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Goods and Services Tax : GSTAT के नए आदेश के अनुसार सभी लंबित और नई अपीलें पहले...
Goods and Services Tax : The article highlights how Central GST enforcement practices such as repeated summons, searches, and arrests resemble old Customs-...
Goods and Services Tax : The article examines whether ITC on solar power generating plants is available when electricity is used captively for manufacturin...
Goods and Services Tax : Taxpayers filing GST refunds under the new Annexure-B utility are encountering duplicate data and “JSON has no data” errors du...
Goods and Services Tax : The Bombay High Court held that assignment of leasehold rights in immovable property is a transfer of benefits arising from immova...
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 : Persistent technical issues prevented users from accessing the portal and completing filings. The representation seeks urgent fixe...
Goods and Services Tax : Authorities uncovered fraudulent ITC claims based on fake invoices without actual supply of goods or services. The accused was arr...
Goods and Services Tax : The representation highlights ambiguity in whether the ₹2.5 crore ITC threshold should be annual or cumulative. It emphasizes th...
Goods and Services Tax : Authorities arrested the key accused for orchestrating fake ITC claims and fictitious export transactions. The case highlights str...
Goods and Services Tax : Telangana High Court granted bail in a GST fake ITC case involving alleged wrongful availment of Rs.21.89 crore credit. The Court ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Jharkhand High Court held that a taxpayer cannot bypass the statutory appellate mechanism merely by alleging non-service of no...
Goods and Services Tax : Relying on the Supreme Court ruling in Glaxo Smith Kline case, the High Court reiterated that GST appeal limitation cannot be exte...
Goods and Services Tax : The Orissa High Court remanded a GST appeal for fresh adjudication after finding uncertainty regarding service of hearing notices ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Bombay High Court held that the Appellate Authority could not reduce transitional credit by relying on MVAT mismatch figures o...
Goods and Services Tax : The GST Appellate Tribunal issued a detailed order constituting benches across India and classifying GST disputes into three categ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Principal Bench of GSTAT instructed scrutiny officers not to raise defects where appellants upload required soft copy document...
Goods and Services Tax : The Central Government amended Notification No. 14/2018-UT Tax by replacing officials listed against Serial No. 2. The notificatio...
Goods and Services Tax : The Central Government has authorized the GSTAT Principal Bench, New Delhi, to hear appeals under Section 101B of the CGST Act. Th...
Goods and Services Tax : The data highlights a sharp increase in GST collections driven by import-related IGST. It confirms strong revenue performance and ...
In a significant development, Speaker of Maharashtra Assembly Mr Dilip Walse-Patil allowed the government to table an ordinance seeking to amend the Value Added Tax Bill. On March 18, when the bill was first presented, the Opposition protested the move saying that the government did not have a right as the proviso, which empowered the government to change the law by the way of an ordinance was between 2005-07 only, hence promulgation of an ordinance was illegal.
The Punjab VAT Rules have been amended to provide for that the input tax credit on purchase of goods from manufacturer or importer will be available to a dealer only up to the fourth stage of its purchase. The dealers will also have to mention on the bills that on which stage he is selling the goods. VAT form 23 and 24 has also been amended to this effect.
The above referred Trade Circulars were issued explaining scope of section 6A of C.S.T. Act, 1956. In the Trade circular No. 2T of 2010 dated 11th January 2010 it was clarified that F-Forms are mandatory for all transactions of inter-State transfers not by way of sale including job work and goods return.
The VAT forms i.e VAT 15 form has been updated in view of the change in the rate in the PVAT Act on schedule B goods from 4% to 5% and additional surcharge levied @ 10%. The next quarterly VAT Return under the PVAT Act 2005 is due to be filed in the next month of April.
The Opposition alleged that notification seeks to increase VAT on sugar and cloth material, while the items are covered under Central VAT Act. The Maharashtra Government’s notification to increase value added tax (VAT) by one per cent on 90 commodities including oilseeds, rice, and pulses and converting an Ordinance, which will further amend the Maharashtra VAT Act, has run into rough weather.
Further, the State Government has issued a corrigendum to the above notification and a circular to clarify that fabrics and sugar, as described in the First Schedule to the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957, which were not chargeable to tax prior to the issuance of the subject notification, will continue to remain tax free.
As per the provisions of section 5 read with section 4 of the Maharashtra State Tax on Profession, Trade, Callings and Employments Act, 1975 (Profession Tax Act), every employer having employees on his establishment, whose salary (including all allowances) is more than the limit prescribed under the Profession Tax Act, is required to obtain registration certificate under Profession Tax Act (P.T.R.C.)
The Maharashtra Government has not taken a final decision on levying entertainment tax on the IPL, said the Chief Minister, Mr Ashok Chavan, on Wednesday while addressing the media on the eve of budget session. When it was pointed out that the State Cabinet said on January 20 that entertainment tax of up to 25 per cent would be imposed on the ticket sales of IPL and other one-day international cricket matches, Mr Chavan said no final decision was taken and the matter was still under consideration. Matches held in the municipal limits would attract 25 per cent tax while those outside the municipal limits would be levied 20 per cent tax.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 13 of the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 (74 of 1956), the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendments in the Central Sales Tax (Registration and Turnover) Rules, 1957, namely: –
Government of Maharashtra has raised the rate of tax under Schedule ‘C’ of Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 from 4 per cent to 5% on goods other than declared goods with effect from 1st April 2010. A notification to this effect has been issued as referred above. While issuing the notification, an inadvertent error had crept in, leading to inference that some fabrics & sugar would become taxable from 1st April 2010.
