GST officers lose arrest powers, Council hikes prosecution threshold to ₹5 crore
The council proposed raising the prosecution threshold from ₹1 crore to ₹5 crore, meaning cases involving amounts below ₹5 crore would not lead to prosecution.
In the 57th GST Council meeting held in Delhi, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the Council had recommended the removal of arrest powers under the GST law. Additionally, the Council proposed raising the prosecution threshold from ₹1 crore to ₹5 crore, indicating that cases pertaining to amounts below ₹5 crore would not result in prosecution. The Council also suggested reducing the general penalty from ₹25,000 to ₹10,000.
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