‘Portronics Digital’ guilty of not passing ITC benefit on Power Bank: NAA

Rahul Sharma Vs Portronics Digital Pvt. Ltd. (NAA) Central Government, on recommendation of GST Council vide Notification No. 24/2018-Central Tax (Rate) dated 31.12.2018 had reduced the GST rate on Power Bank from 28% to 18% w.e.f. 01.01.2019. Therefore, the Respondent is liable to pass on the benefit of the above tax rate reduction to his customers in terms of Section 171 (1) of the above Act. It is also apparent that the DGAP has carried out the present investigation w.e.f. 01.01.2019 to 31.03.2019. It is also evident that the Respondent has used various channels/segment viz. Retail. Corpora...