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Goods and Services Tax : Understand the key rules governing ITC claims under GST, including eligibility conditions, blocked credits, GSTR-2B reconciliation...
Goods and Services Tax : The Supreme Court ruled that fantasy sports involving monetary stakes constitute betting and gambling for GST purposes. The judgme...
Goods and Services Tax : The article argues that Rule 14A creates a compliance trap by restricting taxpayers from reporting actual liabilities after crossi...
Goods and Services Tax : The article examines how NGTP classifications are increasingly being used as standalone grounds for ITC blockage and fraud proceed...
Goods and Services Tax : Missing GST return deadlines triggers late fees under Section 47 and interest under Section 50, both calculated separately. Unders...
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 : Representation addressed to Union Finance Minister, GST Council and CBIC seeks legislative and administrative relief for bona fide...
Goods and Services Tax : The Kerala High Court ruled that businesses could distribute common ITC through cross-charge without obtaining ISD registration be...
Goods and Services Tax : The High Court remitted the GST matter for fresh consideration after the taxpayer agreed to deposit 25% of the disputed tax. The C...
Goods and Services Tax : The Uttarakhand High Court held that scheduling a personal hearing before the expiry of the time granted for filing a reply violat...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court set aside a GST demand order after finding that the personal hearing was scheduled before the last date for filing a rep...
Goods and Services Tax : Saurabh Kumar Gupta Vs Union of India (Allahabad High Court) The Allahabad High Court dismissed the writ petition challenging 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...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has announced mandatory capture of Ship-To GSTIN in Bill-To/Ship-To transactions under the EWB system. The change aims to imp...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has launched a standardized Annexure-B Offline Utility for refund applications involving accumulated ITC to enable automated ...
The word Levy in the common parlance means charge or imposition or collection of tax by authority. For the purpose of collecting tax, the authority should have powers to levy such tax. The Constitution of India in Article 265 sets out that no tax shall be collected without authority of law.1
With the passage of the Constitution (122nd Amendment) Bill, 2014, (popularly known as GST Bill) in Parliament, a uniform indirect tax regime across India is one step closer to the reality. The amendments to the GST Bill as passed by Rajya Sabha have also been adopted by the Lower House on 8th August 2016.
While the Government still claims that it is actively working to see GST roll out from April, 2017, much would depend upon next week’s GST Council meeting. States have indicated that it could be doable from any time between June and September, 2017.
AGGREGATE TURNOVER Section 2(6)- aggregate turnover means the aggregate value of all:- i. taxable and non-taxable supplies, ii. exempt supplies and iii. exports of goods and/or services of a person, Having the same PAN, to be computed on all India basis
Electronic commerce in general parlance is defined as commercial transactions conducted electronically. As simple as it may seem in this definition, electronic commerce began traditionally as online retail in the stock-and-sell model, but has now transformed the entire way of doing business
Section 61(1) of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 provides that all eligible dealers shall submit the Audit Report in Form- 704. As provided under rule 17A (1) of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Rules, 2005, this form is to be uploaded electronically.
Valuation provisions under section 15(3) of revised Draft Model GST Law lays down conditions to be adhered in relation to exclusion of discounts.
Supply is wider term used in GST law as the GST is based on Supply only. Now the question arises what is supply. Supply is transfer of goods and services on which GST will be imposed.
This article has looked at the GST Model Law as it is on a broad basis without getting into the details. It is not an in depth analysis of the model law. It is expected that the many rough edges of this law would be addressed based on representations being made from trade industry and professional bodies.
In view of the anti-profiteering measures being introduced in MGL, suppliers should map all transactions to compare cost variance (goods/services wise) on account of change in tax regime which include items like ITC, output tax liability etc. Other factors such as inflation, fluctuations in the cost raw material excluding taxes, currency fluctuations etc. may also be considered.
