India to Ease Sales Tax Compliance, Not Extend Deadlines (1)

The Indian government will try to make it easier for businesses to comply with national sales tax filings in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, but it isn’t looking to extend compliance deadlines further, a top official said.

At the same time, the government isn’t planning to raise sales tax, or GST, rates, Yogendra Garg, commissioner for GST policy at the Department of Revenue, told Bloomberg Tax on Thursday.

The agenda for the June meeting of the GST Council, which regulates policy concerning the tax, isn’t final yet, Garg said, “but we’ll be looking for ways to make life ...