Self-service BoE retrieval functionality: webinars explain how taxpayers can fetch missing Bill of Entry details into GSTR-2A.
Self-service functionality enabling taxpayers to fetch missing Bill of Entry (BoE) details from ICEGATE for population in Form GSTR-2A is available on the GST Portal. GSTN is conducting multilingual webinars to demonstrate the BoE fetching process, answer live queries via YouTube live chat/comments, and will archive recordings on its dedicated YouTube channel for later viewing.

Bill of Entry retrieval lets taxpayers fetch missing import records from ICEGATE into the GST portal for GSTR-2A reconciliation.
On-demand retrieval allows taxpayers to fetch missing Bill of Entry details from ICEGATE into the GST portal when records do not auto-populate in GSTR-2A after the two-day update period. Users enter Port Code, BoE Number, BoE Date and Reference Date, then trigger QUERY ICEGATE; query history and status appear about thirty minutes later. Retrieved fields for IMPG and IMPGSEZ records include period for GSTR-2A, Reference Date, BoE identifiers, taxable value and tax amount, with IMPGSEZ also showing supplier GSTIN and trade name. Taxpayers must verify details and may raise helpdesk tickets with specified information if problems occur.

GST rate concessions and exemptions for specified medicines and goods, plus procedural reforms to streamline compliance and refunds.
The Council recommended targeted GST rate changes and exemptions for specified medicines, goods and services, including nil IGST on certain personal use imported orphan drugs and concessional rates for COVID 19 treatments; reclassification and re rating of several goods; introduction of reverse charge and export against LUT requirements for mentha oil; a special composition scheme for brick kilns; service sector parity adjustments and new e commerce tax liabilities; clarifications on classification and refund scope; procedural relaxations for ITC 04 filings and retrospective interest amendment; and compliance streamlining measures, while establishing two GoMs to study inverted duty correction and technology based compliance enhancements.

GST Council meeting outcomes announced by the Finance Minister, providing regulatory guidance on GST administration and implementation.
Chairing the GST Council, the Finance Minister presented the Council's regulatory outcomes and policy guidance on the administration of the Goods and Services Tax and communicated operative decisions to the public via a media conference, serving as an official press release summarising the Council's conclusions and implementation directions.

E-way bill requirement for service-led supplies: generate EWB when goods accompany a service using HSN and SAC codes.
Advisory explains that the E-way bill obligation under Rule 138 applies to movement of goods, not pure service supplies; no EWB is required where only services and no goods move. Where services involve movement of goods, taxpayers should generate an E-way bill by entering the goods HSN code along with the Service Accounting Code on the portal.

Fake input tax credit racket triggers arrests and criminal prosecution under GST law provisions for invoice fraud.
A criminal scheme generated and circulated fraudulent input tax credit using at least thirteen fictitious firms created on forged documents; a creator, a commission agent and a chartered accountant coordinated transfers from established firms to fake firms and then to a private company, from which cash was withdrawn and returned after commission deductions, resulting in a recorded fraudulent ITC of about Rs. 121 crore and arrests under GST penal provisions with investigations ongoing.

GST revenue recovery signals economic rebound as monthly collections and settlements rise after pandemic slowdown.
Gross GST revenue for August 2021 totaled Rs. 1,12,020 crore, comprising CGST, SGST, IGST (including import receipts) and cess; regular IGST settlements and an equal ad hoc IGST distribution between Centre and States/UTs produced consolidated post settlement CGST and SGST totals. The release highlights year on year and pre pandemic growth in collections, attributes the rebound to economic recovery and anti evasion measures, and provides a state wise table of monthly GST collection growth, excluding GST on import of goods.