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Jurisdiction Confusion under GST: Can State Officers Adjudicate Central Taxpayers?

Goods and Services Tax : This article explains how Section 6(2)(b) of the CGST Act restricts dual GST proceedings on the same subject matter and tax period...

June 20, 2026 738 Views 0 comment Print

GST Refund Limitation Amendment Cannot Apply Retrospectively to Curtail Vested Rights: Delhi HC

Goods and Services Tax : The Delhi High Court held that the amended limitation provision under Section 54 cannot be applied retrospectively to deny refund ...

June 20, 2026 171 Views 0 comment Print

GSTR-1 vs GSTR-3B Mismatch Notices: Key Steps Before Replying

Goods and Services Tax : The article explains how the GSTAT held that a mere mismatch between GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B is insufficient to invoke Section 74 witho...

June 20, 2026 597 Views 0 comment Print

GST on Leasehold Rights: An Unresolved Conundrum

Goods and Services Tax : The article explains why the Supreme Court's dismissal of the Revenue's SLP does not conclusively settle the GST treatment of leas...

June 20, 2026 363 Views 0 comment Print

GST SCN Uploaded Under Additional Notices Tab Invalid for Lack of Effective Service

Goods and Services Tax : The Delhi High Court held that uploading an SCN only under the 'Additional Notices' tab without effective communication does not a...

June 20, 2026 213 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


GSTAT Bar Seeks Extension of GST Appeal Deadline to 31 December 2026

Goods and Services Tax : The GSTAT Bar Association has urged CBIC to extend the GST Tribunal appeal deadline due to persistent technical glitches on the GS...

June 22, 2026 1872 Views 0 comment Print

Request for 3 Month extension of due date for filing of appeals before GSTAT

Goods and Services Tax : A GST Bar Association has sought a three-month extension for filing GSTAT appeals, citing procedural complexities and evolving fil...

June 17, 2026 1281 Views 0 comment Print

GST Audit Flags MSME Challenges: Key Recommendations to Improve Ease of Doing Business

Goods and Services Tax : Stakeholders identified persistent issues in GST registration, cancellations, and refund processing affecting MSMEs. The consultat...

June 13, 2026 525 Views 0 comment Print

Representation on procedural issues in filing of appeals before GSTAT

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...

June 11, 2026 1341 Views 0 comment Print

Haryana Tops GST Growth Rankings Due to Strong Compliance & Enforcement Drive

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...

June 6, 2026 360 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


GST Assessment Order Set Aside as It Lacked Assessing Officer’s Signature: AP HC

Goods and Services Tax : The Andhra Pradesh High Court held that an unsigned GST assessment order is invalid and cannot be sustained. The matter was remand...

June 21, 2026 273 Views 0 comment Print

ITC Cannot Be Denied for GSTR-2A Mismatch as Imports & SEZ Supplies Were Not Reflected

Goods and Services Tax : The Karnataka High Court held that Input Tax Credit could not be denied merely because GSTR-2A did not reflect imports and SEZ pro...

June 21, 2026 348 Views 0 comment Print

Bail Allowed in Alleged Fake ITC Case Due to Documentary Evidence & Clean Antecedents

Goods and Services Tax : The High Court granted bail in a GST ITC fraud case after noting that the accused had remained in custody for about four months an...

June 21, 2026 138 Views 0 comment Print

Recovery Proceedings Invalid if Time to File GST Appeal Not Expired: Bombay HC

Goods and Services Tax : The Bombay High Court held that recovery proceedings cannot continue while the statutory period to file an appeal under Section 11...

June 20, 2026 216 Views 0 comment Print

Section 73 Proceedings Quashed as Incorrect GST Head Did Not Result in Excess ITC

Goods and Services Tax : The Kerala High Court held that merely reporting eligible IGST credit under CGST and SGST instead of IGST did not amount to excess...

June 20, 2026 93 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


GSTN Updates e-Invoice & e-Way Bill APIs: Ship-to GSTIN Mandatory, Voluntary EWB Closure

Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has made Ship-to GSTIN conditionally mandatory in specified e-Invoice and e-Way Bill workflows. The change introduces stricte...

June 17, 2026 3078 Views 0 comment Print

Haryana Mandates Postal Intimation of GST Notices

Goods and Services Tax : Haryana has directed officers to send GST show cause notices and demand orders by registered or speed post in addition to portal-b...

June 17, 2026 276 Views 0 comment Print

GSTAT Bars Defect Flags on Valid Appeal Documents to Ease Initial Portal Compliance

Goods and Services Tax : GSTAT instructed scrutiny officers not to raise defects where appellants have uploaded the required documents in prescribed form. ...

June 15, 2026 339 Views 0 comment Print

GSTAT Mumbai Issues Notice on Operational Launch & Appeal Filing

Goods and Services Tax : GSTAT Mumbai Bench has officially commenced functioning, making it mandatory for taxpayers within its jurisdiction to file appeals...

June 12, 2026 492 Views 0 comment Print

GSTAT Committee Proposes Rule Changes to Ease Appeals

Goods and Services Tax : The Committee recommended replacing daily cause lists with weekly schedules and permitting supplementary lists when necessary. The...

June 12, 2026 540 Views 0 comment Print


MVAT: Trade Circular No. 37T of 2005, Dated: 19.11.2005

November 19, 2005 2383 Views 0 comment Print

Issuance of Fresh Registration Certificates and Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) to the existing dealers under VAT, CST, Luxury Tax Acts and Maharashtra Tax on the Entry of Goods into Local Areas Act, 2002.

Guidance Note on Accounting for State-level Value Added Tax

May 31, 2005 172278 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 2505 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 7045 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 3307 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 3902 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 3248 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 8370 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 10247 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 8365 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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