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Section 155 GST: How Much Must Buyers Prove for ITC Claims?

Goods and Services Tax : This article explains the extent of the burden of proof under Section 155 of the CGST Act. The key takeaway is that recipients mus...

June 13, 2026 510 Views 0 comment Print

Dual GST Jurisdiction: How Parallel Proceedings Are Burdening Taxpayers

Goods and Services Tax : Dual Control Without Coordination: How CGST–SGST Jurisdiction Gaps Are Trapping Taxpayers in Parallel Proceedings Overview One o...

June 13, 2026 183 Views 0 comment Print

Pre-Deposit In Penalty Only Proceedings Under GST: A Challenge To Fair Appellate Remedy

Goods and Services Tax : The debate over mandatory pre-deposit in GST penalty-only proceedings has gained momentum after the Finance Act, 2025 amendment. C...

June 13, 2026 318 Views 0 comment Print

FY 2019-20 GST Interest Notices: Can Section 50 Revive Time-Barred Proceedings?

Goods and Services Tax : The article examines whether automated interest notices for FY 2019–20 can survive after limitation under Section 73 has expired...

June 13, 2026 540 Views 0 comment Print

Madras HC Says ITC Cannot Be Denied for Missing Lorry Receipts Alone

Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that absence of lorry receipts or weighment slips, by itself, cannot justify denial of Input Tax Credit when invoic...

June 13, 2026 255 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


GST Audit Flags MSME Challenges: Key Recommendations to Improve Ease of Doing Business

Goods and Services Tax : Stakeholders identified persistent issues in GST registration, cancellations, and refund processing affecting MSMEs. The consultat...

June 13, 2026 132 Views 0 comment Print

Representation on procedural issues in filing of appeals before GSTAT

Goods and Services Tax : The Rajasthan GSTAT Bar has urged the Tribunal to adopt a pragmatic approach by accepting pre-deposits made through the Electronic...

June 11, 2026 1056 Views 0 comment Print

Haryana Tops GST Growth Rankings Due to Strong Compliance & Enforcement Drive

Goods and Services Tax : Haryana recorded the highest State GST growth rate in India at 22% in May 2026. The achievement is attributed to strong tax admini...

June 6, 2026 315 Views 0 comment Print

Issue GSTAT FAQ as Filing Procedures Continue to Cause Confusion: MGATBA

Goods and Services Tax : Practitioners are reportedly following different methods while completing GSTAT appeal forms because of inadequate guidance. The r...

June 4, 2026 3033 Views 1 comment Print

CA Certificate Format for Non-Requirement of GST Registration for Securities Trading

Goods and Services Tax : The certificate clarifies that dealing and investment in securities are outside the scope of GST. Companies engaged solely in secu...

May 22, 2026 861 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Telangana HC Grants Bail in ₹30 Crore GST Fraud Case as No Complaint Filed Despite 60 Days of Custody

Goods and Services Tax : The Telangana High Court granted bail to an accused in a Rs.30 crore fake GST ITC case after noting that no complaint had been fil...

June 14, 2026 87 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi HC Grants Interim Relief in ₹458 Crore GST Dispute to IndiGo 

Goods and Services Tax : Considering Clauses 7 and 7.1 of the 2022 Circular, the Court found that the amount in question appeared to be compensation rather...

June 14, 2026 81 Views 0 comment Print

GST Appeals Cannot Be Rejected as Time-Barred Without Proving GST Order Communication Date: Allahabad HC

Goods and Services Tax : The Allahabad High Court held that GST appellate authorities cannot dismiss appeals solely on limitation without examining the act...

June 14, 2026 81 Views 0 comment Print

P&H HC Directs Decision on GST Fraud Complaint Within One Month

Goods and Services Tax : The Punjab and Haryana High Court directed the competent authority to decide a representation alleging fraudulent GST record manip...

June 14, 2026 66 Views 0 comment Print

Karnataka HC Quashes GST Order as Authority Ignored Replies & 14 Supportings

Goods and Services Tax : The Karnataka High Court set aside a GST adjudication order after finding that the authority incorrectly stated that no reply had ...

June 14, 2026 90 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


GSTAT Mumbai Issues Notice on Operational Launch & Appeal Filing

Goods and Services Tax : GSTAT Mumbai Bench has officially commenced functioning, making it mandatory for taxpayers within its jurisdiction to file appeals...

June 12, 2026 195 Views 0 comment Print

GSTAT Committee Proposes Rule Changes to Ease Appeals

Goods and Services Tax : The Committee recommended replacing daily cause lists with weekly schedules and permitting supplementary lists when necessary. The...

June 12, 2026 306 Views 0 comment Print

GSTN Extends Timeline for ‘Ship To GSTIN’ & E-Way Bill Closure Implementation

Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has postponed the implementation of mandatory "Ship To GSTIN" capture and voluntary E-Way Bill closure to 1 August 2026. The ...

June 9, 2026 13353 Views 0 comment Print

Gross and Net GST revenue collections for the month of May, 2026

Goods and Services Tax : Gross GST collections reached ₹1.94 lakh crore in May 2026, registering 3.2% growth. The increase was driven largely by a 19.1% ...

June 1, 2026 660 Views 0 comment Print

West Bengal Clarifies E-Way Bill Requirement as Intra-State Goods Above Rs. 50000 Need Mandatory Compliance from June 2026

Goods and Services Tax : The West Bengal GST Department ruled that intra-State movement of goods related to job work remains exempt from e-way bill generat...

May 25, 2026 4770 Views 0 comment Print


HPVAT: Lump-sum payment of composite tax U/s. 16(2) cannot be equated with powers of State U/s. 62(5)

March 29, 2022 1422 Views 0 comment Print

Pooja Cotspin Limited Vs State of Himachal (Himachal Pradesh High Court) The first proviso to Section 62(5) of the Himachal Pradesh Value Added Tax Act, 2005 enables the State to issue notification and allow any dealer to avail of any incentive on tax, if such incentive has been declared by the State before the commencement […]

Free GST Software for 3 years for CA’s in Practice: An Initiative of ICAI

March 29, 2022 34206 Views 3 comments Print

Due to the increase in complexity in GST compliance and a lot of manual work related to reconciliation and reporting, GST Audit has become a very typical job for CA’s to match and reconcile every return. Practicing Chartered Accountants always need a tool that can minimize the clerical work and increase accuracy and effectiveness in the reporting and reconciliation.

GST: HC explains Inherent lack of jurisdiction or contributory error of jurisdiction

March 29, 2022 16152 Views 0 comment Print

Section 6(2)(a) of the CGST Act mandates that where any proper officer under the CGST Act issues an order, he shall also issue an order under the SGST Act or the UTGST Act as authorized under those Acts, as the case may be, under intimation to the jurisdictional officer of the State tax or the Union territory Tax. Clause (2) of sub section (2) of Section 6 of the CGST Act/UPGST Act mandates that where a proper officer under the SGST Act or the UTGST Act has initiated any proceedings on a subject-matter, no proceedings shall be initiated by the proper officer under the CGST Act on the same subject-matter.

No provision in law for lapsing of ITC available on cut-off-date of 30.06.2017

March 29, 2022 2313 Views 0 comment Print

Avatar Petro Chemicals Private Limited Vs Goods and Service Tax Council (Madras High Court) There is no provision under the provisions of the respective GST enactments for lapsing of the input tax credit and the credit availed on capital goods under the respective enactments. These credits are indefeasible. They were meant for being used for […]

GST Rating in Kerala: Tax Payer Card- Logic Document

March 29, 2022 2133 Views 0 comment Print

Tax Payer Card- Logic Document Evaluation Areas and Factors: The rating is applied only on Tax Payers having annual turnover above 1.5 Cr under Regular Tax Payer Category. Period of Data Used for calculation: The data used for calculation is from July 2017 till 01.10.2021 (which will be updated on quarterly basis). 1. Timely Filing […]

AAR cannot give ruling on issue already decided by any Authority

March 29, 2022 612 Views 0 comment Print

In re Vinit Gloves Manufacturing Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR West Bengal) In addition to the fact that the applicant has not made the application in FORM GST ARA-01 on the common portal, the first proviso to sub-section (2) of section 98 of the GST Act speaks that the Authority shall not admit the application where […]

Applicant cannot be treated as fair price shop if not supplying to ration card holders: AAR

March 29, 2022 4617 Views 0 comment Print

In re Provat Kumar Kundu (GST AAR West Bengal) We now proceed to decide whether an agent can be regarded as a fair price shop or not. It appears that a fair price shop is licensed to sell public distribution commodities against ration documents (refer: Para 2.13) i.e., a fair price shop supplies S. K. […]

AAR explains meaning of Fair Price Shop

March 29, 2022 2736 Views 0 comment Print

In re Nathmull Bhagchand Jain (GST AAR West Bengal) We find that in exercise of the power conferred by Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act 1955, the Government of West Bengal issued the West Bengal Public Distribution System (Maintenance & Control) Order, 2013 on 8th August 2013. The said order defines fair price shops […]

AAR reject application as question raised in the application was pending

March 29, 2022 660 Views 0 comment Print

Aakash Food Products Private Limited (GST AAR West Bengal) 1.1 At the outset, we would like to make it clear that the provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (the CGST Act, for short) and the West Bengal Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (the WBGST Act, for short) have the same […]

GST on design & development of patterns used for manufacturing of camshafts for Overseas Customers

March 29, 2022 5883 Views 0 comment Print

In re Precision Camshafts Limited (GST AAR Maharashtra) Question: – Whether the activity of design and development of patterns used for manufacturing of camshafts, for a customer is a composite supply, the principal supply being supply of services? Answer :- The activity of design and development of patterns used for manufacturing of camshafts, for a customer is […]

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