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The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council will take up controversial rules like anti-profiteering and e-way bills, among others, in its 17th meeting on Sunday. Additionally, the council is also likely to consider some of the representations made by various industry bodies with regards to rates. The council will also likely approve draft rules related to advance ruling, appeals and revision, and assessment and audit along with GST rate for lottery, the only item without a rate till now.
The e-way bill rule has attracted criticism from various quarters, which have been mainly directed at the apparent cumbersome compliance involved. Many experts have also questioned the ability of the state to get the technological infrastructure in place for implementation of e-way bill rule.
“There are some major concerns relating to the e-way bill: The first is the issue of e-way bills to all kinds of goods, without a distinction between evasion-prone goods and others. The second is the technological requirements for e-way bills to become a reality. We need the government to establish a technological roadmap for the implementation of e-way bills and help the logistics industry understand how to transition to this new medium of operation,” Archit Gupta, founder and CEO of ClearTax, said.
