The government had allowed a relaxed time schedule for filing of Goods and Services Tax (GST) returns
The GST regime was ushered in without adequate preparation of the information technology platform for filing returns
All the states may see around Rs 5,000 crore of GST collections in 2020-21
The health crisis is a moment of reckoning and an opportune time to revisit GST policy-design
Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal witnessed a significant increase in GST collections
The mop-up could have been much higher, but tax on imports fell 2 per cent year-on-year
Desperate push to meet collection target; firms receive notices for as low as Rs 2
GST compensation cess of Rs 7,607 crore was collected in October, Rs 7,727 crore in November, Rs 8,331 crore in December and Rs 8,637 crore in January
Red-flag reports prepared every month, SMS being sent to those mentioned therein
In January, domestic GST collection was around Rs 86,453 cr. Around Rs 23,597 cr was collected through IGST and cess
The government aims to collect Rs 10,000 crore more than what was targeted earlier at a time when all months till December in FY20 yielded less than Rs 1.1 trillion, except for April
States like West Bengal (16 per cent), Assam (33 per cent), Chhattisgarh (15 per cent) and Andhra Pradesh (11 per cent) registered an impressive growth in GST collections in the same month
Almost all states have raised much more debt than at the same time last year, except Maharashtra.
The committee will meet once every quarter or more frequently as decided by the co-chairs
Let's pretend no more that the system isn't broken. The Centre needs to break heads in the GST Council and work out new slabs and rates (the fewer the better) and make a fresh start, writes T N Ninan
Govt must be restrained on collection targets
West Bengal finance minister says Council should find ways to help the industry tide over present crisis
Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac told Business Standard that the proposal of tweaking the lower slabs would be strongly opposed
The minister said that as many as 999 cases were registered till October in the current fiscal for GST evasion and Rs 8,134.39 crore has been recovered.
The finance minister touched upon the difficulties in meeting the fiscal deficit, and indirectly signalled a fiscal slippage for the year