GST Council meet: Scrapping tax officers' arrest powers, decriminalisation among reforms on agendaThe GST Council is poised to address significant reforms that could transform GST compliance for businesses. Among the proposed measures ar...
08 Oct, 2026, 12.16 PM IST
GST shake-up: Council may rejig tax officers' panelsThe GST Council is likely to recast its tax officers' committees to make them leaner as the system matures. It is proposed to reduce the cu...
05 Oct, 2026, 05.20 PM IST
GST 2.0's next move: Council may scrap officers' arrest powers, raise prosecution bar to Rs 5 croreThe GST Council is weighing changes to GST enforcement, including ending officials' arrest powers and shifting to court-ordered arrests. Cr...
04 Oct, 2026, 07.14 PM IST
Decoding MDR’s impact; EV bikes’ policy change sparks debateHappy Thursday! The return of MDR is set to change UPI's market share game. This and more in today's ETtech Morning Dispatch.
17 Sep, 2026, 07.43 AM IST
New mines law seeks to bring tax uniformityA new Mines and Minerals Act, 2026, aims to standardize mining taxation across India. This legislation seeks to bring uniformity and predic...
25 Aug, 2026, 11.45 PM IST
Stocks in news: TCS, ICICI Bank, Hindustan Copper and Piramal FinanceThe Indian equity markets experienced a downturn today, with the Nifty50 index finishing slightly above 24,200. Traders brace for heightene...
25 Aug, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Chasing dues could get easier for small businesses under new rules, MSME Secy Bharat Khera explainsThe number of enterprises in the formal ecosystem has increased from around 16.5 million three to four years ago to 92 million currently, s...
24 Aug, 2026, 02.12 PM IST
Tax Bill 2026 clears tax hurdles for electronics manufacturing and boosts India's global supply chain competitivenessThe Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill 2026 is a transformative measure aimed at boosting global electronics supply chains. By elimin...
13 Aug, 2026, 11.26 PM IST
Kerala Governor signs ordinance amending state GST law on gamblingThe ordinance was promulgated by the state government after the 50th Goods and Service Tax (GST) Council meeting had fixed 28 per cent GST ...
05 Jan, 2024, 06.08 PM IST
Karnataka GST authorities write to 161 online gaming firms, ask them to apply revised rate“We don’t want any company to claim later that they were not aware of the details of the recent amendments to the GST laws,” a senior offic...
04 Oct, 2023, 04.32 PM IST
Online gaming companies to collect 28% on full bet value, offshore platforms to be GST registered from Oct 1The finance ministry late on Friday notified October 1 as the appointed date for the amended provisions in Central GST and Integrated GST l...
30 Sep, 2023, 06.55 PM IST
India set to implement 28% GST on online gaming from October 1India is set to implement a 28% Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate on online gaming starting from October 1, following the consensus of all ...
28 Sep, 2023, 05.51 PM IST
Overseas players too will have to pay 28% GST on bets placed on domestic e-gaming platformsThe amendment in IGST Act gives powers to the Government to notify such goods, so that in case of import of such goods IGST can be levied a...
11 Aug, 2023, 08.46 PM IST
Online gaming: States mull Ordinance to mop up revenue from 28% GSTThe GST Council, at its meeting on July 11, decided to tax online gaming, racecourse and casinos at 28% on the full-face value of bets, and...
10 Aug, 2023, 10.32 PM IST
Cabinet clears amendments to GST lawsThe government will now table amendments to the Central GST law, Integrated GST law, Compensation Cess law in the ongoing monsoon session o...
01 Aug, 2018, 03.12 PM IST
Punjab government against amendment in GST laws“I find that GST Law is being rushed and the excellent work done by the law review committee is being ignored only with a view to get some ...
22 Jul, 2018, 10.58 PM IST
Banks ask govt to amend draft GST lawBanks including, SBI, ICICI and HDFC, have approached the government to modify the GST framework involving self-supply of services, say peo...
31 Jan, 2017, 12.17 PM IST