GST Council defers GoMs reports on appellate tribunal, capacity-based tax

Clarifies compensation cess of 22 per cent on SUVs, said tax treatment of MUVs to be examined; nods to the decriminalisation of GST offences

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has deferred two key state panel reports on setting up the framework of the appellate tribunal and capacity-based taxation on pan-masala and gutka as it concludes its 48th Council meeting in New Delhi. The all-powerful Council chaired by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman couldn't take up seven prominent issues including these two panel reports due to paucity of time.

A group of ministers (GoM) led by Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala has submitted its report on setting up an appellate tribunal proposing that each Bench should consist of a president, two judicial members,