making a total of 14 Draft Rules as on date.
Marking another landmark day, the Honble President, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, has given his assent to the four key Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bills, after they were passed by the Parliament. The four GST Bills which are now enacted can be accessed as under
On Thursday i.e. April 6, 2017, the Rajya Sabha has passed four supplementary GST legislations without amendments by a voice vote as all parties were on board. The four Bills are as under:
In order to engage with the stakeholders and invite comments from the public at large, the Centre has issued 8 Goods and Services Tax (GST) Rules viz. Composition Rules, Valuation Rules, Transition Rules, Input Tax Credit (ITC) Rules, Revised Invoice Rules, Revised Payment Rules, Revised Refund Rules and Revised Registration Rules, on April 1, 2017.
The prospects of rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from July 1, 2017 has been brightened further, when the all-powerful GST Council chaired by the Honble Finance Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley met for the thirteenth time in a row to clear all gathered clouds over the GST and brightening its prospects of implementation soon.
Clearing the decks for the July 1 rollout of the ambitious Goods and Services Tax (GST) that will subsume 17 major Central and State taxes for a unified tax regime, the Lok Sabha on March 29, 2017 night cleared four crucial GST Bills i.e. CGST, IGST, UTGST and Compensation Cess Bill.
Clearing the decks for implementation of GST In India, Finance Minister Shri. Arun Jaitley on March 27 tabled four Bills of GST legislations in Lok Sabha. The discussion on the four Bills i.e. CGST, IGST, UTGST and Compensation Cess Bill could be taken up on Tuesday.
