Grievance Redressal Officers have been notified under the provisions of the E-way Bill Rules and they are required to provide prompt support to the trade and industry, including transporters. All Zones may hold outreach programmes to sensitize the trade and industry to enable smooth operation of the E-way Bill scheme....

The Advisory No. 1 was issued vide OM dated 4.6.2018 in respect of GST Refunds which are sanctioned by the field CGST Commissionerates and are processed manually for payment by the field Pay & accounts Offices through PFMS Portal. Certain practical difficulties have been reported to be faced by the field Commissionerates in respect of GST...

It has been observed that several Tax Payers are coming to the Department with complaint/information that there Registration Number is showing inactive on GSTN Common Portal and therefore they are unable to log in and file their due returns....

As a measure of Tax payer facilitation and to reduce tax litigations, the threshold monetary limits for filing Departmental Appeals in Central Excise and Service Tax cases have been enhanced ...

Generation of e-waybill under the West Bengal Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 for an intra-State movement of goods is exempted where such goods are being sent to a job-worker for job work as defined under clause (68) of section 2 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017/ the West Bengal Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 or are be...

CBIC increases appeal filing limit Substantially and new limit for filing appeal with various Appellate Forum is as follows :- CESTAT Rs. 20,00,000/‑, High Courts Rs. 50,00,000/‑ and Supreme Court Rs. 1,00,00,000/-. F.No.390/Misc./116/2017-JC Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (Judi...

My congratulations to all officers and staff for making it a grand success. It should mark the beginning of another year dedicated to making GST more tax-payer friendly, streamlining procedures and improving compliance....

CBIC amends Rule 125, 129, 130,131 and 132 and renamed ‘Directorate General of Safeguards’ as ‘Directorate General of Anti-profiteering’ under Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 vide Notification No. 29/2018–Central Tax dated 6th July, 2018....

Composite Supply of Works Contract Service by the EPC contractors to OPTCL will be taxable @ 12% if it falls under Serial No. 3(vi) of the updated version of the Notification dated 28.06.2017. But if it does not fall under Serial No. 3(vi), it will fall under the residual entry at Serial No. 3(xii) and will be taxable @ 18%....

It must be the endeavor of the Department to avoid any adverse orders/strictures and all measures necessary to efficaciously defend GST related petitions in High Court (s) be taken under your respective jurisdiction....