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

· 8 October 2026 · 2 min read
GST Council meet: Tax officers' arrest power scrapped; easier e-comm norms for small sellers — Check key highlights

Mint has reported a new India-focused economy development: “GST Council meet: Tax officers' arrest power scrapped; easier e-comm norms for small sellers — Check key highlights.” The publisher's feed describes the story as follows: 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 and shortened refund-application acknowledgement timelines. Intellectual Ja

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