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Behind Bars or Beyond: Complexities of Arrests under India’s Customs and GST Laws

Goods and Services Tax : Supreme Court's decision in Om Prakash and Another v. Union of India {WRIT PETITION (CRL.) NO.66 OF 2011} established that offenc...

March 2, 2025 297 Views 0 comment Print

GST Notice for Dealing with Non-Genuine Taxable Persons (NGTP)

Goods and Services Tax : Understand GST notices for transactions with Non-Genuine Taxable Persons (NGTP), their impact, penalties, and how to respond to av...

March 2, 2025 822 Views 0 comment Print

Condonation of delay in GST Appeals and Limitation Act, 1963

Goods and Services Tax : While a combined interpretation of Sub-section (1) and Sub-section (4) of Section 107 of the CGST Act, 2017 establishes a four-mon...

February 28, 2025 16041 Views 2 comments Print

SC upholds Arrest Powers under Customs & GST Acts with Robust Safeguards

Goods and Services Tax : Supreme Court upholds arrest powers under GST and Customs Acts, ensuring procedural safeguards to prevent misuse. Learn about the ...

February 28, 2025 1005 Views 0 comment Print

How to Claim GST Refund for Excess Balance in Cash Ledger?

Goods and Services Tax : Learn about claiming refunds for excess amounts in your GST Electronic Cash Ledger. Understand the process, requirements, and step...

February 28, 2025 1482 Views 0 comment Print


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KSCAA Representation on Streamlining GST Registration Process

Goods and Services Tax : KSCAA highlights issues in GST registration, suggesting uniform SOPs, better verification, geocoding fixes, transparency, and supp...

February 15, 2025 2250 Views 0 comment Print

KSCAA Calls for Professional Tax Portal Upgrades to Resolve OTP & Payment Issues

Goods and Services Tax : Karnataka CA Association urges upgrades to the Professional Tax portal, addressing issues like OTP errors, payment glitches, and l...

February 15, 2025 258 Views 0 comment Print

Decline in West Bengal’s GST Share and Government Response

Goods and Services Tax : West Bengal's GST share dropped from 4.6% in 2019-20 to 4% in 2024-25. Learn about factors affecting revenue, government measures,...

February 12, 2025 249 Views 0 comment Print

Exemption of GST On Health & Life Insurance Premium

Goods and Services Tax : Government addresses GST exemption on health & life insurance premiums, forming a GoM for review. Key updates on current exemption...

February 12, 2025 732 Views 0 comment Print

GST Simplification Efforts and MSME Compliance Relief

Goods and Services Tax : The government addresses GST complexities with reforms, fraud crackdowns, and MSME compliance relief. Learn about tax slabs, exemp...

February 12, 2025 474 Views 0 comment Print


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Kerala HC Orders Release of Seized Cash in GST Case

Goods and Services Tax : Kerala High Court rules in favor of Shabu George, directing the release of cash seized during a GST investigation, citing lack of ...

March 2, 2025 381 Views 0 comment Print

GST Classification of PVC Raincoats: AAR West Bengal Ruling

Goods and Services Tax : The GST AAR West Bengal classifies PVC raincoats under HSN Code 6201 as textile garments, applying a 5% GST rate for items priced ...

March 2, 2025 267 Views 0 comment Print

GST Classification of PVC Raincoats: West Bengal AAR Ruling

Goods and Services Tax : West Bengal AAR rules on the GST classification of PVC raincoats, determining whether they fall under HSN 3926 (plastic articles) ...

March 2, 2025 96 Views 0 comment Print

GST Classification of PVC Raincoats: Textile or Plastic?

Goods and Services Tax : Explore the GST classification of PVC raincoats. Learn about the ruling in the Dollar Industries case, tax rates, and judicial pre...

March 2, 2025 195 Views 0 comment Print

GST Implications on Liquidation: Maheshwary Ispat Ruling

Goods and Services Tax : West Bengal AAR rules that the liquidation sale of Maheshwary Ispat Ltd. is a taxable supply under GST. The liquidator must obtain...

March 2, 2025 174 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Gross and Net GST revenue collections for the month of Feb, 2025

Goods and Services Tax : View February 2025 GST collections: gross revenue at ₹1,83,646 crore, net revenue at ₹1,62,758 crore, reflecting 9.1% and 8.1%...

March 2, 2025 501 Views 0 comment Print

Weekly Newsletter from CBIC Chairman dated 24th February, 2025

Goods and Services Tax : Key updates on Indian Customs, including trade facilitation, GST awareness, sports events, and major enforcement actions on tax ev...

February 25, 2025 243 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala SGST Circular on Kerala Flood Cess Adjudication

Goods and Services Tax : Kerala SGST Circular 5/2025 clarifies adjudication of Kerala Flood Cess under SGST/CGST Acts, detailing procedures for notices, ad...

February 21, 2025 207 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala SGST Issues Guidelines for Error Rectification

Goods and Services Tax : Kerala SGST outlines guidelines under Section 161 for rectifying apparent errors in orders, notices, and decisions, ensuring unifo...

February 19, 2025 504 Views 0 comment Print

CBIC Launches Trade Facilitation Initiatives, Cracks Down on Fraud

Goods and Services Tax : CBIC unveils trade facilitation measures, combats counterfeit currency, and detects ₹80 crore GST fraud. Key developments from I...

February 18, 2025 468 Views 0 comment Print


MVAT: Trade Circular No. 37T of 2005, Dated: 19.11.2005

November 19, 2005 2038 Views 0 comment Print

Issuance of Fresh Registration Certificates and Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) to the existing dealers under VAT, CST, Luxury Tax Acts and Maharashtra Tax on the Entry of Goods into Local Areas Act, 2002.

Guidance Note on Accounting for State-level Value Added Tax

May 31, 2005 171657 Views 1 comment Print

The State-level Value Added Tax (hereinafter referred to as ‘Value Added Tax’ or ‘VAT’) comes into effect from April 1, 2005, in place of the sales tax structure prevalent in various States. The VAT intends to bring harmonisation in the tax structure of various States and rationalise the overall tax burden. The essence of VAT is that it provides credit/set-off for input tax, i.e., tax paid on purchases, against the output tax, i.e., tax payable on sales.

A provision once declared unconstitutional could not be brought to life by mere administrative instructions

July 30, 2003 2292 Views 0 comment Print

In spite of the enunciation of law in ACC, Entry 25 has not stood revived or restored into the Sixth Schedule of the Act. Therefore the Authorities under the Act cannot levy tax under the Act in regard to transfer of property in goods involved in processing photo negatives and supplying of photo prints and photographs, as if Entry 25 has stood restored in the Sixth Schedule to the Act.

ACC Ltd. Vs. Commissioner of Customs- Supreme Court of India

January 25, 2001 6424 Views 0 comment Print

These appeals have been filed against the common order dated 15th November, 1999 of the Customs, Excise and Gold (Control) Appellate Tribunal which, while confirming the order of the Commissioner of Customs held that drawings, designs etc. relating to machinery or industrial technology were goods which were leviable to duty of customs on their transaction value at the time of their import.

Ram Singh And Others vs State Of U.P. And Others – Allahabad High Court

August 11, 2000 3082 Views 0 comment Print

Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that in fact the respondents had no Jurisdiction to seize the trucks and he has claimed damages. The submission of the learned counsel for the petitioners is correct. It has been repeatedly held by several Division Benches of this Court that trucks cannot be seized under the U. P. Trade-tax Act e.g., in the case of M/s. D. B. Timber Merchant, Ballia v. Commissioner of Sales-tax and another, 1992 UPTC 18, M/s. M. S. Freight Carriers and another v. Sales Tax Officer, Check Post, Ghaziabad, 1992 UPTC 273, M/s. Freight Carriers of India, Calcutta v. Deputy Commissioner (Executive), Sales Tax, Ghaziabad and others, 1992 UPTC 604, etc.

Hire purchase transaction liable to imposition of Sales Tax- SC

August 9, 2000 3662 Views 0 comment Print

Sale price means the amount payable to a dealer as consideration for transfer of goods on hire purchase. The word sale occurring in Sec. 2(h) must have the meaning ascribed to it as in Section 2(g) when the word sale includes transfer of goods on hire purchase, then whatever is the amount which is paid/payable to the dealer on such a transfer would be included within the meaning

Rainbow Colour Lab & Anr Vs. State Of Madhya Pradesh & Ors -Supreme Court

February 2, 2000 2864 Views 0 comment Print

Common questions involved in these appeals are whether the job rendered by a photographer in taking photographs, developing and printing films would amount to a works contract as contemplated under Article 366(2A)(b) of the Constitution read with Section 2(n) of the M.P.General Sales Tax for the purpose of levy of sales tax on business turnover of the photographers.

N. Nagendra Rao and Company Vs. State of Andhra Pradesh – Supreme Court

September 6, 1994 7899 Views 0 comment Print

he Judgment of the Court was delivered by R.M. SAHAI, J.- Is the State vicariously liable for negligence of its officers in discharge of their statutory duties, was answered in the negative by the High Court of Andhra Pradesh on the ratio laid down by this Court in Kasturi Lal Ralia Ram Jain v. State of U.P

Lucknow Development Authority vs M.K. Gupta -Supreme Court of India

November 5, 1993 9923 Views 0 comment Print

The Judgment of the Court was delivered by R.M. SAHAI, J.- The question of law that arises for consideration in these appeals, directed against orders passed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (referred hereinafter as National Commission), New Delhi is if the statutory authorities such as Lucknow Development Authority

In a building contract which is one, entire and indivisible there is no sale of goods

November 17, 1992 7813 Views 0 comment Print

In Gannon Dunkerley and Co. and others Vs. State of Rajasthan and others Supreme Court held that in a building contract which is one, entire and indivisible there is no sale of goods, and it is not within the competence of the Provisional Legislature under Entry 48 to impose a tax on the supply of materials used in the contract treating it as sale

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