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Goods and Services Tax : The Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime in India aims to establish a transparent and efficient indirect tax system. Despite the se...
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 : 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 : The Kerala High Court held that a composite show cause notice issued for multiple assessment years was legally unsustainable. The ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Kerala High Court held that issuing one show cause notice for multiple financial years is not legally sustainable. While quash...
Goods and Services Tax : The Bombay High Court held that TCS paid under protest before assessment must be considered while calculating the mandatory pre-de...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that a purchasing dealer cannot be denied input tax credit solely because the supplier failed to deposit tax with t...
Goods and Services Tax : The Madras High Court admitted writ petitions challenging a GST demand arising from the classification of logistics services as in...
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% ...
According to the provisions of IndAS, indirect taxes like sales tax, VAT, GST etc. that are recovered by the supplier from his customer should not form part of the supplier’s turnover as the tax is collected by the supplier on behalf of third parties. But in the opinion of the author, for reasons explained below, […]
The Hon’ble Uttarakhand Authority for Advance Rulings (UAAR), in the matter of M/s. Midas Foods (P.) Ltd. [Application No. 05 of 2020-21 dated October 15, 2020], held that Overseas Commission Agent is covered within the definition of the term ‘intermediary’ under Section 2(13) of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (the IGST Act). […]
AAAR held that the private coaching institutions imparting education to students facilitating them to obtain qualification like CA,CS, CMA etc., are not covered under the definition of ‘educational institution’ in para 2(y) of the Services Exemption Notification No. 12/2017- Central Tax (Rate) dated June 28, 2017 and hence not eligible to exemption under CGST Act.
The Hon’ble Madras High Court in Greenwood Owners Association v. Union of India [ W.P. Nos. 5518 and 1555 of 2020 dated July 01, 2021] held that contribution by the members of the Resident Welfare Association (RWA) only in excess of Rs. 7500/- per month per member would be taxable under the Goods and Services […]
True tests for determining Composite & Mixed Supply under GST laws including analysis of position under foreign laws Introduction To determine whether a particular supply is a composite supply or mixed supply, we have to analyze the definition of composite supply and mixed supply. Composite Supply Definition As per Section 2(30) of CGST Act, 2017, […]
Advisory on GSTR1 Filing (11th August 2021) Currently, the Taxpayers are seeing the below statuses for GSTR1, after uploading of JSON file from the of Tool: 1. Processed with Error or 2. In Progress This is due to the fact that many offline utilities used by Taxpayers are not filling the Table 12-HSN wise summary […]
Union of India Vs Quarry Owners Association (Supreme Court of India) Rule 89(5) – Restriction on refund of ITC under inverted tax structure- SC reserves order Supreme Court reserved the order on constitutional validity and vires of Rule 89(5) of the CGST Rules which restrict the refund of taxes on input services under inverted tax […]
1. Availing ITC: Crediting the ITC in Electronic Credit Ledger is availing ITC. Crediting ITC to credit ledger results in to ITC availed. 2. Utilization of ITC: Debiting the ITC in the Electronic Credit Ledger is utilization of ITC. Debiting ITC results in to ITC utilized. 3. Interest under section 50: Wrong credit taken i.e […]
Union of India Vs Bangalore Turf Club Limited (Karnataka High Court) Karnataka High Court Stays the Judgment of Single Judge in which he held that Goods and Service Tax (GST) cannot be levied on the entire bet amount received in the totalisator as it would take away the principle that tax can only be levied on […]
Construction of Institute outside India when Service Provider and Service Recipient in India In M/s. Sri Avantika Contracts (I) Limited, [GST-AAR 05/2021 dated August 05, 2021], M/s. Sri Avantika Contracts (I) Limited (Applicant) has sought an advance ruling on the issues of applicability of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on construction of Police Academy in […]
