GST Council Meeting

Businesses will be able to claim credit on employee insurance, telecom towers, pipelines and certain free samples, while refunds will be widened to input services and machinery

As the GST Council prepares to meet, businesses want the next phase of reform to focus on getting stuck credit moving, reducing repeated scrutiny and making compliance simpler

Ahead of the GST Council meeting, IT-ITES industry body Nasscom has flagged two outstanding issues on services exports -- the treatment of services supplied through branches abroad, and R&D done in India on prototypes provided by overseas customers. Nasscom Vice President and Head of Public Policy Ashish Aggarwal, in a statement, said that Indian service exporters often serve overseas customers through branches abroad, and added that the way a company organises its overseas presence should not, by itself, decide whether a service supplied from India is treated as an export. "Clarity on this would support competitiveness, release working capital and reduce the litigation the industry has faced over the years," Aggarwal said. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council is scheduled to meet on October 8. According to Nasscom, another issue arises when an Indian team carries out R&D, engineering or testing on a prototype or sample that an overseas customer provides in India. "The ...

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The 57th GST Council meeting has been rescheduled for the second time, and the new date is October 8. In an office memorandum, the GST Council Secretariat said that the meeting is being rescheduled due to "unavoidable circumstances". The Council meeting was scheduled to be held on October 7. The GST Council, chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and comprising state ministers, will, in its meeting on Thursday, discuss changes in registration, returns, and refunds mechanism. It would also discuss policy reforms to resolve GST disputes and improve the flow of input tax credit, with the aim of reducing the time and cost of compliance. According to sources, the GST Council is likely to consider sweeping process reforms to decriminalise GST offences, remove arrest powers of GST officers and make tax compliance easier for businesses, including e-commerce suppliers. This is the second time that the date of the 57th GST Council meeting has been rescheduled. The meeting, w

Businesses are seeking the ability to set off the tax liability of their unit in one state with the unused tax credit available with its arm other states.

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Under the two-slab system, the GST Council has scrapping 12 per cent and 28 per cent rates. Now, essential items like food, medicines, and books fall under zero and 5 per cent rates

The GST Council's 56th meeting has notified sweeping changes effective September 22, impacting goods and services from milk and medicines to cars, coal and casinos

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Any disappointment on the rate front, analysts believe, could trigger a knee jerk correction fall in the stocks and sectors that have seen a good run in the last few weeks

The 56th GST Council meeting on September 3-4 may decide on rate rationalisation, tax cuts on essentials, and compensation measures for states. All you need to know

The 56th GST Council meeting, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, will discuss major reforms, including rate rationalisation and compensation cess.

Explainer: What the GST Council's GoM on rate rationalisation is, how it works, who its members are, and how its decisions could shape India's two-slab GST plan by Diwali 2025

The GST Council at its 55th meeting on Saturday, December 21, made several key recommendations aimed at changing GST tax rates. Watch the video to know the key takeaways.

GST Council addresses disaster levy, clarifies tax exemptions, and revises ITC norms, while deferring insurance premium GST cut and key rate rationalisation decisions

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Delhi Finance Minister Atishi on Monday said the GST Council has decided to exempt research grants from the GST net, and called it a victory for the entire nation. Addressing a digital press conference, Atishi said last month, six educational institutions, including IIT-Delhi and Punjab University were sent showcause notices over research grants. "The AAP has strongly opposed imposition of GST on research grants. Today in the 54 th GST Council meeting, me and Harpal Singh Cheema, Punjab finance minister vehemently opposed it. It is good news that the GST Council has decided to exempt research grants from the GST net. This is a victory for the entire country," she said. Atishi said the AAP had consistently called the decision to impose GST on research grants akin to tax terrorism. The Aam Aadmi Party has continuously opposed GST on research grants. Today, in the GST Council meeting, the Delhi and Punjab governments raised the issue that GST should not be levied on research grants ..

GST Council headed by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday decided to set up a Group of Ministers (GoM) on reducing tax rate on life and health insurance and cut GST on cancer drugs and namkeens. Briefing reporters on the outcome of the 54th GST Council meeting, Sitharaman said it has decided to have a Group of Ministers (GoM) to look into the GST rate on life and health insurance. The GoM will be headed by Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, who is currently heading the panel on GST rate rationalisation. Sitharaman said that new members would be joining the GoM to look into GST on health insurance. The GoM will be submitting its report by October end, she said. The issue of taxation of insurance premiums had figured in Parliament discussions with Opposition members demanding that health and life insurance premiums be exempt from the GST. Even Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari wrote to Sitharaman on the issue. Sitharaman in her reply to a discussion on the

Uttarakhand Finance Minister Prem Chand Agarwal on Monday said the GST Council has decided to cut tax on helicopter services for religious travels to 5 per cent. The 54th meeting of the GST Council, chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, is currently underway. "Helicopter services for religious purposes like Kedarnath, Badrinath has been reduced to 5 per cent from 18 per cent. There was no clarity on this. After this, there will be clarity," Agarwal told reporters. The Council is slated to deliberate on a host of issues, including lowering of taxes on life and health insurance premiums, as well as levy of GST on payment aggregators for small digital transactions up to Rs 2,000, via debit and credit cards. Agarwal further said the Council has referred the issues of levy of 18 per cent GST on payment aggregators (PAs), like BillDesk and CCAvenue, for small digital transactions up to Rs 2,000, via debit and credit cards to the fitment committee. Currently, payment ...