Taxpayers can withdraw their GST-related cases filed in High Courts and the Supreme Court and lodge them with the upcoming GST appellate tribunals so as to speed up their outcomes, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. The Parliament’s Lower House subsequently passed amendments to the central GST law aimed at operationalising the tribunals at the earliest.
Ms. Sitharaman also indicated that every State will get two benches of the tribunal, which would include one in the State capital and the other in key commercial centres based on States’ inputs. The minister was responding to MPs’ remarks during the debate over the Central Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Bill, 2023 which aligns the eligibility and age norms for members and the President of the Appellate Tribunals with the Tribunal Reforms Act of 2021.
Read more at: The Hindu
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