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Center Owned by The Tribune TrustGST Council scraps tax officers’ arrest power
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The GST Council, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on Thursday approved the removal of tax officers’ powers to arrest and raised the threshold for prosecution from Rs 1 crore to Rs 5 crore. The council also recommended doing away with the minimum penalty. The penalty — be it a fine…
