Tag: GST

No GST exemption to help businesses fight Covid-19 disruptions

NEW DELHI: The Finance Ministry has ruled out GST waiver or deference to businesses as part of the economic relief package to help them cope with the situation arising in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic and the resultant nationwide lockdown. In discussions within the ministry, it has been said that Goods and Sales Tax exemption […]

Clear picture of April GST collections will come by June-end: Finance Secretary

NEW DELHI: Finance Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey on Wednesday said the clear picture regarding GST collections for April would emerge only by June 30 — the deadline by which businesses with up to Rs 5 crore turnover can file returns without any late fee and interest. The government had in March extended the deadline to […]

Himachal Pradesh gets share of Rs 1899 crore as taxes from Centre

SHIMLA: The Himachal Pradesh government has received Rs 1,899 crore as taxes from the Centre, an official spokesperson said on Wednesday. The state government received the amount as per its share from central taxes in April this year from the union government, he added. The amount includes revenue deficit reimbursement, GST deficit reimbursement, Himachal’s share […]

CBI books GST Assistant Commissioner Deepak Pandit for undeclared income

NEW DELHI: The CBI has booked Deepak Pandit, an Assistant Commissioner of GST and Central Excise, in corruption charges for amassing assets worth over Rs 3.96 crore which are 376 per cent above his known sources of income, officials said on Friday. Pandit, a close relative of film personality Ashoke Pandit, is alleged to have […]

Oil Minister urges Sitharaman to include jet fuel, natural gas under GST

NEW DELHI: Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday made a vehement appeal to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for bringing jet fuel and natural gas under the ambit of GST to reduce multiplicity of taxes and improve business climate. When GST was introduced on July 1, 2017 amalgamating over a dozen central and state levies, five […]

Congress committed to single GST: Rahul Gandhi

NEW DELHI: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the “Gabbar Singh Tax” and demonetisation “destroyed” crores of jobs, and asserted that his party was committed to implementing a “single GST”. He also tweeted a video on the Congress’s vision for “GST 2.0”, which highlights the problems faced by small traders from the current version […]

Lowering of GST in real estate will boost sales in affordable housing: BK Goenka, ASSOCHAM President

NEW DELHI: The central tax authority, GST Council has taken a bold decision to lower the GST rates for under-construction housing projects to 1 per cent from 8 per cent in affordable housing and 5 per cent from 12 per cent earlier in the non-affordable segment. The decision will be implemented from April 1, 2019. […]

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