Providing basic Education is a constitutional obligation of Government therefore by taxing education, this fundamental right for education is violated. Not just that, there would be disparity in society with respect to education between rich and poor if it is made costlier. However, we cannot deny the fact that education has been commercialised in the […]
Time of supply determines when the tax liability arises. Section 12 to 14 of CGST Act 2017 deals with time of supply provisions. Time of supply is different for goods and for services and it depends on different aspects to determine time of supply. General rule is time of supply is earlier of date of […]
We are going through the impact of Covid-19 pandemic all over the world and no less in India. Government is making its best efforts to fight the situation however it is responsibility of every citizen to support in their own way. Many Citizens and business houses has jumped into this fight already by providing food, […]
Section 16 of IGST Act 2017 deals with Refund and Rule 89 explains the procedural and calculation of Refund. Sub rule (4) of Rule 89 explains the formula for calculation of Refund under Zero rated supplies without payment of tax. The formula for calculation of refund under Zero rated supply without payment of tax is […]
CBEC has issued Circular No. 135/05/2020-GST dated 31/03/2020 clarifying certain confusions under refund of GST. The summary of same reproduced below: 1. Bunching of refund claims across Financial Years: Vide circular No 125/44/2019-GST dated 18.11.2019, claiming refund by bunching across different Financial years was restricted. As per this circular, clubbing was possible only within the […]
Under section 16 of IGST Act 2017, exports are considered as zero rated supplies. Zero rated supplies means where the GST burden on both inputs and outputs is zero. This is mainly to make Indian Goods and Services competitive in the international market. GST Act has prescribed ways to achieve this mainly. 1. Export of […]
For Exporter, refund of GST is available under Section 54 of CGST and SGST Act. Refund is available in following cases 1) IGST paid on Zero rated supplies 2) Tax paid on inputs for Zero rated supplies (Export supplies) 3) Inverted Duty Structure 4) If taxable person has paid excess tax by mistake 5) Excess […]
In recent times, we have witnessed a lot of cancellation of GST registrations by the Department due to taxpayers not complying with law by not filing the GST returns and payment of liability. GST being a new tax regime, small taxpayers are still trying to understand the law and importance of complying with law. The […]
However, due to lock down in most of the states, these year end activities were not undertaken by most of the Companies. In such situation, looking into the extension of Financial year would have helped or easing of some of these compliances. Further with 21 days lock down announced by Prime Minister, makes it clear that we do not have much options. Hope the same may come out as an announcement soon.
GST on security services was applicable from 1st of July 2017 on forward charge but it has been brought under Reverse Charge Mechanism(RCM) from 1st January 2019 based on Notification No. 29/2018- Central Tax (Rate), dated 31st December, 2018
