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57th GST Council Meeting: No New Rates, Everything Else Changed

The 8 October 2026 Council left every rate alone and rewrote enforcement, refunds, returns and registration instead: arrest powers withdrawn, prosecution from ₹5 crore, no notices under ₹10,000, auto-sanctioned refunds, ITC refunds on input services from 1 Nov 2026 and capital goods from April 2027. What changes, when, and what to do now.

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9 min read · October 24, 2026

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