15th Finance Commission Invites Public Suggestions By June 30

The 15th Finance Commission, set up to recommend the devolution of central pool taxes to states, as well as a fiscal consolidation roadmap for government finances, has invited suggestions from the public, according to the Union Finance Ministry.

Monthly filing of GST returns has been cited as a "cumbersome procedure", according to Ficci.

High rentals and difficulty in retaining experienced staff are key challenges faced by the restaurant industry in Mumbai and Bengaluru, said the survey titled 'Bon Appetit Emerging trends, opportunities and challenges in Indian restaurant industry'.

The popular community kitchen -- better known as the "langar" -- of gurdwaras in northern part of the country claims to feel the pinch of the GST regime that came into force seven months ago.

Almost exactly a year after taking the PC market by storm with its new Ryzen series, AMD has launched its first desktop models with integrated graphics.

Economist Bibek Debroy has found an easy way of summing up the year that was by breaking down India's milestone events such as introduction of the national tax GST -- a complex policy -- into bite-sized chunks with the launch of The Book of Limericks

Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his "Ramayana" jibe at her in Parliament, Congress MP Renuka Chowdhury today said there was no GST on laughter and that she did not need anyone's permission to laugh.

As it struggles to placate ally Telugu Desam Party, the ruling BJP now has on its hands an angry Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, an affiliate of the party's ideological mentor the RSS, which has said it will protest against what it called an "anti-labour budget."

The five petroleum items have been kept out of GST as they are considered cash cows, giving both the Centre and states bulk of their tax revenues.

The GST E-way bill is a document required to be carried by a person in charge of the conveyance carrying any consignment of goods of value exceeding Rs 50,000

GST provision requiring transporters to carry an electronic waybill or e-way bill when moving goods between states was to be implemented from today to check rampant tax evasion

BJP chief Amit Shah ripped into the Congress for its criticism of the government's economic policies as he made his debut speech in parliament today. As the first speaker in a discussion in the Rajya Sabha, Mr Shah spoke for over an hour, telling those from the opposition who interrupted his speech, "well, you will have to listen to me for the next six years."

The government, Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said, is working on removing the "unevenness in the tax paid by different classes of people" by using foolproof technological system.

The CBI has arrested Sansar Chand, the commissioner of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) department from Kanpur and eight others, including his staff and private officials, in connection with a bribery case.