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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


Margarine is edible oil and eligible for concessional tax of 4 percent – SC

September 7, 2011 2231 Views 0 comment Print

Aluva Sugar Agency Vs. State of Kerala (Supreme Court of India)-Upon perusal of the Circular dated 19th February, 1996, explaining the term “edible oil”, we find that intention of the government was to give relief in tax to edible oils. So as to clarify the doubt, it has been specifically stated in the said circular that edible oils would also include hydrogenated oils such as ground nut oil, gingerly oil, refined oil and vanaspathi oil.

Dealers in Maharashtra can upload revised sales tax /Vat returns for the periods up to April 2011

September 7, 2011 5977 Views 0 comment Print

Dealers in Maharashtra can upload revised sales tax /Vat returns ( up to the period 31/03/2011) for clearing defects in the returns filed by you or for clearing your pending issues under the local Sales Tax laws.

DTH service like a cinema ticket, Govt can impose entertainment tax – HC

September 5, 2011 1771 Views 0 comment Print

The Delhi High Court on Monday said the DTH service was like a cinema ticket providing continuous entertainment to viewers and hence, liable to be taxed by the state government. Four prime DTH service providers — Tata Sky, Dish TV, Bharti Telemedia (Airtel) and Bharat Business Channel (Videocon) — had challenged this state legislative provision.

M/s M.R. Tourist Home & Ors. Vs. Sales Tax Officer & Ors. (Supreme Court)

September 4, 2011 1233 Views 0 comment Print

M/s M.R. Tourist Home & Ors. Vs. Sales Tax Officer & Ors. (Supreme Court of India)- Whether Section 7(b) of Kerala General Sales Tax Act, 1963 introduced on 24.10.2006 with retrospective effect from 1.7.2006 could be applied to those dealers who had contracted for payment of turnover tax at the compounded rate under the alternate method of taxation provided for under the un amended Section 7 for the assessment year 2006- 07?

VAT on BOT contracts-a view point

September 4, 2011 7099 Views 0 comment Print

The concept of Public-Private partnership in infrastructural development has given rise to the concepts of BOT contracts. BOT contract means Build-Operatre-Transfer, i.e the contractor is given a contract to build some infrastructure out of his own funds and thereafter he is given right to operate such infrastructure and recover his cost of funds and profits therefrom for a certain period and thereafter the infrastructure is transferred to the Government.

Supply of goods to offshore installations i.e. EEZ will not be subject to sales tax, especially Central Sales Tax, since EEZ does not form part of territory of India

September 2, 2011 7580 Views 0 comment Print

Larsen & Toubro Ltd Vs Union of India (Gujarat High Court)- The High Court examined in detail the provisions of the Maritime Zones of India Act, 1976 (MZA) and observed that Union of India had no sovereignty over the EEZ. The Union of India only had certain sovereign rights over the EEZ. The High Court […]

If work undertaken by petitioner is ‘works contract’ which is defined under Section 2(55) of the VAT Act, 2005, it cannot be said that the respondents have imposed any tax without authority of law

September 1, 2011 1703 Views 0 comment Print

Asso tech Super Tech (J.V.) Vs. State of Uttarakhand- Petitioner’s case is that he is not constructing the dwelling units on behalf of anyone else and the same is undertaken by the petitioner on his own behalf.

Declared goods except wheat and paddy still taxable @ 4.4% in Punjab after ordinance dt 17-08-2011- Section 8(1) and 62(5) of PVAT amended

August 31, 2011 1015 Views 0 comment Print

Punjab Government has promulgated an Ordinance dated 17-08-2011 vide Notification No. 33-Leg/2011 whereby proviso to section 8(1) and section 62(5) of Punjab VAT Act, 2005 have been amended. Proviso to Section 8(1) deals with rate of tax on declared goods whereas section 62(5) deals with pre-deposit of 25% before entertaining of any appeal under PVAT Act, 2005.

MVAT – Grant of Administrative relief to unregistered dealers

August 30, 2011 11361 Views 0 comment Print

In supersession of all previous instructions in this behalf, now it has been decided that the delay in obtaining certificate of registration beyond 5 years shall be treated as an attempt to evade or to delay the payment of legitimate tax. The dealers who have remained un­registered for a period exceeding 5 years shall not be entitled to get any Administrative Relief.

Jammu and Kashmir removes VAT on state-made goods traded across LoC

August 28, 2011 5725 Views 0 comment Print

Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra has promulgated an Ordinance introducing amendments to the VAT Act, 2005, making cross Line of Control (LoC) trade tax-free for goods manufactured in the state. The Ordinance was promulgated by the Governor yesterday on the recommendations of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah as the Assembly is not in session.

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