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Goods and Services Tax : Use this 10-point checklist to identify appeal-worthy issues in a GST order. Spot procedural lapses and factual gaps quickly and e...
Goods and Services Tax : Step-by-step guide to file GST-4 annual return for composition taxpayers. Learn deadlines, penalties, and filing procedure with co...
Goods and Services Tax : Bombay HC rules GST on developer rights under a development agreement does not fall under reverse charge as per Entry 5B of Notifi...
Goods and Services Tax : Explore the legal aspects, supporting documents, Aadhaar & biometric authentication for registration under the CGST Act 2017, alon...
Goods and Services Tax : From April 1, 2025, ISD registration becomes mandatory for ITC distribution among GSTINs, replacing the cross-charge mechanism for...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN introduces Phase-III changes to GSTR-1 from April 2025 with dropdown HSN selection, tab-wise B2B/B2C reporting, and value val...
Goods and Services Tax : GST appeal challenges demand based on TDS mismatch and lack of PMT-09 functionality to transfer cash ledger between GSTINs during ...
Goods and Services Tax : Analysis of GST collection targets vs. actuals, tax evasion cases, and govt measures like e-invoicing and analytics to improve com...
Goods and Services Tax : India implements digital tax reforms, AI tools, and compliance measures. No new 5% GST on food delivery apps. Learn about tech-dri...
Goods and Services Tax : ndia's GST Council examines 5% GST on food delivery apps like Zomato, Swiggy. Restaurant services face 5% GST without input credit...
Goods and Services Tax : Kerala High Court held that college, managed by an education trust, engaged in supplying food to students through canteen is requi...
Goods and Services Tax : Allahabad HC directs U.P. State to clarify STO's power to impose GST penalty under Rule 86B and Section 129....
Goods and Services Tax : Bombay HC rules on GST applicability to developer agreements, distinguishing them from TDR/FSI transfers under Entry 5B of GST not...
Goods and Services Tax : Bombay High Court grants interim relief in GST dispute on land development rights under a revenue-sharing agreement between Nirmal...
Goods and Services Tax : Calcutta High Court allows reopening of GST portal for Shri Ashis Roychowdhury after setting aside registration revocation due to ...
Goods and Services Tax : CBIC to launch electronic clearance for personal import/export at airports. Lucknow CGST's Swachhta initiative. DRI busts Mephedro...
Goods and Services Tax : From April 2025, GSTR-1 Table-12 will be split into B2B and B2C with mandatory HSN code selection from dropdown. Manual entry will...
Goods and Services Tax : Important update on GSTR-3B Table 3.2. Starting April 2025, auto-populated inter-state supply values will be non-editable. Learn h...
Goods and Services Tax : Kerala SGST Circular 10/2025 sets officer-wise monetary limits for notices/orders under new Section 74A of GST Acts, effective now...
Goods and Services Tax : Kerala SGST assigns Section 74A functions to officers, amending Circular 5/2023 as per 53rd GST Council meeting recommendations. E...
GST which is a tax on goods & services, is expected to be rolled out from April 01, 2017. It subsumes 17 different Indirect Taxes, both at Central and State level. Basic Custom Duty on import of goods shall continue. However, there will be a levy of IGST in lieu of extant Countervailing Duty (CVD) and Special Additional Duty of Customs (SAD).
GST is pegged to be one of the biggest game changers for Indian economy, making India one unified common market. The April 1, 2017, rollout deadline for the new indirect tax regime looks tough but not impossible and both the states and Centre are ready in terms of preparedness. It will subsume all the taxes currently under the indirect tax basket, such as Central Excise Duty, Service Tax, VAT, CST, Entry Tax, and Luxury Tax and so on.
GST has received a green signal and is soon be a part of almost all day to day transactions. The first step of compliance under GST regime would be REGISTRATION under the CGST and SGST Act. A person liable to be registered shall get himself registered under the SGST Act of the respective states in which he carries on his business and also under CGST Act. Registration shall be obtained within 30 days from the date it becomes liable to be registered.
Apart from the US Presidential Elections& POK Issues, the only thing making headlines lately is Goods & Services Tax. Since the passing of Constitution Amendment Act, 101st; there have been lot of speculations in the market w.r.t. GST Law;how it will pan out,what the modalities are and most importantly how an Aam Aadmi willget impacted.
CBEC has recently issued 5 set of Draft rules on Registration, Invoice, Payment, Refund, and Return. These 5 set of rules has been approved by GST Council on its 2nd meeting held on 30th September 2016. Key Highlights of these rules are as follows:
As per the Constitution as amended, GST Council is required to be Constituted under article 279A of the Constitution which was so done by the President on 12th September, 2016 vide Notification dated 10.09.2016. New Article 279A of the Constitution was notified to come into force w.e.f. 12.09.2016 and vide Notification dated 15.09.2016, the President of India Constituted the GST Council.
In terms of section 38 of the DVAT,Act 2004 and rules made thereunder, all refund cases pertaining to the wards/zones are required to be disposed off by the concerned Ward Incharge/Zonal Incharge within the stipulated period of two months. In the wake of ever-increasing pendency of Refund cases, directions of the Hon’ble High Court and with a view to provide impetus to the disposal of Refund cases so as to put them on fast track,
As per section 2(56) of GST Act, ISD means an office of the supplier of goods and / or services which receives tax invoices issued under section 23 towards receipt of input services and issues tax invoice or such other document as prescribed for the purposes of distributing the credit of CGST (SGST in State Acts) and / or IGST paid on the said services to a supplier of taxable goods and / or services having same PAN as that of the office referred to above;
The definition has squarely covered each and every aspect which helps in establishing the fact of export of service. But the lacuna lies in the sub clause (e) which says the supplier of service and recipient of service are not merely establishments of a distinct person;
India had an internet user base of about354 million as of June 2015 and is expected to cross 500 million in 2016.Despite being the second-largest user base in world, only behind China (650 million, 48% of population), the penetration of e-commerce is low compared to markets like the United States (266 million, 84%), or France (54 M, 81%), but is growing at an unprecedented rate, adding around 6 million new entrants every month. The industry consensus is that growth is at an inflection point.
