GST Council Meet Starts with Focus on Ease of Doing Business, ITC Overhaul and Decriminalisation on Agenda

GST Council meet: Scrapping tax officers' arrest powers, decriminalisation among reforms on agenda

GST Council debates GST 2.0 reforms: decriminalisation, arrest-scrap, higher prosecution threshold, easier registration, e-commerce compliance, and streamlined tax administration.

GST Council meet starts with focus on ease of doing business, ITC overhaul and decriminalisation on agenda

The 57th GST Council meeting is set to consider major GST 2.0 reforms, including wider input tax credit eligibility, protection for genuine buyers from supplier defaults, faster refunds, simpler GST registration and MSME compliance relief. Proposed changes also include removing GST arrest provisions, raising the prosecution threshold, easing export rules and targeted rate tweaks across sectors.

GST Council Meeting Today: 57th Meet to Discuss ITC, Refunds, Arrest Powers and GST Reforms

The 57th GST Council meeting is being held in New Delhi on Thursday, October 8, with the focus expected to shift from tax-rate changes to simplifying compliance and addressing long-standing operational issues under the Goods and Services Tax regime. GST Council Meeting Today: 57th Meet to Discuss ITC, Refunds, Arrest Powers and GST Reforms.

GST Council meeting 2026: Arrest powers, ITC, refunds and registration on agenda

The 57th GST Council meeting in New Delhi is set to examine arrest powers, ITC, refunds and registration rules. The proposals would shift attention from rate changes to easier compliance and fewer disputes.

GST Council meeting today: Cutting across divide, 5 big states oppose end of taxmen’s arrest powers

Back provision for ‘civil arrest’ in serious GST violation, warn of ‘toothless’ regime