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After a long discussion, E- way Bill (trial) has been finally implemented in the country in January 2018. Since only 50 thousand people have registered for the service in the first five days, some experts believe that E- way bill took a very low start, as more than 80 lakh taxpayers are already registered on the GST Portal.

A senior official mentioned in a statement that the government may permit the use of stickers to show reworked maximum retail price (MRP) on stocked goods of pre-GST for three months until March 31.

Goods and services tax is now half a year old and still demanding necessary changes to be implemented as soon as possible according to the advisory group of GST which is activated for the vigilance for any differences and demands of GST accordingly.

23rd GST Council Meeting started today in Guwahati and for two days it will be discussing upon tax rates nearly on 150-200 items. Post GST implementation, traders and around six lakh business entities have wide expectations from Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

The Advisory Group which is formed to assist the Law Review Committee of GST Council is going to gather on 8th November in Guwahati for 23rd GST Council Meeting to decide the proposed changes in provisions to create a system for a smooth functioning of GST.

To fight against the difficulties being faced by traders in GST return filing, a forward step has been taken by the Gujarat traders.

The government has favoured the traders who are pleading for time extension to sell their old priced goods after GST. The time has been extended until 31 December 2017 in which the traders who have old stock remained with them can sell it till the end of this year.

The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has requested to the Central Government that sanitary napkins should be exempted under GST Regime. MNS leader Shalini Thackeray has met with the finance minister Arun Jaitley to discuss this issue. The Government has announced 12-per cent tax rate on sanitary napkins under the new indirect taxation structure, which is going to be rolled out from 1st July.

The government has been trying to make every sort of channel to bridge the gap between the taxpayer and the government sources to cherish the upcoming GST in a healthy way. In this direction, the government has started a new Twitter handle for the general public to resolve any queries regarding the Goods and services tax.