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Goods and Services Tax : The omission of Section 13(8)(b) applies only prospectively from 30 March 2026, as no saving clause exists. Past transactions and ...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTAT bridges a long-standing gap by providing a dedicated appellate forum, eliminating the need to directly approach High Courts....
Goods and Services Tax : Limitation start from date when Impugned Order in Form DRC 07 uploaded on portal and not from date of detailed order: Allahabad Hi...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that once a GST assessment order attains finality, recovery under Section 79 can proceed without issuing prior noti...
Goods and Services Tax : Courts held that Section 129 cannot be invoked for minor procedural lapses without intent to evade tax. It emphasised that penalti...
Goods and Services Tax : Authorities uncovered fraudulent ITC claims exceeding ₹8 crore without actual supply of goods. The ruling highlights that ITC is...
Goods and Services Tax : The case highlights that summons lacking details of the underlying inquiry violate procedural fairness. It underscores the need fo...
Goods and Services Tax : CBI arrested GST officials for demanding a bribe to facilitate registration approval. The case highlights strict enforcement again...
Goods and Services Tax : The CBI arrested a CGST Assistant Commissioner for demanding a bribe to halt GST proceedings. The officer was caught red-handed ac...
Goods and Services Tax : The Government reduced GST on paper sacks and bags from 18% to 5% following GST Council recommendations. The move addresses farmer...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court ruled that temporary business inactivity due to genuine medical reasons cannot justify cancellation without proper consi...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that challenges to ITC blocking cannot be entertained at the show cause stage. It ruled that adjudication must firs...
Goods and Services Tax : The court held that issuing a single show cause notice for multiple financial years violates GST law. It ruled such “bunching”...
Goods and Services Tax : The court held that the rectification order failed to satisfy the statutory requirements under Section 161 of the CGST Act. The im...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that recovery under Section 79 is valid when the assessment has attained finality and dues remain unpaid. It ruled ...
Goods and Services Tax : Due to technical issues on the new tax portal, late fees for Profession Tax returns were waived if tax was paid by 15 March 2026. ...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN clarified that system-calculated interest for February 2026 was incorrectly reflected in March returns due to a technical iss...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has enabled editing of the pre-deposit percentage in APL-01 filings. The change allows taxpayers flexibility, while verificat...
Goods and Services Tax : Taxpayers faced issues filing appeals where adjudication orders showed zero demand. GSTN clarified that such system limitations re...
Goods and Services Tax : Both domestic and import revenues contributed to GST growth, alongside increased refunds. The figures highlight improved tax admin...
Indian American owners of convenience stores have joined hands with the Coca-Cola company and the American Beverage Association against the proposed Federal soft drink taxes of an extra one-cent an ounce. A decision in this regard was taken at the Si
The Maharashtra Sales Tax department is taking steps to apply more caution while disposing of VAT refund applications following discovery of a major refund scam involving officers of the department and traders in Palghar recently. Speaking at an even
The Excise and Taxation Department, Government of Punjab has amended rule 21 of Punjab VAT rules to add sub rule 2-A in the said rule to provide for that ITC shall be allowed to a taxable person to the extent of tax payable on the resale value of goods or sale value of manufactured/processed goods where such goods are sold below the purchase price in case of resale or cost price in case of manufactured/processed goods. The balance ITC shall be reversed.
Section 5 of the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 – When is a sale or purchase of goods said to take place in course of import or export – Designated Indian carrier specified for purpose of section 5(5) NOTIFICATION NO. S.O. 2710(E), DATED 4-11-2010 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (5) of section […]
Details of changes in VAT audit report format Version 1.2.1 1. Part 1- 2(B)(b) Schedule and annexure as applicable to be ticked, compare to be score out which were not applicable. A welcomed change, in earlier report no one was took effort to
State finance ministers have asked the Centre to exclude coal from the list of proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST), so as the tax rate does not increase on such an important fuel. Besides, the empowered committee of state finance ministers has also
For registration under the Punjab VAT Act 2005 one of the requirement u/s 25(1) is furnishing of security for securing the payment of tax under PVAT Act 2005. This requirement is compulsory as per the wording of section 25(1) of PVAT Act 2005 which runs as under: Every person applying for registration under this Act, shall furnish a security of rupees fifty thousand in the manner, prescribed for securing proper and timely payments of tax or any other sum, payable by him under this Act: Provided that the security already furnished by a person registered under the repealed Act, shall be deemed to have been furnished under this Act.
E-services initiative of the Sales Tax Department, especially of e-return filing and e-payment facility, is welcomed by all as it is simple, fast and reliable. Due to active and whole hearted support and co operation of all the concerned, Sales Tax Dept. could implement e-Services successfully for MVAT Act.
States have suggested an alternative constitutional amendment plan to roll out goods and services tax, or GST, creating the possibility of breaking the deadlock in their talks with the Centre on this ambitious indirect tax reform. The empowered commi
The empowered committee of state finance ministers, in a recent letter to the Centre and the states, has proposed that the constitutional amendment draft for GST be amended to include “coal, opium, Indian hemp and other narcotics drugs and narcotics,
