GST Council decides how to distribute assessees

Those registered under VAT or/and central excise, their state turnover, including inter-state transactions, will be taken into account

After deciding the basic principle of division of assessees between central and state tax authorities, the goods and services tax (GST) Council has stated how this would be done.

Earlier, the Council had decided a state would have control over 90 per cent of GST payers where turnover of businesses was up to Rs 1.5 crore a year. Over that figure, the state and central officials were to have 50:50 control. The division to be done by computer at the state level, by random choice.

Now, it has been decided that for those registered under Value Added Tax (VAT) or/and central excise,