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Tax Treatment & Refund Eligibility for Export of Cigarettes under GST Regime

Goods and Services Tax : Learn about GST rules for cigarette exports, tax treatment, and refund eligibility under LUT or IGST options, including provisions...

April 13, 2025 174 Views 0 comment Print

Direct vs. Indirect Tax: Convergence or Divergence in India?

Goods and Services Tax : Analysis of the evolving relationship between Direct and Indirect Taxes in India, examining revenue recognition and the impact of ...

April 12, 2025 1029 Views 0 comment Print

GST ITC & Supplier Errors: Recent Supreme Court Rulings

Goods and Services Tax : Understand recent Supreme Court decisions on GST ITC denial due to supplier errors. Learn about taxpayer rights to correct genuine...

April 12, 2025 1359 Views 0 comment Print

‘Mere Suspicion’ Not Enough to Arrest under Customs and GST Act

Goods and Services Tax : Arrest under Customs and GST laws needs clear evidence and recorded reasons; mere suspicion is not sufficient, as clarified by the...

April 11, 2025 195 Views 0 comment Print

5 key changes in GST E-Way Bill & E-invoice for new FY 2025-26

Goods and Services Tax : Learn the 5 major GST changes in E-Way Bill & E-Invoice for FY 2025-26, including MFA rollout, IRN rules, time limits, and complia...

April 11, 2025 36078 Views 0 comment Print


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Draft Appeal Section 73 on PMT-09 and absence of GST functionality

Goods and Services Tax : GST appeal challenges demand based on TDS mismatch and lack of PMT-09 functionality to transfer cash ledger between GSTINs during ...

April 7, 2025 819 Views 0 comment Print

GST Collection Trends & Evasion Cases: Govt’s Response

Goods and Services Tax : Analysis of GST collection targets vs. actuals, tax evasion cases, and govt measures like e-invoicing and analytics to improve com...

April 3, 2025 267 Views 0 comment Print

Structural Reforms in Tax Assessment under GST and Recovery

Goods and Services Tax : India implements digital tax reforms, AI tools, and compliance measures. No new 5% GST on food delivery apps. Learn about tech-dri...

April 3, 2025 249 Views 0 comment Print

GST on Food Delivery Apps: Council Review Ongoing

Goods and Services Tax : ndia's GST Council examines 5% GST on food delivery apps like Zomato, Swiggy. Restaurant services face 5% GST without input credit...

April 3, 2025 456 Views 0 comment Print

Representation for Extension of Section 128A GST Amnesty Scheme

Goods and Services Tax : The Sales Tax Bar Association (STBA) Delhi seeks an extension of the GST Amnesty Scheme deadline to 30th June 2025 due to taxpayer...

March 31, 2025 1830 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


KGST: Kerala HC Dismisses Appeal Against Notice Issued After 14-Year Delay

Goods and Services Tax : Kerala High Court dismisses Revenue’s appeal against quashing of 14-year delayed notice under Section 17D of KGST Act in K. Sasi...

April 12, 2025 216 Views 0 comment Print

GST Credit Reconsideration Ordered by Calcutta High Court

Goods and Services Tax : Calcutta High Court directs reconsideration of transitional GST credit claim, citing technical breach in obtaining provisional ID ...

April 12, 2025 159 Views 0 comment Print

GST Orders with Due Mind Application Valid When Taxpayers Ignore SCNs: Allahabad HC

Goods and Services Tax : Allahabad HC upheld GST order as valid due to taxpayer's failure to respond to notices and show cause, confirming tax, interest, a...

April 12, 2025 639 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat HC Issues Notice on Plea Against Allegedly Duplicative GST Orders

Goods and Services Tax : Gujarat HC issues notice on plea against two GST orders for same period, disallowing ITC for non-filing and GSTR mismatch. Interim...

April 12, 2025 168 Views 0 comment Print

Section 75(4) of GST Act mandates hearing prior to passing of Section 73 order

Goods and Services Tax : Allahabad High Court quashes GST order against Mishra Enterprises due to lack of hearing. Remanded for fresh order with opportunit...

April 11, 2025 363 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


HSN Code Changes in GSTR-1 Table-12 from April 2025

Goods and Services Tax : From April 2025, GSTR-1 Table-12 will be split into B2B and B2C with mandatory HSN code selection from dropdown. Manual entry will...

April 11, 2025 8232 Views 1 comment Print

GSTN Advisory on reporting values in Table 3.2 of GSTR-3B

Goods and Services Tax : Important update on GSTR-3B Table 3.2. Starting April 2025, auto-populated inter-state supply values will be non-editable. Learn h...

April 11, 2025 13338 Views 1 comment Print

Kerala SGST: Pecuniary Limits under Section 74A for Proper Officers

Goods and Services Tax : Kerala SGST Circular 10/2025 sets officer-wise monetary limits for notices/orders under new Section 74A of GST Acts, effective now...

April 11, 2025 135 Views 0 comment Print

Proper officer for various provisions under Kerala State GST Act, 2017

Goods and Services Tax : Kerala SGST assigns Section 74A functions to officers, amending Circular 5/2023 as per 53rd GST Council meeting recommendations. E...

April 5, 2025 123 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala SGST Issues Guidelines for GST Interest Waiver

Goods and Services Tax : Kerala SGST clarifies interest waiver scheme under Section 128A, detailing rules for handling tax demands and self-assessed tax re...

April 5, 2025 939 Views 0 comment Print


Applicability of VAT or CST on inter-state works contracts

September 19, 2011 30537 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 1547 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 1724 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 2610 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 3048 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

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

September 7, 2011 2237 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 5983 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 1780 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 1239 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 7108 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.

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