BusinessGST Council Removes Arrest Powers, Sets ₹10,000 Limit for Notices
The GST Council approved measures to ease compliance and reduce litigation, including removing GST officers' power to arrest taxpayers and raising the prosecution threshold from ₹1 crore to ₹5 crore. The general penalty was reduced from ₹25,000 to ₹10,000, and no show-cause notices will be issued below this amount. Penalties will be at judicial discretion, and late filers will face recovery, interest, and proportionate penalties only.
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