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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


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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 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 held ‘Adani M2k Project’ guilty of Profiteering

December 18, 2019 1212 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 1125 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 1017 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 999 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 951 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 3060 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 1188 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 2064 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 […]

NAA held Builder Guilty of not passing ITC benefit to Flat Buyers

December 9, 2019 801 Views 0 comment Print

Pawan Kumar Vs S3 Buildwell LLP (National Anti-Profiteering Authority) Provisions of Section 171 of the CGST Act, 2017 are aimed at ensuring that the recipients get the commensurate benefit, in the form of reduction in prices, in case of any tax rate reduction and/or incremental benefit of ITC which has become available to them due […]

NAA held Builder Guilty of not passing ITC benefit to Customer

December 6, 2019 1527 Views 0 comment Print

The Respondent has computed the interim GST benefit by estimating taxes which were a cost to him in the pre-GST regime. We find that it is a methodology based on estimated or assumed figures which is not accurate and we agree with the methodology adopted by the DGAP while determining profiteering.

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