GST Council scraps arrest power of tax officers, raises prosecution threshold to Rs 5 crore from 1 crore

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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the GST Council has scrapped the arrest power of tax officers and raised the prosecution threshold to Rs 5 crore from Rs 1 crore. She said the GST Council also approved easier norms for small sellers on e-commerce platform. "The rate…