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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


Market bets on GST rollout, clarity in DTC in the budget

February 20, 2011 429 Views 0 comment Print

Market experts are pitching for clarity in tax on long-term gains under the proposed DTC, a clear timeline for rolling out Goods and Services Tax among other key measures in the upcoming 2011-12 budget.Stock markets in February so far have plummeted by over 11 per cent on concerns over high inflation, rising interest rate and, low morale and confidence of the investors due to uncertainty caused by a series of high-profile scams.

DTH service is also subject to Entertainment duty in addition to service tax-P&H High Court

February 18, 2011 645 Views 0 comment Print

Punjab and Haryana High Court in a recent case namely Tata Sky Limited v State of Punjab and another has held that levy of entertainment duty on providing entertainment by broadcasting signals on TV sets is intravires of the powers of the State Legislature. The Petitions of TATA Sky Limited challenging the levy of entertainment duty under Punjab Entertainment Duty Act 1955, has been dismissed.

Constitutional amendment Bill on GST in coming Budget Session

February 17, 2011 316 Views 0 comment Print

The Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers (EC) met on 11 February 2011 to discuss the third draft of the Constitutional Amendments required for introduction of GST (the Third Draft) and the compensation plan for loss of revenue on account of

Centre likely to call another GST meeting next month

February 15, 2011 439 Views 0 comment Print

With consensus still eluding the proposed Goods and Services Tax regime, the Centre may call for another meeting with state finance ministers next month, before introducing the Constitutional Amendment Bill to pave the way for rolling out GST.

Service Classification in International Podium

February 14, 2011 570 Views 0 comment Print

If we simply speak on tariff, market access in services is relatively easy compare to goods as there are no tariff barriers on services. WTO Agreements place only quotas and regulations on services and not the tariff. Annexure 1B of WTO Agreements – General Agreement of Trade in Services (GATS) broadly covers four modes of services in Article I as Scope and Coverage as follows

Penultimate Sales under CST Act 1956-Submission of H forms

February 13, 2011 24730 Views 0 comment Print

Neither the State Government can impose tax/vat on sales of goods in the course of import or export nor CST Act 1956 imposes any tax on such sales. Here in this article exemptions available on Penultimate export sales under CST Act 1956 are concentrated on:

A brief on exemptions available to SEZ unit or SEZ developer from CST under CST Act 1956

February 11, 2011 67410 Views 17 comments Print

Section 8(6),8(7) and 8(8) of the CST Act deals with the exemptions available to a SEZ unit or SEZ developer from CST. When goods are sold to a SEZ unit or SEZ developer then no CST is payable by such unit or developer as per the above sub sections subject to fulfillment of certain conditions. The conditions and forms relating to such exemption are provided as follows for the benefit of all concerned.

Centre to compensate states for Rs 7,029 Cr. CST loss

February 11, 2011 444 Views 0 comment Print

The Government today approved Rs 7,029 crore compensation to states for the losses they suffered due to reduction in central sales tax (CST) rate in 2010-11.The Union Cabinet , chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh , has approved a proposal for pr

No Sales Tax on SIM cards – pre-paid and post-paid; recharge coupons; value added services – Andhra Pradesh High Court

February 11, 2011 24182 Views 4 comments Print

Declaration of the law by the Supreme Court, in Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd v. Union of India[1], notwithstanding, we are now called upon, in this batch of Writ Petitions, to adjudicate on the jurisdiction of the revisional/ appellate/ assessing authorities to levy tax under Section 4(1) and (8) of the A.P. VAT Act, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) on SIM cards – pre-paid and post-paid; recharge coupons; value added services; telephone instruments, mobile handsets, modems and caller ID instruments; mobile telephone rentals; sharing of infrastructure; non-refundable deposits; refundable deposits etc.

Budget 2011 and GST

February 11, 2011 459 Views 0 comment Print

his year’s (2011-12) Union Budget assumes greater importance in the wake of ongoing high level of corruption and financial irregularities in almost every sphere of governance, thus putting tremendous pressure on the exchequer and fuelling bad money in the system. Also, the present governance and banking system has been unable to tame the evil of inflation causing hardship to one and all. Petrol prices and high rate home loans are only adding salt to the injury. However, economy has shown positive signs on various parameters.

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