Over 14,000 GST Appeals Pile-up Between April And June: Govt

New Delhi, Aug 8 (KNN) Over 14,000 appeals are pending in cases involving the goods and services tax between April and June this fiscal, Union Minister of State of Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said in Lok Sabha on Monday.

This is a near 20 per cent jump from 11,899 such cases pending at the end of the fiscal 2022-23.In all, the number of appeals relating to Central GST authorities has more than doubled since 2020-21 when 5,499 cases were pending. This increased further to 9,759 cases by the end of the fiscal 2021-22.

“There is no concept of amicable settlement under GST Law and the appeals are decided as per law,” Chaudhary said.
In its 49th meeting in February, the GST Council approved the setting up of GST Appellate Tribunals across the country. There are plans to establish state benches in a phased manner based on the request of states.

At its meeting in July, the Council also recommended that provisions of Finance Act, 2023, pertaining to the GST Appellate Tribunal may be notified by the Centre with effect from August 1, so that the same can be brought into operation at the earliest. Proposals for 50 state benches had been received.

While most of the state benches are expected to start functioning by the year end, a number of states such as West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh have already fast-tracked work on them.  (KNN Bureau)