The following are the major changes recommended by the GST Council in its 25th meeting held on 18th January, 2018, ahead of Union Budget– 2018 which shall be presented on 1st February, 2018.
Union Budget 2018-19 is just a fortnight away from now and there is one school of thought which say that Budget will not contain GST proposals.
Electronic Way Bill (E-Way Bill) is basically a compliance mechanism wherein by way of a digital interface the person causing the movement of goods uploads the relevant information prior to the commencement of movement of goods and generates e-way bill on the GST portal.
Goods and Services Tax (GST), introduced from July 1, 2017 is almost six months old now but has resulted in operational and implementation disruptions affecting all stakeholders. GST law, as drafted and legislated, is not free from the interpretational hassles.
In Union of India v Dr Kanaga Sabpathy Sundaram Pillai, Founder, My Integrating Society India Net NGGO (2017) TIOL 01 HC ;(2017) 9 TMI 389 (Mumbai),it was held that petition shall not be entertained with the observation that since the Government machinery was geared up, the petitioner could not urge or seek directions to postpone the decision of implementation from 01.07.2017.
GST law, as drafted and legislated, is not free from the interpretational hassles. Taxpayers have started challenging various provisions of GST laws and rules framed there under before various High Courts and about 50 petitions have been filed so far.
Authorized representative means a person who is authorized by a person to appear on his behalf. Section 2(15) of GST Act, 2017, provides that authorized representative means the representative as referred to in section 116.
Anti Profiteering is a check against profiteering – something which ought to be ethical but is now a legal issue in Goods and Service Tax.
The Council has recommended major relief in GST rates on certain goods and services by reduction in GST rate from 28% to 18% on goods falling in 178 headings at 4-digit level. After these changes, only 50 items will attract GST rate of 28%.
With 23rd meeting of GST Council scheduled for 9-10 November, 2017 to consider various implementation issues and rationalize rates etc, here are few suggestions which ought to be decided by the Council.
