The 47th GST Council meeting, chaired by Nirmala Sitharaman and comprising state Finance Ministers, in Chandigarh scheduled on June 28-29 is likely to see discussion veer around compensation mechanism
System 'revolutionised' to plug chances of leakage, he tells 'Business Standard' in interview
The Council unlikely to decide on taking crypto assets in next week's meeting in Chandigarh.
The government has tightened GST norms. But some of the changes have caused "inconvenience" to taxpayers, to say the least.
While tax evasion, technical glitches, and litigation continue to plague the indirect tax system, the revenue collections have picked up in recent months
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No decision on rate rejig; to meet again for further deliberation
Finance ministers from the opposition-led Kerala, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh have said they will raise the issue at a meeting of the GST Council this month
This is following several reports CBIC received about different practices being followed by the field formations, creating issues for taxpayers
The ministerial panel, headed by Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai, will be meeting for the second time since it was set up in September last year
The GST regime has also positively affected the prices and costs of goods and services to end consumers, along with helping companies optimise their supply chains, Deloitte GST@5 Survey 2022 found.
The GST Council, comprising finance ministers of the Centre and states, is likely to meet by the end of this month and will discuss, among other things, the GoM interim report on rate rationalisation
Unforeseen battle against pandemic has put states' fiscal health under huge stress, he says in letter to FM
The country's tax collections soared to a record high of Rs 27.07 lakh crore last year, compared to budget estimate of Rs 22.17 lakh crore.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday allowed linking of credit cards to Unified Payments Interface (UPI)
Tax treatment decision after there's clarity on classification
GST structure needs improvement
The impact of structural reforms, like GST and IBC, will help boost India's growth once the cloud of the pandemic and geopolitical conflict recedes, Chief Economic Advisor Anantha Nageswaran said
Policy rollbacks and modifications happening too frequently spook businessmen - both domestic and global
But a longer-term perspective on state collections raises questions on GST's ability to fulfil certain primary objectives