Empowered Committee

GST meet: Consensus on imports and registration

The Empowered Committee of state finance ministers on GST have reached a consensus on issues related to imports, registration and authorised GST network company to go ahead with preparation of IT platform for GST.

May 08, 2015, 19:46 PM IST

Finance ministers want to review GST in other countries

The two-day meeting of the state finance ministers, which concluded here on Friday, has decided to request the Centre to depute the Empowered Committee members to visit some countries which have adopted the GST.

May 08, 2015, 17:21 PM IST

New GST panel chairman in a few days: Jaitley

The Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers will have its new chairman by consensus in the few days as the Centre gets ready to take up the GST Bill for consideration and passage in the next leg of Budget session beginning April 20.

Mar 20, 2015, 21:13 PM IST

Centre-states differences persist over key aspects of GST

The Empowered Committee of state FMs, which met here Tuesday, however expressed hope that the GST could be rolled out by April 1, 2016, notwithstanding the hitches.

Nov 11, 2014, 17:54 PM IST

State FMs agree on Rs 10 lakh threshold for levying GST

State Finance Ministers on Wednesday pressed for lowering the threshold limit to Rs 10 lakh for imposing Goods and Service tax (GST) on entities and asked the Centre to specify GST compensation structure for five years in the Constitutional Amendment Bill.

Aug 20, 2014, 17:57 PM IST

Centre defers state FMs study tour to China, Russia

The Narendra Modi government has put on hold the proposal of the Empowered Committee of state FMs on GST to visit China and Russia on a 16-day study tour.

Aug 17, 2014, 12:28 PM IST