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Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that damages paid under an arbitral award do not qualify as consideration for a taxable service under GST. The ruli...
Goods and Services Tax : The Punjab and Haryana High Court has prima facie held that Haryana may have lost the constitutional power to collect entry tax af...
Goods and Services Tax : The article examines whether authorities can retain a redemption fine under Section 130 after setting aside the penalty. The key t...
Goods and Services Tax : The Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime in India aims to establish a transparent and efficient indirect tax system. Despite the se...
Goods and Services Tax : This article explains the legal significance of a Show Cause Notice under GST and why it forms the foundation of adjudication proc...
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 Supreme Court permitted the appeal to be entertained without pre-deposit after noting that the appealable order predated the a...
Goods and Services Tax : The High Court held that the issue requires consideration where the show cause notice preceded the amendment. It granted interim r...
Goods and Services Tax : The issue involved rejection of a delayed revocation application for cancelled GST registration. The Telangana High Court held tha...
Goods and Services Tax : The issue involved delay in disposal of a rectification application filed against a GST order. The Telangana High Court directed t...
Goods and Services Tax : The issue was whether a taxpayer could directly invoke writ jurisdiction claiming that a GST show cause notice and order were mere...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTAT instructed scrutiny officers not to raise defects where appellants have uploaded the required documents in prescribed form. ...
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% ...
In its 34th meeting, the GST Council, in its much- awaited attempt to revamp the GST structure (or simplifying the GST framework) for the real estate sector has put across some path breaking propositions. However, we need to deliberate whether the propositions are indeed path breaking and may bring about simplicity in GST framework or it may prove to be a nightmare for the real estate sector.
CA Rajesh Bhauwala 1. What is the definition of Affordable Housing : a) A Residential House/flat of carpet area of up to 90 Sqm(968.752 sq ft) in Non metropolitan Cities/towns having value up to 45 Lacs . b) A Residential House/flat of Carpet area of up to 60Sqm(645.835 sq ft.) in Metropolitan cities/towns having value […]
Respondent cannot escape the legal obligation which was imposed upon him by Section 171 of the CGST Act, 2017, by shifting his accountability on this ground. Therefore, the above contention of the appellant cannot be accepted.
We all know that government has put enormous efforts in bringing us the compatible GST Systems in order to encourage the habit of compliance and simplify the existing compliance complications. In its first step, it brought an exhaustive reporting system of uploading the invoices where the intension is to digitalise the document process and create […]
In the 34th GST Council Meeting held on 19.03.2019, the Council has come up with the operational details for implementation of the recommendations made by it in the previous meeting. However, as on date, no official notifications have been released by the CBIC. Ongoing Projects (not completed by 31.03.2019): The promoters shall be given a […]
NEW GST RETURNS The new GST returns would be implemented on a pilot basis from April 1, 2019 and will be made mandatory from July 1, 2019 according to the decision by the GST Council. Since the new returns would be run on a pilot basis, the existing return formats (i.e. GSTR-3B) will be continued […]
Excel Utility for GST Input Tax Credit (ITC) utilization as per new Amendment applicable from 01.02.2019 The Order for utilization of ITC has been changed along with introduction of new Sections 49A & 49B under The CGST Act 2017. Utilization of input tax credit subject to certain conditions “49A. Notwithstanding anything contained in section 49, the input tax […]
Pink color represents the clarification regarding to sales promotion. If Free samples and gifts are supplied without consideration under GST, ITC of such items cannot be claimed. Also, Buy one get one, quantity discount, sales promotion etc. related clarification regarding allowance of ITC has been issued. A useful circular for taxpayers.
The GST was enabled by a Constitution Amendment which was unanimously approved by both the Houses of Parliament. Several legislations to implement the GST were passed by the Parliament. Laws relating to the State GST (SGST) were approved by all the State Legislatures.
Before analyzing the 34th GST Council meeting decisions, let us look at the key decisions of the 33rd GST Council meeting. The 33rd GST Council meeting held on 24th February 2019 proposed the rates of tax for the Construction sector being: 1. 5% without ITC on residential properties outside affordable segment 2. 1% without ITC […]
