Issues pertaining to uploading of orders in respect of TRAN-1 / TRAN-2
  • 02 Mar 2023 05:57 PM
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Issues pertaining to uploading of orders in respect of TRAN-1 / TRAN-2

Source: https://taxguru.in/goods-and-service-tax/issues-pertaining-uploading-orders-respect-tran-1-tran-2.html

Kind reference is invited to the issues faced by the jurisdictional field officers in uploading orders in respect of new TRAN-1 / TRAN-2. In this regard, a meeting was held by the Pr. ADG, DGS, Chennai with the CEO, GSTN today (28/02/2023).

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GST revised rates on pencil, jaggery to be effective from today
  • 01 Mar 2023 05:10 PM
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GST revised rates on pencil, jaggery to be effective from today

Source: https://www.livemint.com/news/india/from-pencil-to-jaggery-govt-revises-gst-rates-on-these-products-from-today-11677653633233.html

In the last GST Council meeting, held in February, the finance ministry made several announcements. The centre revised GST rates on several items, including stationary and exam institutions. The Council then said that the revised GST rates would be implemented on 1 March.

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February GST collections up 12% YoY to ₹1.49 lakh crore
  • 01 Mar 2023 05:16 PM
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February GST collections up 12% YoY to ₹1.49 lakh crore

Source: https://www.livemint.com/news/india/february-gst-collections-up-12-yoy-to-rs-1-49-lakh-crore-11677663760661.html

The monthly GST revenues remained over ₹1.4 lakh crore for 12 straight months in a row, said the Finance Ministry in a statement on Wednesday.

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GST collection rise 12% to ₹1.49 trillion in February
  • 01 Mar 2023 05:21 PM

GST collection rise 12% to ₹1.49 trillion in February

Source: https://www.livemint.com/news/india/centre-states-gst-collection-up-12-to-1-49-trillion-in-feb-11677665658948.html

The gross GST revenue collected in the month of February 2023 is ₹1,49,577 crore of which CGST is ₹27,662 crore, SGST is ₹34,915 crore, IGST is ₹75,069 crore

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A taxing question India can’t resolve: What’s an SUV?
  • 23 Feb 2023 05:01 PM

A taxing question India can’t resolve: What’s an SUV?

Source: https://www.livemint.com/news/india/why-taxing-suvs-has-become-a-vexing-matter-11677089667059.html

India doesn’t quite know how to define a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) and that has led to confusion on how to tax them. Nearly six years after the GST was implemented, the Centre is now looking at plugging loopholes to prevent any ‘unintended tax evasion’. Mint explains.

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GST Council Meeting: See how industry reacts on compensation clearance, rate cut
  • 20 Feb 2023 05:57 PM

GST Council Meeting: See how industry reacts on compensation clearance, rate cut

Source: https://www.livemint.com/news/india/gst-council-meeting-see-how-industry-reacts-on-compensation-clearance-rate-cut-11676727405617.html

Sitharaman said the entire pending balance of the GST compensation cess -- a total of ₹16,982 crore -- will be cleared and "although this amount is not available with the compensation fund as of today, we have decided to release from our own resources and the same amount will be recouped from the future compensation cess collection".

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GST Council clears setting up tribunals, ad valorem cess on pan masala
  • 20 Feb 2023 06:05 PM

GST Council clears setting up tribunals, ad valorem cess on pan masala

Source: https://www.livemint.com/economy/gst-council-clears-setting-up-tribunals-ad-valorem-cess-on-pan-masala-11676728953524.html

Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Saturday decided to set up appellate tribunals to resolve GST disputes, tighten the tax regime of pan masala, gutka and chewing tobacco to check tax evasion and reduce the late fee on annual return filings to small businesses, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who chairs the Council, told reporters after the 49th meeting of the federal indirect tax body.

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GST Council cuts tax on jaggery; rationalises late fee on delayed annual returns
  • 20 Feb 2023 06:08 PM

GST Council cuts tax on jaggery; rationalises late fee on delayed annual returns

Source: https://www.livemint.com/news/india/gst-council-cuts-tax-on-jaggery-rationalises-late-fee-on-delayed-annual-returns-11676730676892.html

GST Council, the apex decision-making authority, on Saturday reduced the tax rate on several items, including 'rab' (liquid jagger) and pencil sharpeners, besides rationalising late fee for the delayed filing of annual returns.

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Full list of items to be costlier and cheaper after GST Council meet
  • 20 Feb 2023 06:16 PM

Full list of items to be costlier and cheaper after GST Council meet

Source: https://www.livemint.com/news/india/full-list-of-items-to-be-costlier-and-cheaper-after-gst-council-meet-11676785659509.html

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman announced key decisions related to GST Tribunal formation and tax cuts in the GST Council on Saturday. Know the full list of items that will be costlier and cheaper after GST Council meet

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India has no reason at all to help Pakistan in its crisis
  • 20 Feb 2023 06:20 PM

India has no reason at all to help Pakistan in its crisis

Source: https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/india-has-no-reason-at-all-to-help-pakistan-in-its-crisis-11676812652213.html

Pakistan is currently in the deepest economic crisis in its history. Many essential food items are now unaffordable for large swathes of the country’s population. It desperately needs a few billion dollars to tide over the next few months, but the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is playing hardball. Islamabad seems to have accepted all the short-term conditions set by the IMF for writing out a cheque, but this will cause even more pain for the people of Pakistan before the disease subsides.

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