GST Council meet on 21 June to focus on checking tax evasion

NEW DELHI:  Goods and Services Tax Council , the federal indirect tax body, is set to take several decisions to curb  tax evasion in its first meeting to be chaired by new finance minister  Nirmala Sitharaman on 21 June. The government plans to increase scrutiny on businesses amid lower-than-expected GST collections after handholding them through the first two years of the tax refor…