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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


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

August 4, 2022 1866 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 963 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 576 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 1272 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 1137 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 540 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 681 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 546 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 […]

No Profiteering by Elan Ltd. in project ‘Epic’: NAA

July 27, 2022 795 Views 0 comment Print

Director General of Anti-Profiteering Vs Elan Ltd. (NAA) DGAP has carefully examined the Report of the DGAP and it has been observed that as per the Table ‘A’ of the Report all the relevant events for the project ‘Epic‘ took place in GST regime and the Respondent had not availed any CENVAT/ITC, related to ‘EPIC’ […]

Sanghvi Premises guilty of not passing ITC benefit to Flat Buyers: NAA

July 26, 2022 888 Views 0 comment Print

NAA held that Sanghvi Premises Pvt. Ltd. has not passed ITC benefit to Its customers in its Project ‘Sanghvi Solitaire’ situated at Borivali

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