New Delhi: India's businesses and goods and services tax (GST) authorities at the central and state levels now have the long-awaited unified forum to resolve tax disputes. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday launched the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT), which will start hearing cases from December.

This marks a major milestone in the evolution of the indirect tax regime and its dispute resolution architecture. The tribunal will take up appeals arising from cases that are not resolved within the central and state tax authorities’ administrative ecosystem, and currently land in various high courts.

The government has appointed Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra as the president of the tribunal. Also Read | Ministerial group in favour of removing GST on health,

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