Goods and Services Tax : This article explains the role and powers of the GST Council in shaping tax policy. It highlights how its decisions directly affec...
Goods and Services Tax : जीएसटी परिषद की 56वीं बैठक में ज़रूरी वस्तुओं, ऑटो...
Goods and Services Tax : The GST Council proposes new rates for the paper sector. GST is eliminated on notebook paper, reduced on pulp, and increased on ot...
Goods and Services Tax : The GST Council has proposed reducing or removing GST on educational items. Erasers, notebooks, pencils, and maps would become tax...
Goods and Services Tax : GST rates on a variety of daily use products will be reduced from 12% and 18% to 5%. This includes household goods, personal care ...
Goods and Services Tax : Key FAQs on GST rate changes from the 56th GST Council, covering goods, services, vehicles, and exemptions effective from 22 Septe...
Goods and Services Tax : 55th GST Council meeting recommends tax reductions, exemptions, and compliance measures, including lower GST on fortified rice ker...
Goods and Services Tax : The Second National Conference of GST Enforcement Chiefs focused on addressing fake registrations and enhancing compliance through...
Goods and Services Tax : Explore the key recommendations made by the GST Council during its 54th meeting, including changes in GST rates, GoM formations, a...
Goods and Services Tax : Key GST updates: CGST amendments in Budget 2024, Circulars on officer reassignment, recovery guidelines, and service taxability cl...
Goods and Services Tax : The Madras High Court held that manufacturers of alcoholic liquor cannot be denied C-Forms for inter-State ENA purchases because t...
Goods and Services Tax : Rajasthan HC dismisses petition challenging 18% GST on samosa and kachori, directs Sodhani Sweets to approach the Appellate Author...
Goods and Services Tax : Jharkhand High Court disposes of B D Enterprises' petition against GST Input Tax Credit time limits, aligning with the 53rd GST Co...
Goods and Services Tax : Madras HC rules on GST for flavoured milk in Parle Agro case. Key verdict on classification; implications for businesses....
Goods and Services Tax : SC held that recommendations of the GST Council are not binding on the Union and States. It held that Recommendations of the GST C...
Goods and Services Tax : The Ministry of Finance has reduced the Compensation Cess rate to Nil for several items, effective September 22, 2025, per a new n...
Goods and Services Tax : The 56th GST Council Meeting will be held in New Delhi on September 3rd and 4th, 2025, with a preceding officers' meeting on Septe...
Goods and Services Tax : Office Memorandum details updated GoM composition for Restructuring Compensation Cess, led by Union Minister of State for Finance....
Goods and Services Tax : The GST Council Secretariat has updated the composition of the Group of Ministers (GoM) on Life and Health Insurance, effective Ju...
Goods and Services Tax : A Group of Ministers (GoM) is set up to evaluate the feasibility of a special cess under GST for disaster relief and recommend a u...
It has been informed that all decisions have been made unanimously. However, to our surprise, no formal communication is available in public domain to general public of so called ‘decisions’ of the GST Council. Thus, though we have been hearing about the decisions of GST councils from various mediums, there is no authenticity of the information that can be quoted.
The Central Government has issued Notification dated 16-09-2016 whereby all the provisions of The Constitution (101st Amendment) Act, 2016 comes into effect from 16/09/2016. Section 1 is also effective w.e.f. 16/09/16, which gives power to the Central Government to issue notification for effecting the various provisions of the said Act. Now, when Section 1 itself […]
The Union Cabinet under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved setting up of GST Council and setting up its Secretariat as per the following details: (a) Creation of the GST Council as per Article 279A of the amended Constitution;(b) Creation of the GST Council Secretariat, with its office at New Delhi;
Now, with September 12, 2016, being notified as the appointed date for Section 12 of the Constitutional Amendment Act, GST Council shall be constituted within 60 days from September 12, 2016.
The much awaited 122nd Constitutional Amendment Bill for implementation of Goods and Service-tax (the Constitutional Amendment Bill) has been passed by the Rajya Sabha on 3rd August 2016. Rightly so, 3rd August 2016 is the historic day in Indian taxation system, as on this day all multiple Indirect tax levies are set to be replaced by one tax – Goods and Service Tax (GST).
Advocate Anandaday Misshra Goods & Service Tax (GST) is a regime of Uniform Tax. A regime in which multiple indirect taxes will be the talk of past and indirect taxes will be subsumed in GST. A. Taxes to be Subsumed in GST The following taxes will be subsumed under GST : Central Taxes 1.Central Excise Duty, […]
The Constitution (One Hundred & Twenty Second Amendment) Bill,2014 as proposed under Bill No. 192 of 2014 in Parliament on 19th December,2014 focus on setting up of an important key body for smoother , Faster and hassle free implementation of Goods & Service Tax and that is Goods & Service Tax Council.
In what could delay further the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST), state panel chief Asim Dasgupta has asked the Centre to do away with GST council and the dispute settlement body in the constitutional amendment bill. “Empowered Group of
The empowered group of state finance ministers will discuss the constitution of goods and services tax (GST) Council and dispute settlement mechanism at its meeting on October 30. Earlier, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had said the proposed GST C
The Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee had a meeting with the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers to finalize the draft Constitutional Amendments on Goods and Services Tax, here today. Addressing the meeting, the Finance Minister emphasized that the primacy of the Legislature in the area of taxation is supreme and inalienable and that the proposed draft on GST did not seek to disturb or alter this in any manner.
