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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...
Vikas Bansal Vs UOI (Gauhati High Court) It is found that in his statement, recorded under Section 70 of the CGST Act, the petitioner has subscribed to the statement of aforesaid Amit Kumar made before the Senior Intelligence Officer of the CGST. It has also come out from his statement that whatever coal he had […]
A person is exempted from the requirement of registration if he is engaged in supplying only those goods and services which are exempt from registration and does not supply any other goods or services. If such a person deals in any other goods or services, he will not be eligible for such exemption.
GSTR1 & GSTR 3B return to be filed for the month of September is very significant as the taxpayers can rectify the errors, to the extent permissible, made / undisclosed in the returns filed during the previous financial year. The statutory timeline for the above irregularities can be rectified in the return filed for the […]
Historical Background The Indirect Taxation Enquiry Committee constituted in 1976 by Sri L.K.Jha, recommended inter alia, converting specific rates into ad-valorem rates, rate consolidation and input tax credit i.e. Mechanism of Value Added Tax at manufacturing level (MANVAT). In principle, duty was payable on value addition. Advent of GST Before advent of GST, the most […]
What is E-way bill? ‘E-way bill’ is an abbreviation of ‘Electronic Way Bill’. From April 2018, any person dealing with the goods will somewhat be familiar with the term e-way bill. The basic intention behind the introduction of the e-way bill under GST is controlling tax evasion; tracking the movement of goods and ensuring adequate […]
Changes in GST RATES on services and Old vs New GST rates w.e.f 01.10.2021- The CBIC vide Notification No. 06/2021 Central Tax (Rate) dated September 30, 2021 has further amended Notification No. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated June 28, 2017 (“Services rate notification”), as under- 1. Wherever Section 12AA of Income Tax Act, 1961 is mentioned, […]
In the GST regime, there is uniform penalty and prosecution provision for similar type of offence that may be committed by a registered person, depending upon its severity. The word penalty is not defined in the GST Law, but as an English word it means punishment (in this case monetary as well as prosecution) given […]
INDUSTRY WISE ANALYSIS OF GST RATE NOTIFICATIONS APPLICABLE FROM 1ST OCTOBER 2021 Notification No. 06/2021 – Central Tax (Rate) 1. Works Contract Service for Charitable Organizations – GST @12% would be charged on Works Contract by way of construction, erection, commissioning, installation, completion, fitting out, repair, maintenance, renovation, or alteration of a building owned by an […]
To give effect to Recommendation of 45th GST Council meeting CBIC has issued 22 GST Rate Notifications on 30.09.2021. Notifications amends GST Rate on Services and Goods, Exempts certain services and Goods from GST, notified RCM applicability on supply of mentha oil by unregistered person to registered person and imposed Compensation Cess on Carbonated Beverages […]
Under GST law, there is a provision of deemed approval of fresh registration and amendment of registration in case the departmental officer fails to take any action on the taxpayer’s application within the prescribed period. This provision is being there in the law since the inception of GST but it was not in practical application […]
