财务部长尼尔莫拉·西塔拉曼纳（Nirmala Sitharaman）在GST委员会会议召开之前，概述了政府在下一阶段货物和服务税（GST）改革方面的立场。
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has outlined the government’s case for the next phase of Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms, ahead of the GST Council meeting.
在一篇文章中，西塔拉曼纳表示，拟议中的流程改革将聚焦注册、退税、退款、纠纷解决以及进项税信贷流转等领域，旨在降低纳税人的合规时间和成本。
In an article, Sitharaman said the proposed process reforms would focus on areas including registration, returns, refunds, dispute resolution and the flow of input tax credit, with the aim of reducing the time and cost of compliance for taxpayers.
据财务部消息人士透露，GST委员会将于每年仅考虑一次税率变更 proposals，此后所有GST税率变更将自每年4月1日（即财年开始之日）起执行。
The GST Council will take up any proposal for tax rate changes only once a year and henceforth, all GST rate changes will be implemented from April 1 the beginning of a fiscal year, Finance Ministry sources said, as per PTI report.
据PTI报道，财务部消息人士表示，关于取消GST官员逮捕权的 proposal 基于“信任纳税人”的原则，并指出，除印度的印杂税法外，任何其他税法中均从未设有此类逮捕权，因此各州政府也会看到取消这一权力的好处。
The proposal before the GST Council to do away with the arrest powers of GST officers is based on the principle of ‘trust the taxpayer’ and states too would see virtue in scrapping this power which was never there in any other tax law, except excise, Finance Ministry sources said, as reported by PTI.
中央间接税和海关委员会（CBIC）正在推进一项集中评估系统，适用于中央GST管辖范围内的纳税人。在这一系统下，税务通知、听证会和决定将通过一个国家统一平台处理，而非通过各个分支机构分别处理。
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) is working towards a centralised assessment system for taxpayersed under central GST jurisdiction wherein tax notices, hearings and orders would be dealt with on one national platform rather than through individual formations.
在GST委员会会议召开之前，IT行业团体Nasscom已提出两项悬而未决的问题：即海外分支机构提供的服务的税务处理问题，以及在印度对海外客户提供的原型进行研发的税务问题。
Ahead of the GST Council meeting, ITITES industry body Nasscom has flagged two outstanding issues on services exports the treatment of services supplied through branches abroad, and R&D done in India on prototypes provided by overseas customers.
在10月8日的GST委员会会议召开之前，税务专家呼吁进行改革，以简化合规流程、解决进项税信贷纠纷，并澄清逮捕权的相关规定。
Ahead of the GST Council meeting on October 8, tax experts urge reforms to simplify compliance, resolve input tax credit disputes, and clarify arrest powers.