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Fake GST Invoices Without Supply: When Section 74 Applies & When It Does Not

Goods and Services Tax : CBIC clarifies that fake invoices without actual supply do not create a taxable supply, but wrongful ITC utilization can trigger r...

June 17, 2026 30 Views 0 comment Print

Stakes Over Skill: Gameskraft Judgement And Its Tax Implications

Goods and Services Tax : The Supreme Court ruled that the presence of monetary stakes, rather than the skill-versus-chance distinction, determines whether ...

June 17, 2026 66 Views 0 comment Print

No GST on Arbitral Damages: Tata Sons Ruling Clarifies ‘Toleration’

Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that damages paid under an arbitral award do not qualify as consideration for a taxable service under GST. The ruli...

June 16, 2026 315 Views 0 comment Print

Haryana Entry Tax Notices 2025-26: HC Stay & Key Steps Before 17 July 2026

Goods and Services Tax : The Punjab and Haryana High Court has prima facie held that Haryana may have lost the constitutional power to collect entry tax af...

June 16, 2026 378 Views 0 comment Print

Why Redemption Fine Cannot Survive After GST Penalty Is Dropped

Goods and Services Tax : The article examines whether authorities can retain a redemption fine under Section 130 after setting aside the penalty. The key t...

June 16, 2026 192 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


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 63 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 438 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 1191 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 342 Views 0 comment Print

Issue GSTAT FAQ as Filing Procedures Continue to Cause Confusion: MGATBA

Goods and Services Tax : Practitioners are reportedly following different methods while completing GSTAT appeal forms because of inadequate guidance. The r...

June 4, 2026 3129 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


SC Allows GST Appeal Without Pre-Deposit as Amendment Came After Appealable Order

Goods and Services Tax : The Supreme Court permitted the appeal to be entertained without pre-deposit after noting that the appealable order predated the a...

June 16, 2026 219 Views 0 comment Print

GST Appeal Can Be Filed Without 10% Pre-Deposit as Right of Appeal May Have Vested Earlier

Goods and Services Tax : The High Court held that the issue requires consideration where the show cause notice preceded the amendment. It granted interim r...

June 16, 2026 270 Views 0 comment Print

Telangana HC quashes Non-Speaking Order Rejecting Delayed GST Registration Revocation Plea

Goods and Services Tax : The issue involved rejection of a delayed revocation application for cancelled GST registration. The Telangana High Court held tha...

June 16, 2026 108 Views 0 comment Print

Telangana HC Orders GST Officer to Decide Rectification Plea in 2 Weeks

Goods and Services Tax : The issue involved delay in disposal of a rectification application filed against a GST order. The Telangana High Court directed t...

June 16, 2026 96 Views 0 comment Print

Telangana HC Directs Taxpayer to File GST Appeal Against Assessment Order

Goods and Services Tax : The issue was whether a taxpayer could directly invoke writ jurisdiction claiming that a GST show cause notice and order were mere...

June 16, 2026 99 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


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 60 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 213 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 378 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 414 Views 0 comment Print

GSTN Extends Timeline for ‘Ship To GSTIN’ & E-Way Bill Closure Implementation

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 ...

June 9, 2026 14136 Views 0 comment Print


GST exempt on supply of pure services for implementation of Integrated Strom Water Drain to a Local Authority

January 31, 2022 2916 Views 0 comment Print

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.

GST payable on renting of Property to Firm by its partner even without consideration

January 31, 2022 15573 Views 0 comment Print

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 […]

GST payable on membership/ subscription fee received from members of a club

January 31, 2022 64434 Views 1 comment Print

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.

No GST on Supply of desalinated water for distribution as safe drinking water to public

January 31, 2022 3582 Views 0 comment Print

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 […]

Advance ruling cannot be extended for supply already taken place

January 31, 2022 2742 Views 0 comment Print

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 […]

Important things on GST payment for freelancers

January 31, 2022 5910 Views 0 comment Print

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 […]

Application for GST refund cannot be rejected without recording any reasons

January 30, 2022 8613 Views 0 comment Print

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 […]

Transport of gold was with an intention to evade tax or not needs to be appreciated by Statutory authority: HC

January 30, 2022 1596 Views 0 comment Print

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, […]

Role of Adjudicating Authority under GST Act & Analytical Legal Positivism

January 30, 2022 6795 Views 6 comments Print

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.  

ITC Reversal on Sale of Used Capital Goods

January 30, 2022 45150 Views 5 comments Print

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 […]

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