GST Council Meeting Highlights: Everything Finance Minister Sitharaman and the GST Council decided on in Monday's meetGST Council Meeting Key Highlights: Chaired by the Finance Minister, the GST Council is a constitutional body that oversees the implementat...
10 Sep, 2024, 12.54 PM IST
GST Council decides to form new GoM for health insurance premiumThe GST Council has postponed its decision on reducing the GST rate on health insurance premiums to November. A Group of Ministers will rev...
10 Sep, 2024, 12.53 PM IST
54th GST Council meeting to be held on September 9The 54th GST Council meeting will be held on September 9, 2024. Meanwhile, July GST collections rose 10.3% to over Rs 1.82 lakh crore, the ...
13 Aug, 2024, 11.15 AM IST
In Graphics: GST Council’s new steps to simplify tax processesThe Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Saturday, in its first meeting after the new government took charge at the Centre, announced se...
23 Jun, 2024, 11.47 PM IST
GST Council's fitment committee rejects rate cut on over dozen items; defers call on uniform cess on tobacco productsThe Fitment Committee of goods and services tax (GST) Council has recommended exempting powdered millet from GST when sold in loose form, w...
04 Oct, 2023, 02.55 PM IST
Will request GST Council to reconsider 28% tax on online gaming: MoS Rajeev ChandrasekharAmid backlash from the online gaming industry over the imposition of 28% GST, Chandrasekhar has said he will “request the GST council for c...
17 Jul, 2023, 10.51 PM IST
GST Council to discuss GoM reports on appellate tribunals, tax evasion by gutkha firms on Feb 18The report of panel of ministers on Goods and Services Tax (GST) on online gaming and casinos may not come up for deliberation at the Febru...
16 Feb, 2023, 05.33 PM IST
GST law panel working on definitions of games of skill, chanceAccording to sources, the GST Council's Law Committee, which met in Bengaluru on Saturday, discussed the issues concerning definition for '...
06 Nov, 2022, 11.20 AM IST
GST exemptions on some items set to be removedThese items are currently exempt from GST. The council also accepted the recommendations of another ministerial panel on stricter scrutiny ...
29 Jun, 2022, 04.41 AM IST
GST council expected to focus on improving revenue collections and plugging leakagesA group of ministers (GoM) headed by Maharashtra finance minister Ajit Pawar, which is scheduled to give its report on reforms on the GST s...
26 Jun, 2022, 11.46 PM IST
Delta Corp tanks 5% as GST Council recommends 28% tax on casinos“Final decision has been taken on new GST structure on online gaming, horse racing and casino. We cannot elaborate the details of the decis...
18 May, 2022, 04.02 PM IST
Centre denies reports of GST council planning to raise 5% tax slab to 8%The sources confirmed to ANI that there is no such proposal from the Council, this news is speculative and there is no truth in it.
18 Apr, 2022, 09.24 PM IST
GST rate hikes may come in phases to reduce price painsA panel of officials looking at the option of small hikes in lower rates or moving up items in tranches.
02 Jan, 2020, 03.30 PM IST
31st GST Council Meeting - The hits and missesThe Council had in detail evaluated the various proposals of rate reduction; specifically for the goods covered under the 28% list, with an...
26 Dec, 2018, 12.14 PM IST
Raising of cap on cess to have more impact on SUV side: Ankit Merchant, KR Choksey"SUV is a market which is not very price sensitive so even though there is rise in prices due to the cess, I believe the demand is not like...
07 Aug, 2017, 04.02 PM IST
Govt training about 20 lakh tax officers for GSTThe sales tax officers across India are being trained in different locations and are being prepared for the upcoming centralised tax law.
04 Mar, 2017, 06.07 PM IST
Union Budget 2012-13: GST to be operational by August 2012To operationalize the GST, the Constitution (115 th Amendment) Bill has been introduced in the Lok Sabha in March 2011 to enable Parliament...
16 Mar, 2012, 11.33 AM IST