The 49th GST Council Meeting was held on February 18, 2023 in New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. This meeting is being conducted within a span of three weeks from the Union Budget 2023. The GST Council has inter-alia made the recommendation to extend the dispensation available to the Central Government, State Governments, Parliament and State Legislatures with regard to payment of GST under the Reverse Charge Mechanism (“RCM”) to the Courts and Tribunals also in respect of taxable services supplied by them such as renting of premises to telecommunication companies for installation of towers, renting of the chamber to lawyers, etc.
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