GST Council to look at solutions to turf war

The parameters on which the assessees will be chosen would be in-built in computer software

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council will look at a slew of options to iron out the differences between states and the Centre over administrative control over assessees.

The next meeting of the GST Council is scheduled on December 22 and 23. Disagreement over this issue is threatening to derail the indirect tax reform, which the government plans to roll out from April 1 next year. One of the options that the Council will look at is the random choosing and division of five per cent assessees between the Centre and the states, using a computer programme.

  

The parameters on