GST likely to be rolled-out by July 1: Jaitley
He said the power to levy and collect the GST would lie with the Centre but a special provision has been made to empower states in the matter.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said July 1 would be the most likely date to roll out the Goods and Services Tax. He said the power to levy and collect the GST would lie with the Centre but a special provision has been made to empower states in the matter.
There was a broad view that July 1 appears to be a more realistic date to roll-out #GST: FM Arun Jaitley pic.twitter.com/9wMyyaLm0J
— ANI (@ANI_news) January 16, 2017
GST turnover of above Rs 1.5 crore will be assessed in the ratio of 50:50 by States and Centre: FM Arun Jaitley #gstcouncil pic.twitter.com/TStwHbUEdo
— ANI (@ANI_news) January 16, 2017
The all-powerful GST Council, headed by Jaitley, met for the ninth time on Monday to discuss the issue of who gets to administer the GST, which has emerged as the single biggest issue in its roll-out.
The council has been deadlocked in the last four meetings with states seeking sole powers to control assessee with annual turnover of up to Rs 1.5 crore. The previous meeting was held on January 4.
All assesses with GST turnover of Rs 1.5 crore or less,90% of them will be assessed by States &10% by administrative machinery of Centre-FM
— ANI (@ANI_news) January 16, 2017
The Centre, however, is not in favour of a horizontal split as it feels states do not have the expertise to administer levies like service tax. Jaitley is also not in favour of dual agencies auditing and scrutinising each taxpayer as he reckons multiple authorities could end up acting at cross-purposes.
Jaitley had last week hoped to resolve the pending issues to get the new indirect tax regime rolling from April 1.
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