AAP and BJP spar over GST amendment bill
Speaking in Delhi Assembly on the Delhi Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill 2025, which was introduced in the house on Thursday and passed on Friday, Gupta said the amendments aligned the Delhi GST Act with reforms passed in the central law, ensuring nationwide consistency in tax regulation. "This is a step towards simplification, transparency, and justice for taxpayers. Our aim is to promote business confidence while maintaining effective revenue governance," Gupta said.
Addressing the House, CM said the first package of 45 amendments was approved in GST Council meetings held in July 2023, Oct 2023 and June 2024, focused on extending input tax credit timelines, simplifying registration and return filing, establishing the GST Appellate Tribunal, and launching an amnesty scheme for relief on interest and penalties. She added that the second package, passed during the 55th GST Council Meeting in Dec 2024, included 14 amendments aimed at strengthening enforcement and procedural clarity—such as penalties for non-compliance in track-and-trace systems, clarified ISD credit distribution, treatment of municipal funds, and streamlined appeal processes.
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"Earlier, companies could not be traced for how much gutkha was being produced or sold. Now, with machine tracking and unique identifiers, govt will ensure full transparency," CM said. She added that the GST amnesty scheme alone led to Rs 218 crore in collections for Delhi as of 31 March, 2025, a clear sign of taxpayer responsiveness to the reforms.
Gupta slammed Atishi, who held the finance portfolio for two years in the AAP dispensation, for raising questions on amendments passed in GST Council meetings she did not attend.
She added that the former CM missed the 55th GST Council Meeting, where these reforms were approved.
Gupta highlighted that Delhi's GST and VAT collections increased to Rs 15,535 crore in just the first four months of the 2025-26 financial year, up from Rs 14,500 crore during the same period last fiscal.
The leader of the opposition in Delhi Assembly, Atishi, however, alleged that the new provisions in the Act would empower govt to demand paperwork in any format, creating anxiety and confusion among lakhs of small businesses. "On one hand,
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is harassing local traders with arbitrary compliance rules; on the other, it is offering tax sops to SEZs, which are nothing but safe havens for their industrialist friends," Atishi charged, calling the bill discriminatory and demanding its withdrawal. She said many traders came to meet her and were worried about multiple clauses in the GST amendment bill.
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