{
  "id": 12865842,
  "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",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-08T12:27:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NDTV - India News",
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    "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/in-major-reform-gst-council-scraps-tax-officers-arrest-powers-12156724"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The GST Council has approved measures to simplify business compliance and reduce tax disputes. Taxpayers who file late, make errors or delay payments will face recovery, interest and a proportionate penalty.\n\nThe Council has also restricted the arrest powers of tax authorities and increased the monetary threshold for prosecution. According to Free Press Journal, the minimum tax evasion or wrongful ITC amount required to initiate prosecution has been raised from ₹5 crore to ₹10 crore.\n\nThese reforms aim to distinguish serious offences from routine compliance disputes. The changes also expand input tax credit eligibility for employee insurance expenses, as per Free Press Journal.",
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    "outlets": 6,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-10-08T11:32:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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": "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": "NDTV",
        "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-12870834",
        "published": "2026-10-08T12:33:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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."
}