Industries are on strike, others are facing an avalanche of paperwork, while some retailers remain unclear about what to charge just days before the Goods and Services Tax rolls out on July 1

Indian business braces for disruption ahead of GST

'The Congress has decided not to attend GST midnight session on June 30 in Parliament,' Congress leader Satyavrat Chaturvedi said

Congress, RJD, DMK to skip GST rollout programme

These support centers have come up in 11 Indian cities and will be operational for two weeks.

Amazon India launches GST Cafes to help sellers transition into the new tax regime

In an exclusive interview with Mihir Bhatt of Zee Business, the finance minister discussed the benefits that would accrue to the economy from GST, the importance of co-ordination between the centre and the states over implementation of the tax, the advantages of multiple tax slabs

Exclusive: GST will curb evasion as it comes with more 'checks and balances', says Arun Jaitley

Many businesses are just not ready for the July 1 launch

GST: Ready or not, Indian businesses brace for biggest-ever tax reform

GST will probably result in companies filing more legal suits, wanting their goods and services placed under a lower tax bracket

GST good for lawyers, will increase legal proceedings

GST will deliver a world class regime that will catalyse fresh growth in India against a slowing global economic order

GST: India's push into a higher economic orbit.

Finance minister Arun Jaitley made the announcement on Tuesday

GST to launch exactly at midnight, June 30

The decision to relax the rules regarding return filing were taken in consideration of any lack of preparedness

GST Council relaxes return filing rules for July-August period

India's finance minister said the new rates should be implemented from July 1

India finalises four GST rates

The 14th GST meeting in Srinagar comes in the wake of ongoing unrest in the valley

GST Council meets in Srinagar

But there are significant headwinds before the economy. The biggest risk is the massive amount of bad debts plaguing the Indian banking industry

IMF says Indian economy will be fourth largest by 2022: Bloomberg

'The government has made significant progress on important economic reforms that will support strong and sustainable growth going forward,' Tao Zhang, Deputy Managing Director of the IMF said

GST will raise India's economic growth to more than 8%: IMF

?The Modi government hopes to enforce the bill from July 1

India's tax 'gamechanger': Rajya Sabha passes GST Bill

GST prevents double payment of tax. However, the poor may end up?paying more

GST in India: An indirect tax system with greater transparency and rationality

The four bills are likely to be taken up by the parliament this week, and a separate state GST bill in state assemblies later

India: Union Cabinet approves draft GST bills

The home minister is expected to make a statement on anti-terror operation in Lucknow and train blast in Madhya Pradesh

Prime Minister hopes for passage of GST as Budget session resumes today

Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said there were demands that restaurants should be included in the scheme, particularly less profitable ones

GST Council fixes 5% tax rate on small hotels, restaurants

The law will compensate states for revenue losses for the first five years once the GST comes into force

India's GST Council clears law compensating states for revenue losses

There are speculations that Bank Cash Transaction Tax could be imposed on transactions above Rs 50,000, to discourage people from using cash

Budget 2017: Income tax relief, limit on high-value cash transactions likely

The deadlock over GST ended after the Centre agreed to allow states control over most of small taxpayers

GST deadlock ends, rollout pushed to July 1

The GST needs to be implemented before September 16 as some of the existing levies will expire after that date

India: Deadlock over new indirect tax regime continues as latest meeting fails to reach consensus

A slump in business activity stemming from the cash crunch has caused the revenue of state governments to slump by 25-40 per cent

India: Demonetisation imperils crucial national tax reform

The entire amendment was notified on September 16, 2016 and it permits the old taxation regime to continue for a period of one year: Jaitley

GST can be rolled out anytime between April 1 and mid-September, says Indian FM

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