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The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council is a federal body between the States and the Centre, but according to the States, Centre is enjoying the creamy side of this arrangement and letting the states wait for the dues.

The West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee gearing up for the upcoming election has announced the Election Agenda and with this has tried to assure the national audience for a thorough review of the GST system.

The Congress president Rahul Gandhi is facing objection by a representative Body of traders especially the small businessmen comprising the retailers, due to his alleged statement where he denoted GST as ‘Gabbar Singh Tax’.

The government has again extended the tax exemption for one year till March 2020 to all the exporters under small and medium-sized units (MSMEs), exempting them to pay integrated goods and services tax and compensation cess.

Confusions were prevailing in the Food industry and baseless inceptions were being drawn regarding the Sweet shops, as should be considered amongst the dine-out eatery or not. It is the GST Council which had to finally plunge in this scene and the GST Appellate brought the clear picture.

As a result of the recent GST tax reduction, the Starbucks was expected to make relevant cost reduction on its products and supplies, but reflecting fishy, the Tax authorities have questioned about the Brand’s prices and has issued two sets of letters asking about the data to get close to the exact position.

The GST authorities noticed that the decrease in the GST rates has not extended any significant advantages from the traders of fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) and pharmaceuticals to consumers

The anti-profiteering body held caught off the US pharmaceutical company Abbott Healthcare because the benefits of GST was not given by them to the customers post-GST which was rolled out on July 2017 even after the tax rate reduction in November 2017.

Following the recent exemption offered on development rights from the goods & services tax (GST), NAREDCO, the representative of Realtors have asked for clarity from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs through a written note.