New Delhi, April 25
The 27th meeting of the GST Council, the highest decision-making body of the GST regime, will meet on May 4 to discuss a simpler return form.
Sources said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley would the chair the meeting of the GST council comprising state finance ministers. The meeting is expected to be held through video-conferencing at the PMO. A decision on return simplification could be on the cards with the Sushil Modi-led Group of Ministers putting before the Council the three models of new return form for discussion, an official said.
Meanwhile, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday attended a Cabinet meeting, the first since he was diagnosed with a kidney ailment that has kept him away from office for over three weeks now. — TNS