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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% ...
E-invoicing, stands for electronic invoicing system. The GST Council, in its 37th meeting held on 20th September 2019, approved the introduction of e-invoicing. E-invoicing is the exchange of the invoice documents between a supplier and a buyer in an integrated electronic format. Now why E-Invoicing? The main motive of the Government behind decision for implementing E-invoicing is increase the business efficiency by lowering the processing cost. Benefits of E-invoicing Misconception about E-Invoicing under GST The biggest misconception going on among the registered person is that e-invoicing will be generated from Government Tax Portals. However, this is incorrect. Invoices will continue to be generated from Accounting or Billing Software. Under E-invoicing, invoices are prepared on ERP Software and then JSON file from software will be created and that is required to be uploaded on portal. Here is is the list of […]
Ramakrishnan Mahalingam (Prateeksha Bharat Gas Garima Vitrak) Vs State Tax Officer (Madras High Court) An assessment would have to be made by the authority in terms of Section 73 or other applicable provision after following the procedure set out therein, and it is only in the course thereof that the officer may consider and decide […]
Greatship (India) Ltd. Vs State of Maharashtra (Bombay High Court) 1. Manual Assessment order under Maharashtra VAT Act for Year 2015-16, purported to be passed on 20/03/2020 and served through email on 14/07/2020, held to be barred by limitation in absence of manual service in view of provisions under Maharashtra VAT Act. 2. Held to […]
In the case of Radha Krishan Industries v. the State of HP (2021) 35 J.K.Jain’s GST & VR 367, the Hon’ble Supreme Court held that, the power of provisional attachment of the property of the taxable person is draconian in nature and the conditions which are prescribed by the statute for a valid exercise of the […]
Shri. Rajiv Magoo, Joint Commissioner of Central Tax has been appointed as member of Maharashtra GST Advance Ruling Committee in the place of Ms. P. Vinitha Sekhar. FINANCE DEPARTMENT Madam Cama Marg, Hutatma Rajguru Chowk, Mantralaya, Mumbai 400 032, Dated the 29th April 2021. NOTIFICATION MAHARASHTRA GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017. No. GST-1021/C.R. 43/Taxation-1. […]
E-Invoice System e-Invoicing under GST, is a game changer system. The system involves reporting of the B2B and Export invoices being issued by the taxpayers to their customers, on the government portal and obtaining a unique Invoice Reference Number (IRN). Its a faceless system with major thrust on API integration so that the eco-system can […]
Held that, the power to order a provisional attachment of the property of the taxable person including a bank account is draconian in nature and the conditions which are prescribed by the statute for a valid exercise of the power must be strictly fulfilled.
Sanjay Prahladbhai Patel Vs State of Gujarat (Gujarat High Court) It is submitted that the applicant is arrested in connection with the alleged demand by the GST authorities without determining the extent liability of the said alleged demand. It is submitted that the arrest of the applicant in the alleged offence is effected only on […]
This file will be useful for GST monthly returns compilation, Annual Return (GSTR 9) and GST Audit Report (GSTR 9C) working for the year 2021-2022.
The authority to refund the taxes in the GST provisions is found under section 54 of the CGST Act and section 16 of the IGST Act respectively. Before dwelling upon the deeper analytical discussion in these refund mechanisms, it would be appropriate first to have bare look upon relevant provisions as they stand; The provisions […]
