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Goods and Services Tax : This article explains the composition levy scheme under Section 10 of the CGST Act, including eligibility, tax rates, compliance o...
Goods and Services Tax : The article explains how GST composition scheme, exemption rules, and time of supply provisions work in practice. It highlights co...
Goods and Services Tax : The GST Invoice Management System (IMS) promises stronger ITC reconciliation, fraud prevention, and invoice-level transparency. Ho...
Goods and Services Tax : The article examines how denying ITC to genuine buyers due to supplier tax default creates constitutional and commercial concerns ...
Goods and Services Tax : This article discusses GST compliance for service providers eligible for the QRMP scheme up to ₹5 crore turnover. It clarifies w...
Goods and Services Tax : Representation addressed to Union Finance Minister, GST Council and CBIC seeks legislative and administrative relief for bona fide...
Goods and Services Tax : Persistent technical issues prevented users from accessing the portal and completing filings. The representation seeks urgent fixe...
Goods and Services Tax : Authorities uncovered fraudulent ITC claims based on fake invoices without actual supply of goods or services. The accused was arr...
Goods and Services Tax : The representation highlights ambiguity in whether the ₹2.5 crore ITC threshold should be annual or cumulative. It emphasizes th...
Goods and Services Tax : Authorities arrested the key accused for orchestrating fake ITC claims and fictitious export transactions. The case highlights str...
Goods and Services Tax : The Bombay High Court held that GST deposited during investigation before adjudication could not be treated as voluntary payment. ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Calcutta High Court set aside cancellation of GST registration for non-filing of returns, observing that preventing business o...
Goods and Services Tax : Punjab and Haryana High Court granted regular bail to an accused linked to alleged fake GST billing and forged documents. The Cour...
Goods and Services Tax : Gujarat High Court upheld confiscation proceedings under Section 130 after noting that goods were transported without an e-way bil...
Goods and Services Tax : The Andhra Pradesh High Court held that GST recovery proceedings under Section 79 can be initiated against a bank after an assessm...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has launched a standardized Annexure-B Offline Utility for refund applications involving accumulated ITC to enable automated ...
Goods and Services Tax : The GST Appellate Tribunal issued a detailed order constituting benches across India and classifying GST disputes into three categ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Principal Bench of GSTAT instructed scrutiny officers not to raise defects where appellants upload required soft copy document...
Goods and Services Tax : The Central Government amended Notification No. 14/2018-UT Tax by replacing officials listed against Serial No. 2. The notificatio...
Goods and Services Tax : The Central Government has authorized the GSTAT Principal Bench, New Delhi, to hear appeals under Section 101B of the CGST Act. Th...
A Steering Committee been formed under the Co-Chairmanship of Additional Secretary, Department of Revenue and Member Secretary, Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers. This Committee has Members from Department of Revenue, Central Board of Excise & Customs, Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) and representatives of State Governments.
It has recently come to notice through representations and letters that Authorities refuse to accept correspondence and applications addressed to their office, result being that such letters and correspondence then are readdressed to the office of the Commissioner of Sales Tax. It should be noted that the practice of not accepting or refusing to accept correspondence (Tapal) as well as applications, especially applications for cancellation of Assessment Orders under section 23(11) of the MVAT Act, 2002, is a practice which is wrong and unacceptable, to say the least.
The Union Government in third week of December, 2014 (19 December, 2014) introduced Constitution (122nd Amendment) Bill, 2014 in Parliament which when passed shall pave the way for introduction of proposed Goods and Service Tax (GST) in India. This is an improvised version of lapsed 115th Amendment Bill of 2011.
‘works contract’ means a contract for carrying out any work which includes assembling, construction, building, altering, manufacturing, processing, fabricating, erection, installation, fitting out, improvement, repair or commissioning of any movable or immovable property.
Directorate of Systems, Central Board of Excise and Customs is in the process of releasing an RFP for the appointment of an Implementation Agency for development and maintenance of an application for CBEC’s proposed GST system; maintenance of the existing ACES application and Help Desk, and Training for the users.
Let us understand the words VAT assessment on individual basis. When I say assessment it means to check something of it’s correctness or verification by other person. Similarly VAT as stands for value added tax can be understood as tax on value addition. So can we say that VAT assessment is nothing but verification of tax paid on the value addition.
Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a very simple indirect tax structure, wherein tax paid on goods or services procured by any entity (manufactures, trader or service provider) at first level can be availed as input tax credit while passing on the goods or service to the second level.
Where VAT has been collected without authority of law and Service tax demand also has been raised for the same period then the VAT Assessing Authority is liable to transfer amount of VAT to Service Tax Department. Idea Cellular Ltd. Vs. Union of India [(2015) 57 taxmann.com 293 (Punjab & Haryana)]
Jyoti Electronics (the Respondent) purchased certain goods after payment of Input Tax credit. Thereafter, manufacturer of the goods granted trade discount on the goods purchased during the Assessment Year 2008-09 of an amount of Rs.9,60,183/-.
The refund is a vital activity in VAT regime. The claim for the refund is made by the dealer in the return filed by the dealer and hence the return itself becomes the application for refund. As per the DVAT Act and DVAT Rules, refund has to be given to the applicant within a period of 60 days from the date of application.
