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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...
Goods and Services Tax : Dual Control Without Coordination: How CGST–SGST Jurisdiction Gaps Are Trapping Taxpayers in Parallel Proceedings Overview One o...
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...
Goods and Services Tax : The article examines whether automated interest notices for FY 2019–20 can survive after limitation under Section 73 has expired...
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...
Goods and Services Tax : Stakeholders identified persistent issues in GST registration, cancellations, and refund processing affecting MSMEs. The consultat...
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...
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...
Goods and Services Tax : Practitioners are reportedly following different methods while completing GSTAT appeal forms because of inadequate guidance. The r...
Goods and Services Tax : The certificate clarifies that dealing and investment in securities are outside the scope of GST. Companies engaged solely in secu...
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...
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...
Goods and Services Tax : The Allahabad High Court held that GST appellate authorities cannot dismiss appeals solely on limitation without examining the act...
Goods and Services Tax : The Punjab and Haryana High Court directed the competent authority to decide a representation alleging fraudulent GST record manip...
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 ...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTAT Mumbai Bench has officially commenced functioning, making it mandatory for taxpayers within its jurisdiction to file appeals...
Goods and Services Tax : The Committee recommended replacing daily cause lists with weekly schedules and permitting supplementary lists when necessary. The...
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 ...
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% ...
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...
The proper officer may scrutinize the returns and related particulars furnished by a registered person to verify the correctness of the returns filed. Specific instances have come to the notice wherein proper procedures have apparently not been followed during the scrutiny of returns and thenceforth actions.
Presently, the scrutiny of annual returns for the year 2017-18 is being done. Since defect notices are given after a larger time span, the defects perpetually get accumulated. The dealers will find it challenging to remit the consequent taxes, penalties, and interest being substantially larger amounts. The tax compliance mechanism will thus get much complicated, and the dealers forced to pursue long-driven litigation.
In this article, I will express my own views on the Goods and Services Tax Council constituted by the President of India under Article 279A of the Constitution. 1. Creation of GST Council.─ Clause (1) of Article 279A of the Indian Constitution provides that the President shall, within sixty days from the date of commencement […]
Section 70 empowers the proper officer to summon any person whose attendance he considers necessary either to give evidence or produce document or any other thing. The power is exercisable only by the proper officer as specified.
Under the GST provisions there is no such mechanism which allows the taxpayer to adjust the tax amount paid under the wrong head with the correct head. For example, in case the taxpayer paid tax under the CGST and SGST but later it was found tax was to be paid under the IGST, then the […]
In a first of its kind judgement in Kerala, a Single Bench of the High Court of Kerala presided over by Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas held that applying under an amnesty scheme will not render the appeal filed by an assessee to be deemed to be dismissed.
In re Hitech Print Systems Limited (GST AAR Telangana) 1. Exam related printing activity rendered by the Appellant: A. Whether printing of pre-examination material items like Question Papers, OMR Sheets [Optical Mark Reading], Answer Booklets with/without OMR, Practical Answer Booklets, Hall Tickets and other examination material specific to various educational boards/Universities amounts to provision of […]
In re Medha Servo Drives Private Limited (GST AAR Telangana) The applicant Medha Servo Drives are manufacturers of electronics equipments for locomotives and coaches for Indian Railways and Metro Railways. They have submitted that they have entered into contract with south central railway for design, supply, installing, testing & commissioning of train collision avoidance system […]
In Re M/s. Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Limited (GST AAR Telangana) In the present case as the DGGI, Hyderabad has conducted search of the premises of the applicant under Chapter-XIV of the CGST Act, 2017. It was addressed by the authority to ascertain whether any proceeding is pending before them regarding the questions raised by […]
Except of absence of ‘Natural Justice Principle violation, there is no other exception that arose in the case on hand, therefore, it was a fit case to relegate assessee to alternate remedy by way of statutory appeal under Section 107 of TNGST Act and CGST Act.
