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Karnataka State Chartered Accountants Association (R) writes to Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon. Union Minister of Finance and Chairperson of GST Council, Government of India on 28th July 2025 vide their letter bearing Ref No: 19/2024-25.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) has urged the Department of Revenue to take initiatives for exempting digital news subscriptions from the Goods and Services Tax (GST) or bringing it down to 5% from 18%.
The Tiruchi District Financiers and Chit Funds Association has appealed to the Centre to exempt chit fund services from GST.
Team KSCAA has submitted the representation on 19.08.2024 to the Director of co-operative audit for extension of certain due dates to inconvenience caused by the flood and landslide at Karnataka.
City-based oil merchants have urged commercial taxes minister P Moorthy to recommend to the GST Council to reduce the 12% GST on lamp oil to 5%, considering that it is nothing but a mixture of many oils which are taxed only 5%. Madurai Oil and Oil Seeds Association stated that lamp oil could be divided into scented and unscented categories for GST.
Following an update in the ITR filing utility on July 5, 2024, experts have noted that many taxpayers were denied the benefit of tax rebate under section 87A if they had a special rate income.
The Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative Ltd. (CAMPCO), Mangaluru, has appealed to the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to reduce GST on arecanut from 5% to 2% and on Copper Sulphate used as a pesticide in farming from 18% to 5%.
Rajasthan GST Practitioners Association (RGPA) made representation to the Finance Minster vide its Letter Ref:- RGPA/001 dated 19.06.2024 highlighting the issues faced by the taxpayers and seeking relief from the Finance Minister.
The Coimbatore Chapter of Institute of Chartered Tax Practitioners India has established a ‘Budget Recommendation Committee, to study and analysis various issues in Direct Taxes and Indirect Taxes, and suitably draft is recommendations for introduction, repeal , substitute, amend and modify the sections, provisions, explanations and rules in the forth-coming budget.
Chartered Accountants Association, Surat has filed representation before the Commissioner of State Tax, Gujarat against various unscrupulous practices by SGST Officials to harass stakeholders with the intent of obtaining undue gratification in the course of performance of their statutory dues.…