Mandatory e-way payments for gold set to be on GST Council desk

In a measure that can assist curtail income loss from tax evasion on gold and valuable stones underneath the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, the GST Council will talk about a proposal to implement a compulsory e-way invoice system for intra-state motion of such high-value objects with a minimal threshold of Rs 2 lakh. A ministerial panel, headed by Kerala’s Finance Minister KN Balagopal, has made the advice and in addition urged obligatory e-invoicing for B2B transactions by all taxpayers supplying gold/valuable stones and having annual mixture turnover above Rs 20 crore.

The GoM has urged that states ought to be allowed to determine the modalities concerning the imposition of the e-way invoice for intra-state motion of gold and valuable stones inside their states. It has additionally urged that the GST Network, in session with NIC, will work out the modalities and timelines for implementation of e-invoicing for gold/valuable stones. “There will be a minimum threshold of Rs 2 Lakh, and the states can decide any amount including or above this amount as minimum threshold for generations of e-way bill for intra-state movement of gold/precious stones in their state,” the GoM mentioned in its report.

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This suggestion by the ministerial panel is anticipated to be taken up for dialogue within the subsequent GST Council assembly to be held on June 28-29. The Council may also talk about charge hike options from fitment committee for objects starting from minimize and polished diamonds (1.5 per cent from 0.25 per cent), tetra packs (18 per cent from 12 per cent) and charge minimize for ostomy home equipment.

This suggestion by the ministerial panel is anticipated to be taken up for dialogue within the subsequent GST Council assembly to be held on June 28-29. Additionally, the Council may also talk about charge hike options from fitment committee for objects starting from minimize and polished diamonds (1.5 per cent from 0.25 per cent), tetra packs (18 per cent from 12 per cent) and charge minimize for ostomy home equipment together with waterproof pouch for accumulating waste from the physique (nil from 12 per cent). The fitment committee has additionally really useful a uniform 5 per cent charge for orthopaedic implants (trauma, backbone and arthroplasty implants). On the difficulty of taxation of digital digital belongings together with cryptocurrency, the fitment committee has really useful deferring the choice and urged that states of Haryana and Karnataka shall examine all elements and submit a paper sooner or later.

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Rate rationalisation measures underneath GST are being thought-about because the compensation regime — underneath which states had been provided compensation for income loss under the assured compounded 14 per cent charge — involves an finish in June after 5 years of the rollout of the oblique tax regime. As per information on income development collated for the Council assembly, solely 5 out of 31 states/UTs — Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim — registered a income development greater than the protected income charge for states underneath GST in monetary yr 2021-22. Puducherry, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh have recorded the best income hole between the protected income and post-settlement gross state GST income in 2021-22.