28th GST Council Meeting :Agenda and Minutes
28th GST Council Meeting covened through Video Conferencing on 21st July 2018 (Saturday) .The Union Minister of Railways, Coal, Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri PiyushGoyal chaired the 28th GST Council Meeting.
Agenda of 28th GST Council Meeting
It is in 3 parts
Detailed Agenda Note Volume 1 28th GSTCM
Detailed Agenda Note Volume 2 28th GSTCM
Detailed Agenda Note Volume 3 28th GSTCM
Minutes of 28th GST Council Meeting
Decisions in 28th GST Council Meeting
28th GST Council Meeting Rate Reduction on Certain Goods
28th GST Council Meeting decisions on GST rate on Services
28th GST Council Meeting approves Simplified GST Return
28th GST Council Meeting on opening of migration window for tax payers till 31st August ,2018
28th GST Council Meeting Decisions for Amendments to the GST Acts
28th GST Council meeting Decisions : Press Conference by Finance Minister 21.07.18
GST Returns
The GST Council’s 28th meeting has approved the quarterly returns for traders having turnover of upto Rs 5 cr annually, said Delhi Finance Minister Manish Sisodia. This would be a major relief to the small traders across the country.
Presently, registered persons with aggregate turnover up to Rs. 1.50 Crores are eligible to file quarterly returns under the new tax regime. The GST Council has now widened the relief to the traders having turnover up to 5 crore rupees.
This is to facilitate the ease of payment and return filing for small and medium businesses with an annual aggregate turnover up to Rs. 5 crores. Such taxpayers shall be required to file quarterly returns in FORM GSTR-1,2 & 3 and pay taxes only on a quarterly basis. Currently, the registered buyers from small taxpayers having turnover up to 1.5 crores are eligible to avail ITC on a monthly basis.
Exemption to sanitary napkins
GST Council, on its 28th meeting held at New Delhi , has approved the exemption to sanitary napkins from the current Goods and Services Tax ( GST ) regime, said Delhi Finance Minister Manish Sisodia to the media after the meeting.
After the rollout of GST from 1st July last year, several petitions were filed before various High Courts seeking tax exemption to sanitary napkins. In last January, the Supreme Court had stayed all the petitions relating to exempting sanitary napkins from the current 12 per cent levy of tax from the ambit of Goods and Services Tax which are pending before the Delhi and Bombay High Courts.
The Apex Court was about to examine whether this is a fit case and see if all the matters pertaining to it should be heard by the Court itself.
Discussion in 28th GST Council Meeting
Tweet by Sh Piyush Goyal on 21.07.2018
At the 28th Meeting of Goods & Services Tax Council, discussed how GST, as an embodiment of cooperative federalism, has brought transparency & honesty, and its implementation benefits 125 crore Indians as it has brought a reduction in prices of products & services. …
Tweet by Ministry of Finance on 21.07.2018
In his Opening Address at 28th GST Council Meeting, which was also his First Meeting after taking over the charge of the Miinistry of Finance, the Union Minister of Railways,Coal, Finance & Corporate Affairs, Shri PiyushGoyal said :GST is an example of cooperative federalism.
Expectations from 28th GST Council Meeting
28th GST Council meeting covened through Video Conferencing on 21st July 2018 (Saturday)
[Ealier the Govt has announced the date of 28th GST Council meeting to be covened through Video Conferencing on 19th July 2018 (Thursday). ]
The GST Council is scheduled to meet for a 28th GST council meeting to discuss some of the very important issues of the GST.
Following are the issues which were expected to be discussed in 28th GST Council meeting
GST Amendments
GST Amendments Coming Soon .. Changes to include RCM, return filing, refund on exports
GST on Natural GAS
GST Council to discuss bringing natural gas in GST in 28th GST Council meeting:
Reduction in GST Rates
GST Council may reduce GST Rates : MOS Finance:
GST Council may reduce rates on certain items with low revenue impact on July 21,2018
Annual GSTR 9 return
The GSTR 9 annual return form for complete details of annual sales and purchase of the taxpayers business. The GST council is starting to formulate a GST return form which will include almost everything regarding the business turnover of the taxpayer. Thus the Annual return form under GST will have to be sorted out
Discount on Vehicles Older Than 20 Years
The 28th GST Council Meet scheduled for Saturday could make a final call on the Vehicle Scrap Policy. Reportedly, the policy is aimed at giving a major boost to the replacement of commercial vehicles older than 20 years with new ones at minimum GST. Under the scheme, less GST would be levied on the new commercial vehicles which would replace the old ones. On the hindsight, the Government hopes that the policy would indirectly lessen the dependence on imported steel.
The Vehicle Scrap Policy
The Vehicle Scrap Policy has been proposed by the Ministry of Road and Transportation. Under the proposed scheme, commercial vehicles older than 20 years have to be essentially excluded from the road. The vehicles under consideration would be sold as scrap. To promote the policy, the reduced GST rates could be put into effect.
The Ministry of Finance and the Prime Minister’s Office have given their approval for the policy implementation. It awaits the green signal from the GST Council post which it would be put into effect. The GST Council would supposedly discuss the proposed GST relaxation on Saturday’s meet.
What happens to the Scrapped Vehicles?
Mr Aruna Sharma, Secretary Central Steel Ministry, in a May event had informed that rules and regulations formulated under this Vehicle Scrap Policy will facilitate production of steel from the older vehicles scraps.
Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister Road Transport and Highways of India, had said in March that the Policy will be a boon to the country’s economy as it will reduce the reliance on steel industry imports. With this, the government hopes that the country’s steel industry will be able to grow well and better quality steel can be made in the country itself.
Also, a report by CRISIL suggests that the Vehicle Scrap Policy would benefit 6 lakh 40 thousand commercial vehicle owners in the next 3 years.
GST Rate May Come Down To 12 Percent
New Commercial Vehicles attract 28% GST. If the GST Council approves the proposed tax relaxation under the Vehicle Scrap Policy, this luxury tax slab on commercial vehicles would be reduced to 10-12 %. However, this scheme is valid if only the owners buy new commercial vehicles as a replacement for their 20 years older ones.
AAR (Authority of Advance Ruling) Centralisation
Due to the discrepancies in the decision pronounced by the different authority for advance rulings of different states have come up with the pending issues of a centralised AAR in the position. Recently after multiple cases and judgments against the same issue and scenario now mandates the government to create a centralised and a single point of destination for all the tax-related issues.
28th GST council meeting may come with a solution for the single AAR across the country.
Simplification of GST Returns Filing
There were multiple reports on the technical glitches while filing GST return surfaced at the time of introduction of GST E Way Bill. Also, there were many instances that the GST return filings forms were crashing online and the details were sometimes not matching with the exact data filed up at the time of registration. In the upcoming 28th GST council meeting, it is likely that the committee members will see through the matter within their powers.
Inclusion of Petrol Under GST
Due to high prices of petrol diesel are in talks around the country. The petroleum minister also assured the public that the petrol will soon come under GST and the benefits were opposed by other state ministers and finance ministers. It is rumoured that the inclusion of petrol and diesel under GST will bring the prices of these important fossil fuels under control. The GST council may take this issues up ahead in its upcoming 28th GST council meeting.
Minimum Number of GST Slab Rate
The GST council is also under the pressure to reduce the tax slabs currently mounting over 4 different tax rates. Currently, there is 4 slab rate i.e. 5 percent, 12 percent, 18 percent and the highest 28 percent. However, in the previous meeting of GST council the items included in the 28 percent slab rate were reduced to the lesser number but this time the demand is for a lowered slab rates overall piling it up to 2 or 3 only.
Sugar Cess and Agriculture cess
Agriculture cess on luxury good under GST: Ministerial panel may explore option
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