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Goods and Services Tax : Guide to GST on director remuneration, rent, guarantees and company transactions, covering RCM, FCM, Rule 28(2), CBIC circulars an...
Goods and Services Tax : Article explains a defence strategy for GST SCN replies, emphasising disclosure of legal position, disputing demands and burden of...
Goods and Services Tax : This guide explains key GST checks while finalising books of accounts, including ITC eligibility, RCM, Rule 37, inventory, capital...
Goods and Services Tax : The article explains why small residential builders should be classified as promoters or contractors before applying GST, with rat...
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Goods and Services Tax : A PIB backgrounder explains how nine years of GST have expanded the taxpayer base, increased collections, and simplified India's i...
Goods and Services Tax : Haryana recorded the highest State GST revenue growth of 32% during the first quarter of FY 2026-27, outperforming all other state...
Goods and Services Tax : The representation requests extension of the GSTAT appeal filing deadline to 31 December 2026, citing persistent technical issues ...
Goods and Services Tax : A representation seeks extension of the GSTAT appeal filing deadline to 31 December 2026, citing persistent technical issues on th...
Goods and Services Tax : The Advocates Tax Bar Association has requested extension of the GSTAT appeal filing deadline to 31 December 2026, citing persiste...
Goods and Services Tax : Telangana AAR held MeeSeva user charges collected over statutory fees are not exempt under Notification 12/2017 and are liable to ...
Goods and Services Tax : Delhi HC directed processing of GST refund with interest, holding that appellate orders must be implemented unless stayed by a com...
Goods and Services Tax : Delhi HC held that GST refund cannot be withheld merely due to a proposed appeal, directed release of refund with interest, and tr...
Goods and Services Tax : Delhi HC held that a mere decision to file an appeal does not permit withholding GST refund under Section 54(11) and directed imme...
Goods and Services Tax : SC issued notice and stayed the Rajasthan HC judgment upholding GST liability on a DBFOT/BOT toll concessionaire. Final merits rem...
Goods and Services Tax : Rajasthan revises RGST Section 61 return scrutiny guidelines, risk parameters, faceless scrutiny process, ASMT forms and action un...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has clarified mandatory Ship-to GSTIN requirements, API changes and voluntary e-Way Bill closure before the proposed 1 August...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has shifted the FY 2025-26 AATO amendment window to 1–31 July 2026 due to system upgrades. Tax officer review will take pla...
Goods and Services Tax : June 2026 gross GST collections reached Rs. 1.94 lakh crore, driven by higher domestic and import revenues, while net collections ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Government has fixed 31 July 2026 as the last date for filing GST Appellate Tribunal appeals and applications in specified old...
As per Section 61 of MVAT Act, 2002 it is mandatory for all eligible dealers to get their books of accounts audited. As per trade circular No. 27 T of 2009 Dated 01.10.2009, any dealer who files Audit Report in Form 704 on or after 1″ Oct.2009 for any period shall file the same electronically in the new Form-704.
We had issued the above referred Trade Circular on 23.08.07 to formulate a standard procedure for processing of the refund applications. The circular contained certain provisions in Para 9(i) to facilitate issuance of refund amount against a BG worth part of the amount claimed as refund. The said provisions of para 9(i) stand superceded by the following provisions from 01/01/2010
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has asked the government to defer the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) from April 1, 2010 by an year to allow for a smoother transition to the new indirect tax framework.
It is a well known fact that a single GST, all over the country, is the ideal structure for taxation of goods and services. But looking into the Constitutional framework of our country we understand that, at present, dual GST is the most acceptable structure to begin with. It may lead to introductions of a single GST at a later stage. We believe that with harmonious principles of taxation, it is possible to attain the benefits of Single GST even though it may be called Dual GST.
Discover the irregularities in the VAT department in Punjab, where the violation of rules of natural justice is prevalent. Learn about the importance of show cause notices and fair play in administrative actions to avoid arbitrariness and protect citizens fundamental rights. Legal expert Amit Bajaj sheds light on the violations and implications in the taxation laws.
This office had issued above referred Trade Circulars explaining scope of section 6A of CST Act, 1956. In the Trade Circular dated 20th February 2007, a view had been taken that section 6A of CST Act, 1956 deals only with transactions between principal and agent and that it applies in those cases where the movement of goods is to the place of business of the dealer himself in another state or to his agent or his principal in another state. It was viewed that section 6A does not deal with transactions which are on a principal to principal basis.
India Inc on Tuesday asked Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to introduce Goods and Services Tax “as early as possible”, amid speculations that the indirect tax reform may not be implemented from the scheduled date of April 1. “We want that the GST deadline should not be missed,” Ficci president Harsh Pati Singhania told reporters after a pre-budget meeting with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee along with other industrialists here on Tuesday.
In order to attain uniformity in procedures, the departmental officers have been instructed to issue Tax Clearance Certificate under the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 in the prescribed format. Further, format of the Profession Tax Clearance Certificate has also been prescribed.
In view of this situation, it is necessary that the procedure for the issuing of such certificates should be standardized. Such certificates are very often required to be produced before various government authorities, local bodies or other bodies etc. for the purpose of tender renewal of licenses etc.
If something is not taxable at all, can one exempt it? Obviously not. If one does it, it is conceptually meaningless and even absurd. Taking an excise example, it is like saying that free air is exempt. If free air is not taxable, it cannot be exempted by the government. Precisely this type of conceptual error is visible in the exemption list suggested in the Report of the Task Force of the 13th Finance Commission .
