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GST Enforcement on Autopilot: How Bonafide Buyers Are Being Crushed in Karnataka

Goods and Services Tax : The article examines alleged GST enforcement practices in Karnataka where ITC is denied based on NGTP reports and retrospective su...

June 19, 2026 3 Views 0 comment Print

Mere GSTR-1 & 3B Mismatch Cannot Automatically Trigger Section 74 Proceedings: GSTAT

Goods and Services Tax : GSTAT held that a mere mismatch between GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B does not automatically establish tax evasion or justify proceedings und...

June 19, 2026 3 Views 0 comment Print

7 Day Prior Notice Before GST Action Not a Shield Against Arrest: Delhi HC

Goods and Services Tax : Delhi HC held that directing GST Department to give seven days' prior notice before coercive action is not equivalent to blanket a...

June 19, 2026 114 Views 0 comment Print

GST Appeal Restored as Authority Ignored Assessee’s Reply on Delay

Goods and Services Tax : The Orissa High Court held that rejecting a GST appeal without considering the assessee's electronically filed explanation on dela...

June 19, 2026 114 Views 0 comment Print

Section 122 of CGST Act: Multiple Penalties, Vicarious Liability & Expanding Reach of Section 122(1A)

Goods and Services Tax : The article examines how Section 122(1A) broadens GST penalty provisions beyond taxable persons to beneficiaries and participants....

June 18, 2026 699 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Request for 3 Month extension of due date for filing of appeals before GSTAT

Goods and Services Tax : A GST Bar Association has sought a three-month extension for filing GSTAT appeals, citing procedural complexities and evolving fil...

June 17, 2026 840 Views 0 comment Print

GST Audit Flags MSME Challenges: Key Recommendations to Improve Ease of Doing Business

Goods and Services Tax : Stakeholders identified persistent issues in GST registration, cancellations, and refund processing affecting MSMEs. The consultat...

June 13, 2026 477 Views 0 comment Print

Representation on procedural issues in filing of appeals before GSTAT

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...

June 11, 2026 1257 Views 0 comment Print

Haryana Tops GST Growth Rankings Due to Strong Compliance & Enforcement Drive

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...

June 6, 2026 354 Views 0 comment Print

Issue GSTAT FAQ as Filing Procedures Continue to Cause Confusion: MGATBA

Goods and Services Tax : Practitioners are reportedly following different methods while completing GSTAT appeal forms because of inadequate guidance. The r...

June 4, 2026 3162 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


P&H HC Remands Expatriate Secondment GST Dispute for Fresh Consideration

Goods and Services Tax : The Punjab and Haryana High Court set aside the GST adjudication order on secondment of expatriate employees because relevant CBIC...

June 19, 2026 72 Views 0 comment Print

Gauhati HC Allows GST Registration Restoration as Taxpayer Offered to File Pending Returns

Goods and Services Tax : The Gauhati High Court held that a taxpayer whose GST registration was cancelled for non-filing of returns could seek restoration ...

June 19, 2026 75 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat HC Orders Bank Account Release of Director as No DRC-18 Finding Was Recorded

Goods and Services Tax : The Gujarat High Court directed release of the petitioner's attached bank accounts after the State admitted that no findings under...

June 19, 2026 84 Views 0 comment Print

Madras HC Quashes GST Assessment as Order Was Issued Before Response Deadline

Goods and Services Tax : The Madras High Court set aside a GST assessment order that was issued before the expiry of the time granted for responding to a r...

June 18, 2026 141 Views 0 comment Print

GST Assessment Quashed as Portal-Only Notices Were Held Ineffective: Madras HC

Goods and Services Tax : The Madras High Court set aside a GST assessment after finding that repeated notices uploaded only on the GST portal did not provi...

June 18, 2026 138 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


GSTN Updates e-Invoice & e-Way Bill APIs: Ship-to GSTIN Mandatory, Voluntary EWB Closure

Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has made Ship-to GSTIN conditionally mandatory in specified e-Invoice and e-Way Bill workflows. The change introduces stricte...

June 17, 2026 2742 Views 0 comment Print

Haryana Mandates Postal Intimation of GST Notices

Goods and Services Tax : Haryana has directed officers to send GST show cause notices and demand orders by registered or speed post in addition to portal-b...

June 17, 2026 234 Views 0 comment Print

GSTAT Bars Defect Flags on Valid Appeal Documents to Ease Initial Portal Compliance

Goods and Services Tax : GSTAT instructed scrutiny officers not to raise defects where appellants have uploaded the required documents in prescribed form. ...

June 15, 2026 282 Views 0 comment Print

GSTAT Mumbai Issues Notice on Operational Launch & Appeal Filing

Goods and Services Tax : GSTAT Mumbai Bench has officially commenced functioning, making it mandatory for taxpayers within its jurisdiction to file appeals...

June 12, 2026 438 Views 0 comment Print

GSTAT Committee Proposes Rule Changes to Ease Appeals

Goods and Services Tax : The Committee recommended replacing daily cause lists with weekly schedules and permitting supplementary lists when necessary. The...

June 12, 2026 480 Views 0 comment Print


Transfer of right to use of any goods for any purpose is liable to GST

September 26, 2018 13275 Views 0 comment Print

In re M/s. Abbott Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR Kerala) The placement of specified medical instruments to unrelated customers like hospitals, labs etc, for their use without any consideration, against an agreement containing minimum purchase obligation of products like reagents, calibrators, disposals etc for a specific period constitute composite supply. The principal supply is the […]

Supply of works contracts awarded by Govt attracts 12% GST: AAR

September 26, 2018 27678 Views 2 comments Print

i) Supply of works contracts awarded by Government attracts 12% GST. ii) Supply of works contracts awarded by the Central University of Kerala attracts 12% GST. and iii) Supply of work awarded by M/s. HLL Infra Tech Services Ltd. for the construction of Biotech lab and administrative block at Life Science Park, Trivandrum attracts 18% GST.

GST on Supply of food in canteens of office, factory & colleges on contractual basis

September 26, 2018 34464 Views 2 comments Print

In the instant case, principal supply being supply of food i.e. outdoor catering service, and transportation is ancillary, the whole transaction attracts 18% GST being highest rate of tax compared to tax on transportation service. Therefore, the applicant needs to discharge GST on the gross amount (cost of Food + cost of Transportation ) at the rate of 18% i.e., GST rate of outdoor catering service.

GST Input tax paid on purchase of goods used for demonstration purpose

September 26, 2018 6303 Views 0 comment Print

Input tax paid on purchase of goods used for demonstration purpose to customer can be availed as input tax credit on capital goods and set off against output tax payable under GST

GST on Agricultural Soil testing Minilab and its Reagent Refills

September 26, 2018 4962 Views 0 comment Print

In re Nagarjuna Agro Chemicals Private Limited (GST AAAR Telangana) (i) The Refill Reagents, said to be chemicals/chemical substances, however, as supplied to the customers, have no identity whatsoever by any specific name, description or contents etc., so as to show their actual nature / composition. Their only identity is in terms of the SI. […]

FAQ’s on TDS Under GST

September 26, 2018 37944 Views 7 comments Print

Who is required to deduct the TDS under GST (i.e. who is the deductor) ? As per Sec. 51(1) of the CGST Act, 2017 read with Notification No. 50/2018 – Central Tax dated September 13, 2018, following persons are required to deduct the tax:

Recipe of Annual GST Return (GSTR 9)

September 26, 2018 80592 Views 6 comments Print

Under GST normal registered taxpayer is required to file an annual return (GSTR 9) once in a financial year on or before the 31st December following the end of such financial year. Annual Return is not for rectification of errors, but it is summarisation of all returns filed pertaining to the transaction from period 01/07/17 […]

AAR on classification of EPC Contract for electrical cable supply & laying work

September 25, 2018 3843 Views 0 comment Print

In re Yogiraj Powertech Private Limited (GST AAR Maharastra) Question 1. :- Whether EPC Contract for electrical cable supply and laying work can be classified as contract for building, construction, fabrication, completion, erection, installation, fitting out, improvement, modification, repair, maintenance, renovation, alteration or commissioning of immovable property wherein transfer of property in goods (whether as goods […]

GST on Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing Works activities as composite supply of works contract

September 25, 2018 40527 Views 0 comment Print

Whether MEP activities (Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing Works) undertaken by the applicant falls within the definition of composite supply of works contract as defined under Section 2(119) of CGST Act??

GST on supply of food to employees for consideration in Canteen run by Company

September 25, 2018 16908 Views 1 comment Print

The supply of food items to the employees for consideration in the canteen run by the appellant company would come under the definition of ‘supply’ and would be taxable under GST.

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