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 ...
Introduction Good health and good sense are two of life’s greatest blessings. The Indian Healthcare Industry is the largest producer for generics and now among of the major sectors with respect to revenue and to employment. The Pharma and Healthcare Industry has grown significantly and enjoys an important position in the global pharmaceuticals and medical […]
The Hon’ble Gujarat High Court in M/S. Rajkamal Builder Infrastructure Private Limited v. Union of India [R/Special Civil Application No. 21534 of 2019, dated March 23, 2021] quashed and set aside the order issued by the Revenue Department in Form GST DRC-01 for recovery of interest on delayed payment of tax on gross liability and […]
The Hon’ble AAAR, Karnataka in Re: M/s Page Industries Limited [Order No. KAR/AAAR/05/2021, dated April 16, 2021] held that the promotional products/materials & marketing items which are distributed to their distributors/franchisee free of cost (FOC) by the assessee in promoting their brand & marketing their products can be considered as ‘inputs’ as defined in Section 2(59) of […]
GST leviable on reimbursed amount, being advance payment by recipient towards cost incurred for provision of software services The AAAR, Tamilnadu in the matter of M/S. ICU Medical India LLP [Order-in-Appeal No. AAAR/10/2021(AR), dated March 10, 2021] modified the ruling of AAR, Tamilnadu, to the extent that Goods and Services Tax (GST) is leviable on […]
GST authorities cannot embark upon the process of assessment, in guise of considering application for revocation of cancellation of GST registration The Hon’ble Madras High Court in Ramakrishnan Mahalingam vs. State Tax Officer & Anr. [W.P. No. 15081 of 2020 and WMP. Nos. 18799, 18801 & 18797 of 2020, dated April 30, 2021] directed the […]
Practicing advocates exempted from service tax/GST, should not have to face harassment from GST Department The Hon’ble Orissa High Court in Devi Prasad Tripathy v. the Principal Commissioner CGST and Central Excise [W.P.(C) No. 27727 of 2020, dated April 22, 2021] quashed the notice demanding to pay service tax/GST issued to the advocates. Held that, […]
The AAAR, Tamil Nadu, in the matter of M/S Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited, [Order-in-Appeal No. TN/AAAR/12/2021 of dated March 30, 2021] has upheld the ruling of the AAR and held that GST is applicable on supply of operation and maintenance materials used in regular day-to-day functioning by one subsidiary company engaged in […]
GST not leviable on subscription/infrastructure development fee collected from members, unless amended provision is notified The AAR, Karnataka in the matter of M/s. Bowring Institute [Order No. KAR ADRG 27/2021, dated April 22, 2021] held that, the members-club is not liable to pay Goods and Services Tax (“GST”) on subscription fees and infrastructure development fund […]
Bullion trader cannot use the Input Tax Credit (ITC) balance available in the electronic credit ledger legitimately earned on the inputs/raw-materials/inward supplies meant for outward supply of Bullions, towards the GST liability on ‘Castor Oil Seed’ procured from agriculturists and subsequently meant for onward supply, as there is no nexus/connection between the inputs and final product since the inputs are not used or intended to be used in the course or furtherance of the business of supply of ‘Castor Oil Seeds’.
The Hon’ble Kerala High Court in case of Abdul Shaji v. The Commissioner of Central Tax and Central Excise, The Superintendent of Central Tax and Central Excise (Order dated April 22, 2021 against Bail Application No. 220 of 2021) allowed anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C. Act) to […]
