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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


Delhi HC Remands Rs. 450 Crore Tata Play Anti-Profiteering Case to GSTAT

October 18, 2025 663 Views 0 comment Print

The Delhi High Court set aside the Rs. 450 Crore anti-profiteering order against Tata Play Ltd., upholding the constitutional validity of Section 171 but remanding the factual dispute to GSTAT for fresh determination.

Delhi HC Upholds Anti-Profiteering Order: GST Benefit Must Reach Consumers

September 30, 2025 1398 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court confirmed that businesses must reduce prices to pass on GST rate cuts to consumers, rejecting claims that increased quantity or free products justify price retention. The profiteering amount was directed to the Consumer Welfare Fund.

Anti-Profiteering In GST 2.0: From Law To Practice

September 29, 2025 7578 Views 0 comment Print

GST 2.0 rate cuts trigger Anti-Profiteering rules (Sec 171). Summary covers obligation to pass on tax/ITC benefit, MRP display norms, NAPA principles, and compliance steps.

Accumulated ITC Refund on Inverted Duty May Not Attract Anti Profiteering

September 25, 2025 3885 Views 0 comment Print

Analysis of GST rules on refund of accumulated ITC due to inverted duty structure after tax rate reductions, clarifying anti-profiteering under Section 171.

GST Anti-Profiteering Case: No ITC Benefit Profiteering by Theco India

September 23, 2025 750 Views 1 comment Print

The Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT) rules on a GST anti-profiteering case, reducing the Directorate General of Anti-Profiteering’s (DGAP) profiteering claim of ₹1.49 crore against Theco India Pvt. Ltd. This case examines the obligation to pass on Input Tax Credit (ITC) benefits to consumers under Section 171 of the CGST Act.

GST Profiteering: Cinema Hall Fined Rs. 16.5 Lakhs for Not Passing Tax Reduction

September 16, 2025 900 Views 0 comment Print

GSTAT rules Mallikarjuna Cinema Hall profiteered by Rs. 16.5 lakhs by failing to pass GST rate reductions on cinema tickets to consumers between Jan-June 2019. Tribunal rejects arguments on state regulations and market dynamics.

GST Anti-Profiteering: A Computation Roadmap for Businesses

September 15, 2025 1767 Views 1 comment Print

Understand the GST anti-profiteering rules under Section 171. Learn how to calculate and pass on GST benefits from tax rate changes to consumers.

GSTAT Orders P&G to Deposit ₹6.88 Lakh Profiteered Amount – No Interest or Penalty

September 11, 2025 990 Views 0 comment Print

GSTAT rules on P&G’s anti-profiteering case, deciding the company is not required to pay interest on a profiteered amount of ₹6.88 lakhs. The interest clause was deemed prospective, not retrospective.

Hotel Did Not Pass GST Rate Cut, Profiteered ₹31.28 Lakh: GSTAT

September 5, 2025 522 Views 0 comment Print

GSTAT rules M/s Hotel Babylon Inn Pvt. Ltd. profiteered ₹31,28,631 by not passing GST rate reduction benefit to consumers. Details and judgment analysis.

IBC Prevails in GST Anti-Profiteering Dispute: GSTAT

September 3, 2025 561 Views 0 comment Print

A GST Appellate Tribunal ruling finds that an approved resolution plan under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) extinguishes anti-profiteering claims not listed in the plan.

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