Traders seek penalty exemption till March for errors in filing GST returns

DHNS

October 6, 2017

Bengaluru, Oct 6: Traders cutting across various sectors on Thursday sought that no penalties be imposed on them till March 31 next year for errors in the filing of Goods and Services Tax (GST) returns as they are yet to get accustomed to the new tax regime.

Participating in an interactive session on GST organised by the Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) and the Economic Cell of the BJP, the traders stated that the GST law is new and there were possibilities of mistakes being made during the initial phase of implementation.

Besides, the filing of GST returns should be made easy as the micro, small and medium enterprises sector is not well equipped with Information Technology (IT) infrastructure and qualified manpower.

Tax relaxation sought

FKCCI President K Ravi sought some relaxation, at least for small traders, from filing monthly returns. “The time involved on filing returns on a monthly basis is enormous. There is a drop in business to the tune of 50% to 60% because the trader is not able of concentrate on business,” Ravi said.

B T Manohar, chairman, State Taxes Committee, FKCCI, said that traders and representatives from the industry do not find a place in the GST Council.

“A steering committee comprising the trade and industries along with government officials should be constituted. The panel should meet every two months and address all issues arising at the grassroot while implementing the new tax regime,” he said.

Former FKCCI president S Sampathraman said the GST rules were “draconian” and “unimplementable”. “In the name of preventing tax evasion, honest business persons are suffering,” he felt.

BJP Economic Cell convenor S Vishwanath Bhat admitted there were several glitches in implementation of the GST regime but they are all temporary. “GST will help India in building a robust economy by 2019,” Bhat said.

BJP leader and Bengaluru Central MP P C Mohan said he will place before the GST Council, which is meeting in New Delhi on Friday, the various issues raised by the traders.

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I am small businessman my turnover is less than 12 lacs and my crime is I do interstate sales because of this GST is applicable to me in spite of being such a small turnover and i use to file my returns by myself (without any CA or accountant) because i cannot afford one it is very difficult for me to maintain all these GST, and i suggests government should specify a limit of interstate sale slab for GST eligibility.

A land mark event in the history of our Nation.Full marks to Jetly and the GST Council. This one policy change will transform our Nation and its economy.

This govt puts thought process and hence we are able to get long time pending benefits in this short three years .Keep up the good work.

Why so hurry when infrastructure yet to settle.

This hurry exercises only for the the behest of the economic reforms, to compete with the global economic day to day trends.

can someone tell me what will happen if some states refuse to implement GST and how the transactions will happen in to and out of these States?

Nothing is clear about the GST rates for Protein based food supplement industry. These supplements are a COMPOSITE BLEND of various raw proteins such as skimmed Milk, whey, egg, pulses 7 cereals. Each of these ingredients are having varying rates of GST starting from 5% to 18%.These supplements are consumed by Atheletes who in majority belong to the low and middle income. We request the Government to please consider the fact that these products are mainly manufactured by small scale manufacturers and sold to the low/middle income. It is an unregualted market. OUR REQUEST IS TO PLEASE FIX A GST RATE BETWEEN 12% & 18%

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35,000 people leave Bengaluru ahead of lockdown; rush at grocery stores, liquor shops

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July 14,2020

Bengaluru, July 14: Ahead of the week-long lockdown in Bengaluru starting from Tuesday night, around 35,000 people have left the city and grocery stores and liquor shops are witnessing a rush with customers thronging to stock up on for the shutdown.

According to transport department officials, labourers from other parts of the state migrated in good numbers from Bengaluru ahead of the lockdown fearing that they would have to face similar challenges as they had to confront during the previous shuttering.

"Yesterday 35,000 passengers left Bengaluru. The number is big given the fact that we are allowing a limited number of passengers in the buses to maintain social distancing," a KSRTC official said.

Tipplers made a beeline for liquor shops and a senior State Excise official said liquor worth Rs 230 crore was sold on Monday alone.

"There was apparently a mad rush yesterday.India Made Foreign Liquor worth Rs 215.55 crore and 14.83 crore worth beer was sold...," the officer said.

In view of the rising coronavirus cases in the city at an alarming proportion, the government decided to impose lockdown from Tuesday 8 pm till 5 am on July 22.

Later, Dharwad and Dakshina Kannada districts too decided to impose a lockdown for nine days and seven days respectively from Wednesday.

"For the past two days there is an unusual rush of customers in our store," an executive of the Metro Cash and Carry said.

According to him, people are buying grocery items and vegetables with long shelf life such as onion, potato, radish, carrot and beetroot.

A salesperson at the Star Bazaar too said people were thronging the store for the past two to three days.

During the Sunday curfew, Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said the week-long lockdown will be stringent one and government has made all arrangements to address all concerns ahead of the shutdown.

As many as 19,702 people in Bengaluru have tested positive, of which there are 15,052 active cases, while 4,328 have been discharged.

The number of fatalities as of Monday is 321.

Across Karnataka, 41,581 people have tested positive for coronavirus including 24,572 active cases, 16,248 discharges and 757 deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic in the state.

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Mangaluru police firing: Philanthropists handover Rs 10 lakh cheque to Shaheed Naushin’s kin

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January 23,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 23: The Muslim Central Committee of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi and Humanity Forum of Mangaluru today handed over a cheque of Rs 10 lakh to the aggrieved family of Naushin, who was killed in arbitrary police firing on December 19 in the city.

A team of philanthropists led by Muslim Central Committee chairman K S Mohammad Masood visited Shaheed Nausheen’s house at Kudroli and handed over the cheque. Several philanthropists have contributed to this humanitarian aid.

Corporator Shamsuddin Kudroli, S M Rasheed Haji, Mansoor Ahmed Azad, Ibrahim Kodichal, Haneef Haji, Asif Deals and Ashraf Kinara were present among others.

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Here's the first phase flight plan for return of Indian nationals stranded abroad

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May 5,2020

Newsroom, May 5: Following the union government's nod, preparations are afoot to bring back Indian nationals stranded abroad from May 7 onwards.

According to sources, in the first phase from May 7- 14, the government would allow more than 60 “non-scheduled, commercial” flights to operate from about 12 countries to India to bring back 15,000 citizens. At least half of those flights will be from the Gulf region, including UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman, while the rest would bring passengers from the U.S., the U.K., Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and Bangladesh.

The flights would be spread over 10 States identified as having the largest numbers to return, with Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Delhi (NCR) receiving the maximum number of flights.

A meeting held at the Ministry of Civil Aviation looked specifically at flights, mainly operated by Air India, while it awaits a final plan from countries where Indians need to be airlifted from. The first flights planned at present are from Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Riyadh and Doha, flying directly to Kozhikode and Kochi.

While the full estimate of Indians needing to return home could cross ten lakhs (a million), with more than two lakhs having registered to return from the UAE alone, officials said their return would be “prioritised and staggered”.

Flight plan for return of Indian nationals stranded abroad: