Competing against time to meet the April 1, 2017 target to roll out the landmark Goods and Services Tax (GST), the government has come out with a report card detailing the efforts being made to reach a consensus on support legislations for timely implementation of GST bill.
Finance Ministry's report card on GST implementation has said that all efforts are being made to meet the April 1, 2017 deadlines for rolling out GST bill. It also said that government lost no time in implementing the GST so far and agenda items pertaining to 'GST related draft laws' and 'Provisions for cross empowerment to ensure single interface under GST' are under consideration of the GST Council at present. It further said that Ninety-nine Sections the Model GST Law have already been considered by the Council and remaining Sections will be discussed in the next meeting of the Council scheduled for December 22-23, 2016.
Report card further said that GST Council, which took over the job of rolling out the new indirect tax regime after the Parliament passed the Constitutional amendment and half of the states approved it, has taken key decision on fixing tax rates, compensation to states and threshold of exemption. It further said that as compared to the time taken in arriving at a consensus on the Constitutional Amendment Bill for GST, the subsequent events after the passing of the Bill indicate that the Government of India and the States have done remarkably well in taking all necessary steps for implementation of GST.
It also said that the discussions in GST Council have been very cordial and all decisions till now have been taken by consensus and noted that all members of the Council are participating in the meetings with a very positive attitude and are working towards the implementation of GST bill as per the deadline.
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