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Goods and Services Tax : Courts have repeatedly held that bona fide purchasers cannot lose Input Tax Credit merely because suppliers failed to deposit GST ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Allahabad High Court held that SGST authorities of a pure transit State cannot impose penalties under Section 129 where no tax...
Goods and Services Tax : The article explains that GST penalties generally require existence of tax liability, contravention, or deliberate intent to evade...
Goods and Services Tax : The article explains how constitutional safeguards prevent illegal, discriminatory, and oppressive taxation by authorities. It hig...
Goods and Services Tax : Social media creators earning from YouTube, Instagram, sponsorships, and affiliate marketing must report income as professional bu...
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 : 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 : The Allahabad High Court granted bail in a GST fake ITC case after noting that investigation was complete, the complaint had been ...
Goods and Services Tax : Karnataka High Court observed that the department wrongly construed the term “may” as mandatory while rejecting the waiver app...
Goods and Services Tax : The Supreme Court refused to interfere with the Kerala High Court judgment holding that challenges to GST adjudication proceedings...
Goods and Services Tax : The Madras High Court remitted the GST matter for fresh adjudication after the taxpayer agreed to deposit 50% of the disputed tax ...
Goods and Services Tax : Allahabad High Court held that proceedings under Section 130 of the GST Act cannot be initiated without prior determination of tax...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has announced mandatory capture of Ship-To GSTIN in Bill-To/Ship-To transactions under the EWB system. The change aims to imp...
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...
L.A.BILL No.XIV of 2009 A BILL Further to amend certain tax laws in operation in the State of Maharashtra WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend certain tax laws in operation in the State of Maharashtra, for the purpose hereinafter appearing; it is hereby enacted in the Sixtieth year of the Republic of India as […]
Considering the genuine difficulty faced by the Trade in this respect, the instructions contained in Trade Circular No.8T of 2005 are being modified. Sales Tax authorities are instructed to also allow declarations in Form ‘I’ issued by Sales Tax authorities of other States. This will be applicable for a period of one year and the issue will be reexamined after that.
Profession Tax in Maharashtra – In Maharashtra (Maharashtra State Tax on Professions, Trades, Callings and Employments Act, 1975), Profession Tax is applicable both on Individuals & Organizations (Company, Firm, Proprietary Concern, Hindu Undivided Family (HUF), Society, Club, Association Of Persons, Corporation or any other corporate body in Maharashtra per the provisions of the Maharashtra Professional Tax Act of 1975.
Asking the state finance ministers to resolve the pending issues expeditiously, the Centre on Thursday said introducing Goods and Services Tax was critical for economic reforms. “We also need to focus on the introduction of GST from April 1, 2010. This is a critical part of our economic reforms,” Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said while […]
In its recent Budget Maharashtra State Govt. And its Finance Minister offered a mixed bag for the industry, trade and individuals subjected to professional tax. Keeping in mind not the economic slowdown but the forthcoming State Assembly polls in October, the Finance Minister, Mr Dilip Walse Patil has announced exemption of salary upto Rs 5000 […]
As Maharashtra braces up for polls and celebrates its golden jubilee year, it tabled a revenue-deficit budget for the year 2009-10 on 4th June 2009 that focuses on infrastructure development and social sector. The major highlights and changes proposed are noted below : Penalty for late returns under MVAT Act reduced to Rs.5,000/- from Rs.10,000/-. Exemption […]
The cost of the land shall be determined in accordance with the guidelines appended to the Annual Statement of Rates prepared under the provisions of the Bombay Stamp (Determination of True Market Value of Property) Rules, 1995, as applicable on the 1st January of the year in which the agreement to sell the property is registered.
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) would submit a representation to Tamil Nadu Government to make VAT Auditing compulsory in the State. By compulsory auditing of VAT, as in Maharashtra, the Government would have lot of advantages, including identifying the revenue leakage, said Mr G Ramaswamy, General Council member.
At present, the tax, which is levied on inter state sale of goods, is at 2%. It was scheduled to be reduced by another 1%, starting April 1, 2009. At the time, the rate cut was postponed on account of the general elections and the Election Commission’s code of conduct. Recently, the empowered committee of state finance ministers wrote to the Union finance ministry recommending that the tax should be completely withdrawn when GST kicks in, as there is massive evasion of VAT (which goes to the states’ coffers).
As the banks shall not be accepting returns or the corresponding tax payments from such dealers and as they shall not be able to get themselves registered for e-services, their physical returns shall be accepted by the Sales Tax Department.
