1. An employer may be providing certain facilities (e.g. transportation, canteen, etc.) to its employees as part of the employment contract. For the sake of maintaining accountability, the employer may also be recovering a certain portion of the cost incurred from the salaries payable to the said employees. Now the following issues will arise in […]
1. Whether GST shall be levied at 12% or 18% on the supply of sanitizers has been in debate in the recent weeks. Ministry of Finance came out with a press release dated 15.07.2020 stating that ‘hand sanitizers attract GST at the rate of 18%’. The said Press Release classifies the sanitizers in the category […]
A registered person under GST may seek cancellation of the registration for numerous reasons including the closure of business or the turnover falling below the threshold limits. Now on the date of such cancellation, the concerned person may have goods in stocks as well as even capital goods.
Article discusses ITC provisions contained u/s 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 of the CGST Act, 2017. Sec. 17 provides for various restrictions in the form of apportionment of credits and blocked credits.
1. While transitioning from the previous taxation regime to the new GST regime, eligible taxes paid in the previous regime were allowed as transitional credits under GST. It was intended to lower the cascading effect and preserve the vested credits. Sec. 140 of the CGST Act, 2017 along with Rule 117 contains the provisions related […]
1. Notification No. 31/2020 – Central Tax dt. 03.04.2020 has been issued providing for relief in terms of interest due to COVID – 19 for the tax periods from February 2020 to April 2020. Relief in a nutshell is as under: Registered Person having Aggregate Turnover of the previous FY Period If the tax is […]
1. The guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Government of India vide order no. 40-3/2020-DM-I(A) dated 15.04.2020 amongst other things specifies that all industrial and commercial establishments, work places, offices, etc. shall be required to obtain medical insurance for the workers mandatorily before starting their operations after the lockdown (refer para 21 […]
Who would not want to claim the input tax credit (ITC)? ITC reduces the cost of producing/supplying goods/services and thereby reduces the cascading effects. ITC also makes the businesses competitive globally by ensuring that only goods/services are exported and not taxes as part of the cost.
Second & third proviso to Section 16(2), of the Central Goods & Services Tax (CGST) Act, 2017 provides for reversal and reavailment of ITC on account of non-payment. Same is reproduced below for ready reference: Second Proviso to Section 16(2) :- “Provided further that where a recipient fails to pay to the supplier of goods […]
1. The basic design of GST postulates that the input tax credit (ITC) shall be seamlessly granted to the registered businesses to avoid the cascading effect of tax and also to ensure that the entire tax burden is transparently transferred to the end consumer. Said design also found mention in the Statement of Objects and […]
