GST Council Meet Highlights: Aadhaar, GST to EVs, check out top decisions taken today

Soon after the GST was rolled out from July 1, 2017, the government had approved setting up the NAA for two years to deal with complaints by consumers against companies for not passing on GST rate cut benefits.

GST Council Meet Highlights: Aadhaar, GST to EVs, check out top decisions taken today
The Council, which is headed by the Union Finance Minister and comprises representatives of all states and UTs, also approved an electronic invoicing system and e-ticketing in multiplexes. Image source: PTI
Written By: ZeeBiz WebTeam
Updated: Fri, Jun 21, 2019
08:56 pm
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The all-powerful GST Council Friday extended the tenure of the anti-profiteering authority by two years and approved imposing a penalty of up to 10 per cent on entities not passing on benefits of GST rate cuts to consumers. Briefing reporters after the 35th meeting of the Council, Revenue Secretary A B Pandey said it has been decided to allow the use of Aadhaar by businesses to register with GST-Network. Also, it extended the date for filing annual returns under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime by two months to August 30, he said, adding the one-form new GST return filing system will be applicable from January 1, 2020.

The Council, which is headed by the Union Finance Minister and comprises representatives of all states and UTs, also approved an electronic invoicing system and e-ticketing in multiplexes. Pandey said the proposal to reduce GST rate on EVs to 5 per cent from the current 12 per cent and that on electric charger to 12 per cent from 18 per cent to the fitment committee for fine tuning. The tenure of National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAA) has been extended by two years till November 30, 2021.

Soon after the GST was rolled out from July 1, 2017, the government had approved setting up the NAA for two years to deal with complaints by consumers against companies for not passing on GST rate cut benefits. The NAA came into existence on November 30, 2017, after its Chairman B N Sharma assumed charge. So far, the NAA has passed 67 orders in various cases and complaints still keep coming in. 

GST Council Meet Highlights

1. GST Council decides to use Aadhaar by businesses for registration under GST

2. GST Council decides to extend tenure of GST Anti-Profiteering Authority by two years

3. GST Council extends date for filing annual returns under GST by 2 months to Aug 30, 2019

4. New GST return filing system to be applicable from Jan 1, 2020

5. GST Council approves electronic invoicing system, e-ticketing in multiplex

6. GST Council sends proposal to reduce GST rate on EVs to 5% from 12% and on electric charger to 12% from 18% to fitment committee. 

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