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Goods and Services Tax : The article argues that Rule 14A creates a compliance trap by restricting taxpayers from reporting actual liabilities after crossi...
Goods and Services Tax : The article examines how NGTP classifications are increasingly being used as standalone grounds for ITC blockage and fraud proceed...
Goods and Services Tax : Missing GST return deadlines triggers late fees under Section 47 and interest under Section 50, both calculated separately. Unders...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court reaffirmed that taxpayers are entitled to due process before coercive recovery measures are initiated. Recovery actions ...
Goods and Services Tax : The guide explains that GST registration certificates are available only through the GST Portal and must be downloaded manually. I...
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 : 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 : The Rajasthan High Court held that a taxpayer who defaults in filing GST returns in one State cannot obtain fresh registration in ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Telangana High Court granted interim protection against coercive GST recovery proceedings until the GST Appellate Tribunal bec...
Goods and Services Tax : The Telangana High Court permitted the taxpayer to withdraw the writ petition challenging a GST demand order and pursue the statut...
Goods and Services Tax : The Telangana High Court permitted manual filing of a revocation application even after dismissal of a delayed appeal against GST ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Gauhati High Court directed authorities to consider restoration of GST registration after the taxpayer filed pending returns a...
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% ...
Goods and Services Tax : The West Bengal GST Department ruled that intra-State movement of goods related to job work remains exempt from e-way bill generat...
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 ...
Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers Chairman Asim Dasgupta today said the panel expected the constitutional amendment Bill to facilitate roll out of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime to be tabled in the coming monsoon session of Parliament.
Idea of national GST was first mooted by Kelkar Task Force in 2004. A task force was formed under Chairmanship of Shri Vijay Kelkar on Implementation of Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act. The Kelkar Committee submitted its report in July 2004. The Committee strongly recommended fully integrated ‘GST’ on national basis. Since then there have been several government documents on this subject of GST. Out of these several government documents following reports were presented were most relevant and important:
VAT/GST provisions in countries other than India are quite streamlined and stable. As the Law in India is still not a reality we might look into the provisions which are in place since quite long and access the structure of rate, exemptions etc.
It would be mandatory for registered dealers to furnish return electronically in Form No. GST-I, which would be a combined monthly payment and return form for all intra-state and inter-state transactions. Periodicity of furnishing this return would be monthly. Electronic filing of any other returns could also be mandatory and forms could be common for both CGST and SGST compliance.
First paper on Goods and Service tax (‘GST’) was introduced on 10 November 2009 since then there is a constant wait among professionals and industrialists for Goods and Service tax legislature. Pending the clearance of issues involved in GST regime there was a report of Task force on 15 December, 2009. This report deals with several issues in detail and lays down the path of GST in India. We here under try to summarize the report of 170 pages only in few pages.
I happened to meet quite a few businessmen in last few weeks and who were unable to appreciate the importance of Zero rating of goods. I made them understand the benefits of proposed scheme of “zero rating” over current scheme of “exemptions”. This made them change their status from “Anti-GST” to “Appreciating GST”. Seeing this I bring before you a complete guide to Zero rating vs. Exemptions vs. No tax Economy.
Services by medical practitioners and pathologists; Services by allied health practitioners such as physiotherapists, naturopaths, nurses and optometrists; Hospital treatment; Disability services; Medical aids and appliances; Pharmaceuticals; Health insurance.
Value Added Tax was introduced in Indian tax structure way back in 2003 and even today not every state has implemented this tax. Small and medium enterprises (SME) have also not been well settled with VAT law and our government has taken over the task of introducing new statutes for implementation of Goods and Services tax.
GST is been postponed by our Hon’ble Finance Minister, however it is still a constant matter of worry for importers and exporters in Indian continent. Through this article, I try to analyze and present before you a analysis on impact of GST on our imports and exports.
Twofold GST: A dual GST with defined functions and responsibilities of the Centre and the States is recommended. An appropriate mechanism that will be binding on both the Centre and the States should be worked out whereby the harmonious rate structure along with the need for further modification could be upheld, if necessary with a collectively agreed Constitutional Amendment.
