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Innocent Recipient’s Burden: GST Challenges When Suppliers Turn “Fake”

Goods and Services Tax : Courts have repeatedly held that bona fide purchasers cannot lose Input Tax Credit merely because suppliers failed to deposit GST ...

May 25, 2026 138 Views 0 comment Print

Transit State Cannot Penalise Pure Inter‑State Transit: Limits of Cross‑Empowerment under GST

Goods and Services Tax : The Allahabad High Court held that SGST authorities of a pure transit State cannot impose penalties under Section 129 where no tax...

May 25, 2026 75 Views 0 comment Print

No Penalty Under GST With Out Liability

Goods and Services Tax : The article explains that GST penalties generally require existence of tax liability, contravention, or deliberate intent to evade...

May 25, 2026 303 Views 0 comment Print

Arbitrary Taxation vs Constitutional Protection: Understanding Articles 14, 19(1)(g) and 265

Goods and Services Tax : The article explains how constitutional safeguards prevent illegal, discriminatory, and oppressive taxation by authorities. It hig...

May 25, 2026 135 Views 0 comment Print

Social Media Income: GST & Income Tax Guide

Goods and Services Tax : Social media creators earning from YouTube, Instagram, sponsorships, and affiliate marketing must report income as professional bu...

May 25, 2026 372 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 522 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 4779 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 597 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 876 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 3423 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Allahabad HC Grants Bail in Fake GST Invoice Case Due to Absence of Exceptional Circumstances

Goods and Services Tax : The Allahabad High Court granted bail in a GST fake ITC case after noting that investigation was complete, the complaint had been ...

May 25, 2026 51 Views 0 comment Print

Karnataka HC Quashes GST Interest Waiver Rejection as Section 128A Time Limit Was Directory

Goods and Services Tax : Karnataka High Court observed that the department wrongly construed the term “may” as mandatory while rejecting the waiver app...

May 25, 2026 54 Views 0 comment Print

SC Dismisses Challenge to GST Order as Alternative Appellate Remedy Was Available

Goods and Services Tax : The Supreme Court refused to interfere with the Kerala High Court judgment holding that challenges to GST adjudication proceedings...

May 25, 2026 69 Views 0 comment Print

Madras HC Allows Fresh GST Adjudication as Taxpayer Agreed to Deposit 50% Tax

Goods and Services Tax : The Madras High Court remitted the GST matter for fresh adjudication after the taxpayer agreed to deposit 50% of the disputed tax ...

May 25, 2026 54 Views 0 comment Print

Allahabad HC Quashes GST Confiscation Notice as Tax Liability Was Not Determined Under Sections 73/74

Goods and Services Tax : Allahabad High Court held that proceedings under Section 130 of the GST Act cannot be initiated without prior determination of tax...

May 25, 2026 57 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 11418 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 22941 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 771 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 4491 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 351 Views 0 comment Print


Guidance Note on Accounting for State-level Value Added Tax

May 31, 2005 172221 Views 1 comment Print

The State-level Value Added Tax (hereinafter referred to as ‘Value Added Tax’ or ‘VAT’) comes into effect from April 1, 2005, in place of the sales tax structure prevalent in various States. The VAT intends to bring harmonisation in the tax structure of various States and rationalise the overall tax burden. The essence of VAT is that it provides credit/set-off for input tax, i.e., tax paid on purchases, against the output tax, i.e., tax payable on sales.

A provision once declared unconstitutional could not be brought to life by mere administrative instructions

July 30, 2003 2478 Views 0 comment Print

In spite of the enunciation of law in ACC, Entry 25 has not stood revived or restored into the Sixth Schedule of the Act. Therefore the Authorities under the Act cannot levy tax under the Act in regard to transfer of property in goods involved in processing photo negatives and supplying of photo prints and photographs, as if Entry 25 has stood restored in the Sixth Schedule to the Act.

ACC Ltd. Vs. Commissioner of Customs- Supreme Court of India

January 25, 2001 6997 Views 0 comment Print

These appeals have been filed against the common order dated 15th November, 1999 of the Customs, Excise and Gold (Control) Appellate Tribunal which, while confirming the order of the Commissioner of Customs held that drawings, designs etc. relating to machinery or industrial technology were goods which were leviable to duty of customs on their transaction value at the time of their import.

Ram Singh And Others vs State Of U.P. And Others – Allahabad High Court

August 11, 2000 3283 Views 0 comment Print

Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that in fact the respondents had no Jurisdiction to seize the trucks and he has claimed damages. The submission of the learned counsel for the petitioners is correct. It has been repeatedly held by several Division Benches of this Court that trucks cannot be seized under the U. P. Trade-tax Act e.g., in the case of M/s. D. B. Timber Merchant, Ballia v. Commissioner of Sales-tax and another, 1992 UPTC 18, M/s. M. S. Freight Carriers and another v. Sales Tax Officer, Check Post, Ghaziabad, 1992 UPTC 273, M/s. Freight Carriers of India, Calcutta v. Deputy Commissioner (Executive), Sales Tax, Ghaziabad and others, 1992 UPTC 604, etc.

Hire purchase transaction liable to imposition of Sales Tax- SC

August 9, 2000 3890 Views 0 comment Print

Sale price means the amount payable to a dealer as consideration for transfer of goods on hire purchase. The word sale occurring in Sec. 2(h) must have the meaning ascribed to it as in Section 2(g) when the word sale includes transfer of goods on hire purchase, then whatever is the amount which is paid/payable to the dealer on such a transfer would be included within the meaning

Rainbow Colour Lab & Anr Vs. State Of Madhya Pradesh & Ors -Supreme Court

February 2, 2000 3215 Views 0 comment Print

Common questions involved in these appeals are whether the job rendered by a photographer in taking photographs, developing and printing films would amount to a works contract as contemplated under Article 366(2A)(b) of the Constitution read with Section 2(n) of the M.P.General Sales Tax for the purpose of levy of sales tax on business turnover of the photographers.

N. Nagendra Rao and Company Vs. State of Andhra Pradesh – Supreme Court

September 6, 1994 8346 Views 0 comment Print

he Judgment of the Court was delivered by R.M. SAHAI, J.- Is the State vicariously liable for negligence of its officers in discharge of their statutory duties, was answered in the negative by the High Court of Andhra Pradesh on the ratio laid down by this Court in Kasturi Lal Ralia Ram Jain v. State of U.P

Lucknow Development Authority vs M.K. Gupta -Supreme Court of India

November 5, 1993 10226 Views 0 comment Print

The Judgment of the Court was delivered by R.M. SAHAI, J.- The question of law that arises for consideration in these appeals, directed against orders passed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (referred hereinafter as National Commission), New Delhi is if the statutory authorities such as Lucknow Development Authority

In a building contract which is one, entire and indivisible there is no sale of goods

November 17, 1992 8329 Views 0 comment Print

In Gannon Dunkerley and Co. and others Vs. State of Rajasthan and others Supreme Court held that in a building contract which is one, entire and indivisible there is no sale of goods, and it is not within the competence of the Provisional Legislature under Entry 48 to impose a tax on the supply of materials used in the contract treating it as sale

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