GST processes further simplified
Supplier exemption Enhanced to Rs. 40 lakhs Less than Rs. 5 Crore of Annual Turnover shall file quarterly return Further simplification of the GST processes, increasing Special Additional Excise duty and Road and Infrastructure Cess on petrol and diesel by one rupee each, hike in Customs Duty on Gold and precious metals to 12.5% and imposing nominal basic excise duty on tobacco products and crude are among the salient proposals pertaining to the Indirect Taxes in the Union Budget 2019-20. It also provides for exempting import of certain Defence Equipments from basic customs duty, reducing customs duty on certain raw materials and capital goods, and rationalization of export duty on raw and semi-finished leather. GST: Presenting the Budget in Parliament, the Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman announced that GST processes are being further simplified. The threshold exemption limit for a supplier of goods is proposed to be enh