The Centre will examine the Supreme Court order on the limited powers of the GST Council before taking any decision to appeal against the judgment — even as the finance ministry insisted the ver...

The goods and services tax rate on casinos, race courses and online gaming will increase to 28 per cent from 18 per cent at present if the GST Council accepts the recommendation of the Group of Minist...

The GST Council is likely to discuss ways to bring aviation turbine fuel within the new tax regime. A meeting of the council is due this month as it meets once every quarter and had last met on Decem...

⚫ Minimum rate at 8% ⚫ Prune the list of exempted items ⚫ Bring down slabs to 3 from 5 ...

The GST Council on Friday decided to defer the hike in textile duty to 12 per cent from 5 per cent that was due to take effect from January 1 and referred the matter for review to the group of ministe...

The GST Council, chaired by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, will meet on December 31 and discuss, among other things, the report of panel of state ministers on rate rationalisation. This will be...

Amit Mitra, principal chief advisor to Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, on Friday urged Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to call an urgent GST Council meeting to discuss and reverse the...

The GST rate structure could be simplified without much loss of revenue by having three slabs — 8 per cent, 15 per cent and 30 per cent, a government think tank said. The study by the National ...

The next GST Council meeting in December will focus on the rationalisation of the multiple rate slabs and ways to raise revenues as the deadline to end compensation to states looms. The council&rsquo...

The Centre has sought suggestions on possible changes in direct and indirect taxes from trade and industry bodies with the objective of broadening the tax base, while reducing the rates in the next bu...