Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/unhealthy-tax/article65632411.ece The GST on hospital rooms needs to be reviewed In the recently concluded 47th GST Council meeting, among the other decisions taken, a
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*CBIC to issue SOP for GST summons to stop harassment of businesses | Business Standard News
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/cbic-to-issue-sop-for-gst-summons-notices-to-stop-harassment-of-businesses-122071100271_1.html The new SOP will make officials more accountable and will also make the entire process transparent Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
Major GST issues in real estate sector | The Financial Express
Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/money/major-gst-issues-in-real-estate-sector/2591266/ GST was introduced with the sole purpose of easing out compliances and avoiding the cascading of taxes. However, the purpose somewhere appears to
Gaming GST Rates: GST on gaming and gambling: Don’t ‘game over’ before it has even begun – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/et-commentary/gst-on-gaming-and-gambling-dont-game-over-before-it-has-even-begun/articleshow/92812277.cms Synopsis Caught between a perception that online games are nothing but a rich man’s gambit that only whips up greed and promotes gambling,
*****Levying GST on games of skill can be tricky – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/levying-gst-on-games-of-skill-can-be-tricky/article65624518.ece The government must take a holistic approach, else revenues could fall and users may shift to unregulated foreign portals The Group of Ministers
An uncertain transition: As GST compensation ends, state governments need to be provided certainty of revenues | The Indian Express
Clipped from: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/an-uncertain-transition-as-gst-compensation-ends-state-governments-need-to-be-provided-certainty-of-revenues-8021329/ If the government decides to step-up tax devolution to the states in the near term, it may reduce the size of state borrowings
GST: Five years and counting towards unity – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/et-commentary/gst-five-years-and-counting-towards-unity/articleshow/92788816.cms Synopsis The impact of GST is now visible in formalisation of enterprises, wider tax base and higher tax revenues. Small businesses, which were
*******GST 2.0 may be free of jurisdiction: Vivek Johri, chairman, CBIC – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/gst-2-0-may-be-free-of-jurisdiction-vivek-johri-chairman-cbic/articleshow/92733183.cms Synopsis New Delhi, which raised the import duty on gold recently, is not looking at any further administrative measures immediately to clamp down
*****GST: Mandatory e-invoicing for companies with Rs 5-crore sales from January | The Financial Express
Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/gst-mandatory-e-invoicing-for-companies-with-rs-5-crore-sales-from-january/2588108/ The tax authorities will also be able to better analyse the trends and availment of input tax credit across sectors and weed out
*Government clarifies perks will not attract GST – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/government-clarifies-perks-will-not-attract-gst/article65615565.ece However, experts maintain confusion still prevails The Government has clarified that perquisites provided by the employer to the employee in terms of a
*****Trade raises concern over GST on unbranded packaged rice – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/trade-raises-concern-over-gst-on-unbranded-packaged-rice/article65616642.ece Unregistered but popular brands are the targets, says trade analyst A move by the Centre to impose 5 per cent Goods and Services
*****CBIC comes out with clearer framework to curb fake invoices – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/cbic-comes-out-with-clearer-framework-to-curb-fake-invoices/article65612098.ece The Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Custom (CBIC) has come out with a mechanism for clearer framework to curb fake invoices. This
*******Pre-packaged, pre-labelled food items to attract same rate of GST as branded, says CBIC Chief Johri – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/pre-packaged-pre-labelled-food-items-to-attract-same-rate-of-gst-as-branded-says-cbic-chief-johri/article65612458.ece New rates come into effect from July 18 Pre packaged and pre-labelled retail food items will attract GST rate at par with the
*****CBIC notifies procedural changes to GST rules easing the compliance burden on small players – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-news/cbic-notifies-procedural-changes-to-gst-rules-easing-the-compliance-burden-on-small-players/article65609554.ece With the amendments, businesses have been allowed to make tax payments on the GSTN portal by using IMPS and UPI The government has
5 years of GST: Why the indirect tax regime may not see big-bang reforms | Business Standard News
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/5-years-of-gst-why-the-indirect-tax-regime-may-not-see-big-bang-reforms-122070700070_1.html From July 1, 2017, a uniform tax on goods and services – marketed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “One Nation, One Tax,
Govt notifies procedural changes in GST rules, interest to be charged for wrongful credit availment – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/govt-notifies-procedural-changes-in-gst-rules-interest-to-be-charged-for-wrongful-credit-availment/articleshow/92706076.cms Synopsis With the amendments notified by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), businesses have also been allowed to make tax
*****Why GST has failed to reduce your tax burden – Times of India
Clipped from: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/why-gst-has-failed-to-reduce-the-tax-burden/articleshow/92631935.cms The goods and services tax (GST) is now five years old. It was ushered in by the Prime Minister in a historic midnight
*******Five steps to make GST truly good and simple tax – Times of India
Clipped from: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/how-good-simple-tax-was-born-how-it-can-be-better-simpler/articleshow/92578128.cms Implementation of GST exactly five years ago was considered as the largest post-Independence tax reform. It became a reality after preparation of more
Why India cannot go back to ‘one nation, many taxes’ status – Times of India
Clipped from: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/lets-keep-gst-good-simple/articleshow/91693650.cms Many of us would recollect pre-GST days where all products would either have a price excluding local taxes or have multiple prices applicable
Work needs to be done to prune GST exemption in services: Revenue Secy – The Hindu
Clipped from: https://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/work-needs-to-be-done-to-prune-gst-exemption-in-services-revenue-secy/article65603077.ece ‘Exemptions still remain, a large number on the services side’ Efforts are on to remove the ‘rough edges’ in Goods and Services Tax