UDAIPUR: In a first, Opposition-ruled states today got the Centre to delete from the records three minutes of the last GST Council meeting that provided for tweaking of agreed criteria for division of taxpayers under the Goods and Service Tax regime.
The all-powerful GST Council, headed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and comprising representatives of all states, had in its last meeting on January 16 agreed that 90 per cent of tax assessees below Rs 1.5 crore annual turnover will be assessed by states and the remaining 10 per cent by the Centre.
For taxpayers with over Rs 1.5 crore turnover, the split was 50:50 between the Centre and states.
But the minutes of that meeting, which came up for approval at the 10th GST Council meet here today, gave states a leeway to split the assessees in a different ratio in consultation with the Centre.
This was strongly opposed by Opposition-ruled states like Delhi, West Bengal, Kerala and Karnataka which felt the reported ‘minutes of the meeting’ do not reflect the decision taken at the GST Council.
This, along with two other minutes, was dropped in today’s meeting, a minister of an Opposition-ruled state told reporters here. (AGENCIES)
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