The CENVAT credit of service tax paid under section 66B of the Finance Act, 1994 was available as transitional credit under section 140(1) of the CGST Act and that legal position has not changed due to amendment of section 140(1) on account of following reasons:
THE AADHAAR AND OTHER LAWS (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2018 A BILL to amend the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 and further to amend the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 and the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002.
GST Council has made several recommendations related to GST Rate Reduction on Good and Services, Late Return Filing Fees Waiver, Extension of Due date of GST Return Filing, Simplification of Annual GST Return and to provide clarification related to GST on Various Services in its 31st GST Council Meeting held on 22nd December 2018. To […]
GST is presently being paid by Apartment Owners’ Associations on the monthly contributions collected and not on the value of services actually provided which is an anomaly and according to the author not as per the GST Act. . Registered AOAs unless they ar e NPOs cannot obtain the benefit of Sl No 70 of exemption notification No 12/2017. AOAs are not taking full benefit of the exemption in view of lack of clarity. There are challenges in billing and collection when AOAs have units which are both taxable and exempt. Associations registered under the Karnataka Apartment Ownership Act,1972 can follow a different system for billing and collection of monthly contributions to help in minimising the issues in GST compliance.
The Ministry of Culture has introduced a Central Sector financial assistance scheme called the„ SEVA BHOJ YOJNA‟ for the reimbursement of GST paid on the purchase of certain raw food items such as ghee, edible oil, atta/ maida/rava/flour and pulses used for distributing free food to general public/devotee by charitable/religious institutions like Gurudwaras, temples, Dharmik Ashrams, Mosques, Dargahs, Churches, Math, Monasteries, etc.
In a recent article in the leading national daily, it was brought to our notice that the hospitals are getting GST notices for implants and the details of medicines and implants supplied to IPD (hospital in patient care) were being sought from these hospitals. One wonders that when health care services are exempt, the intention of the taxmen to levy GST on medicines and implants used on patients would lead to a long drawn court battle. This article focuses on the taxability or otherwise of GST on healthcare services.
CBIC Circular No. 01/2019-Customs deals with Errors related IGST Export Refunds and resolves issues in IGST Export Refunds due to (i) Online filing of both local and Gateway EGM not being done on time by the concerned stakeholders. (ii) Mismatch in local and gateway EGM details wherever both are filed online. and (iii) Non-filing of stuffing […]
The total gross GST revenue collected in the month of December, 2018 is Rs. 94,726 crore of which CGST is Rs. 16,442 crore, SGST is Rs. 22,459 crore, IGST is Rs. 47,936 crore (including Rs. 23,635 crore collected on imports) and Cess is Rs. 7,888 crore (including Rs. 838 crore collected on imports). The total number of GSTR 3B Returns filed for the month of November up to 31st December, 2018 is 72.44 lakh.
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) has recently established an Export Promotion Cell with an aim to create a sustainable ecosystem for entire MSME development.The benefits likely to accrue to the MSMEs are:
ICAI President’s Message for January 2019 covering Polling at ICAI Elections Successfully Concluded, ICAI Initiatives Acknowledged at SAFA Board Meeting, Recent Developments in GST, GST Account Assistant Scheme , ICAI Signs MoU with IIMA, Annual AOSSG Meeting in Singapore, Ireland (Dublin) Chapter to be Opened, Guidance on Resignation/Withdrawal Issued, New Standards on Internal Audit Issued, […]
