Union MSME Minister Kalraj Mishra has congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on the successful roll-out of GST and hailed it as India’s biggest tax reform. Bullish over the success of this new tax reform, Mishra assured that government will be considerate on …
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GST Council to review GST rollout on August 5
The all-powerful GST Council will review the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax as also levies on some of the items on August 5. “The review meeting of the GST Council would be on the August 5,” says Central Board of Excise and Customs Chairperson, Vanaja N Sarna told PTI. T…
Don’t wait for last day to file returns, cautions GSTN Chairman
New Delhi: Despite the GST Council giving a one-month extension in filing returns under the new indirect tax regime, businesses should start uploading invoices much earlier, says Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) Chairman Navin Kumar. He cautioned against delays on the portal near the deadlin…
GST: An idea whose time has come!
We are now just days away from the rollout of the goods and services tax (GST) on July 1 — the most ambitious indirect tax reform ever attempted in modern India. Yes, the design is far from perfect (given the multiplicity of rates), yet it is a visionary idea on which, amazingly, there is politic…
Amitabh Bachchan to be the brand ambassador of GST
The government has roped in Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan to promote Goods and Services Tax (GST), ahead of the sweeping tax reform’s implementation scheduled from July 1. The Central Board of Excise and Customs will be making the 74-year-old Bachchan as the brand ambassador for GST. …
Textile mills seek reduction of duty for man-made fibre & yarn to 12%
Textile mills in Tamil Nadu have appealed to the Union Government to bring down the GST rate for manmade fibre and yarn to 12 % from 18 %. About 430 mills recently sent their appeal to the Prime Minister’s Office in this regard, according to Prabhu Dhamodharan, Secretary of Indian Texpreneurs Fed…
Telangana ready to roll-out GST from July 1: Official
Telangana is ready to roll out the GST from July one from technology and preparedness perspective, according to a key government official. “We are ready. We have not asked for any postponement (of the launch date)”, Revenue Secretary Somesh Kumar told . “As far as technology and…
Want job work on apparels also be brought under 5% GST rate: TEA
With almost all textile bodies hailing the GST rate for the industry, Tirupur Exporters Association has requested further reduction in the ‘job work on apparels’ sector. Thanking the GST Council for timely intervention for reduction of GST rate for job work in textiles, TEA President …
Readying for GST: A peek inside frantic preparations for the massive revamp
India will adopt its most comprehensive indirect tax reform—the goods and services tax (GST)—on July 1. As the deadline draws closer, there is a mad rush to get ready for a revamp which most find too complex and tedious. From the government to small businesses, all stakeholders are anxious for a …
Lower GST on job work of textile yarn to help SMEs: CITI
Reduction in GST rates on job work of textile yarn and fabric manufacturing to 5 per cent from 18 per cent will give a leg-up to SMEs in power loom, knitting and processing sectors, said CITI. According to Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) J Thulasidharan, reduction …