With an aim to roll it out from next April, finance minister Arun Jaitley on Friday moved the constitution amendment bill for the implementation of the goods and services tax (GST) in the Lok Sabha
The Rajya Sabha worked for just over nine hours of the 17-day session monsoon session of parliament, which ended today. Key legislation like the goods and services tax bill is pending in the RS.
The legislation on goods and services tax (GST), when ratified by the upper house of parliament, will make lives of 65 lakh traders, manufacturers and service providers easier. The new indirect tax
President Pranab Mukherjee addressed parliament on February 23, 2016. In his address, he outlined the major policy priorities of the government across different sectors. PRS legislative research ha
The cabinet on Monday approved four Good and Services Tax (GST) related bills. The four GST related bills are: The Central Goods and Services Tax Bil
An archetypal Indian, let us call him Ram Lal, pays water tax, municipal tax, road tax, house tax, sales tax, central sales tax, professional tax, value added tax, octroi, service tax
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is likely to strengthen cooperative federalism and have far-reaching implications for growth, inflation, public finances and external competitiveness in the India
More than 300 furniture traders, manufacturers and shop owners took to the streets of Kirti Nagar in the national capital on Wednesday, to protest against the government’s move to levy 28% GS
The Bharatiya Janata Party is today going to town over the Goods and Services Tax (GST). But, there was a time in the recent past when the party opposed it tooth and nail, with the Gujarat govern
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is expected to be a game changer. According to the
At the stroke of midnight hour, India got converted into one seamless market, with multiple taxes being replaced with singular Goods and Service Tax (GST). GST was
The Congress has criticised the changes made in the Goods and Services Tax (GST), say
Goods and Services Tax (GST) has been simplified for small businesses and exporters. Here are the key changes that were introduced following a GST council meeting that was chaired by
After GST, dozens of different types of indirect taxes in the country have been abolished. Many hidden taxes have also gone away. Now, the consumer knows how much tax he has paid to the state gover
As many as 99.01 taxpayers have been registered under the GST, authorities said on Wednesday. The total collection under GST for the month of December 2017 has been Rs. 80,808 crore
A preliminary analysis of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) data reveals that there has been a 50 percent increase in the number of indirect taxpayers, besides a large increase in voluntary registra
