Arun Jaitley On Gst

Arun Jaitley held the finance ministry when the the GST was implemented in July 2017

Early in her presentation of the country's budget, finance minister Nirmala Sithraman referred to her predecessor, Arun Jaitley, and said his work on introducing the Goods and Services Tax was a huge contribution. Mr Jaitley died in August 25, 2019.

GST, which subsumed 17 local taxes, was rolled out on July 1, 2017. The GST currently has four slabs -- 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent

Former Union Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Goods and Services Tax -- the flagship reform of the Modi 1.0 government which completes two years today -- has been both consumer and assessee friendly. The transformation has proved "one of the smoothest". That it was "politically safe" was proved by the BJP's performance in Gujarat, particularly ...

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday presented the BusinessLine Changemaker Of The Year award to Union Minister Arun Jaitley for successfully introducing the Goods and Services Tax (GST), giving the BJP an opportunity to heckle the Congress on social media.

GST Council meet: The Council also cut GST rates on affordable housing to 1 per cent from the current 8 per cent.

The centre has announced major cuts in the Goods and Services Tax charged on the sale of under construction residential properties - a move that's certain to find favour with middle class voters ahead of the coming elections.

The GST Council has deferred a decision on tax rates on real estate and lottery till Sunday.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday wrote to Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, demanding postponement of GST Council meeting to be held through video-conference on Wednesday.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday announced a series of measures under Goods and Services Tax (GST) to boost small businesses, while ruling out any more cuts under the indirect tax system until revenues improve. The decision to hold rate cuts under GST comes in the backdrop of shrinking collections under the indirect tax. "We will consider ...

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy met Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in New Delhi on Thursday and sought extension of the GST compensation period till 2025.

Former finance minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday attacked the Centre over its alleged change in stance on the Goods and Services Tax regime, saying that till yesterday a single standard GST rate was a stupid idea, but was now the "declared goal" of the Modi government.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the country should look towards having GST slabs of zero, five per cent and a standard rate for luxury and sin goods. The government will also look at transferring cement into a lower tax slab as the next priority, Mr Jaitley added.

The Bollywood film fraternity today welcomed the move to cut GST rates of movie tickets. Aamir Khan, Karan Johar, Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Subhash Ghai, Prasoon Joshi and others took to social media to commend the move to reduce tax on movie tickets of two different price ranges.

The GST Council, headed by the finance minister, in its 31st meeting on Saturday decided to cut rates on 23 commonly used goods and services, which will lead to an annual revenue loss of Rs 5,500 crore.

Arun Jaitley held the finance ministry when the the GST was implemented in July 2017

Early in her presentation of the country's budget, finance minister Nirmala Sithraman referred to her predecessor, Arun Jaitley, and said his work on introducing the Goods and Services Tax was a huge contribution. Mr Jaitley died in August 25, 2019.

GST, which subsumed 17 local taxes, was rolled out on July 1, 2017. The GST currently has four slabs -- 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent

Former Union Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Goods and Services Tax -- the flagship reform of the Modi 1.0 government which completes two years today -- has been both consumer and assessee friendly. The transformation has proved "one of the smoothest". That it was "politically safe" was proved by the BJP's performance in Gujarat, particularly ...

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday presented the BusinessLine Changemaker Of The Year award to Union Minister Arun Jaitley for successfully introducing the Goods and Services Tax (GST), giving the BJP an opportunity to heckle the Congress on social media.

GST Council meet: The Council also cut GST rates on affordable housing to 1 per cent from the current 8 per cent.

The centre has announced major cuts in the Goods and Services Tax charged on the sale of under construction residential properties - a move that's certain to find favour with middle class voters ahead of the coming elections.

The GST Council has deferred a decision on tax rates on real estate and lottery till Sunday.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday wrote to Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, demanding postponement of GST Council meeting to be held through video-conference on Wednesday.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday announced a series of measures under Goods and Services Tax (GST) to boost small businesses, while ruling out any more cuts under the indirect tax system until revenues improve. The decision to hold rate cuts under GST comes in the backdrop of shrinking collections under the indirect tax. "We will consider ...

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy met Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in New Delhi on Thursday and sought extension of the GST compensation period till 2025.

Former finance minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday attacked the Centre over its alleged change in stance on the Goods and Services Tax regime, saying that till yesterday a single standard GST rate was a stupid idea, but was now the "declared goal" of the Modi government.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the country should look towards having GST slabs of zero, five per cent and a standard rate for luxury and sin goods. The government will also look at transferring cement into a lower tax slab as the next priority, Mr Jaitley added.

The Bollywood film fraternity today welcomed the move to cut GST rates of movie tickets. Aamir Khan, Karan Johar, Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Subhash Ghai, Prasoon Joshi and others took to social media to commend the move to reduce tax on movie tickets of two different price ranges.

The GST Council, headed by the finance minister, in its 31st meeting on Saturday decided to cut rates on 23 commonly used goods and services, which will lead to an annual revenue loss of Rs 5,500 crore.