After 29th March, 2017, 6th April, 2017 became a historic day in the journey of GST when Rajya Sabha easily passed the GST Bills after a day long debate. It is important to note that despite an eight hour long debate, Rajya Sabha did not recommend any change in the GST Bills.
GST Council (GSTC) met for the 13th time yesterday in last 6 months at New Delhi. The GSTC inter alia, decided on following (a) Approval to draft GST rules (5 out of 9) which were released in September 2016 duly aligned with GST law as approved by Lok Sabha on 29 March, 20
The Union Government has introduced the four GST related Bills in the Parliament (Lok Sabha or lower house) on 27th March, 2017. These four bills moved in the lower house of Parliament are the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Bill, Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) Bill
In its 12th meeting of GST Council (GSTC) on 4th March, 2017, GSTC approved the two Bills, i.e. for Central Goods & Services Tax (CGST) and Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) which now have to be passed and legislated by the Parliament.
According to present clause 9(b) of exemption Notification No. 25/2012-ST dated 20-06-2012, exemption is provided from the levy of Service Tax in relation to services provided to an educational institution, by way of:
Our new Book (Third in last one year) on GST – GOODS & SERVICES TAX – LAWS, CONCEPTS AND IMPACT ANALYSIS OF SELECT INDUSTRIES has just been released. It is a 882 page Book covering GST concepts and provisions based on model law (CGST/ SGST / IGST in Part-A (20 Chapters)
GST Council met for the tenth time at Udaipur on 18th February, 2017, its first meeting out of Delhi and at Udaipur (Rajasthan). This meeting being at Udaipur for only few hours, being of one day and then due to air connectivity, people were reaching till 12.00 p.m. of same day.
The application fee for seeking advance ruling is to be increased from rupees two thousand five hundred(Rs 2500/-) to rupees ten thousand(Rs.10,000/-) on the lines of the Income Tax Act.( Section 96C(3) of the Finance Act, 1994)
The tax proposals, both direct and indirect, are aimed at the following major reform areas: 1. Measures for Promoting Affordable Housing and Real Estate Sector 2. Measures for Stimulating Growth 3. Promoting Digital Economy 4.Transparency in Electoral Funding 5. Ease of Doing Business
After it was almost clear after 9th meeting of GST Council that GST may now be implemented from July, 2017 only, at the earliest, all eyes were on the Union Budget 2017-18 which has since been presented in the Parliament of India on 1st February, 2017.
