Trade, industry welcome raising of GST relief limit

Nashik | Saturday | 12th January, 2019

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The jurisdiction of the Nashik divisional office of the state GST department is also the same.There are over 91,433 businesses registered with GST, with the maximum 58,126 registered with the Nashik divisional office of the state GST while 33,307 were registered with the Nashik divisional office of the central GST. NASHIK: Trade and industry bodies have hailed the decision of GST Council to increase the exemption and composition limit of the tax, saying that it will definitely help small traders and businessmen.The GST Council decided on Thursday provided relief to trade, micro and small enterprises. It has decided to increase the GST exemption limit from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 40 lakh. Moreover, it has increased the composition scheme limit from Rs 1 crore to Rs 1.5 crore. “Demonetisation had badly hit the trade sector and it is still facing its effects to some extent..