New Delhi: GST Council ki 57vi baithak me vyapariyon ke liye badi rahat ka faisla hua hai. Council ne GST kanoon se tax adhikariyon ki giraftari ki shakti ko poori tarah khatm karne ki sifarish ki hai. Iske saath hi prosecution ki seema 1 crore se badhakar 5 crore rupaye kar di gayi hai, aur samanya jurmana 25,000 se ghatakar 10,000 rupaye kar diya gaya hai.
8 October ko New Delhi me kendriya vitt mantri Nirmala Sitharaman ki adhyakshata me hui baithak me process reforms par zor raha. Vitt mantri ne baithak ke baad patrakaron se kaha ki is baar GST daron me koi badlaav nahi kiya gaya hai — “rate structure settled hai” — aur poora dhyan vyaparon ke liye aasaan prakriyaon par raha.
GST 2.0: giraftari ka dar khatm
Darasal, CGST Act, 2017 ki dhara 69 ke tahat Commissioner kuch nirdharit sharton par kendriya tax adhikari ko kisi vyakti ko giraftar karne ka adhikaar de sakte the. Vyapari varg ise sabse zyada daraane wala hathiyar batata aaya hai. Council ne ab is dhara ko poori tarah hataane ki sifarish ki hai. Iska matlab hai ki gambhir dhokhadhadi ke mamalon me adalat ke zariye prosecution to ho sakegi, lekin giraftari ab GST pravartan ka hathiyar nahi rahegi.
Bataya ja raha hai ki ye badlaav turant lagu nahi honge. Giraphari ki shakti hatane ke liye Sansad ko pehle CGST Act me sanshodhan karna hoga, uske baad adhisoochana jaari hogi. Council ke anusaar ye saare badlaav 1 April, 2027 se lagu hone ki ummeed hai.
Chhote vyapariyon ko badi rahat
Prosecution ki seema paanch guna badhane ka matlab hai ki ab 5 crore rupaye se kam ke mamalon me koi aapradhik mukadma nahi chalega. Isse laakhon aam operational, valuation aur classification vivaadon ko kabhi aapradhik adalat ka munh nahi dekhna padega. Sarkar ka sandesh saaf hai — imaandar galtiyon par sirf vasooli, byaaj aur aanupaatik jurmana lagega, “uske aage kuch nahi”.
Iske alawa, Council ne show-cause notice jaari karne ki nyuntam seema 10,000 rupaye nirdharit ki hai — isse kam ke mamalon me notice hi nahi aayega. Appeal me pre-deposit ki seema bhi 40 crore rupaye par seemit kar di gayi hai, jisse mukadmebazi ka bojh kam hoga.
Refund tez, input tax credit ka daayra badha
Gaurtalab hai ki Council ne refund prakriya ko bhi tez karne ka faisla kiya hai. Refund aavedan par acknowledgement ya deficiency memo ki samay-seema 15 din se ghatakar 10 din kar di gayi hai. Zero-rated supplies aur inverted duty structure ke yogya refund daavon ka 90 pratishat teeno kaamkaji dinon ke bheetar jaari kar diya jayega — wo bhi bina adhikari ke hastakshep ke, system ke zariye.
Input tax credit (ITC) ka daayra bhi badhaya gaya hai — ab vyapar telecom towers aur karmchariyon ke liye khareede gaye health aur life insurance par bhi ITC ka daava kar sakenge. GST registration me aam badlaavon ko ab automatic sweekar kiya jayega, jisse prashasanik deri kam hogi.
Vitt mantri ne daava kiya ki GST ke 99 pratishat mudde — dar aur prakriya dono se jude — ab sulajh gaye hain, aur desh “bharose par aadharit next generation GST” ki taraf badh raha hai. Vyapar jagat ne in sifarishon ka swagat kiya hai, lekin sabki nazar ab Sansad me hone wale sanshodhan par tiki hai.
