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Reducing GST Compliance Burden: Reforms, Portal Upgrades & Tax Professionals’ Role

Goods and Services Tax : The article explains how simplifying GST laws, rationalising returns, and improving the GST portal can significantly reduce compli...

May 23, 2026 288 Views 0 comment Print

Analysis of Standardised Annexure-B Offline Utility & System-Based Adjudication

Goods and Services Tax : GST Refund Annexure-B Utility: Key Challenges, GSTR-2B Validation Rules, and Legal Safeguards Explained for Exporters and Tax Prof...

May 22, 2026 861 Views 0 comment Print

Smarter, Safer, Sharper: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence in Modern GST Practice

Goods and Services Tax : Explore how AI is reshaping GST practice in 2026 through automation, GenAI, RAG tools and compliance workflows, while managing con...

May 22, 2026 2049 Views 0 comment Print

Accounting and Tax Treatment of Diesel in Construction Industry

Goods and Services Tax : The article explains why diesel in construction businesses is treated as consumable inventory and how GST exclusion increases proj...

May 22, 2026 1353 Views 0 comment Print

Paradox of Permanence: Telecom Towers ‘Bolted To Ground’ Still Means Movable for GST

Goods and Services Tax : Courts ruled that telecom towers remain movable goods because they can be dismantled and relocated, even when bolted to concrete f...

May 22, 2026 291 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


CA Certificate Format for Non-Requirement of GST Registration for Securities Trading

Goods and Services Tax : The certificate clarifies that dealing and investment in securities are outside the scope of GST. Companies engaged solely in secu...

May 22, 2026 366 Views 0 comment Print

Representation on ITC denial for supplier defaults, Rule 37A & 180-day reversal

Goods and Services Tax : Representation addressed to Union Finance Minister, GST Council and CBIC seeks legislative and administrative relief for bona fide...

May 11, 2026 4728 Views 1 comment Print

Representation on Persistent Issues in Karnataka Professional Tax Portal

Goods and Services Tax : Persistent technical issues prevented users from accessing the portal and completing filings. The representation seeks urgent fixe...

May 4, 2026 582 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi GST Detects ₹60.59 Cr Fake ITC Fraud; One Arrested

Goods and Services Tax : Authorities uncovered fraudulent ITC claims based on fake invoices without actual supply of goods or services. The accused was arr...

April 30, 2026 867 Views 0 comment Print

Representation on Cancellation of GST Registration & Refund Processing

Goods and Services Tax : The representation highlights ambiguity in whether the ₹2.5 crore ITC threshold should be annual or cumulative. It emphasizes th...

April 23, 2026 3414 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Jharkhand HC Refuses GST Writ Due to Availability of Statutory Appeal Remedy

Goods and Services Tax : The High Court held that disputes involving factual examination and merits under Section 74 of the CGST Act must ordinarily be pur...

May 23, 2026 78 Views 0 comment Print

SC Stays GST Section 74 Proceedings Due to Pending Jurisdictional Issue on Alternate Remedy

Goods and Services Tax : The Supreme Court stayed further proceedings arising from a Section 74 GST order while examining whether writ petitions can be ent...

May 23, 2026 81 Views 0 comment Print

GST Appeal Delay Condoned as Taxpayer Relied on Consultant & Was Unaware of Cancellation

Goods and Services Tax : The Rajasthan High Court held that refusal to hear the appeal on merits would cause grave prejudice where cancellation of GST regi...

May 22, 2026 171 Views 0 comment Print

GST Order Set Aside as Summary SCN Cannot Replace Statutory Notice: Gauhati HC

Goods and Services Tax : The Gauhati High Court held that a Summary Show Cause Notice in Form GST DRC-01 cannot substitute the mandatory notice under Secti...

May 22, 2026 171 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala HC Dismisses Writ Appeal as GST DRC-01 Notice Prima Facie Satisfied Section 74 Requirements

Goods and Services Tax : The Kerala High Court held that although the earlier communication was not a Section 74 notice, the subsequent GST DRC-01 notice p...

May 22, 2026 96 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


GSTN Advisory on Enhancements in e-Way Bill (EWB) Portal

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...

May 21, 2026 9345 Views 0 comment Print

GSTN Introduces Mandatory Annexure-B Offline Utility to Automate ITC Refund Verification

Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has launched a standardized Annexure-B Offline Utility for refund applications involving accumulated ITC to enable automated ...

May 19, 2026 21621 Views 3 comments Print

GSTAT Constitutes Benches and Categorises GST Appeals

Goods and Services Tax : The GST Appellate Tribunal issued a detailed order constituting benches across India and classifying GST disputes into three categ...

May 15, 2026 744 Views 0 comment Print

GSTAT Extends Relaxed Appeal Filing Norms Till 31st December 2026

Goods and Services Tax : The Principal Bench of GSTAT instructed scrutiny officers not to raise defects where appellants upload required soft copy document...

May 15, 2026 4341 Views 0 comment Print

GST Notification Amended Due to Reconstitution of Chandigarh Authority Members

Goods and Services Tax : The Central Government amended Notification No. 14/2018-UT Tax by replacing officials listed against Serial No. 2. The notificatio...

May 15, 2026 324 Views 0 comment Print


New Procedure for payment of fees and taxes by unregistered dealers

December 26, 2008 2476 Views 0 comment Print

A new procedure has been prescribed for the payment of taxes, fees and returns by the dealers or employers seeking registration or not registered or not required to registered under MVAT Act vide Trade Circular 42-T of 2008 dated 26th December 2008.

MVAT E-Filing of Returns Made Applicable to All Dealers

December 21, 2008 678 Views 0 comment Print

Mandatory E-filing of Returns is applicable for Registered Dealers to whom the Explanation to clause (8) of Section 2 applies and whose tax liability during the previous year was rupees one crore or less, in respect of the period starting on or after 1st April, 2008.

Power Point Presentation on New MVAT Form and Engagement Letter

December 19, 2008 5061 Views 0 comment Print

Specimen of Letter of Appointment as Vat Auditor under Section 61 Of The MVAT Act, 2002, For The Financial Year Ending 31st March 2011. Specimen Letter of Communication with Previous Mavt Auditor.

Submission of MVAT Audit Report for 2007-2008 in Old Format

December 18, 2008 2521 Views 0 comment Print

The Government of Maharashtra has issued Trade Circular No. 41 T of 2008 dated 18.12.2008 allowing the submission of VAT Audit Reports for the Financial Year 2007-2008 in old Form No.704 also.

A Good Tool for MVAT Audit

December 11, 2008 891 Views 0 comment Print

Have a look at a very small utility to verify the correctness of VAT and CST Registration Numbers under Maharashtra VAT Act, 2002.This small MVAT Registration Numbers validation utility can be used as atool for the VAT Audit to check the VAT and CST Registration Nos of the parties as the utility checks whether the numbers are in the proper format or not.

Notification for Amendment in Notification for Medical Device

November 27, 2008 1873 Views 0 comment Print

No. VAT.1508/CR- 5/Taxation- 1 – In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-entry (8) of Entry 107 of schedule C appended to the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 [Mah IX of 2005], the Government of Maharashtra hereby amends the Government Notification, Finance Department, No.VAT-1505/ CR-233/Taxation- 1, dated the 23rd November, 2005, with effect from 1st December 2008, as follows, namely: –

Notification about composition Scheme for Drug Retailers

November 27, 2008 3116 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 42 of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act 2002 [Mah IX of 2005] the Government of Maharashtra hereby amends the Government Notification, Finance Department, No. VAT-1505/CR- 105/Taxation 1 dated the 1st June 2005 as follows namely.

New form no 704 in excel, word and PDF format along with all the schedules

November 21, 2008 21555 Views 5 comments Print

Dear Friends please find attached herewith format/form required for MVAT Audit in Maharashtra ie. form No. 704 in Excel Format, In Word Format and in PDF format released by the department. Download Form No. 704 along with schedules in Excel Format. Download Form No. 704 along with schedules in PDF Format

Element of transaction of sale is pre-requisite for levy of sales tax

November 19, 2008 2517 Views 0 comment Print

Haleema Zubair, Tropical Traders Vs. State of Kerala (Supreme Court of India)- The business activities relating to transaction of M/s. Poseidon Food Company unless otherwise proved cannot bring the appellant within the purview of definition of `dealer’. If she was not a dealer, the professional fees earned by her would not be exigible to payment of sales tax; only because the appellant happens to be the proprietress of M/s. Tropical Traders also.

Remove VAT on Perishable Goods, Centre Tells States

October 23, 2008 1038 Views 1 comment Print

Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Subodh Kant Sahai today urged the states to remove Value Added Tax (VAT) on perishable goods and peg it below four per cent on non-perishable items to encourage food processing industry. Around 15 companies have already brought in 106.4 million US dollar foreign direct investments into the country’s food processing sector, Sahai said while addressing Investors’ Meeting for Development of Food Processing Sector in Andhra Pradesh.

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