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Goods and Services Tax : This article explains the legal significance of a Show Cause Notice under GST and why it forms the foundation of adjudication proc...
Goods and Services Tax : The article explains that taxpayers with orders communicated before 1 April 2026 must file GSTAT appeals by 30 June 2026 to preser...
Goods and Services Tax : High Courts have held that taxpayers with cancelled GST registrations cannot be expected to monitor the portal continuously, makin...
Goods and Services Tax : The article examines the benefits and trade-offs of the composition scheme, helping small businesses determine whether the concess...
Goods and Services Tax : The article explains that audits and investigations serve distinct legal purposes under GST and require different taxpayer respons...
Goods and Services Tax : Stakeholders identified persistent issues in GST registration, cancellations, and refund processing affecting MSMEs. The consultat...
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...
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...
Goods and Services Tax : Practitioners are reportedly following different methods while completing GSTAT appeal forms because of inadequate guidance. The r...
Goods and Services Tax : The certificate clarifies that dealing and investment in securities are outside the scope of GST. Companies engaged solely in secu...
Goods and Services Tax : Modine Thermal Systems Private Limited Vs State of Uttarakhand and Others (Uttarakhand High Court) The petitioner challenged an as...
Goods and Services Tax : The Telangana High Court granted bail to an accused in a Rs.30 crore fake GST ITC case after noting that no complaint had been fil...
Goods and Services Tax : Considering Clauses 7 and 7.1 of the 2022 Circular, the Court found that the amount in question appeared to be compensation rather...
Goods and Services Tax : The Allahabad High Court held that GST appellate authorities cannot dismiss appeals solely on limitation without examining the act...
Goods and Services Tax : The Punjab and Haryana High Court directed the competent authority to decide a representation alleging fraudulent GST record manip...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTAT instructed scrutiny officers not to raise defects where appellants have uploaded the required documents in prescribed form. ...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTAT Mumbai Bench has officially commenced functioning, making it mandatory for taxpayers within its jurisdiction to file appeals...
Goods and Services Tax : The Committee recommended replacing daily cause lists with weekly schedules and permitting supplementary lists when necessary. The...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has postponed the implementation of mandatory "Ship To GSTIN" capture and voluntary E-Way Bill closure to 1 August 2026. The ...
Goods and Services Tax : Gross GST collections reached ₹1.94 lakh crore in May 2026, registering 3.2% growth. The increase was driven largely by a 19.1% ...
The Pure Services provided by the applicant by way of rendering Consulting Services for Programme Management and Accompanying Measures for implementation of Integrated Strom Water Drain for M1 & M2 Components of Kovalam Basin in the extended area of Greater Chennai Corporation, supplied to the Superintending Engineer, Strom Water Drain Department, Greater Chennai Corporation, Chennai vide the contract dated 03rd December 2020 are covered under S.No.3 of the Notification No.12/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 and SGST Sl.No.3 of the No.II(2)/CTR/532(d-15)/2017 dated 29.06.2017 and exempted from payment of GST.
In re Shanmuga Durai (GST AAR Tamilnadu) Section 15(1) stipulates the transaction value as the value to be adopted in cases where the supplier and recipient are not related. In the present situation, the applicant and the firm are related persons. Therefore, the value to be adopted is to be arrived at following the Valuation Rules […]
AAR held that, club of membership association and its members are distinct persons and the membership/ subscription fee, and annual fee, received from its members are consideration for supply of goods/services as a separate entity covered by the scope of the term ‘business’ and, thus, principle of mutuality is not applicable. Hence, GST would be payable on amounts received from club members.
In re Chennai Water Desalination Limited (GST AAR Tamilnadu) 1. Supply of desalinated water by the applicant to CMWSSB for distribution as safe drinking water to public falls under the entry at SI.No.99 of notification No. 2/2017-Central Tax (Rate), dated 28-6-2017 and attracts ‘NIL’ rate of GST. 2. Transaction of supply of safe drinking water […]
In re Rotary District 3231 (GST AAR Tamilnadu) To sum up, the membership fees collected by the applicant from their Members is subject to tax as per Section 7 (1) (aa) of the GST Act as the activities rendered by the applicant to their Members is a supply to its constituents/members and they have to […]
The GST has established a unified rule across the country, whether it is for major corporations or small and medium-sized businesses. It has an impact on everyone, whether directly or indirectly. Freelancers are self-employed individuals who work on a variety of projects. They work on particular jobs on a contract basis and are paid a […]
Colgate Global Business Services Pvt. Ltd. Vs Union of India (Bombay High Court) A Perusal of the impugned Order indicates that the Respondent No.3 has rejected the application for refund without recording any reasons, though the same is mandatory under Rule 92(3) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017. In our view, the […]
Kamalesh Sen Vs Assistant State Tax Officer (Kerala High Court) It is noticed from Ext.P8, that the respondent has given a reason for initiating proceedings under Section 130. The correctness or otherwise of the said reason is not a matter which can be considered by this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, […]
ow does an Adjudicating Authority perform his quasi-judicial functions? Rather the question should be How should an Adjudicating Authority perform his quasi-judicial functions? First he has to read the entire statute; then interprets the various provisions of the statute; records the findings of facts; then applies legal rules to them correctly and gives his decisions.
Many a time we have seen that people buys capital goods, take its Input Tax Credit (ITC) and then sale the asset after sometime. Now the question here is whether there is any need to reverse the ITC already taken at the time of purchase? In this article we will understand the answer of this […]
