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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 DGAP to reinvestigate in case of Sternal Buildcon Pvt. Ltd.

November 27, 2020 645 Views 0 comment Print

Parveen Kumar Bansal Vs Sternal Buildcon Pvt. Ltd. (NAA) We have carefully considered the Report furnished by the DGAP, the submissions made by the Respondent and the other material placed on record. On examining the various submissions, the observations of this Authority are as follows:- a) The DGAP, in Para 16 of his report, has […]

NAA directs DGAP to investigate profiteering charges against 14 projects of BPTP Ltd

November 27, 2020 999 Views 0 comment Print

National Anti-profiteering Authority (NAA) directed the Director General of Anti-Profiteering (DGAP) to investigate the profiteering charges against 14 projects of BPTP Ltd and furnish his Report under Rule 129 (6) of the CGST Rules, 2017. The investigation should be carried out w.e.f. July 1, 2017 to November 31, 2020 or till the date OC had been received by BPTP in respect of the Project.

NAA found ‘Prasad Media’ guilty of profiteering on Sale of Movie Tickets

November 27, 2020 618 Views 0 comment Print

Application filed by Applicant No. 1 alleging profiteering by the Respondent in respect of the supply of Services by way of admission to exhibition of cinematograph films where the price of admission ticket is above one hundred rupees despite a reduction in the rate of GST from 28% to 18% w.e.f. 01.01.2019.

NAA finds Electronic Mart India guilty of Profiteering on Monitors & TVs

November 26, 2020 1755 Views 0 comment Print

M. Srinivas Vs Electronics Mart India Ltd. (NAA) The brief facts of the case are that an application dated 29.03.2019 was filed by the Applicant No. 1, under Rule 128 (1) of the CGST Rules, 2017 before the Standing Committee on Anti-Profiteering alleging profiteering by the Respondent in respect of supply of Monitors and TVs […]

P&G & Gillette India guilty of not passing GST rate reduction benefit to Customers: NAA

November 23, 2020 2073 Views 0 comment Print

Director General of Anti-Profiteering Vs Procter & Gamble Home Products (PGHP) Private Limited (NAA) The brief facts of the case were that the Applicant had alleged that the Respondents had not passed on the benefit of reduction in the rate of GST from 28% to 18% w.e.f. 15.11.2017 to the recipients by way of commensurate […]

NAA directs DGAP to reinvestigate Subway franchisee & to exercise its powers

November 20, 2020 621 Views 0 comment Print

Director-General of Anti-Profiteering Vs Dange Enterprises (National Anti-Profiteering Authority) We observe that as an investigating agency, the DGAP has been conferred with wide-ranging powers under Rules 129 and 132 of the CGST Rules read with Section 171 of the CGST Act, 2017 to summon any relevant record which may be required for conducting an investigation […]

NAA directs DGAP to further investigate case of ‘Pareena Infrastructure’

November 19, 2020 1164 Views 0 comment Print

Saurabh Kumar Vs Pareena Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. (NAA) 1. The present Report dated 25.03.2020 has been received from the Applicant No. 2 i.e. the Director-General of Anti-Profiteering (DGAP) after a detailed investigation under Rule 129 (6) of the Central Goods & Service Tax (CGST) Rules, 2017. The brief facts of the case are that vide […]

Section 171(3A) penalty cannot be levied retrospectively: NAA

November 18, 2020 798 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala State Screening Committee on Anti Profiteering Vs TTK Prestige Ltd. (NAA) Since, no penalty provisions were in existence between the period w.e.f. 01.11.2017 to 31.08.2018 when the Respondent had violated the provisions of Section 171 (1), the penalty prescribed under Section 171 (3A) cannot be imposed on the Respondent retrospectively. Accordingly, the notice dated […]

Penalty for violation of Section 171(1) provisions come into force w.e.f. 01.01.2020

November 18, 2020 2706 Views 0 comment Print

Kumudchandra Atmaram Patel Vs TTK Prestige Ltd. (NAA) vide Section 112 of the Finance Act, 2019 specific penalty provisions have been added for violation of the provisions of Section 171 (1) which have come in to force w.e.f. 01.01.2020, by inserting Section 171 (3A). Since, no penalty provisions were in existence between the period w.e.f. […]

Sudharshan 35 MM guilty of profiteering: NAA

November 17, 2020 891 Views 0 comment Print

Principal Commissioner Vs Sudharshan 35 MM (NAA) Applicant No. 1 had filed an application dated 06.03.2019 under Rule 128 of the CGST Rules, 2017 alleging profiteering by the Sudharshan 35 MM in respect of the supply of ‘Services by way of admission to exhibition of cinematograph films where price of admission ticket is one hundred […]

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