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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 207 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 309 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 129 Views 0 comment Print

Understanding Appeals & Revision Mechanism under GST

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...

June 15, 2026 426 Views 0 comment Print

Crisp Notes on Issuance of SCN Under GST

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...

June 15, 2026 321 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


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 429 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 1188 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 339 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 3105 Views 1 comment Print

CA Certificate Format for Non-Requirement of GST Registration for Securities Trading

Goods and Services Tax : The certificate clarifies that dealing and investment in securities are outside the scope of GST. Companies engaged solely in secu...

May 22, 2026 885 Views 0 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 117 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 144 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 69 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 66 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 75 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


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 183 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 354 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 390 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 14013 Views 0 comment Print

Gross and Net GST revenue collections for the month of May, 2026

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% ...

June 1, 2026 687 Views 0 comment Print


Liability to File Kerala Flood Cess Return

October 21, 2019 4347 Views 0 comment Print

As per Rule 3 (1) of Kerala Flood Cess Rules, 2019, only taxable persons are liable to file Kerala Flood Cess Return in Form KFC-A and to pay Kerala Flood Cess. If the taxable persons has no supply liable to Kerala Flood Cess during a Financial Year, they are not liable to file Kerala Flood Cess Return.

Cancellation/Deregistration of GSTIN

October 21, 2019 9417 Views 0 comment Print

Section 29 of the Assam GST Act categorically ordains a Proper Officer to cancel registration of a taxpayer that yields no revenue to the exchequer or does not comply with the mandatory provisions of return submission within a definite time or obtained registration with fraudulent motif.

Special Drive for Cancellation of GST Registration of Return Defaulters

October 21, 2019 2760 Views 0 comment Print

SGST Dept. – Goods and Service Tax – Action against Return Defaulters – Special Drive for Cancellation of Registration of Return Defaulters -instructions issued- In the interest of revenue, registration of all the return defaulters who had failed to file returns has to be cancelled to ensure that the non-filing of return will not cost the exchequer.

Gujarat Builder found guilty of not passing ITC Benefit

October 21, 2019 843 Views 0 comment Print

Sh. Vasantbhai Bhikabhai Patel Vs M/s Shree Infra (National Anti-Profiteering Authority) We have carefully considered the Report of the DGAP, the submissions of the Respondent and all the documents placed on record. From the perusal of the DGAP’s Report it is revealed that the ratio of ITC to the taxable turnover during the pre-GST period […]

Sanitary Napkin seller found guilty of not passing GST rate reduction benefit

October 21, 2019 1233 Views 0 comment Print

Product Sanitary Napkin vide Notification No. 19/2018-Central Tax (Rate) dated 26.07.2018, w.e.f 27.07.2018 was exempted and attracted NIL rate of GST. However prior to 27.07.2018 this product attracted 12% GST with the benefit of ITC on the inputs and input services which was denied from 27.07.2018 as the product was exempted from levy of tax.

Builder found guilty of Profiteering, Not passed ITC benefit Fully to Buyers

October 21, 2019 2220 Views 0 comment Print

Haryana State Screening Committee on Anti-profiteering examined the aforesaid application in its meeting held on 20.06.2018 and observed that the burden of tax had reduced in the GST era due to increased availability of input tax credit, which the builder should have passed on to the recipients in terms of Section 171 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017.

All about Input Tax Credit (ITC) under GST Provisions

October 20, 2019 23931 Views 4 comments Print

Input Tax Credit (ITC) is the core concept of GST as GST is destination based tax. ITC avoids cascading effect of taxes and ensures that tax is collected in the State in which goods or services or both are consumed.  “Input tax credit” means credit of ‘input tax’- section 2(62) of CGST Act. Section 2(62) […]

GST Exemption on outward transportation of goods (freight charges) by air & sea

October 20, 2019 25380 Views 3 comments Print

GST Exemption granted on outward transportation of all goods (freight charges) by air and sea by another one year i.e. up to 30th September 2020 GST Council in its 37th  GST Council  meeting held at  goa  on 20.09.2019 has decided to Extend the GST exemption granted on outward transportation of all goods (Freight Charges for Export) by […]

Drafting Error in Tax Levy Provisions of GST Laws

October 20, 2019 2406 Views 0 comment Print

In this article, I will like to draw attention of learned readers of this article towards certain aspects of tax levy provisions of various goods and services tax laws. Section 9 of the Central Goods and services Tax Act, 2017, with its marginal note “Levy and collection” runs as follows:– “9. (1) Subject to the […]

Steps to resolve the error ‘Invalid Summary Payload’ in GSTR-10

October 20, 2019 130350 Views 19 comments Print

In these article we will see the resolution for the error of ‘Invalid Summary Payload’ in GSTR-10. The steps to resolved the error are: 1. What is Form GSTR-10? Ans. A taxable person whose GST registration is cancelled or surrendered has to file a return in Form GSTR-10 called as Final Return. This is statement […]

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