{
  "id": 12812340,
  "title": "GST: Tax officers' arrest powers may go away",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/gst-tax-officers-arrest-powers-may-go-away",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-08T06:46:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Economic Times",
    "slug": "the-economic-times",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/gst-council-meet-scrapping-tax-officers-arrest-powers-decriminalisation-among-reforms-on-agenda/articleshow/134782442.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The GST Council, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, began discussions on significant policy reforms such as eliminating arrest powers for GST officers and simplifying registration under GST 2.0. The 57th meeting will aim to foster a trust-based taxation approach by removing criminal liability for nine offences and raising the threshold for criminal prosecution to Rs 5 crore. Other changes under consideration include a common standard for GST officers to raise demands, an invoice matching system for input tax credit, and allowing small e-commerce sellers to use platform warehouses as registered places of business. These reforms, if approved, will ease compliance for small businesses and eliminate multi-state road stoppages for cargo movement.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}