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Trade discounts / Incentives in sale cannot be treated as “Sale”

March 19, 2020 7911 Views 0 comment Print

Liability to pay any VAT on the trade discounts / incentives pursuant to bringing in Section 9(5) in JVAT Act was beyond the legislative competence of the State Legislature, and the same was ultra vires Article 246(1) of the Constitution of India, and could not be sustained in the eyes of law and accordingly, it had to be treated as if never existing in the Statute Book.

Goods cannot be detained for mere Misclassification or Misbranding

March 19, 2020 8868 Views 0 comment Print

Hindustan Coca Cola Pvt. Ltd. Vs Assistant State Tax Officer (Kerala High Court) The petitioner a Private Limited Company engaged in manufacture and supply of fruit-based beverages/drinks registered in State of Kerala under GST Act. According to the petitioner, the product manufactured by them was classified under HSN 2202 9920 under GST and discharging GST […]

COVID-19 – Kerala HC stays All Revenue Recovery proceedings

March 19, 2020 3378 Views 0 comment Print

Present scenario of outburst of deadly corona virus is very precarious and sensitive, as the lawyers and the st«ff rendering assistance to this Court and the judges ore vulnerable, thus in order to prevent such rampant of spread by taking preventive measures, I deem it appropriate to issue general directions to the departments concerned like the banks, financial institutions, Income tax authorities, authorities dealing with the erstwhile KVAT, GST, recovery of tax ox motor vehicles and building tax to defer the recovery proceedings or coercive measures till 06.04.2020.

Failure to collect & pay STT- Not ipso-facto lead to imposition of penalty

March 18, 2020 1179 Views 0 comment Print

Assessing Officer comes to a conclusion that the assessee had failed to collect the STT or had failed to pay such STT to the credit of the Central Government, it would not ipso-facto lead to imposition of penalty. Once such a conclusion is reached, the assessee is required to be provided reasonable opportunity of hearing and during the hearing if the assessee can prove that there was reasonable cause for such failure, no penalty shall be imposed.

ITAT cannot dismiss an Appeal merely because tax payer was not participating in proceeding

March 18, 2020 1140 Views 0 comment Print

Rabindra Kumar Mohanty Vs Registrar, ITAT (Orissa High Court) Article 265 of the Constitution mandates that no tax can be collected except by authority of law. Appellate proceedings are also laws in strict sense of the term, which are required to be followed before tax can legally be collected. Similarly, the provisions of law are […]

Non-filing of return due to Seizure of Document by dept cannot be considered as Wilful

March 18, 2020 846 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is that the respondent had willfully defaulted in filing a return pursuant to the notices issued under Section 153A of the Act and thus, committed the offence punishable under Section 276CC of the Act.

Order passed by ignoring Material Contention of Petitioner is Unsustainable

March 18, 2020 1962 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether without considering the reply submitted by the petitioner, the respondent has passed the order is justified in law?

Covid-19- Allahabad HC stays all recoveries / coercive action for 2 weeks

March 18, 2020 3234 Views 0 comment Print

Darpan Sahu Vs State Of U.P. (Allahabad high Court) Allahabad High Court stays all recoveries/coercive action of any kind for two weeks to ensure no filing takes places till 6.4.2020. Today, there is an extraordinary situation in the country due to pandemic Corona Virus and therefore, it calls for an extraordinary measure to be taken […]

Transitional Credit not allowed if no attempt was made to file GST Tran-1: Rajasthan HC

March 18, 2020 1854 Views 0 comment Print

Shree Motor Vs Union of India (Rajasthan High Court) It is alleged that due to various technical glitches/system error the petitioners have failed to file Form GST Tran-1 at common portal within the time envisaged under Rule 117 of the CGST Rules. After attempting help at the GST network portal, the petitioners approached the department […]

Employer can’t camouflage basic wages as part of allowance to avoid EPF deduction & contribution

March 18, 2020 2043 Views 0 comment Print

Carewell Security Services Private Limited Vs Employees Provident Fund Organization (Madhya Pradesh High Court) Conclusion: Employer could not camouflage basic wage as part of allowance so as to avoid deduction and contribution under the EPF Act. Held: Assessee was company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act and was engaged in the business of […]

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