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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 615 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 744 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 594 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 5172 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 7194 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 1842 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 13944 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 939 Views 0 comment Print


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GSTAT Confirms Profiteering as Cinema Tickets Not Reduced After GST Rate Cut

Goods and Services Tax : The Tribunal held that maintaining ticket prices by increasing base price after GST reduction violated Section 171. It directed de...

April 17, 2026 120 Views 0 comment Print

Builder Liable for Profiteering for Not Passing GST Credit Benefits to Homebuyers: GSTAT

Goods and Services Tax : The case addressed increased ITC benefits post-GST without corresponding price reduction. The tribunal ruled this violated Section...

April 6, 2026 294 Views 0 comment Print

No Profiteering Found Due to Excess ITC Benefit Passed to Homebuyers: GSTAT

Goods and Services Tax : The dispute concerned failure to reduce prices after GST. The Tribunal held that documentary evidence showed benefit was already t...

April 6, 2026 324 Views 0 comment Print

Homebuyers Cannot Claim ITC Benefit in Fully Post-GST Projects: GSTAT

Goods and Services Tax : GSTAT held that no anti-profiteering violation arises where construction, agreement, and payments occur entirely in the GST regime...

April 6, 2026 450 Views 0 comment Print

Error Rectified Due to Calculation Discrepancy in GSTAT Anti-Profiteering Order

Goods and Services Tax : The issue involved a calculation error in the final order. The Tribunal clarified the correct per sq. ft. benefit including GST an...

April 6, 2026 174 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 1779 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 1347 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 4989 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 5313 Views 0 comment Print


Ramprastha Promoter & Developer Guilty of Profiteering in its project ‘Rise’

August 5, 2022 951 Views 0 comment Print

Applicant alleged profiteering by Ramprastha Promoter & Developer Pvt. Ltd in its project ‘Rise’, Ramprastha City, Sector-37D, Gurugram.

Alleged Profiteering by Dange Enterprises : NAA directs DGAP to reinvestigate

August 5, 2022 435 Views 0 comment Print

Director-General of Anti-Profiteering Vs Dange Enterprises (NAA) Authority also find that after the closure of the hearing, Respondent vide his email dated 13.06.2022 has stated that he has agreed to submit the requisite data in the prescribed format as required by the DGAP for the entire period of investigation. In the given situation, as narrated […]

Prestige Estates Projects guilty of not passing ITC benefit to homebuyers/customers

August 4, 2022 1755 Views 0 comment Print

Sh. Deepak Naik Vs Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (NAA) Authority funds that the Respondent has gained the benefit of ITC on the supply of Construction Services after the implementation of GST w.e.f 01.07.2017 and the Respondent was required to pass on such benefit of ITC to the homebuyers/customers by way of commensurate reduction in prices […]

IBC 2016 prevails over Anti-Profiteering of Section 171

August 4, 2022 888 Views 0 comment Print

Anti-Profiteering Provisions of Section 171 of CGST Act, 2017 violated by Respondent, yet provisions of IBC, 2016 will nonetheless prevail.

DGAP to ascertain authenticity of VAT Assessment Orders submitted by ‘Town Park Buildcon’

August 4, 2022 540 Views 0 comment Print

Varun Goel Vs Town Park Buildcon Private Ltd. (NAA) a. The Respondent vide his submissions dated 05.04.2022 has contended that the DGAP has not incorporated the ITC of VAT in the pre-GST period for the computation of profiteering which ought to have been done. He has further submitted before this Authority that the said ITC […]

SSBC Real Estate guilty of not passing ITC benefit to home buyers: NAA

July 29, 2022 1218 Views 0 comment Print

NAA held that ITC benefit of Rs. 16,49,897/- was required to be passed on to 39 flat buyers by SSBC Real Estate Pvt. Ltd.

Swati Realty guilty of not passing ITC benefit to Home Buyers

July 29, 2022 1104 Views 0 comment Print

Nilang Shastri Vs Swati Realty (NAA) Applicant alleged profiteering by Respondent Swati Realty in respect of purchase of a Flat in the Respondent’s project –Swati Florence, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The Applicant  has alleged that the Respondent had not passed on the benefit of ITC to him by way of commensurate reduction in price after the implementation […]

Profiteering not applicable to projects registered under RERA after 01.07.2017

July 28, 2022 498 Views 0 comment Print

Since the registration was obtained for the subject projects post the introduction of Goods and Services Tax only, the provisions of Section 171 dealing with Anti-profiteering could not be made applicable to the said projects in the view of the fact that there was no additional ITC that had been made available to the Respondent,

Jay Cee Chemists guilty of not passing ITC benefit on Sanitary Napkin’s

July 27, 2022 645 Views 0 comment Print

NAA held that Jay Cee Chemists did not pass on the benefit of exemption of GST on Sanitary Napkin’s amounting to Rs. 2048 to Customers.

NAA order DGAP to reinvestigate profiteering by Prateek Infra Projects

July 27, 2022 459 Views 0 comment Print

Rajeev Goyal Vs Prateek Infra Projects India Pvt. Ltd. (NAA) The Authority finds that the Applicant No. 1 has alleged fraud and forgery on the part of the Respondent and fault in calculations of the profiteered amount, saleable area and the total turnover of the Respondent by the DGAP for the Project Prateek Edifice. The […]

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