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GST Council Meeting Updates

What is the Meeting of the GST Council?

Goods and Services Tax (GST) was urged and provided a go-ahead in 1999 during a meeting between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his economic advisory panel. Mr Vajpayee set up a committee directed by the finance minister of West Bengal, Asim Dasgupta to develop the GST model.

Upon the same subject Finance Minister P Chidambaram in February 2006 carried on working. It was then lastly executed on 1st July 2017 and is upon the grounds of the indirect tax through the state and centre like VAT, excise duty, etc, the government of India indeed made a GST official to administrative the guidelines of the GST.

GST Council Meeting Requirement

As mentioned formerly, the GST official is the controlling body of the GST rules execution in India. They work as their duty to make needed decisions and amendments in the GST. The GST official is empowered to find out the tax rate subjected to the GST framework, the tax exemption rules, the last date of furnishing the GST forms, tax concerned laws, and the last date as well as the particular privileges for some states in India. The GST official is responsible to make sure that a constant rate of GST must be liable to apply to goods and services all over India.

Latest GST Council Meeting Decision below, Order Wise

Find all the latest updates on GST council meetings held after the implementation of goods and services tax. The recent 52nd GST council meeting has finally made some decisions for rates and new amendments.

52nd GST Council Meeting Updates

51st GST Council Meeting Updates

50th GST Council Meeting Updates

The 50th Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meeting took place on July 11th, 2023, with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman leading the discussions. The meeting covered a range of important tax matters. These included discussions on GST appellate tribunals, potential tax reductions on Apple cartoons, the inclusion of GSTN under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, clarification on the taxation of food and beverages, and the proposal to impose more tax on multi-utility vehicles.

49th GST Council Meeting Updates

The 49th GST Council meeting was chaired by Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs, on February 18, 2023. The meeting was also attended by Shri Pankaj Chaudhary, the Union Minister of State for Finance, along with finance ministers from states and union territories (with legislatures).

The Council has endorsed the suggestions put forth by the GoM to enhance the collection of revenue. The proposals involved eliminating the capacity-based levy, allowing the export of such goods only against LUT with a refund of accumulated ITC, and imposing a compensation cess. Also, ministers have recommended new GST rates on Raab and pencil sharpeners.

48th GST Council Meeting Updates

A final report and decisions have been approved by GST 48th council meeting. During the 48th GST council meeting, e-commerce registration, offences, and tribunal setup were discussed. A video conference meeting with state ministers was scheduled for 17th December 2022.

47th GST Council Meeting Updates

As per a recent update, the 47th meeting of the GST council ended with the decision on the GST slab rate on the hotel and hospital rooms. The council members have changed and shuffled products and services GST slab rates, Also, the rates will be applicable starting from 18th July 2022 as decided by the GoM in the GST council meeting.

46th GST Council Meeting Updates

45th GST Council Meeting Updates

44th GST Council Meeting Updates

S. No.DescriptionPresent GST RateGST Rate recommended by 44th GST Council
Medicines
1.Tocilizumab5%Nil
2.Amphotericin B5%Nil
3.Anti-Coagulants like Heparin12%5%
4.Remdesivir12%5%
5.Any other drug recommended by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and Dept. of Pharma (DoP) for Covid treatmentApplicable Rate5%
Oxygen, Oxygen generation equipment and related medical devices
1.Medical Grade Oxygen12%5%
2.Oxygen Concentrator/ Generator, including personal imports thereof12%5%
3.Ventilators12%5%
4.Ventilator masks / canula / helmet12%5%
5.BiPAP Machine12%5%
6.High flow nasal canula (HFNC) device12%5%
Testing Kits and Machines
1.Covid Testing Kits12%5%
2.Specified Inflammatory Diagnostic Kits, namely D-Dimer, IL-6, Ferritin and LDH12%5%
Other Covid-19 related relief material
1.Pulse Oximeters, incl personal imports thereof12%5%
2.Hand Sanitizer18%5%
3.Temperature check equipment18%5%
4.Gas/Electric/other furnaces for crematorium, including their installation, etc.18%5%
5.Ambulances28%12%

43rd GST Council Meeting Updates

42nd GST Council Meeting Updates

41st GST Council Meeting Updates

40th GST Council Meeting Updates

39th GST Council Meeting Updates

In a recent 39th GST council meeting, there were major decisions taken:

38th GST Council Meeting Updates

37th GST Council Meeting Updates

There are a lot of amendments and changes brought by the council. Check out complete details of 37th GST council meeting

36th GST Council Meeting Updates

35th GST Council Meeting Updates

34th GST Council Meeting Updates

33rd GST Council Meeting Updates

Note: The said amendments will be applicable from 1 April 2019 (FY 2019-2020). Read More

32nd GST Council Meeting Highlights

All Decisions Taken in 31st GST Council Meeting Updates

In the latest 31st GST council meeting which was held on 22nd December, took some major decisions on rate reduction on multiple items coming under higher 28% slab rate. Some of the items like TVs and Monitor screen of up to 32 inches screen size, Pulleys, transmission shafts, and cranks, gearboxes etc., falling under HS Code 8483, Re-treaded or used pneumatic tires of rubber, Power banks having lithium ion batteries, Digital cameras and video camera recorders were reduced down to 18% GST rate from higher 28% GST.

Also, there were multiple items and services which were reduced from the higher GST rate to a lower rate. For a complete review of the latest 31st GST council meeting, go to our page.

30th GST Council Meeting Updates

In the last 30th GST council meeting, there were no GST rate changes applied to any of the items and also no decision was taken on the inclusion of petrol and diesel. However, a panel was formed to analyze and research over the GST collection for across the states. Also, there was a discussion on the 1% tax on commodities Pan India.

29th GST Council Meeting Updates

28th GST Council Meeting Final Decisions

28th GST council meeting was scheduled for 21st of July, 2018 from 11:00 AM at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi by Union Min Minister of Railways, Coal, Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Shri Piyush Goyal Ji. The meeting has decided on some changes in the tax rate slab and rate deductions on some items.

Exempt from GST From 12 Percent to 5 Percent From 18 Percent to 5 Percent From 28 Percent to 18 Percent
Fortified milk Fertiliser grade phosphoric acid Footwear Below Rs. 1000 Mirrors, Lithium-ion batteries, Bamboo Flooring, Varnishes, Putty, Paint, wooden frames for painting, photographs,
Sanitary pads Handloom Dari Vacuum cleaners, Food grinders, juicer, mixers
The raw material used in brooms Cosmetics, Perfumes, Scents
Commemorative coins circulated by the RBI or government. Hand Dryers, Hair Curlers, Shavers, Hair Clippers, Toilet Spray
Saal leaves Trailers, Concrete Mixer, Special Purpose Vehicle, Work Truck
Deities made of stone, marbles or wood Washing Machines, Storage water heaters, Ice cream freezer, Electric smoothing irons, Watercooler, Refrigerators, TV (up to 68 cm i.e. 27 inches)

Recommended: Revised GST Slab Rates in India Finalized by the GST Council

Other Major Changes:

27th GST Council Meeting Updates

26th GST Council Meeting Updates

25th Meeting of GST Council at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi

24th GST Council Meeting Updates

In the recent 24th GST council meeting, it was finally decided that the electronic waybill commonly known as e-way bill is now introduced and will be applicable from 1st February 2018 across the nation. However, the states can introduce any individual pattern of e-way bill in there own but it is mandatory to introduce the e-way bill in respective states by the given deadline.

23rd GST Council Meeting Updates

The 23rd GST council meeting has done a lot of changes in compliance and procedure related to composition scheme with tax rate change in slab rates under GST along with return filing procedure. View More

GST council decides to increase the threshold limit of composition scheme taxpayers which was earlier 1 crore to now 2 crores, means the composition scheme taxpayers are now under 1.5 crore threshold. Also, the service supply exemption is now 5 lakhs per annum. The tax rates for traders and manufactures is now 1 percent on taxable goods leaving restaurant under composition to normal. View More

The GST council meeting also slashed tax rates on 178 items coming under 28% slab rate which leaves on 50 items under the highest tax rate of 28%. It is speculated that the lowering of taxes may result in revenue loss of around 20,000 crores to the government. The taxpayers whose threshold limit comes at 1.5 or less would file GSTR 1 quarterly as decided by the council. View More

22nd Meeting Of GST Council

The latest 22nd GST council meeting decided that AC restaurant tax rate revised to 12% from 18%, and yarns, clips, pins would be in 5% slab. Also, it is revealed that the threshold limit for the composition scheme dealers has been increased from 75 lakh to 1 crore. SMEs earning up to Rs 1.5 crore annually will have to file quarterly returns. GST council next meeting will be held on 9th and 10th November 2017 in Guwahati.

On 6th October, 22nd GST council meeting held to revise compliance provisions for businesses by GST council, which is made up of state finance ministers, officials from both states and the Centre and is headed by the FM, Arun Jaitley. The discussion has taken place regarding structural changes in new Indirect tax regime on the basis of complaints and feedback from businesses. Two days ago, the PM also held a meeting with the FM and BJP chief Amit Shah and promised the taxpayers that technical glitches and GST issues would be fixed effectively.

So many key aspects have been discussed on GST related issues and the GST Council has promised to amend important points. Here are the Prominent Highlights Of The Meeting:

21st Meeting Of GST Council

The 21st meeting was inaugurated in Hyderabad on 9th September 2017. The key changes in GST rates had come into effect for services provided by a local authority and the government authority, the rate reduced from 18% to 12%. For mid-sized cars, big cars and SUVs, the cess increased to 2%, 5%, and 7% respectively. The due dates for filing GSTR-1, GSTR-2, GSTR-3 had been extended to 10th October (for the businesses, turnover crossing Rs. 100 Crore the due date would be 3rd October 2017), 31st October, 10th October respectively. The extension of GSTR-3B placed to December 2017 and registration under composition scheme extended to 30th September.

17th, 18th, 19th And 20th Meeting Of GST Council

The seventeenth GST council meeting held on 18th June. In the meeting, officials extended the deadlines for return filing until September and ease the terrific anti-profiteering clause. The e-waybill rules were discussed and postponed for further. The council also modified rates of luxury hotels and lottery tickets run by state authority to be charged at 12% whereas the ticket by a private authority to be charged at 28% GST.

The 18th meeting held on 30th June 2017, just a day before the GST roll out. The GST rate on fertilizers was reduced from pre-decided 12% to 5% and the tax rate on exclusive parts of tractors was reduced to 18% from 28%.

The 19th meeting took place on 17th July 2017, the first meeting to be held after GST implementation and the council decided to raise the cess on cigarettes to 31% in a certain category.

The 20th meeting of GST Council took place on 5th August 2017. The meeting headed by the finance minister decided to kick start Anti profiteering mechanism, the final draft of E way bill presentation, job work decided to tax under 5% GST rate, government given work contract taxed at 12 % GST rate and GST rates for certain services were revised.

13th To 16th GST Council Meeting

In the thirteenth meeting held on 31st March, the rules on registration, return, payment, refund, debit, credit, and invoices got approval. Furthermore, the four rules were discussed on the topic of input tax credit rules, valuation rules, transitional provisions, and composition rules. In the 14th meeting held on 18th May, the GST rates on goods and GST compensation cess rate got approval.

The 15th meeting was held on 3rd June 2017. The major decision of GST roll out on 1 July was unanimously accepted and pending rules including returns and transition provisions approved by the GST Council. On 11th June 2017, the sixteenth meeting took place with a rate revision of 66 items out of 133 and ended with the finalization of accounting rules.

11th And 12th Meeting Of GST Council

At the meeting held on 4th March 2017, the council had finalized the important CGST and SGST bills. It was declared that hotels with a turnover below 50 lakh would pay the lowest tax of 5%.

In the twelfth meeting on 16th March 2017, many key decisions and approval had been taken place. The council had approved the state GST bill & union territory bill and the council fixed 15% cess rate for certain demerit items. In this meeting, the council had given the approval to form a committee to look into the meta permit issues and the five draft laws were sent to cabinet and parliament for acceptance.

6th To 10th Meeting Of GST Council

In the sixth meeting of GST Council which was held on 11 December, the council had discussed the model GST laws regarding CGST and SGST in detail. The council had pronounced till 99 sections out of 197 sections.

The seven meeting of GST Council was held on 22-23 December 2016. The draft model bills on State and centre GST legislation passed and dual control issue was discussed but remained inconclusive.

The eighth meeting was scheduled on 3-4 January 2017. States demanded to increase cess on more items to compensate for the revenue loss of 900 billion. Accordingly, GST council had decided that the cess would be levied on a list of items mentioned by GST council and at the end of five years of GST the cess would be added to GST rates to divide it between the Centre and the states.

In the ninth meeting held on 16th January 2017. The dual control issues had been resolved and the council decided that 90% of the assessees with turnover below or equal to 1.5 crores would be investigated by the state government and 10% by the central government. In case of assesses with the turnover of more than 1.5 Crore the Centre and the State would scrutinize in 50:50 ratio. Any IGST disputes would be in consideration of the Centre.

The tenth meeting took place on 18th February 2017. In which the compensation law was finally approved.

3rd, 4th And 5th Meeting Of GST Council

The third meeting was held on 17-18-19 October 2016. GST rates and slabs discussion were taken place but the decision could not be made. The fourth meeting of GST council was held on 3-4 November 2016. The four slab rates were decided; which includes 5%, 12%, 18% and 28%. Apart from this, the additional cess above 28% would also be discussed to levy on sin goods and luxury items. The fifth meeting was held on 2-3 December 2016 with no deferred conclusion.

1st & 2nd Meeting Of GST Council

The very first meeting of GST Council was placed on 22-23 September 2016 with the determination to roll out GST on 1 April 2017. The two-day meeting was accessed by 29 states and 2 union territories and headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. The main focus of the meeting was to decide regulation under composition scheme and charge 1-2% tax which would be less than the GST rates from traders with a gross turnover of up to Rs. 50 lakh. Some of the issues were also discussed regarding the GST rates and threshold limit to pay taxes.

The second meeting of GST council is held on 30 September 2016. GST draft rules for registration, rules for payment, returns, invoice, refunds and total six issues had been finalized so far. The states were compensated for loss and a fixed growth rate 14% was decided and all the exempted entities under indirect tax were considered to pay tax in the new GST regime.

Major General Queries on GST Council Meeting

Q.1 – What are the Number of GST Council Meetings Which Have Been Done?

Ans. There are 47th GST council meetings that are conducted.

Q.2 – Who Heads the GST Council Meet?

Ans. The Union finance minister of India has chaired the GST council meetings. In the present times, the Union Finance Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman is chairperson of the GST Council meetings along with the other dignitaries.

Q.3 – What is the Rule Towards the Attendance for a Real GST Council Meeting?

Ans. At least 50% of the members of the council must be present in the meeting to make the GST council meeting valid to conduct.

Q.4 – What Do You Mean by the GST Council Secretariat?

Ans. The GST council is being managed by the GST Council Secretariat. The Secretariat consists of the members who hold positions as deputation officers of the central and the State Governments.

Q.5 – Who Owns the Handling Cost of the GST Council Secretariat?

Ans. The central government is just responsible for the complete cost of handling the GST council Secretariat. Within the 1st GST council meeting, which is performed post to the establishment of the GST council, the union cabinet held enough funds to take responsibility for happening and non-happening of the expenses of the GST council secretariat.

Q.6 – When Will the Next GST Council Meet Happen?

Ans. The upcoming GST council meeting has been scheduled to be organized on September 2022 with the presence of all the finance ministers and nirmala sitharaman as chairman.

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