Goods and Services Tax : The Gujarat High Court examined whether a taxpayer’s selection of “No” for personal hearing could override the statutory req...
Goods and Services Tax : The Orissa High Court examined whether tax could be demanded after reversal of the disputed ITC. It held that raising a fresh dema...
Goods and Services Tax : The Rajasthan High Court examined whether GST registration could be refused due to non-filing of returns in another State. It held...
Goods and Services Tax : The Supreme Court stayed a judgment that held mere uploading of notices and orders on the GST portal does not amount to valid comm...
Goods and Services Tax : The Supreme Court refused to bypass the statutory GST appeal mechanism and directed the taxpayer to pursue appellate remedies. How...
Goods and Services Tax : Explore Supreme Court's scrutiny of whether supplying cranes for services like loading, unloading, lifting, and shifting qualifies...
Goods and Services Tax : Explore the case of Pradeep Kanthed v. Union of India where the Supreme Court issues notice to the Finance Ministry regarding the ...
Goods and Services Tax : Commissioner of Central Goods And Service Tax & Ors Vs Safari Retreats Private Limited & Ors (Supreme Court of India) The ...
Goods and Services Tax : The 45th meeting of Goods and Services Tax Council (“GST Council”) is scheduled to be held on September 17, 2021. The Ministry...
Custom Duty, Income Tax : The Karnataka High Court in M/s Pellagic Food Ingredients Private Ltd. v. Union of India [Writ Petition No. 14737/2021[T-CUS] issu...
Goods and Services Tax : The Gujarat High Court ruled that the Supreme Court’s COVID-19 limitation exclusion must be considered while computing timelines...
Goods and Services Tax : The Delhi High Court held that exoneration under Section 73 does not automatically bar proceedings under Section 74 because both p...
Goods and Services Tax : The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether a single GST show cause notice can cover multiple financial years under Section 7...
Goods and Services Tax : The Supreme Court took up a challenge to Section 16(2)(c) of the CGST Act where ITC was denied despite tax having been paid by the...
Goods and Services Tax : The Supreme Court prima facie observed that Section 67(4) permits sealing of premises only when access is denied. It issued notice...
Excise Duty : Notification No. 32/2015-Central Excise Dated- 4th June, 2015 Ethanol produced from molasses generated from cane crushed in the ...
Service Tax : Circular No. 184/3/2015-ST Dated the 3rd June, 2015 It is further clarified that exemption from service tax still continues to ser...
Custom Duty : the floods in the State of Jammu and Kashmir (the State) from whole of the duty as specified under the First Schedule and whole of...
Excise Duty : Grants exemption from Basic Excise Duty to goods donated or purchased out of cash donations for the relief and rehabilitation of p...
Custom Duty : New posts have been created in the rank of Commissioners of Customs in DRI and DGCEI for adjudication of cases as investigated by ...
Held that, service tax will not be levied on the donations received by a trust from its members and on freight charges paid towards the activity of advancement of yoga. Further held that, activities can’t be covered under Goods and Transport Agency Service where consignment notes have not been issued.
CESTAT find that service tax was not leviable on the services provided by the appellants, which was paid by mistake by the appellants, thus, it will be treated as deposit, ipso facto, and are entitled for refund. Limitation u/s 11B will not be applicable as the amount deposited is not tax and, at best, revenue deposit.
SC is of the view that appellant cannot be indefinitely detained in custody more so having already spent almost 50% of possible maximum sentence in alleged GST Evasion case of Rs. 64Cr.
AAR held that, club of membership association and its members are distinct persons and the membership/ subscription fee, and annual fee, received from its members are consideration for supply of goods/services as a separate entity covered by the scope of the term ‘business’ and, thus, principle of mutuality is not applicable. Hence, GST would be payable on amounts received from club members.
Quest Global Engineering Services Private Limited Vs Deputy Commissioner (Madras High Court) Neutralise alleged excess GST payments through credit note as refund application is time barred The Hon’ble Madras High Court in Quest Global Engineering Services Private Limited vs The Deputy Commissioner of GST and Central Excise [W.P. No. 12105 of 2020 and WMP No. […]
Rajasthan High Court upheld the provisions w.r.t claiming of refund of unutilized Input Tax Credit (ITC) and asked the department to pass final order after taking into account the reply of the assessee.
Addl. CIT Vs Jasper Infotech Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) Expenses w.r.t promotion for brand ‘Snapdeal’ are revenue in nature The Hon’ble Delhi Income Tax Appellate Tribunal in Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, New Delhi v. M/S Jasper Infotech Private Limited [ITA No 2605/Del/2017 (Assessment Year: 2012-2013) dated November 10, 2021] held that expenses involved for […]
CESTAT set aside the order passed by the Revenue Department rejecting the appeal filed for refund claim by the assessee. Held that, the refund claim of input services under GST cannot be denied solely on technical reasons.
HC quashed the order of the Appellate Authority refusing the appeal filed by the assessee on the wrong GST portal. Further held that, uploading of an appeal may be before the wrong portal, but it is obligatory on the part of the authorities concerned in such an event to bring it to the notice of the assessee that the appeal has been filed before the wrong authority so that the necessary action can be taken.
SC held that, tax evasion cannot be presumed on mere non-extension of validity of e-way bill by the assessee due to traffic blockage and agitation, for which the Revenue Authority is responsible for not providing smooth passage of traffic. Further, imposed a sum of INR 69,000/- on the Revenue Department towards the cost payable to the assessee, and to be recovered, directly from the persons responsible.
