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GST Council approves Rs 1 crore threshold for Composition Scheme

Under the Composition Scheme, traders have to pay a fixed tax rate between 1-5%

GST Council to decide on tax refunds on October 6

The first meeting of the GoM was held here on September 16

GST Council may lower tax slab from 12% to 5% of government works

The council is scheduled to meet in NCR tomorrow and may consider reducing the tax slab on labour component in government projects

GST Council decides how to distribute assessees

After deciding the basic principle of division of assessees between central and state tax authorities, the Goods and Services Tax Council has stated how this would be done. Earlier, the Council had decided a state would have control over 90 per cent of GST payers where turnover of businesses was up to Rs 1.5 crore a year. Over that figure, the state and central officials were to have 50:50 control. The division to be done by computer at the state level, by random choice.Now, it has been decided that for those registered under Value Added Tax (VAT) or both it and central excise, their state turnover, including inter-state transactions, will be taken into account. For those registered only under central excise and not VAT, the annual turnover given in central excise returns will be taken into account. Those registered under VAT and service tax will be considered on the turnover given in the returns for both, the overlap being excluded. For those registered in only service tax, their ...

Hope for exporters on GST minuses

Sushil Kumar Modi will be assisted by four ministers from different states and top executives of the GSTN

Left activists stage protest near GST Council meeting venue

They were whisked away in a van, the police said

GST Council flooded with requests to slash tax rates on various commodities

GST Council refers some of the tax change requests to the fitment committee

GST Council may finalise e-way rules today

GST provision requires goods more than Rs 50,000 to be pre-registered online before it can be moved

CBI arrests GST Council superintendent, aide on graft charges

This could be the first instance of a GST Council official being arrested by the CBI

GST Council may go for more rate revisions, tobacco likely to be targeted

FM Arun Jaitley will be asked to join in, through video-conferencing

On June 18, GST Council to discuss revision of rates on more items

Arun Jaitley will chair the 17th meeting of the GST at Vigyan Bhavan

No Integrated GST to be levied on buses travelling to Pakistan, Bangladesh

IGST to also be exempted on any mode of conveyance from one location to another of same entity

Railways asks GST Council to exempt internal supplies

Wants to be treated as a unified entity to avoid multiple registrations

GST Council has done a commendable job, say experts

Under the new tax, rates will range from 5 to 28%, with 12% and 18% being the standard rates

GST Council to finalise rules for new tax regime today

GST Council has already approved 5 sets of rules relating to registration, payments, refund, invoice and returns

Luxury goods, 'demerit' items set to burn a hole in your pocket under GST

GST Council caps cess on luxury goods at 15%, to be charged over and above standard GST rate

GST Council might clear supplementary legislations tomorrow

It may also be given an update on technology preparedness and migration of assessees to new regime

No fundamental dispute in GST council: Kerala FM

Issac also said that government would take stern action against tax evasion

Centre to delete minutes of GST Council meet where tax split was discussed

The Council had on Jan 16 agreed 90% assessees below Rs 1.5 cr turnover will be assessed by states

Crucial GST Bills, compensation law on council's agenda today

It could also discuss an anti-profiteering clause that will ensure sharing of benefits of lower taxes by consumers