India, Oct. 9 -- The power to arrest will be removed under GST, and the prosecution threshold will be raised from Rs 1 crore to Rs 5 crore-Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Thursday recommended several changes to ease compliance, reduce procedural burdens, and simplify the GST regime, while keeping the existing tax rate structure unchanged. Among the key decisions, the Council scrapped the arrest powers of tax officers and raised the threshold for prosecution to Rs 5 crore from Rs 1 crore.

It also recommended common standards for GST notices and proceedings and decided not to issue notices for monetary amounts of Rs 10,000 or below. It will also withdraw pending notices below the threshold. ...