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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


Latest Notifications


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


No Profiteering by ‘Sri Dutt Constructions’ in Project Garden Avenue K-4

August 31, 2022 1398 Views 0 comment Print

Milan Pankaj Kothari Vs Sri Dutt Constructions (NAA) The brief facts of the present case are that an application was filed before the Maharashtra State Screening Committee on Anti-profiteering under Rule 128 of the CGST Rules, 2017 by the Applicant No. 1 alleging profiteering by the Respondent in respect of purchase of a Flat No. […]

DGAP to reinvestigate alleged Profiteering by IJM Lingamaneni Township

August 29, 2022 879 Views 0 comment Print

Applicant alleged that JM Lingamaneni Township not passed ITC benefit of by way of reduction in price in respect of project ‘Raintree Park’.

Pareena Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. guilty of Profiteering: NAA

August 26, 2022 1644 Views 0 comment Print

Saurabh Kumar Vs Pareena Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. (NAA) Applicant alleged that the Respondent had not passed on the benefit or Input Tax Credit (ITC) to him by way of commensurate reduction in the price of flat in respect of purchase of flat in project “Laxmi Apartment” Sector-99A, Dwarka Expressway, Gurugram, Haryana. It is clear from […]

Vishwanath Builders guilty of profiteering in its project ‘Sarathya’

August 26, 2022 1596 Views 0 comment Print

Mahendra Kishanlal Prajapati Vs Vishwanath Builders (NAA) The Authority finds that the benefit of additional Input Tax Credit of 3.75% of the turnover has accrued to the Respondent for the project ‘Sarathya’. This benefit was required to be passed on to the recipients. Thus, Section 171 of the CGST, 2017 has been contravened by the […]

Paramount Propbuild guilty of Profiteering in project ‘Paramount Golfforeste’

August 23, 2022 1977 Views 0 comment Print

Sunil Saraf Vs Paramount Propbuild Pvt Ltd. (NAA) The brief facts of the present case was that a reference was received from the Standing Committee on Anti-Profiteering to the DGAP for conducting a detailed investigation in respect of an application filed by the Applicant No. 1 alleging profiteering by the Respondent in respect of purchase […]

New World Realty LLP guilty of profiteering in Tinsel Town Project, Pune

August 22, 2022 675 Views 0 comment Print

Complaint alleged that New World Realty LLP had not passed on the benefit of ITC to him by way of commensurate reduction in prices after implementation of GST w.e.f. 01.07.2017 in respect of Tinsel Town Project, Pune

Pareena Infrastructure guilty of Profiteering in its project ‘Laxmi Apartment’: NAA

August 16, 2022 1248 Views 0 comment Print

NAA held that Pareena Infrastructure not passed ITC benefit by way of commensurate reduction in price of flat for project Laxmi Apartment

K D Lite Developers guilty of Profiteering in ‘Ruparel Orion’ project

August 5, 2022 2043 Views 0 comment Print

Sh. Hasmukh Daftary Vs K D Lite Developers Pvt. Ltd. (NAA) The brief facts of the present case are that Applicant No. 1 had filed an Application before the Standing Committee stating that the Respondent had not passed on the benefit of ITC to him by way of commensurate reduction in the price of Flat […]

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

August 5, 2022 1014 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 543 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 […]

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