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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, ...
The Punjab Government has extended the due date for submission of all statutory forms under CST Act (C,E-I, E-II, F forms etc) from 20th November 2010 to 31st March 2011 by an official notification dated 16th February 2011. It is here to be noted that normally the Excise and Taxation Department, Punjab normally asks for to give all statutory forms under CST Act along with the annual statement to be filed on 20th November every year under the PVAT Act 2005.
MAHRASHTRA ORDINANCE No.VII OF 2011,- Amendment of section 89 of Mah. IX of 2005. 3. In section 89 of the principal Act,— (i) for the words Certificate of Entitlement, wherever they occur, the words Certificate of Entitlement or, as the case may be, Identification Certificate shall be substituted ; (ii) after sub-section (2), the following sub-sections shall be added, namely:—(3) (a) An invoice issued by a Mega Unit holding a valid Identification Certificate granted to him by the Commissioner, shall, in respect of the goods other than declared goods covered by the Eligibility Certificate shall contain a declaration as prescribed under the rules made in this behalf.
With a view to streamline the provisions relating to assessment of dealers, it is proposed to amend the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 (Mah. IX of 2005), as follows :— (a) to delete section 21 relating to issuance of notice for assessment; and (b) to amend section 23 with a view to extend the period of limitation for assessments for the period 2008-09 onwards by one year, with effect from the 1st April 2005.
The Centre today said it is not possible to bring aviation turbine fuel (ATF) under the purview of the proposed Goods and Services Tax, as per the model suggested by the states. “In the model of the GST which has been proposed by the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers, it has not been possible to bring aviation turbine fuel under the purview of the GST,” Minister of State for Finance S S Palanimanickam said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha.
The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry ( FICCI )), today said it will pursue the issue of implementation of the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) with various state governments. “We will pursue with state governments the (issue of) implementation of GST,” FICCI’s Chairman (Western Region Council), Sushil Jiwarajka said in an interactive Budget session held here.
M/S. Hyderabad Engineering vs State Of A.P. on 4 March, 2011 (Supreme Court of India) -Finally, the Supreme court concluded by observing that following scenarios are covered under “inter-state sales” “Sale” or “agreement to sell” occasions movement of goods from one state to another (irrespective of whether such movement has been provided in the agreement) or Order placed before HO or branch resulted in movement of goods from one state to another (irrespective of state where property in goods passes). Thus, it is not necessary that sale must precede movement of goods or the fact of movement of goods is mentioned in the agreement [Para 32]. Thus, even an agreement to sell can now result in classification of such transfers as “inter-state sales” and not “branch transfer”.
The government today said it may not be possible to roll out the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from April next year, as the proposal needs consent from all the states. “…the (GST) legislation cannot be voted upon until the ratification is completed…there may be problem on the time factor (April 1, 2012),” Revenue Secretary Sunil Mitra said at a CII post-Budget conference .
It has been proposed in the Budget 2011-12 to increase the ceiling of 4% on declared goods under section 15 of CST Act to 5%. Currently State Governments cannot levy VAT more than 4% on declared goods. Declared goods are those goods which are of special importance and have been defined u/s 14 of CST Act 1956. This increase has been made in view of recent increase in the VAT slab rate of 4% to 5% by many states.
steps proposed to be taken for introduction of GST by the Finance Minister are establishment of a strong IT infrastructure. It was also announced that significant progress on the GST network (GSTN) has been made. The key business processes of registration, returns and payments, was told to be in advanced stages of finalization. The National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) has been selected a technology partner for incubating the National Information Utility that will establish and operate the IT backbone for GST.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the Government proposes to introduce the Constitution Amendment Bill in the current session to pave the way for introduction of the long-awaited Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime. “I propose to introduce the constitution amendment bill in this session of Parliament,” Mukherjee said in his Budget speech 2011-12.
