News and Updates
Very few traders opt for Composition Scheme under GST
Composition scheme is an alternate method of taxation that allows small businesses with annual turnover up to Rs 75 lakhs to pay tax at a concessional rate as well as reduce the compliance cost. The threshold is 50 lakhs for dealers across nine states including Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Tripura. Enrolment into the plan, however, is …
Indian Customs releases guidance note for Importers and Exporters and circular on Export procedure
Indian Customs releases guidance note for Importers and Exporters and circular on
Prime Minister Calls GST as “good and simple tax”
The Prime Minister has said GST would help business persons by putting an end to tax terrorism and inspector raj and will also help fight black money and corruption.
Offline Excel Tool for filing GST returns released by GSTN
GSTN has released an excel template which may be used by small tax payers to maintain a record of their outward sales. The offline tool contains 11 data entry sheets in which
Migration and Fresh registration to open from June 25th
Existing Excise, Service tax and VAT assesses will get another chance to migrate to the GSTN portal as the window opens again
All states except J&K pass SGST Bill to keep date with July 1, 2017
All states and Union Territories, barring Jammu and Kashmir, have passed their State GST Act, paving the way for rollout of the Goods and Services Tax from the mid-night of
GST council increases compliance on the tax payer for the first 2 months of July and August 2017
On 18th June 2017, the GST council met for the 17th time and decided as follows
Limit for Composition Dealer increased from 50 lakhs to 75 lakhs; Tax rates reduced for 66 items.
In the 16th GST Council meeting held on June 11th, the limit for Taxable person has been increased from 50 lakhs to 75 lakhs for opting
From 5 Rates, we now have a 8 rate GST structure
In the GST council meeting held on June 3rd, rates for gold and rough diamond were fixed at 3% and 0.25% respectively. This means that under the proposed GST structure there shall be eight rate structures viz 0, 0.25, 3, 5,
PM, FM and Niti Aayog CEO give thumps up to 1st July roll out of GST
Niti Aayog CEO, Amitabh Kant has said GST will help India achieve 9 pc growth rate and will simplify India’s taxation system and help deal with tax evasion.