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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 : From 22 September 2025, accommodation below ₹7,500 per day attracts 5% GST without ITC instead of 12%. The change aims to reduce...
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 Gauhati High Court directed authorities to consider restoration of GST registration after the taxpayer filed pending returns a...
Goods and Services Tax : The Tribunal held that procurement strategy, supplier oversight, and sourcing support formed part of a substantive procurement ser...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court observed that the documents produced indicated a sale of immovable property, which is not subject to GST. The matter was...
Goods and Services Tax : The Madras High Court remitted Section 74A GST orders for fresh adjudication after taxpayers argued that their replies to DRC-01 n...
Goods and Services Tax : The Madras High Court held that GST authorities cannot issue a single show cause notice covering multiple financial years. The Cou...
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 ...
The Maharashtra Government has decided to levy one per cent Value-Added Tax on property sale from April 1, 2010 in its Budget for 2010-11. All sale agreements registered on or after April 1 will attract one per cent on the contract price of flats mentioned in the agreement of sale.
THE Centre asked other states to replicate Maharashtra’s model of fully computerising its sales tax department before GST is introduced in April 2011. Full computerisation has not only helped the state win accolades, but also has resulted in higher tax collections.
In a significant development, Speaker of Maharashtra Assembly Mr Dilip Walse-Patil allowed the government to table an ordinance seeking to amend the Value Added Tax Bill. On March 18, when the bill was first presented, the Opposition protested the move saying that the government did not have a right as the proviso, which empowered the government to change the law by the way of an ordinance was between 2005-07 only, hence promulgation of an ordinance was illegal.
The Punjab VAT Rules have been amended to provide for that the input tax credit on purchase of goods from manufacturer or importer will be available to a dealer only up to the fourth stage of its purchase. The dealers will also have to mention on the bills that on which stage he is selling the goods. VAT form 23 and 24 has also been amended to this effect.
The above referred Trade Circulars were issued explaining scope of section 6A of C.S.T. Act, 1956. In the Trade circular No. 2T of 2010 dated 11th January 2010 it was clarified that F-Forms are mandatory for all transactions of inter-State transfers not by way of sale including job work and goods return.
The VAT forms i.e VAT 15 form has been updated in view of the change in the rate in the PVAT Act on schedule B goods from 4% to 5% and additional surcharge levied @ 10%. The next quarterly VAT Return under the PVAT Act 2005 is due to be filed in the next month of April.
The Opposition alleged that notification seeks to increase VAT on sugar and cloth material, while the items are covered under Central VAT Act. The Maharashtra Government’s notification to increase value added tax (VAT) by one per cent on 90 commodities including oilseeds, rice, and pulses and converting an Ordinance, which will further amend the Maharashtra VAT Act, has run into rough weather.
Further, the State Government has issued a corrigendum to the above notification and a circular to clarify that fabrics and sugar, as described in the First Schedule to the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957, which were not chargeable to tax prior to the issuance of the subject notification, will continue to remain tax free.
As per the provisions of section 5 read with section 4 of the Maharashtra State Tax on Profession, Trade, Callings and Employments Act, 1975 (Profession Tax Act), every employer having employees on his establishment, whose salary (including all allowances) is more than the limit prescribed under the Profession Tax Act, is required to obtain registration certificate under Profession Tax Act (P.T.R.C.)
The Maharashtra Government has not taken a final decision on levying entertainment tax on the IPL, said the Chief Minister, Mr Ashok Chavan, on Wednesday while addressing the media on the eve of budget session. When it was pointed out that the State Cabinet said on January 20 that entertainment tax of up to 25 per cent would be imposed on the ticket sales of IPL and other one-day international cricket matches, Mr Chavan said no final decision was taken and the matter was still under consideration. Matches held in the municipal limits would attract 25 per cent tax while those outside the municipal limits would be levied 20 per cent tax.
