GST Council meet: Tax officers’ arrest power scrapped; easier e-comm norms for small sellers — Check key highlights
The GST Council removed tax officers’ power to arrest individuals in certain cases and raised the prosecution threshold to ₹5 crore. It also simplified compliance for small e-commerce sellers, shortened refund-application acknowledgement timelines. The 57th GST Council has decided to remove the power of tax officers to arrest individuals in certain GST-related cases and has…


