Congress on Tuesday said there is no respite from its "economic mess" and demanded that fuel prices and GST rates on mass-consumed goods be reduced to provide relief to the common people.
Under the GST regime, at the time of paying tax on output, entities can reduce the tax they have already paid on inputs.
GST officers have busted a network of 23 entities involved in creation of fake invoices worth Rs 551 crore and passing inadmissible input tax credit worth Rs 91 crore.
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In a sign of revival in the city economy hit by COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown, the Delhi government collected Rs 5,281 crore GST in the first quarter of the current financial year
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There is lower income inequality in Tamil Nadu than it is in most places. Therefore, we are also a very high-consumption state, said Tamil Nadu FM Thiagarajan
Gadkari, who holds MSME portfolio along with road transport, further said there is a need to build consensus with states to bring petroleum products and alcohol under the GST regime
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The ministry said it will issue certificates of appreciation to over 54,000 GST payers for timely filing of returns and cash payment of the tax, to mark the 4th anniversary of the historic tax reform
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A nationwide GST, which subsumed 17 local levies like excise duty, service tax and VAT, was rolled out on July 1, 2017.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has reduced the rate at which people have to pay tax and the GST rate at present is only 11.6 per cent
E-way bill generation rose by 22.6 per cent in the week ended June 27 at 14.6 million compared to 11.9 million in the previous week
The GST rate on Eeco ambulance has come down to 12 per cent from the earlier rate of 28 per cent.
Chidambaram cited the example of Congress-ruled Rajasthan, Punjab and Chhattisgarh.