GST Council defers decision on tax on real estate; extends deadline for sales returns

The  GST Council has deferred a decision on tax rates on  real estate and lottery till Sunday, and extended the deadline for businesses to file  sales returns for January till Friday. Briefing reporters after a meeting of the GST Council on Wednesday, Finance Minister  Arun Jaitley said, because of the rush of filing of returns, the due date has been extended till February 22 f…