54th GST Council Meet: Know When, What, Where, Where

The 54th GST Council meeting, chaired by the Union Finance Minister and comprising state ministers, will be held on September 9, 2024.

“The upcoming GST Council meeting will take up the issue of rate rationalisation. There will be a discussion on the issue. Committee of officers will make a presentation on rate rationalisation,” Sitharaman remarked.

Flashback To 53rd GST Council Meet

GST Council recommended waiving interest and penalties for demand notices issued under Section 73 of the CGST Act (i.e. the cases not involving fraud, suppression or wilful misstatement, etc.) for the fiscal years 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20, if the full tax demanded is paid upto 31.03.2025.

GST Council recommends the time limit to avail input tax credit w.r.t. any invoice or debit note under Section 16(4) of CGST Act, through any GSTR 3B return filed upto 30.11.2021 for FY 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21, may be deemed to be 30.11.2021.

Council has recommends monetary limit of Rs. 20 lakh for GST Appellate Tribunal, Rs. 1 crore for High Court and Rs. 2 crore for Supreme Court, for filing of appeals by the Department, to reduce litigation.

GST Council recommends reduction of the quantum of pre-deposit required to be paid for filing of appeals under GST.

GST Council recommends amending provisions of CGST Act to provide that the three-month period for filing appeals in GST Appellate Tribunal will start from a date to be notified by the Government.

To ease the interest burden of the taxpayers, GST Council recommends to not levy interest u/s 50 of CGST Act in case of delayed filing of return, on the amount which is available in Electronic Cash Ledger (ECL) on the due date of filing of the said return.

GST Council recommends sunset clause from April 1st, 2025 for receipt of any new application for Anti-profiteering.

GST Council recommends exemption from Compensation Cess leviable on the imports in SEZ by SEZ Unit/developer for authorised operations from 1st July, 2017.

GST Council recommends 12% GST on milk cans (steel, iron, aluminum) irrespective of use; Carton, Boxes And Cases of both corrugated and non-corrugated paper or paper-board; Solar cookers whether single or dual energy source; and sprinklers including fire water sprinklers.

GST Council recommends exemption of certain services provided by Indian Railways to common man and also intra railway supplies.

GST Council recommends certain exemptions related to accommodation services, providing relief to students and working professionals.

GST Council recommends to roll-out the biometric-based Aadhaar authentication of registration applicants on pan-India basis in a phased manner