GST Council scraps arrest powers of GST officers, ups prosecution threshold to ₹5 crore
GST Council ends GST officers' arrest powers, raises prosecution threshold to ₹5 crore, and forms a Committee of Officers on input tax credit safeguards.
The GST Council on Thursday (October 8, 2026) approved scrapping the arrest powers of GST officers and raised the threshold to launch prosecution to ₹5 crore from ₹1 crore. "The rate structure is settled, so the Council has turned to how the tax work... [891 chars]
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