According to recent reports, the implementation of India's new Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime may be delayed to September 2017. The government is hoping to implement the new as the GST regime from 1 April 2017, but the GST Council ({News-2016-11-07/A/2- previous coverage}) has encountered difficulties in finalizing certain issues, including how the audit and enforcement powers would be shared between the federal government (Centre) and the States.