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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


NAA directs ‘Eldeco County’ to Pass ITC benefit to buyers in project Eldeco County

July 26, 2022 999 Views 0 comment Print

Ajay Sood Vs Eldeco County Ltd. (NAA) Authority finds that the benefit of additional Input Tax Credit of 1.24 % of the turnover has accrued to the Respondent for the project Eldeco County. This benefit was required to be passed on to the recipients. Thus, Section 171 of the CGST, 2017 has been contravened by […]

‘SJP Hotel and Resorts’ not passed ITC benefit to Home Buyers : NAA

July 26, 2022 1584 Views 0 comment Print

Manju Bala Vs SJP Hotel and Resorts Pvt. Ltd. (NAA) The only plea of the Respondent before this Authority is that he has passed on the benefit of ITC amounting to Rs 9,77,49,000/- to all his customers and has submitted sample acknowledgement receipts claimed to have been received from the customers vide which, according to […]

‘Axis Concept Construction’ not passed ITC benefit to 21 Home Buyers: NAA

July 26, 2022 744 Views 0 comment Print

Shivkumar Tattimani Vs Axis Concept Construction Pvt. Ltd (NAA) ITC as a percentage of the turnover that was available to the Respondent during the pre-GST period (April-2016 to June-2017) was 1.17% and during the post-GST period (July-2017 to April-2020), it was 13.52% for the project “Axis Vedam”. This confirms that, post-GST. the Respondent has been […]

‘M3M India’ not passed ITC benefit to 114 Home Buyers : NAA

July 26, 2022 1074 Views 0 comment Print

Sh. Arun Kumar Raina Vs M3M India Pvt. Ltd. (NAA) Respondent has gained 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 to the homebuyers by way of commensurate reduction in prices in terms of Section 171 of […]

NAA directs DGAP to reinvestigate alleged profiteering by Samridhi Realty Homes

July 26, 2022 639 Views 0 comment Print

Abha Tiwari Vs Samridhi Realty Homes Pvt. Ltd. (NAA) This Authority has carefully considered the Report filed by the DGAP, all the submissions and the documents placed on record and the arguments advanced by the Respondent and the submissions of the Applicants on record. On examining the various submissions, the observations of this Authority are […]

‘MJR Builders’ not passed ITC benefit to Home Buyers : NAA

July 25, 2022 2130 Views 0 comment Print

Vinutha Prahlad Vs MJR Builders Pvt. Ltd. (NAA) Authority finds that in the present ease, the Respondent has raised invoice to his home buyers which included the consolidated demand of the land and the construction services. No separate demand for the land in the invoice has been issued by the Respondent to his home buyers. […]

‘Prescon Realtors’ not passed ITC benefit to Homebuyers in Project ‘Silver Oak: NAA

July 22, 2022 624 Views 0 comment Print

Sh. Arnav Datta Vs Prescon Realtors and Infrastructure 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 1.43% and during the post-GST period (July, 2017 to September, 2019), […]

‘Wadhwa Realty’ guilty of not passing ITC benefit to home buyers: NAA

July 21, 2022 489 Views 0 comment Print

Atul Waichal Vs Wadhwa Realty Pvt. Ltd. (NAA) The Authority finds 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 2.80%, whereas. during the post-GST period (July-2017 to September, 2019), it was 2.83%. This confirms that in the post-GST period, the […]

‘Haamid Real Estate’ not passed ITC benefit to 250 Flat Buyers: NAA

July 20, 2022 879 Views 0 comment Print

Sh. Gajender Singh Vs Haamid Real Estate 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 3.31% and during the post-GST period (July 2017 to April-2020), it was […]

‘Portronics Digital’ guilty of not passing ITC benefit on Power Bank: NAA

July 20, 2022 915 Views 0 comment Print

Rahul Sharma Vs Portronics Digital Pvt. Ltd. (NAA) Central Government, on recommendation of GST Council vide Notification No. 24/2018-Central Tax (Rate) dated 31.12.2018 had reduced the GST rate on Power Bank from 28% to 18% w.e.f. 01.01.2019. Therefore, the Respondent is liable to pass on the benefit of the above tax rate reduction to his […]

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