GST Council New panel: calamity tax

GST Council New panel: calamity tax The GST Council on Friday decided to set up a seven-member ministerial panel to examine the legality of imposing a new tax on certain goods and services to raise resources for natural calamity-hit states like Kerala. Mr Jaitley said that Kerala’s demand to allow imposition of…

Constitutional compulsion to roll out GST by Sep 16 next year: Arun Jaitley

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday it was a “constitutional compulsion” to roll out the Goods and Services Tax before September 16, 2017, reported PTI. He added that since the existing indirect tax system will cease to exist by September next year, it will be impossible to run the country without…