GST Council to meet on October 7 with focus on process reforms
The 57th GST Council meeting will be held on October 7 in New Delhi, with process reforms rather than rate changes on the agenda.
According to Finance Ministry sources, no major rate changes are expected. The council will instead focus on registration, input tax credit (ITC), refunds and dispute procedures under the GST 2.0 phase.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said the previous meeting focused on rate rationalisation, while process reforms were deferred to this one. Areas in focus include e-invoicing and ITC rules.
The council may also address a tax anomaly affecting global capability centres, whose services to overseas group companies can attract 18 per cent GST under current place-of-supply rules. A proposed change would let such services qualify as exports.
Officer-level preparatory meetings are scheduled for October 5 and 6. The meeting comes ahead of the Union Budget 2027-28 pre-budget consultations starting October 12.
The meeting will be held in New Delhi, officials said.
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