Centre seeks Mukul Rohatgi view on tax on inter-state movement of goods

More powers to states mean the taxes will be handled by the state govt officers

The Centre has sought the views of Attorney General (A-G) on who should have the right to tax inter-state movement of goods. 

This is a new flashpoint to have emerged in the wrangling between the central and state governments for ringing in the goods and services tax (GST). But, as the reference will take some time to go through, the meeting of the GST Council this week to sort the differences could remain undecided. 

Last month, the finance ministry had referred the dispute to the law ministry for its comments. In a surprising quick turnaround, the law ministry had advised