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GST set for next big reform; officers arrest powers may be scrapped
GST Council is likely to consider this week a sweeping rewrite of GST enforcement that would take arrest powers away from tax officials and require a court order for any arrest, people familiar with the proposal said, in what could become the next major pillar of the government's Next-Generation GST reforms. The GST Council, the apex decision-making body on the Goods and Services Tax (GST), is also likely to consider, at its October 7 meeting, a package of prosecution-related reforms, including raising the threshold for launching criminal proceedings for offences to Rs 5 crore. The proposals also seek to narrow the scope of prosecution provisions so they do not apply to routine disputes over classification, valuation or Input Tax Credit, where businesses and tax authorities may hold differing interpretations of the same transaction, they said. The proposed enforcement changes are part of the government's Next-Generation GST reform agenda, following the major rate rationalisation ...

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