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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 612 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 5169 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 7191 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 114 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 321 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 447 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


NAA held Johnson & Johnson guilty of Profiteering of Rs. 230 Cr.

December 23, 2019 1161 Views 0 comment Print

Director General of Anti-Profiteering Vs Johnson & Johnson Private Limited (National Anti-Profiteering Authority) Profiteered amount is determined as Rs. 2,30,40,74,132/- as per the provisions of Rule 133 (1) of the above Rules as has been computed vide Annexure-13 of the Report dated 24.06.2019. Accordingly, the Respondent is directed to reduce his prices commensurately in terms […]

Profiteering needs to be computed at the level of each invoice: NAA

December 18, 2019 1200 Views 0 comment Print

We observe that the said provision clearly links profiteering to be a function of each supply of goods or services or both and hence, profiteering needs to be computed at the level of each invoice and not at the entity level or any consolidated level.

NAA held ‘Adani M2k Project’ guilty of Profiteering

December 18, 2019 1146 Views 0 comment Print

National Anti-Profiteering Authority finds Adani M2k Project LLP guilty of not passing on GST benefits. Rs. 1,25,33,555/- profiteered. Legal order details.

Granting of discounts not amounts to passing of benefit of tax reduction

December 17, 2019 1071 Views 0 comment Print

Director General of Anti-Profiteering Vs Krishna Trading Company (National Anti-Profiteering Authority) The Respondent has admitted in his submissions that he was aware of the above tax reductions and hence he should have immediately reduced his sale prices commensurate with the rate reductions. He also cannot claim that he has not reduced the prices of the […]

NAA finds Signature Builders Guilty of not passing ITC Benefit to Customers

December 13, 2019 954 Views 0 comment Print

Shri. Abhishek Vs Signature Builders Pvt. Ltd. (National Anti-Profiteering Authority) Central Government, on the recommendation of the GST Council, had levied 18%  GST with effective  rate  of  12%  in  view  of 1/3rd abatement on value on the – construction service, vide Notification No. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated  28.06.2017  which  was reduced in  the case of […]

Discount after increasing price cannot be considered as passing on of benefit of additional ITC: NAA

December 13, 2019 945 Views 0 comment Print

Shri. Pradeep Kumar Vs Fusion Buildtech Pvt. Ltd. (National Anti-Profiteering Authority) The Respondent’s further contention that he had already offered more than 10% discount in basic prices to all the customers who have booked flats Post GST and the discount had been given mainly on account of availability of ITC, thus the allegation that he […]

NAA finds Signature Builders guilty of not passing benefit of ITC

December 13, 2019 897 Views 0 comment Print

Shruti Garg Vs Signature Builders Pvt. Ltd. (National Anti-Profiteering Authority) The Respondent has also contended that the DGAP has calculated the profiteered amount as Rs. 1,40,41,916/- whereas he has passed on an amount of Rs. 1,29,29,849/- to the 998 home and 91 commercial shop buyers as benefit of ITC. He has also submitted letters addressed […]

Nestle’ guilty of profiteering as not adopted correct methodology to pass on ITC Benefit

December 10, 2019 2913 Views 0 comment Print

Director General of Anti-Profiteering Vs M/s Nestle India Ltd (National Anti-Profiteering Authority) 1. The present Report dated 08.10.2018 and the supplementary Reports dated 16.01.2019, 01.02.2019, 15.03.2019, 08.05.2019 and 12.06.2019 have been received from the above Applicant (here-in­after referred to as the DGAP) after detailed investigation under Rule 129 (6) of the Central Goods & Services […]

Builder denies ITC benefit to buyers post-GST implementation: NAA held guilty of profiteering

December 10, 2019 1131 Views 0 comment Print

Sh. Santha Sivaram Vs Virgo Properties Pvt. Ltd. (National Anti-Profiteering Authority) We have carefully considered all the submissions filed by the Applicant No. 1, the Respondent and the other material placed on record and find that the Applicant No. 1, vide his complaint dated 05.04.2018 had alleged that the Respondent was not passing on the […]

NAA has power to set Methodology ∓ procedure for determining anti-profiteering amount

December 10, 2019 1953 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala State Screening Committee Vs IFB Industries Ltd. (National Anti-Profiteering Authority) The Respondent further objected that no methodology and procedure for determining the anti-profiteering amount had been prescribed by Legislature and the provisions of Section 171 of the CGST, Act and Rule 122 to 137, being part of a taxing Statute cannot be enforced in […]

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