GST Rate Changes 2025 (GST 2.0): What Small Businesses Must Update
GST 2.0 explained: the 5%, 18% and 40% rates from 22 September 2025, what changed for tobacco in 2026, and what to update in invoices, HSN, pricing and stock.
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GST Basics & Rates
The fundamentals — how GST works, rates and rate changes, refunds, and how GST applies to different kinds of business.
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Archive — articles from 2017–2021, kept for reference
Government Waives off Late Fee on GSTR-1
Sept 2018 news: one-time waiver of GSTR-1 late fees for July 2017 to Sept 2018 if filed by 31 October 2018, with later dates for Kerala, Kodagu and Mahe.
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GST For Dummies - 10 Points Everyone Should Know About GST
Archived 2018 primer on GST basics: registration, CGST/SGST/IGST, rate slabs, RCM, invoices, returns and ITC. Thresholds have changed; see our updated guide.
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Special Procedure To Be Followed Under GST Audit
Archived 2018 checklist: reconciling ITC with GSTR-2A, the 180-day payment rule, ITC-04, RCM and fixes due by 30 Sep 2018. See our updated GSTR-2B ITC guide.
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GST Council Meeting Update: May 04, 2018
May 2018 news from the GST Council meeting: a planned single monthly return, a ministers' panel on digital payment incentives and a government-owned GSTN.
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GST Checklist for March 2018
Archived list of GST tasks due before 31 March 2018: 180-day ITC reversal, e-way bills, HSN codes, TRAN-2 and return dates. See our updated 180-day ITC guide.
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50% Increase in Indirect Taxpayer Base Post GST: Economic Survey
Jan 2018 news on the Economic Survey finding that GST raised unique indirect taxpayers by over 50%, with monthly collections and state-wise registration data.
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GSTN To Launch GST Self Service Portal | GST Self Help Portal
January 2018 news on the GST Self Service Portal GSTN planned for helpdesk tickets, its promised features, and why it was still not live on 23 Jan 2018.
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Latest GST News: Major Rejig For Service Providers Likely
Jan 2018 news on a GST Council panel proposal for centralised registration and a single return for large service providers, plus ITC on rent-a-cab services.
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GST State Code List
Older 2018 table of the two-digit GST state codes (01 to 37) that form the first two digits of every GSTIN. Some entries may have changed; verify before use.
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How to Claim Refund of GST Online?
Older 2018 walkthrough for filing a GST refund application on the common portal: choosing the refund type, entering the amount and submitting with DSC or EVC.
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Latest Updates on Goods and Services Tax - 03/01/2018
GST news from 3 Jan 2018: 1% composition rate for manufacturers, GSTR-1 deadline extension, rate cuts on 178 items, e-way bill rollout and falling collections.
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GST On Under Construction Houses
Archived Dec 2017 explainer: no GST on completed property and a 12% effective rate on under-construction homes, per CBEC at the time. Rates have since changed.
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