GST Council's 57th meeting was held on 8th October in Delhi. Section 69 of the GST Act is being amended to offer relief to businesses in terms of tax evasion. This GST Act empowers the Commissioner and the Principal Commissioner to order an arrest if a trader generates any fraudulent GST bills. At present, the Commissioner has the power to order an arrest if a trader wrongly avails input tax credit of Rs 2 crore. The GST Council meeting decided to increase the amount for arrest to Rs 5 crore from Rs 2 crore.
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