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Time Limit for Filing Appeal under GST Act – 90+30 Days or 3 Months + 1 Month?

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...

March 20, 2025 2577 Views 0 comment Print

SCN Cannot Be Issued Without Considering Reply to pre-consultation notice: Bombay HC

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...

March 20, 2025 120 Views 0 comment Print

Input Service Distributor – Mandatory from 1st April 2025

Goods and Services Tax : From April 2025, ISD registration becomes mandatory for distributing ITC under GST. Learn about key changes, compliance, and chall...

March 20, 2025 321 Views 0 comment Print

GST SPL-02 Letter Format for GST Amnesty Scheme 2024

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...

March 19, 2025 2442 Views 0 comment Print

Legality of Seizure of Cash or Other Valuables under GST Law

Goods and Services Tax : Under GST law, authorities cannot seize cash or valuables unless linked to tax evasion. Recent court rulings confirm such seizures...

March 19, 2025 366 Views 0 comment Print


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GST Compliance Simplification for MSMEs and Small Taxpayers

Goods and Services Tax : The government has introduced measures to ease GST compliance for MSMEs, including higher thresholds, simplified returns, and digi...

March 20, 2025 93 Views 0 comment Print

GST Simplification and Financial Inclusion Updates

Goods and Services Tax : The government reviews GST rate rationalization and tax slab changes while expanding digital banking and financial inclusion effor...

March 20, 2025 90 Views 0 comment Print

Impact of GST Hike on Agricultural Pump-Sets

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...

March 20, 2025 21 Views 0 comment Print

GST on Jeevan Rakshak Policy: Government’s Position

Goods and Services Tax : The government awaits GST Council recommendations on Jeevan Rakshak life insurance GST reduction. No proposal exists for additiona...

March 20, 2025 30 Views 0 comment Print

GST Reduction on Health Insurance: Government’s Stand

Goods and Services Tax : The Indian government addresses GST reduction on health insurance, anti-profiteering measures, and revenue impact, awaiting GST Co...

March 20, 2025 30 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Madras HC Directs GST Appeal on Non-Taxable Receipts

Goods and Services Tax : Madras High Court dismisses Ragem Motors' writ petition on GST demand for non-taxable receipts, citing availability of statutory r...

March 20, 2025 180 Views 0 comment Print

Madras HC Directs Revocation of GST Registration Cancellations on Compliance of Conditions

Goods and Services Tax : Madras High Court addresses GST registration cancellation for non-filing. Details on compliance and court-ordered revival conditio...

March 20, 2025 378 Views 0 comment Print

Delay Beyond 1 Month in GST Appeals Not Condonable: Chhattisgarh HC

Goods and Services Tax : Chhattisgarh High Court dismissed Nandan Steels’ appeal against GST credit denial, ruling that delay beyond the prescribed limit...

March 19, 2025 1326 Views 0 comment Print

Proper Service of Notice Crucial for GST Assessment Validity: Madras HC

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....

March 19, 2025 285 Views 0 comment Print

HC Quashes Writ on GST Penalty for Non-Claim of Goods, Directs Alternative Remedy

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 ...

March 19, 2025 117 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Kerala GST Introduces Video Conferencing for Hearings

Goods and Services Tax : Kerala GST enables video conferencing for personal hearings to improve efficiency. Physical hearings remain an option in exception...

March 20, 2025 12 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala SGST Introduces Centralised Refund Processing

Goods and Services Tax : Kerala SGST launches Centralised Refund Processing from March 15, 2025, ensuring faster verification, virtual hearings, and stream...

March 20, 2025 9 Views 0 comment Print

Weekly newsletter from Chairman, CBIC dated 17/03/2025

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...

March 18, 2025 210 Views 0 comment Print

Biometric Aadhaar Authentication for GST in Uttar Pradesh

Goods and Services Tax : GSTN introduces biometric Aadhaar authentication and document verification for GST registration applicants in Uttar Pradesh, effec...

March 17, 2025 195 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 10/2025-Central Tax: Territorial Jurisdiction Updates

Goods and Services Tax : Detailed amendments to Notification No. 02/2017-Central Tax, revising territorial jurisdictions for Alwar, Chennai Outer, Jaipur, ...

March 16, 2025 990 Views 0 comment Print


States to impose VAT on textiles and sugar next year onwards

October 16, 2011 1562 Views 0 comment Print

Consumers will have to pay more for sugar and textiles as States on Friday decided to impose four-five per cent value added tax (VAT) on sugar and textiles from the beginning of next fiscal. A move that will shore up their state governments revenue, but also stoke inflationary pressures. “We have decided to levy VAT […]

Difference between Tax Invoice and Retail Invoice

October 15, 2011 94487 Views 24 comments Print

Q.1. How many types of invoices would be required to be issued under VAT? A.1. There are two types of invoices that can be issued: Tax invoice Retail invoice Q.2. What is a tax invoice and who will issue it? A.2. Under VAT, tax invoice is a very important document. A registered dealer selling goods […]

Aluminium conductors (Wire) used for power transmission are not electrical goods

October 11, 2011 2371 Views 0 comment Print

Bhilwara CTO challenges tax rate on aluminum conductors. Jodhpur High Court clarifies misreading, upholds 10% tax. Learn more about the case.

Innocent purchaser cannot be disallowed Input Tax Credit (ITC) for non payment of tax by seller

October 7, 2011 17128 Views 0 comment Print

The Common issue involved in these writ petitions was with regard to denial of Input Tax Credit by the Assessing Authority on the ground that the dealers from whom the petitioners have purchased goods, have not deposited full tax in the State Treasury. The purchasers-petitioners have not been held entitled for deduction of Input Tax Credit in terms of the provisions of Section 8(3) of the Haryana Value Added Tax Act, 2003.

13-member South African Indian family in tax fraud scandal

September 24, 2011 2139 Views 0 comment Print

Thirteen South African Indians, all members of an extended family, have been arrested from a largely Indian residential locality near here, for allegedly defrauding the revenue service of millions of rands, in a scam that has left the township residents shocked. The accused, including a mother, her four children and other close and not so close relatives of the family, were arrested from the Lenasia area, south of here, largely populated by ethnic Indians.

Applicability of VAT or CST on inter-state works contracts

September 19, 2011 30504 Views 1 comment Print

Inter-state sale or purchase of goods made in pursuance of a per-existing works contract and executed in such works contract, shall be deemed as sale or purchase in the course of inter-state trade and there cannot be any local deemed sales in such case, hence the deduction of such sale or purchase should be allowed while calculating local deemed sales.

VAT Cir – 14T of 2011 – Waiver in respect of penalty and interest imposed on the sales made by Handmade Soap manufacturers for the period of 1st April 2005 to 31st March 2010

September 19, 2011 1535 Views 0 comment Print

The State Government has issued a Government Resolution referred above by which the waiver has been provided in respect of interest and penalty levied on the turnover of sales of soap except detergent not exceeding Rs.20 lacs made by handmade soap manufacturing units certified by KVIC or KVIB or the case may be for the period of 1st April 2005 to 31st March 2010.

Now pay advance tax of VAT in Punjab ; Is it justified?

September 17, 2011 1721 Views 0 comment Print

Recently entry tax in Punjab was stayed by P&H High Court in Bhushan Steel case. In that case the State Govt contested the writ petition challenging constitutionality of Punjab Tax on Entry of Goods into Local Areas Act, 2000 by stating that entry tax under the said Act is being collected as an advance tax of VAT, however the High Court held that without there being any taxable event of sale or purchase of goods taking place within the territorial jurisdiction of the State, claim that Section 3-A of the Entry Tax Act is merely a machinery provision providing for collection of advance VAT tax is prima facie merit less.

Service Taxation to Take Rejig

September 11, 2011 2607 Views 0 comment Print

Taxation of services is now almost seventeen years old in India with over 120 services in the service tax net which have been added successively in last 17 years. While government proposes to introduce goods and service tax (GST) an hear future (not certain in 2010 atleast), in all likelihood, we may land up in a scenario where all services (barring a few as per negative list) are taxed to service tax in 2012 or when Good & Service Tax comes in.

Tower sharing not liable for VAT – Karnataka HC

September 7, 2011 3030 Views 3 comments Print

Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court held that tower sharing by Telecom Infrastructure companies with telecom service providers is not liable for levy of VAT, as there is no transfer of right to use. M/s. Indus Tower Limited V/s. The Deputy Commissioner of Commercial taxes

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