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GST Council Meeting Oct 2026: List of decisions taken - Arrest, prosecution, general penalty and more

The GST Council on Thursday cleared a major set of changes to GST administration, including ending the power of GST officers to arrest taxpayers, increasing the criminal prosecution threshold to ₹5 crore, reducing the general penalty to ₹10,000 and speeding up refunds for most claims. The Council also approved simpler GST registration for small suppliers ope

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Doña Ana County woman gets 9 years after guilty plea in burglary, stolen property cases

During questioning, Cabrales admitted she and her accomplice had broken into additional units at another storage facility days earlier, authorities said. Deputies later recovered stolen firearms, jewelry, collectibles, money, power tools and electronics. Cabrales was also wanted in a separate case involving about $16,000 in stolen coins.

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GST Council Meeting Oct 2026: List of decisions taken - Arrest, prosecution, general penalty and more

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Doña Ana County woman gets 9 years after guilty plea in burglary, stolen property cases

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