HC dismissed the applicability of Circular in a petition challenging the conduct of alleged parallel investigation by various jurisdictional authorities and affirmed the investigations conducted various jurisdictional authorities of the Revenue Department into entities having common nexus. Held that, Circular cannot be extended to cover all and myriad situations that may arise in the administration and the functioning of the GST structure.
The order dated 23.03.2020 is restored and in continuation of the subsequent orders dated 08.03.2021, 27.04.2021 and 23.09.2021, it is directed that the period from 15.03.2020 till 28.02.2022 shall stand excluded for the purposes of limitation as may be prescribed under any general or special laws in respect of all judicial or quasijudicial proceedings.
CESTAT held that, right to claim Service Tax refund cannot be denied merely on account of procedural lapse of filing TRAN-1 before December 27, 2017.
HC set aside the rejection of application of GST registration on the ground that, if for the purpose of proof of business ownership there is an option to furnish either house tax receipts or electricity bill receipts, then application cannot be rejected on the basis of non-compliance if receipt of electricity bills are not furnished.
Export Oriented Unit (EOU) is not entitled to claim refund of Terminal Excise Duty (TED) on its own, however, adds a caveat that EOU may avail of the entitlements of Domestic Tariff Area (DTA) supplier specified in Chapter 8 of Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) on condition that it will not pass on that benefit back to DTA supplier later on.
The Ministry of Finance vide Press Release dated December 31, 2021 stated that the GST Council’s 46th meeting held on December 31, 2021 under the chairmanship of the Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman. The GST Council has recommended to defer the decision to change the rates in textiles recommended in the […]
HC held that the IT Department is not entitled to issue notice against the Corporate Debtor for unpaid tax claims after the approval of the resolution plan by the adjudicating authority.
In re Handloom Weavers Cooperative Society Ltd. (GST AAR Tamilnadu) GST not leviable on handling charges of PDS distribution of Dhothies & Sarees/ School Uniforms to state government The AAR, Tamilnadu in the matter of M/S. Handloom Weavers Cooperative Society Ltd. [Advance Ruling No. TN/47/ARA/2021 dated December 30, 2021] held that, the services rendered by […]
Certain changes in Goods Exemption Notification from January 01, 2022 to align it with HS 2022 Background: Earlier, the CBIC issued Notification No. 2/2017 Central Tax (Rate) dated June 28, 2017 (Goods Exemption Notification) in order to notify the exemption on certain supply of goods mentioned therein. Further, the new (seventh) edition of the Harmonized […]
Changes in Compensation Cess Rate Notification w.r.t. supply of certain goods from January 01, 2022 to align it with HS 2022 Background: Earlier, the CBIC issued Notification No. 1/2017-Compensation Cess (Rate) dated June 28, 2017 (Compensation Cess Rate Notification) in order to notify the rate of GST compensation cess to be levied on the intra-State […]
