'Significant reductions in the compliance obligations mean businesses earlier struggling to comply will now have enough time to prepare and comply within the extended timelines.'

The GST Council's agenda includes trimming the number of items in the 28 per cent slab by 75 per cent, easier compliance for assessees and small taxpayers, and a presentation on bringing real estate under GST.

'There is something fundamentally wrong with the GST -- whether be it the rates, compliance, or the GST Network itself.'

Only luxury and 'sin' items could be left in highest slab. 12 and 18 per cent slabs could be merged in the future

India worked in close partnership with the World Bank to improve its position, says NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant.

Why should India buy olives from Europe when it could do so from the world's largest producers?

Inter-state supply may come under GST composition

Tax experts are nudging the authorities to figure out why so many assessees are not filing their returns.

Deadline ends, after two extensions and only 70% file detailed return for July

Poor performance of the banking, oil and exploration industries have impacted corporate tax collections.

A corpus of Rs 20,000-30,000 crore is under consideration, to narrow the input tax credit cycle and facilitate their working capital requirements.

The chief statistician feels there should be a rebound after companies integrate and adopt the GST system

The income tax department has a steep collection target of Rs 9.8 lakh crore during 2017-18, rising 15.7 per cent from a year ago.

Apart from Modi, Jaggi Vasudev to address 2-day tax officers' conference

The clarification comes amid reports that sweet shops have discontinued chocolate barfis and chocolate sandesh.

Kenneth Rogoff, professor of public policy and economics at the Harvard University, tells Dilasha Seth on the sidelines of the Delhi Economics Conclave that public sector banks will need to take a one-time haircut to address non-performing assets.

The window for registration is open up to September 30

Close to 202,000 new entities have registered under the GST Network

It takes eight to nine months for developing a robust software from the time the rules are decided, warns Bharat Goenka, managing director of Tally Solutions, one of the entities entrusted as a 'Suvidha Provider' with developing ready software for customers to get them ready for the coming Goods and Services Tax.

The move is expected to create space for more budding entrepreneurs in the country to be eligible for self-certification, relaxed public procurement norms, rebate in patent filing, start-up funding, investment and easier closure compliance.