Procedural delays continue to hold up refunds amid liquidity crunch
Adhia also said if bogus bills are not issued, then revenues would improve further in the coming months.
PM said GST was a massive change, requiring a complete reset of one of the world's largest economic systems
If any shop says that they will sell at a lower price if the consumer does not demand a bill, then the consumer should immediately file a complaint, Goyal said
The data analysed belonged to the first eight months of the GST rollout
The GST Council is also grappling with the issue of imposing a sugar cess at the rate of Rs 3 per kg to address the plight of farmers
The frequent changes in the compliance framework, as well as the fact that the entire compliance machinery was dependent on the technology portal, made it difficult for many smaller businesses
Member of GST Council & Deputy Chief Minister, Bihar, Sushil Kumar Modi on Friday outright ruled out inclusion of Petroleum products into GST ambit in near future, citing loss of revenues both to Centre and States if such a decision is effected in hurry and that the GST Council has no consensus on this issue as yet.However, Modi did assure India Inc. that GST Council could positively consider bringing in natural gas and ATF within the purview of GST for which he did not prescribe a definite timeframe.Addressing a National Conclave on "GST - Growing Stronger Together" under aegis of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry here today, Modi made it amply clear that the GST slab of 28 percent for certain products could be brought down once the revenues for GST collection stabilize at about Rs. One Lakh Crore per month or so."Similarly, a three slab GST could also be possible at any rate between 12 percent and that of 18 percent once the monthly revenue collections move towards stability .
GST was rolled out in the intervening night of June 30 and July 1, last year, in a ceremony held in the Central Hall of Parliament
After almost a year of implementation of GST, a number of small businesses, which were not quite used to paying taxes earlier, are now covered under the ambit of GST
Shadow of elections may overshadow political consensus in GST Council meetings
The indirect tax regime will lead to improved revenue realisations and compliance going forward
In its historic first year of implementation, the ambitious Goods & Services Tax (GST) witnessed a significant jump in its active taxpayer base, with the number of taxpayers registered with the GST system jumping to over 1.12 crore from an initial 63.76 lakhs.The increase in active taxpayer base of GST indicates a move towards greater formalization of the economy with more businesses joining the formal sector.At a special media briefing to mark one year of the historic indirect tax reform, Goods & Services Network expressed satisfaction over the performance of the IT infrastructure of the new tax regime and indicated that more steps are on the anvil to improve user experience and user interface."We are happy to state that the GST system is functioning well with around a crore returns being filed seamlessly every month. GST has clocked an average revenue collection of approximately Rs. 90,000 crores a month in the first year, with the same crossing Rs 1 lakh crore in April. As .
The National Anti-profiteering Authority is interacting with fast-moving consumer good and pharma companies to understand if GST benefits are passed on to consumers
The GST Council meeting on July 21 will likely be chaired for the first time by Finance Minister Piyush Goyal
GST may have had issues at the time of roll out and some creases need to be ironed out but it will help India's GDP grow
A series of jolts - starting with demonetisation, or note ban, in November 2016 to the roll-out of a new indirect tax regime in July 2017 - has cut to size the city's 50,000-strong MSME base
Former finance minister P Chidambaram took to twitter and accused the BJP of stalling the implementation of GST when UPA was in power
CBIC member John Joseph said alike small businesses who are making mistakes while filing GST returns, multinationals and big corporates too have slip-ups
Currently, over 11.1 million businesses are registered under the GST regime