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Anti-Profiteering Measures in GST 2.0: Alarming Implications on Business Concerns

Goods and Services Tax : Even after the sunset clause, anti-profiteering obligations continue through tribunals and policy directions, leaving businesses e...

February 1, 2026 936 Views 0 comment Print

GST Anti-Profiteering: Product Quantity Hike is Not Rate reduction

Goods and Services Tax : The Delhi High Court upheld an anti-profiteering order, ruling that merely increasing product quantity or volume after a GST rate ...

November 6, 2025 807 Views 0 comment Print

18% Interest on Anti-Profiteering Amounts Applies from April 1, 2020: GSTAT

Goods and Services Tax : GSTAT ruled 18% interest on GST anti-profiteering amounts applies prospectively from April 1, 2020, upholding that it cannot be im...

November 6, 2025 744 Views 0 comment Print

Increasing Product Quantity Instead of Reducing Price Violates Anti-Profiteering Provisions: Delhi HC

Goods and Services Tax : Delhi HC rules increasing product quantity or base price instead of reducing MRP after a GST rate cut violates Section 171 of the ...

November 6, 2025 5289 Views 0 comment Print

Anti-Profiteering In GST 2.0: From Law To Practice

Goods and Services Tax : GST 2.0 rate cuts trigger Anti-Profiteering rules (Sec 171). Summary covers obligation to pass on tax/ITC benefit, MRP display nor...

September 29, 2025 7578 Views 0 comment Print


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Credit Anti-profiteering penalties in the Consumer Welfare Fund

Goods and Services Tax : Leading consumer and public policy research and advocacy group, CUTS International has requested the Finance Minister, Ms Nirmala ...

September 29, 2021 1914 Views 0 comment Print

Empanelment & Guidelines for empanelment of Advocates to defend NAA

Goods and Services Tax : Empanelment of Advocates / Law Firms for representing the National Anti-profiteering Authority and Director General of Anti-Profit...

July 27, 2020 14133 Views 0 comment Print

NAA passes 60 orders against complaints of profiteering

Goods and Services Tax : Anti-Profiteering Measures The National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAA) was constituted on 28th November, 2017 under Section 17...

May 29, 2019 990 Views 0 comment Print


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GSTAT Upholds Anti-Profiteering Order Against Vishwanath Cinema for not passing GST Cut Benefit

Goods and Services Tax : GSTAT held that retaining the same ticket prices after GST reductions amounted to profiteering under Section 171 of the CGST Act. ...

June 13, 2026 495 Views 0 comment Print

No GST Refund as Foreign Group Entity Rendered Core Procurement Functions: GSTAT

Goods and Services Tax : The Tribunal held that procurement strategy, supplier oversight, and sourcing support formed part of a substantive procurement ser...

June 10, 2026 444 Views 0 comment Print

Homebuyer’s Anti-Profiteering Complaint Rejected as Project Was Entirely in GST Regime

Goods and Services Tax : GSTAT accepted the DGAP finding that the ratio of credit availed to purchase value declined after GST implementation. Since no add...

June 9, 2026 312 Views 0 comment Print

Lifestyle Liable for Profiteering as Base Prices Increased After GST Rate Reduction

Goods and Services Tax : GSTAT held that the retailer failed to pass on the benefit of GST reduction from 28% to 18% through commensurate price cuts. The T...

June 9, 2026 261 Views 0 comment Print

GSTAT Upholds Profiteering Finding as Cinema Increased Base Ticket Prices After GST Rate Cut

Goods and Services Tax : GSTAT held that permissions relating to ticket pricing could not override the statutory requirement to pass on GST rate reduction ...

June 1, 2026 261 Views 0 comment Print


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GST Authority Ceases accepting Anti-Profiteering Investigation Requests from April 1, 2025

Goods and Services Tax : GST Authority will stop accepting requests for examination of input tax credits and tax rate reductions from April 1, 2025, as per...

September 30, 2024 1953 Views 0 comment Print

CBIC notifies Principal Bench of GSTAT to hear cases of anti-profiteering

Goods and Services Tax : Ministry of Finance empowers GST Appellate Tribunal to examine input tax credits and tax rate reductions, effective from October 1...

September 30, 2024 1620 Views 0 comment Print

CBIC amends rules related to National Anti-Profiteering Authority

Goods and Services Tax : Central Goods and Services Tax (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2022 – CBIC omitted following GST Rules 122,124,125,134 and 137 vi...

November 23, 2022 5049 Views 0 comment Print

Now Competition Commission of India to examine Anti-Profiteering

Goods and Services Tax : CBIC notifies Competition Commission of India to examine whether input tax credits availed by any registered person or the reducti...

November 23, 2022 5379 Views 0 comment Print


Recent Updates related to Indian Economy and GST till 02.11.2022

November 3, 2022 7095 Views 1 comment Print

Stay updated on the recent developments in the Indian economy and GST till 02.11.2022. Explore the impact of global situations and key forecasts.

NAA order investigation of all projects of Bengal Peerless Housing Development Company

October 16, 2022 1179 Views 0 comment Print

Sh. Sourav Majee Vs Bengal Peerless Housing Development Company Ltd. (NAA) The National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAA or Authority) finds from the above table that substantial Cenvat Credit of Rs. 7.32 crore was available to the Respondent in 2016-17 i.e during pre-GST period. The DGAP Report dated 12.11.2021 is silent on the above said amount of […]

NAA order reinvestigation by DGAP against Praxis Home Retail Ltd.

October 16, 2022 3423 Views 0 comment Print

Sh. K.G.M. Shushan Vs Praxis Home Retail Ltd. (NAA) NAA finds that the DGAP claimed that he has collected all relevant data and information including documents from the Respondent and have carried out in-depth investigation. However, after going through the DGAP’s investigation report, its annexures & calculations, the Respondent’s submissions and the other facts on […]

NAA order re-investigation against alleged Profiteering by Bollineni Developers

October 11, 2022 1680 Views 0 comment Print

Sh. Vinod E Vs  Bollineni Developers Ltd. (NAA) Applicant alleged that the Respondent Bollineni Developers Ltd. had not passed on the benefit of Input Tax Credit to him by way of commensurate reduction in the price of the Flat No. J 703, 7th floor purchased from the Respondent in his project ‘Bollineni Silas’, situated at Sadarmangala, K […]

Alleged profiteering by Anant Raj Ltd. : NAA order re-investigation by DGAP

October 9, 2022 2568 Views 0 comment Print

Smt. Renu Mittal w/o Mool Chand Mittal Vs Anant Raj Ltd. (NAA) The brief facts of the Report are that the Applicant No. 1 had filed application before the Standing Committee on Anti-profiteering, under Rule 128 (1) of the CGST Rules, 2017 and submitted that she had purchased flat in the Respondent No. l’s Project […]

JKG Construction guilty of profiteering in its project JKG Palm Court: NAA

October 9, 2022 2565 Views 0 comment Print

Sh. Deepak Garg Vs JKG Construction Pvt. Ltd. (NAA) The present Report dated 31.08.2021 had been received from the Applicant No. 2 i.e. the Director General of Anti-profiteering (DGAP) after a detailed investigation under Rule 129(6) of the Central Goods & Services Tax (CGST) Rules, 2017 alleging profiteering by the Respondent in respect of the […]

MPHIDB guilty of Profiteering in EWS Housed in its Project at Kamayani Nagar

October 9, 2022 1587 Views 0 comment Print

Janki Prasad Pandey Vs Madhya Pradesh Housing and Infrastructure Development Board (NAA) The brief facts of the present case are that a reference was received from the Standing Committee on Anti-profiteering on 16.12.2020 under Rule 129 of the CGST Rules, 2017 to conduct a detailed investigation in respect of an application filed by the Applicant […]

Pearlite Real Properties guilty of profiteering in its project Godrej 24: NAA

October 9, 2022 2166 Views 0 comment Print

Sh. Parvez Khan Vs Pearlite Real Properties Pvt. Ltd. (NAA) It has been revealed from the DGAP’s Report that the ITC as a percentage of the turnover that was available to the Respondent during the pre-GST period (April-2016 to June-2017) was 3.02% and during the post-GST period (July-2017 to December-2018), it was 6.66% for the […]

Eden Realty guilty of profiteering in its project Siddha Eden Lakeville: NAA

October 9, 2022 2085 Views 0 comment Print

Rajesh Shaw Vs Eden Realty Ventures Pvt. Ltd. (NAA) The Applicant No.1 Rajesh Shaw alleged that the Respondent No. 1 Eden Realty Ventures Pvt. Ltd. had not passed on the benefit of ITC to him by way of commensurate reduction in prices and charged GST @12% on the amount due to him against payments made for […]

ATS Township guilty of profiteering in its project ATS Rhapsody: NAA

October 9, 2022 4212 Views 0 comment Print

Kundan Kumar Sinha Vs ATS Township Pvt. Ltd. (NAA) Applicant alleged profiteering by ATS Township Pvt. Ltd. in respect of purchase of a Flat No. 4032 in Tower-4 in the Respondent’s project ‘ATS Rhapsody’, situated at Plot No. GH12/1, Sector-1, Village Bisrakh, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The Applicant No. 1 alleged that the Respondent had not passed […]

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