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Goods and Services Tax : This article explains the extent of the burden of proof under Section 155 of the CGST Act. The key takeaway is that recipients mus...
Goods and Services Tax : Dual Control Without Coordination: How CGST–SGST Jurisdiction Gaps Are Trapping Taxpayers in Parallel Proceedings Overview One o...
Goods and Services Tax : The debate over mandatory pre-deposit in GST penalty-only proceedings has gained momentum after the Finance Act, 2025 amendment. C...
Goods and Services Tax : The article examines whether automated interest notices for FY 2019–20 can survive after limitation under Section 73 has expired...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that absence of lorry receipts or weighment slips, by itself, cannot justify denial of Input Tax Credit when invoic...
Goods and Services Tax : Stakeholders identified persistent issues in GST registration, cancellations, and refund processing affecting MSMEs. The consultat...
Goods and Services Tax : The Rajasthan GSTAT Bar has urged the Tribunal to adopt a pragmatic approach by accepting pre-deposits made through the Electronic...
Goods and Services Tax : Haryana recorded the highest State GST growth rate in India at 22% in May 2026. The achievement is attributed to strong tax admini...
Goods and Services Tax : Practitioners are reportedly following different methods while completing GSTAT appeal forms because of inadequate guidance. The r...
Goods and Services Tax : The certificate clarifies that dealing and investment in securities are outside the scope of GST. Companies engaged solely in secu...
Goods and Services Tax : The Telangana High Court granted bail to an accused in a Rs.30 crore fake GST ITC case after noting that no complaint had been fil...
Goods and Services Tax : Considering Clauses 7 and 7.1 of the 2022 Circular, the Court found that the amount in question appeared to be compensation rather...
Goods and Services Tax : The Allahabad High Court held that GST appellate authorities cannot dismiss appeals solely on limitation without examining the act...
Goods and Services Tax : The Punjab and Haryana High Court directed the competent authority to decide a representation alleging fraudulent GST record manip...
Goods and Services Tax : The Karnataka High Court set aside a GST adjudication order after finding that the authority incorrectly stated that no reply had ...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTAT Mumbai Bench has officially commenced functioning, making it mandatory for taxpayers within its jurisdiction to file appeals...
Goods and Services Tax : The Committee recommended replacing daily cause lists with weekly schedules and permitting supplementary lists when necessary. The...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has postponed the implementation of mandatory "Ship To GSTIN" capture and voluntary E-Way Bill closure to 1 August 2026. The ...
Goods and Services Tax : Gross GST collections reached ₹1.94 lakh crore in May 2026, registering 3.2% growth. The increase was driven largely by a 19.1% ...
Goods and Services Tax : The West Bengal GST Department ruled that intra-State movement of goods related to job work remains exempt from e-way bill generat...
As we all are aware that we are passing through the regime where entire indirect system is switching over to the GST which is governed by four Acts i.e. IGST, CGST, SGST & UGST. All the four acts will work in their respective spheres as per their applicability. It is very important to discuss that […]
Under the GST law, the levy of tax is as follows: (a) In the hands of the supplier – on the supply of goods and / or services (referred to as tax under forward charge mechanism); (b) In the hands of the recipient – on receipt of goods and / or services (referred to as tax under reverse charge mechanism)
A new concept of supplying the goods together has been introduced in GST regime which will cover supplies made together irrespective of the fact whether they are related or not. Though the concept of bundled services was there under Service Tax Law which is similar to composite supply but the concept of mixed supply is totally […]
Right after the GST rates for goods, another meeting held on May 19, 2017 at Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, approved the GST rates for services. The rates for services were finalised the four- slab structure i.e. 5%, 12%, 18%, 28%. A larger number of fast- food joints, which are […]
GST Council in its 14th meeting on 18th & 19th of May 2017 held in Srinagar, suggested the list of goods & services on which tax should be levied under Reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM). In all 12 services has been suggested by the Council to be notified by the government as services on which Reverse Charge Mechanism shall apply. Not only services but RCM is applicable on supply of goods also. In this article we will cover all the provisions related to RCM under GST. For the first time, we have drafted the article in form of question and answers. We have tried to cover all the aspects of RCM in these questions, so now let us start with our question answer session.
The fitment of rates of services were discussed on 19th May 2017 during the 14th GST Council meeting held at Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir. The Council has broadly approved the GST rates for services at Nil, 5%, 12%, 18% and 28%. The information will be subject to further vetting after which the list may undergo some changes. The decisions of the GST Council are being communicated for general information and will be given effect to through gazette notifications which shall have force of law.
The GST Council has broadly approved the GST rates for services at Nil, 5%, 12%, 18% and 28% for services including telecom, insurance, hotels and restaurants. The information has been uploaded immediately after the GST Council’s decision and it will be subject to further vetting during which the list may undergo some changes. It is stated that the decisions of the GST Council are being communicated for general information and will be given effect through gazette notifications which shall have force of law.
The anti-profiteering provisions are there in GST Acts to help the government to ensure that the common masses enjoy the benefits of the reduction in rates by way of reduced prices.
Goods exempted from the GST regime Goods like fresh meat, fish chicken, eggs, milk, butter milk, curd, natural honey, fresh fruits and vegetables, flour, besan, bread, prasad, salt, bindi. Sindoor, stamps, judicial papers, printed books, newspapers, bangles, handloom, etc.
GST Council is all set to implement GST from July 1, 2017. Taxable event under GST is supply of goods or services as case may be. Hence, it becomes mandatory for us to obtain an understanding of TIME OF SUPPLY i.e. when the act will regard that supply has taken place and will require the payment of tax. In this article, I would like to discuss the point of time when it will be regarded that supply has taken place.
