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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


Section 171(3A) penalty provisions not applicable between 01.07.2017 to 31.12.2018

December 10, 2020 1383 Views 0 comment Print

Gopinath Dombla Vs Navkar Associates (NAA) It is revealed from the perusal of the CGST Act and the Rules framed under it that the Central Government vide Notification No. 01/2020-Central Tax dated 01.01.2020 has implemented the provisions of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2019 from 01.01.2020 vide which sub-section 171 (3A) was added in Section […]

NAA drops penalty proceedings against Fusion Buildtech Pvt. Ltd.

December 10, 2020 1005 Views 0 comment Print

Pradeep Kumar Vs Fusion Buildtech Pvt. Ltd. (NAA) Respondent had not passed on the benefit of additional Input tax Credit (ITC) to the above Applicant No. 1 as well a other homebuyers who had purchased them in his Project “Fusion Homes” for the period from 01.07.2017 to 30.09.2018 and hence, the Respondent has violated the […]

Subway franchise ‘Hungry Eyes’ guilty of Profiteering: NAA

December 10, 2020 804 Views 0 comment Print

Director-General of Anti-Profiteering Vs Hungry Eyes (NAA) An application alleging profiteering in respect of restaurant service supplied by the Respondent (Franchisee of M/s Subway Systems India Pvt. Ltd.) after a prima-facie examination by the Maharashtra State Screening Committee on Anti-profiteering under Rule 128 (2) of the CGST Rules 2017. Vide the application, it has been […]

Suncity Projects not passed ITC credit to homebuyers: NAA

December 10, 2020 1200 Views 0 comment Print

Jotbir Singh Bhalla Vs Suncity Projects Pvt. Ltd. (NAA) The brief facts of the case are that the DGAP had received a reference from the Standing Committee on Anti-Profiteering on 28.06.2019 to conduct a detailed investigation in respect of a complaint filed by Applicant No. 1 before the Standing Committee on Anti-profiteering, stating therein that he […]

Profiteering Allegation against ‘Signature Global’ not established: NAA

December 9, 2020 2292 Views 0 comment Print

Devroop Guha Vs Signature Global (India) Pvt. Ltd. (NAA) Perusal of the record reveals that the Respondent had got Affordable Housing ‘The Millenia 37D’ project approved under the Haryana Affordable Housing Policy and allotted flats to the successful buyers on 27.10.2017 through draw of lots He invited applications for allotment of houses via advertisement in […]

Hardcastle Restaurants Guilty of Profiteering: NAA

December 9, 2020 2187 Views 0 comment Print

Ravi Charaya Vs Hardcastle Restaurants Pvt. Ltd. (NAA) Respondent is liable to pass on the benefit of GST rate reduction from 18% to 5% with denial of benefit of ITC, as was notified by the Central and the State Governments vide Notification No. 41/2017-Central tax (Rate) dated 14.11.2017 w.e.f. 15.11.2017. It is also established that […]

NAA ask DGAP to re-investigate in the case of Franchisee of ‘Subway’

November 27, 2020 678 Views 0 comment Print

Director-General of Anti-Profiteering Vs Urban Essence (Prop. Aniket Nagnath Nimbalkar) (NAA) We observe that as per the C.B.I.C. Press Release No. 62/2018, dated 18.10.2018, the last date to avail ITC in respect of invoices or debit notes relating to such invoices pertaining to the period from July 2017 to March 2018 was extended up to […]

DGAP to re-investigate alleged non passing of ITC by ‘Siddha Infradev LLP’

November 27, 2020 783 Views 0 comment Print

Hemant Kejriwal Vs Siddha Infradev LLP (NAA) It is clear to us from the documents placed on record that the Respondent has claimed to have sold 70 flats after the introduction of GST and also claimed that he had freshly negotiated the prices of these flats after considering the benefit of the input tax credit. […]

NAA directs DGAP to re-investigate in the case of ‘Shalwak Infrabulls’

November 27, 2020 465 Views 0 comment Print

Aruna Popat Vs Shalwak Infrabulls (NAA) We have carefully considered all the submissions filed by the Applicants, the Respondent, and the other material placed on record and find that the Applicant No. 1, vide her complaint, had alleged that the Respondent was not passing on the benefit of ITC to her on purchase of the […]

NAA directs DGAP to further investigate profiteering by Logix City Developers

November 27, 2020 543 Views 0 comment Print

Sh. Sibi John Vs. Logix City Developers Pvt. Ltd. (NAA) 1. The present Report dated 27.03.2020 has been received from the Applicant No. 2 i.e. the Director General of Anti-Profiteering (DGAP) on 13.05.2020 after detailed investigation under Rule 129 (6) of the Central Goods & Service Tax (CGST) Rules, 2017. The brief facts of the […]

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