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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...
Section 16(2)(aa) of CGST Act, 2017 was inserted vide Section 109 of Finance Act, 2021 applicability of which is yet to be notified. Extract of Proposed Section Section 16(2)(aa) of CGST Act, 2017 is as follows:- (aa) the details of the invoice or debit note referred to in clause (a) has been furnished by the […]
Recently circular issued -159/51/2021-GST-Clarification on doubts related to scope of ‘Intermediary’ but I failed to understand doubts cleared or continued… First of all, Definition of Intermediary –’Intermediary means a broker, an agent or any other person, by whatever name called, who arranges or facilitates the supply of goods or services or both, or securities, between […]
An analysis of the taxability of composite supply of works contract services to Government Entities In today’s world, the government of the countries are vigorously engaged in discharging its duties of ensuring welfare and development of the state as well the economy. In order to successfully achieve that, the central government, state governments, local authorities […]
Since the introduction of GST in 2017, the state and central departments have aggressively pursued assessees on the grounds of mis-match between the data reported on the GST portal under GSTR 2A and GSTR 3B. The officials have denied ITC to the assessees merely on the basis of such mis-match reports. This issue has been […]
The GST Council in its 45th meeting in Lucknow on 17 September 2021 discussed a host of issues which required taxpayers clarification at the earliest and keeping up with efforts to streamline and ease the compliance procedures with clarity, CBIC issued following 3 circulars on 20th September 2021 to give effect to the GST Council […]
A detailed analysis to pursue trends in cases of GST evasion & fraudulent ITC availment booked viz-a-viz number of SCNs issued against for the FY 2017-18 [w.e.f. July, 2017], 2018-19 & 2019-20, have been made and it is observed that in GST evasion cases booked and in the Fraudulent ITC cases booked, during the above mentioned period, SCNs have been issued only in few cases.
Vinayaga Agencies Vs Assistant Commissioner (CT) (Madras High Court) Hon’ble High Court held that the authority does not have the jurisdiction to reverse the input tax credit already availed by the assessee on the ground that the seller has not paid tax. In this case the petitioner was dealer in lubricants, purchasing lubricants from a […]
Infiniti Wholesale Limited Vs Assistant Commissioner (CT) (Madras High Court) Asstt Commissioner (CT) v. Infiniti Wholesale Ltd. [2017] 77 taxmann.com 372 (Mad.) – The Hon’ble High Court of Madras held that if the sales are not disclosed by a seller either in the monthly returns or the tax collected from the dealer is not made […]
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) on 20.09.2021 issued the following clarifications vide Circular No. 159/15/2021-GST, Circular No. 160/16/2021-GST and Circular No. 161/17/2021-GST Dated 20th September 2021 – Circular No. Title / Query / Representations Clarifications 159/15/2021-GST Clarification on doubts related to scope of “Intermediary” Definition of “intermediary” under IGST Act as […]
In re Mekorot Development & Enterprise Ltd (GST AAR Maharashtra) As per Section 23 (1) (a) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, any person engaged exclusively in the supplying of goods or services or both that are not liable to tax or wholly exempt from tax under this act or under the […]
