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GST Council meet: Tax officers' arrest power scrapped; easier e-comm norms for small sellers — Check key highlights

Mint 1 hr ago·8 Oct 2026, 12:07 pm

The GST Council removed tax officers’ power to arrest individuals in certain cases and raised the prosecution threshold to ₹5 crore. It also simplified compliance for small e-commerce sellers, shortened refund-application acknowledgement timelines.

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