{
  "id": 12858622,
  "title": "GST Council Approves Major Reforms: Prosecution Threshold Raised To ₹10 Crore, Arrest Powers Curbed",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/gst-council-approves-major-reforms-prosecution-threshold-raised-to-10",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-08T11:32:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/gst-council-approves-major-reforms-prosecution-threshold-raised-to-10-crore-arrest-powers-curbed"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council approved major reforms during its 57th meeting, aiming to simplify business compliance and reduce tax disputes. Key changes include raising the GST prosecution threshold from ₹5 crore to ₹10 crore, limiting arrest powers of tax authorities, and expanding input tax credit (ITC) eligibility for employee insurance expenses. The reforms also introduce a ₹10,000 threshold for issuing GST show-cause notices and reduce GST on delivery services to 5%. These measures build on the GST rate rationalisation exercise in September 2025, with their final impact contingent on legal provisions and implementation rules.",
  "summary": "The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has approved several measures aimed at simplifying business compliance, reducing tax disputes and making enforcement provisions less stringent, according to a report by Moneycontrol citing sources. The proposed reforms include restricting the arrest powers of tax authorities, increasing the monetary threshold for prosecution and expanding input tax credit…",
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    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "GST arrest powers dropped, prosecution threshold raised in key reform",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/gst-arrest-powers-dropped-prosecution-threshold-raised-in-key-reform",
        "published": "2026-10-08T11:51:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV - India News",
        "title": "In Major Reform, GST Council Scraps Tax Officers' Arrest Powers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/in-major-reform-gst-council-scraps-tax-officers-arrest-powers",
        "published": "2026-10-08T12:27:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "GST officers lose arrest powers, Council hikes prosecution threshold to ₹5 crore",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/gst-officers-lose-arrest-powers-council-hikes-prosecution-threshold",
        "published": "2026-10-08T12:29:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "GST Council scraps arrest powers of GST officers, ups prosecution threshold to ₹5 crore",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/gst-council-scraps-arrest-powers-of-gst-officers-ups-prosecution",
        "published": "2026-10-08T12:45:25.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "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."
}