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Goods and Services Tax : GST appeal filing deadline is 3 calendar months plus 1 month condonation. Revenue's 90+30 days approach is incorrect as per judici...
Goods and Services Tax : Bombay HC ruled that an SCN cannot be issued without considering the reply to a pre-consultation notice, emphasizing procedural fa...
Goods and Services Tax : From April 2025, ISD registration becomes mandatory for distributing ITC under GST. Learn about key changes, compliance, and chall...
Goods and Services Tax : Find the GST SPL-02 letter format for the GST Amnesty Scheme 2024, including DRC-03 payment details and interest relief requests u...
Goods and Services Tax : Under GST law, authorities cannot seize cash or valuables unless linked to tax evasion. Recent court rulings confirm such seizures...
Goods and Services Tax : The government has introduced measures to ease GST compliance for MSMEs, including higher thresholds, simplified returns, and digi...
Goods and Services Tax : The government reviews GST rate rationalization and tax slab changes while expanding digital banking and financial inclusion effor...
Goods and Services Tax : The government addresses concerns over GST hike on agricultural pump-sets, its impact on sales, and input tax credit refunds based...
Goods and Services Tax : The government awaits GST Council recommendations on Jeevan Rakshak life insurance GST reduction. No proposal exists for additiona...
Goods and Services Tax : The Indian government addresses GST reduction on health insurance, anti-profiteering measures, and revenue impact, awaiting GST Co...
Goods and Services Tax : Madras High Court dismisses Ragem Motors' writ petition on GST demand for non-taxable receipts, citing availability of statutory r...
Goods and Services Tax : Madras High Court addresses GST registration cancellation for non-filing. Details on compliance and court-ordered revival conditio...
Goods and Services Tax : Chhattisgarh High Court dismissed Nandan Steels’ appeal against GST credit denial, ruling that delay beyond the prescribed limit...
Goods and Services Tax : Madras High Court invalidates assessment order in M.Vimalraj Vs Union of India due to lack of proper notice service under GST Act....
Goods and Services Tax : The Allahabad HC dismissed HDB Financial's writ petition challenging a ₹5.4 lakh GST penalty, advising the petitioner to pursue ...
Goods and Services Tax : Kerala GST enables video conferencing for personal hearings to improve efficiency. Physical hearings remain an option in exception...
Goods and Services Tax : Kerala SGST launches Centralised Refund Processing from March 15, 2025, ensuring faster verification, virtual hearings, and stream...
Goods and Services Tax : Highlights include the AEO Mutual Recognition Agreement with New Zealand, NACIN’s capacity-building strategies, and a Rs. 6.53 c...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN introduces biometric Aadhaar authentication and document verification for GST registration applicants in Uttar Pradesh, effec...
Goods and Services Tax : Detailed amendments to Notification No. 02/2017-Central Tax, revising territorial jurisdictions for Alwar, Chennai Outer, Jaipur, ...
Maharashtra Sales tax Department on its website hosted the List of Suspicious Dealers who has issued false bills without delivery of goods on its website. Sales Tax Department has first issued a list of 698 Dealers around a month back on 21.11.2011. Now the Sales tax Department has issued Additional List list of dealers who it is suspected List of Suspicious Dealers who has issued false bills without delivery of goods. The List can be downloaded from the Links GIven below and in case of any discrepancy they may contact Sales tax Department.
The Internet Service Provider for website of the Maharashtra Sales Tax department is M/s Airtel Major fire broke out in one of the network centers of the said service provider on 27.12.2011. Due to the fire, the web site www.mahavt.gov.in was not available through internet from 27/12/2011 to 30/12/2011.
The dealers under the MVAT Act 2002 and the CST Act 1956 are successfully using the facility of filing electronic returns and making e payments on www.mahavat.gov.in. the web site of Maharashtra Sales Tax department (MSTD) This facility was to be provided to the profession tax registration certificate holders (PTRC) and the profession tax enrollment certificate holders (PTEC). The Profession Tax Act was accordingly amended w.e.f. 1st May 2010 by inserting section 7A to provide for filing of electronic return (e-Return) and making electronic payment (e-Payment). Filing of e-Return has already been made mandatory to all the employers registered under the Profession Tax Act from 1st August 2011. A government resolution Dt. 08.12.2011 is passed providing for e payment under the allied Acts administered by the MSTD. The facility for electronic payment under the Maharashtra State Tax on Professions, Trades, Callings and Employments Act 1975 (Professions Tax Act) is accordingly being provided.
High Court was not justified in observing that since the been levied only against the owner of the vehicle and not against the person in-charge of the vehicle and, therefore, the judgment of the High Court cannot be sustained. ACTO Vs. Romesh Power Products P. Ltd. (Supreme Court)
The Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers here today demanded that the upper limit on levying the professional tax be removed. The panel after deliberating on the issue of professional tax came to the conclusion that the upper limit of Rs 2,500 imposed by the Constitution in 1988 should be waived [removed] forever,
The Empowered Committee of State”s Finance Ministers on GST today agreed in principle to the concept of services tax based on the ‘negative list’ and suggested that the Centre could prepare such a list which would help widen the tax base. The committee headed by Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Sushi Kumar Modi met here today to deliberate on the concept paper of taxation of services based on the negative list.
To constitute interstate sales, one of the basic requirement is that there should be sale. If a person sends goods outside from its state to its branch office in another state then it is not sale because you cannot sell goods to yourself. Similarly if a dealer sends goods to its agent in another state who stocks and sells goods on behalf of the dealer, such agent is called consignment agent and such stock transfer is also not considered as interstate sales since there is no sales involved in it, sales will take place when such agent will sell goods. But to prove such stock/branch transfer, F form is required to be produced as proof.
There are two components in every works contract one is material component and other is labour component. Material incorporated in a works contract is considered as deemed sales to the contractee and hence is liable to VAT or sales tax. To arrive at the material component involved in a works contract deductions for labour component […]
Maharashtra Value Added Tax – Last date for filing Refund Application in Form 501 and Due date for submission of Monthly Return for the month of November 2011 extended till 7th January 2012
(a) The light energy which is used as a carrier in telecommunication service for rendering service is covered by the Parliamentary Legislation i.e. the Finance Act, 1994 read with Section 65 (109-a). It does not fall within the Entry 54 of List-II of VII Schedule. (b) The contract in question is not a composite contract. It is an indivisible contract and a contract of service simplicitor. There is no element of sale at all to any extent. It is not a contract of sales simplicitor as contended by the State.
