Advisory Group to discuss ways to simplify GST for traders

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

The Advisory Group to the Review Committee of Council will meet here tomorrow to discuss the proposed amendments in rules and make the new regime easy to adopt by traders.

In a statement, the Confederation of All Traders (CAIT) said the Group "will specifically discuss the proposed amendments in and Rules to make it more simplified and rationalised and easy to adopt by the traders".


The Group shall discus possible changes in and its Rules and will submit its recommendations to the Review Committee by November 30.

Six prominent persons from different fields, including CAIT Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal, have been appointed as members of the Group. Retired Chief Commissioner of Central Board of Direct Taxes Gautam Ray has been named the Convenor.

Participating in a goods and services (GST) Darbaar held today at the Headquarters here, "most of the traders stated that framing of 28 per cent slab was not at all required in a country like and moreover the items placed under this slab have been done purely in an arbitrary manner", CAIT said.

The traders' body observed that the 28 per cent slab should be restricted only to luxury and negative goods.

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First Published: Tue, November 07 2017. 20:57 IST