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The 12th GST Council meeting headed by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitely was held on 16th March 2017. The motive of the said meeting was to get the two remaining supplementary bills i.e. SGST and UTGST. The main highlights of the said meeting were as follows. Download original PDF of 12th GST Council Meeting minutes Watch analytical discussion of 11th GST […]

The 11th meeting of the GST Council was held on 4th March 2017 in Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble Union Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley. In the said meeting Shri Arun Jaitley approved the drafts of SGST and IGST Bill as vetted by the Union Law Ministry. This clears the deck for

The 10th meeting of the GST Council (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Council’) was held on 18 February 2017 in Udaipur, which was chaired by the Hon’ble Union Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley. The key highlights of the said meeting are as under: Download original PDF of 10th GST Council Meeting minutes Watch analytical discussion

The 9th GST Council Meeting held on January 16, 2017 was chaired by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in order to address the various unresolved GST issues. Download original PDF of 9th GST Council Meeting Minutes Watch analytical discussion of 9th GST Council Meeting minutes

In a series of Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meetings, the 8th GST Council meet was conducted on 3-4 January 2017. With the government considering an early Budget session which is likely to be held in the first week of February 2017, time is running out to build a consensus among all the states and

In a series of Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meetings, the 7th GST Council meet was conducted on 22-23 December 2016 under the Chairpersonship of the Hon’ble Union Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley. Wherein some of the important decisions have been taken. In the series of events for GST implementation and amidst recent demonetisation of high-value

The 6th  meeting of the GST Council was held on 11 December 2016 in Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra, New Delhi under the Chairpersonship of the Hon’ble Union Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley. The meeting was held with an objective of discussing  the carry forwarded agenda of the 5th GST Council Meeting namely  namely the draft Model CGST/SGST

The fifth meeting of the GST Council was held on 2-3 December 2016 under the Chairpersonship of the Hon’ble Union Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley. With the main  agenda of Approving the Draft GST Law, Provision for Cross-Empowerment to ensure Single Interface under GST which was pending since 4th GST Council Meeting. The Council approved

The 4th GST Council meeting ended without reaching any resolution on the dual control over assesses. This issue has been pending since the second GST council meeting. Council has explored two options: Right now there is tug of war between centre and state as to who will get how much control over the assessees of VAT,

The third GST council meeting was considered a crucial one because the government has set a deadline of 1 April 2017 for GST roll out and it is just five months away. The three day meeting concluded yesterday evening i.e. 20th October, 2016. The agenda mainly discussed during the meeting was tax rate, compensation formula and