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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


Sri Laxmi Kala Mandir Guilty of not passing GST reduction benefit to Customers: NAA

May 27, 2022 993 Views 0 comment Print

Principal Commissioner Vs Sri Laxmi Kala Mandir 70MM Theatre (NAA) It is clear from the investigation carried out by the DGAP and also letter dated 03.06.2019 to Deputy Commissioner (Anti Evasion), Medchal, Hyderabad that the Respondent has maintained the same prices of all three categories of movie admission tickets which he was charging before the […]

NAA directs ‘Jay Ambe Developers’ to pass on ITC benefit to Homebuyers

May 27, 2022 1023 Views 0 comment Print

Jigar R. Shah Vs Jay Ambe Developers (National Anti-Profiteering Authority) It is clear from the plain reading of Section 171(1) that, it deals with two situations:- one relating to the passing on the benefit of reduction in the rate of tax and the second pertaining to the passing on the benefit of the ITC. On […]

Anti-Profiteering provisions not applies to projects not in existence in GST period

May 13, 2022 1926 Views 1 comment Print

Since the said Phase-I was not in existence in the GST period and the said Phase-III was yet to be started/registered as on 27.08.2020 hence, the Anti-Profiteering provisions under Section 171 of the CGST Act 2017 are not applicable on the said Phase-I and Phase-III of River View Heights of the Respondent.

JMD builder guilty of profiteering in its Project JMD Imperial Suits: NAA

May 13, 2022 2859 Views 0 comment Print

Vishal Garg Vs JMD Limited (NAA) It is also evident from the above narration of facts that the Respondent has denied benefit of ITC to the buyers of the flats and the shops being constructed by him in his Project JMD Imperial Suits/Suburbio-67 (Suburbio-1)in contravention of the provisions of Section 171 (1) of the CGST […]

Prathima Multiplex guilty of not passing tax reduction benefit to Customers: NAA

May 12, 2022 1029 Views 0 comment Print

Kalyan Chakravarthy Vs Prathima Multiplex Pvt. Ltd. (NAA) inds that the Respondent has resorted to profiteering by way of either increasing the base prices of the service while maintaining the same selling prices or by way of not reducing the selling prices of the service commensurately, despite a reduction in GST rate, on “Services by […]

NAA directs ‘Total Environment Habitat’ to refund profiteered amount to Home buyers

May 12, 2022 3843 Views 0 comment Print

Yogesh Sharma Vs Total Environment Habitat 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 1.02%, whereas, during the post-GST period (July-2017 to April, 2020), it was 1.84%. This confirms that in the post-GST period, […]

NAA directs ‘Savaliya Procon’ to refund profiteered amount to home buyers with interest

May 12, 2022 753 Views 0 comment Print

Sh. Jayesh V Rathod Vs Savaliya Procon (NAA) Respondent has profiteered by an amount of Rs. 85,77,419/- during the period of investigation i.e. 01.07.2017 to 30.06.2020. The Authority determined amount of Rs. 85,77,419/- (including 12% GST) under section 133(1) that has been profiteered by the Respondent from his home buyers (as per the list mentioned […]

Anti-Profiteering penalty not imposable for the period prior to 01.01.2020

May 12, 2022 1116 Views 0 comment Print

Sh. Rahul Sharma on behalf of Local Circles India Pvt. Ltd. Vs Mataji Paints and Hardware (NAA) Respondent has denied the benefit of tax reduction to the customers in contravention of the provisions of Section 171 (1) of the CGST Act, 2017 and he has thus committed an offence under Section 171 (3A) of the […]

Dreamhome Infrastructures guilty of profiteering: NAA

May 12, 2022 3660 Views 0 comment Print

NAA finds that benefit of additional ITC of 4.81% of turnover has accrued to Dreamhome Infrastructures for the project ‘Heritage Max’. Which was required to be passed on to recipients but not passed.

NAA found medical retail store guilty of Profiteering

May 10, 2022 645 Views 0 comment Print

Respondent is engaged in selling of medicines from his retail stores. It is also revealed from the plain reading of Section 171 (1) supra that it deals with two situations one relating to the passing on the benefit of reduction in the rate of tax and the second about the passing on the benefit of the ITC.

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