Minutes of the 37th GST Council Meeting held on 20th September, 2019

GST Council: extensions and return waivers, ITC cap for unmatched invoices, new return rollout, e way and rate rationalisation.

The Council received the XV Finance Commission's address on revenue buoyancy, compliance gaps and compensation cess shortfalls and agreed to a consultative mechanism; approved deemed ratification of recent Central/State notifications; adopted Law Committee recommendations including retrospective recognition of GSTR 3B as a return, waiver/optional filing of specified annual returns for small/composition taxpayers, and restrictions on ITC where supplier details are not uploaded (cap at 20%); extended existing return timelines and set new return rollout from 01 April 2020; approved multiple fitment rate changes (notably hotel/catering and wet grinders), constituted GoMs on IGST settlement and e way issues for gold, and advanced IT reforms including Aadhaar e KYC, e invoicing trials, RFID FASTag integration and single authority refunds.