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SC allows Interstate Purchase of goods under CST Act for Manufacturing, Mining etc against ‘C’ Forms in GST Scenario also: But is nullified by Finance Act, 2021

Goods and Services Tax : SC allows Interstate Purchase of goods under the CST Act for Manufacturing, Mining etc against ‘C’ Forms in  GST Scen...

April 26, 2021 8856 Views 2 comments Print

Allowed use of Form-C to purchase Petroleum, Natural Gas & Liquor products post GST

Goods and Services Tax : Supreme Court declined to interfere in Revenue’s Special Leave Petitions, for use of 'C' Forms of the Central Sales Tax Act, 195...

April 23, 2021 9474 Views 2 comments Print

Sale in transit – No concept of constructive delivery

Goods and Services Tax : There is no concept of constructive delivery either express or implied in section 3 of Central Sales Tax Act”. Hence, benefit ca...

May 6, 2020 2550 Views 0 comment Print

Whether Form ‘C’ should be made available to an assessee even after implementation of GST?

Goods and Services Tax : Article discusses Whether Form ‘C’ should be made available to an assessee even after implementation of the goods and services...

August 23, 2018 48153 Views 5 comments Print

Sale in Transit as per CST Act & About First Stage Dealer & Availment of Input Tax Credit

Goods and Services Tax : Central Sales Tax Act 1956 envisages single point of taxation i.e tax at the first point of sales. Subsequent sales during the mov...

May 19, 2017 5139 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Request to announce Tax Amnesty Scheme under state laws & CST Act

Goods and Services Tax : Request to announce Tax Amnesty Scheme / one time settlement scheme for pending demand, disputes, appeals, litigations and recover...

May 16, 2022 7725 Views 0 comment Print

Issued faced during assessments & in functioning of Maharashtra VAT Website

Goods and Services Tax : AIMTPA has written a letter to Commissioner of State Tax and brought to his attention issues being faced during assessments under ...

July 22, 2021 1935 Views 0 comment Print

RVAT: Extend due dates for C-form submission & ITC mismatch

Goods and Services Tax : Extension of due date of furnishing of declaration form due to COVID-19 effect Sir the last date of filing of declaration forms...

June 29, 2020 5889 Views 0 comment Print

Waiver of Late Fee for late filing of VAT, CST, PT & Luxry Tax returns

Goods and Services Tax : Waiver of Late Fee for late filing of VAT and CST returns in Maharashtra The Trade has represented that many technical difficultie...

March 17, 2017 15627 Views 0 comment Print

CII wants CST to reduced to 1%

Goods and Services Tax : CII suggested the removal of anomalies in customs duty and reducing the CST rate from 2% to 1% due to the delay in implementation ...

December 12, 2014 1463 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Section 9(2) of CST Act doesn’t create statutory charge hence unpaid CST dues are unsecured debt

Goods and Services Tax : NCLAT Delhi held that provisions of section 9(2) of the CST Act doesn’t create statutory charge on the assets of the Corporate D...

January 24, 2026 417 Views 0 comment Print

Parts Replaced Under Warranty Taxable under CST Act: Allahabad HC

Goods and Services Tax : The Allahabad High Court ruled that parts replaced during warranty and AMC periods are taxable, applying the Supreme Court's Tata ...

December 11, 2025 675 Views 0 comment Print

C-Forms Cannot Be Refused for Omission in Revised Returns: Delhi HC

Goods and Services Tax : Court held that C-Forms could not be refused solely because inter-state purchases were mistakenly omitted from revised returns. Th...

December 11, 2025 597 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat HC Allows Belated Form F After 20-Year CST Litigation

Goods and Services Tax : The Court accepted a previously rejected Form F worth ₹6.29 crore after verifying its authenticity. It held that genuine branch ...

December 7, 2025 450 Views 0 comment Print

CST Penalty Deleted Because Tyres Count as Spare Parts: Allahabad HC

Goods and Services Tax : The Court ruled that tyres and tubes were part of the registered spare-parts list, validating the Tribunal’s decision to cancel ...

November 30, 2025 327 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Maharashtra Issues Profession Tax Compliance Relaxation Due to Portal Technical Issues

Goods and Services Tax : The State Tax Department allowed taxpayers to pay profession tax using PAN after system migration caused portal access issues. Reg...

March 13, 2026 16662 Views 0 comment Print

Govt Notifies DGGI ADG as IGST Nodal Officer; Afcom Named Indian Carrier under GST

Goods and Services Tax : Finance Ministry notifies DGGI ADG as nodal officer under IT Rules and designates Afcom Holdings as Indian carrier under Central S...

February 17, 2026 768 Views 0 comment Print

Madhya Pradesh GST Dept. Extends Appeal Deadline to March 31, 2025

Goods and Services Tax : Learn about Madhya Pradeshs extension of appeal disposal deadline to March 31, 2025, impacting VAT, CST, and other related acts....

March 13, 2024 1110 Views 0 comment Print

Issuance & use of C-Form declaration under CST Act in Karnataka

Goods and Services Tax : The scope of C-Form facility for inter-state purchase of the above six goods is examined in the light of the amended provision of ...

June 23, 2021 5625 Views 0 comment Print

All about filing of Appeal Applications under MVAT and CST Act

Goods and Services Tax : Manual filing of Appeal Applications, is being replaced by online automated filing of Appeal Applications under VAT and CST Act. A...

January 30, 2020 16926 Views 0 comment Print


Transfer of Patent Rights subject to tax under CST Act

December 6, 2018 1665 Views 0 comment Print

Transfer of patent rights would be subject to CST as while transferring of intangible rights obtained under a statute, to another entity having its place of business in another State; from where the transferee intended to exercise such rights thereafter, postulated a movement of the intangible, corporeal goods from one State to another and, hence, would be an inter-state sale assessable to tax. 

Issuance of Form ‘I’ under Central Sales Tax Act, 1956.

October 11, 2018 32913 Views 1 comment Print

All the Sales Tax authorities undertaking assessments, appeals, or, as the case may be, review, are hereby directed not to disallow the claims made under section 8(6) of the CST Act, merely on the ground that the declarations in Form ‘I’ are issued by Sales Tax/Commercial Tax authorities of other States.

Whether Form ‘C’ should be made available to an assessee even after implementation of GST?

August 23, 2018 48153 Views 5 comments Print

Article discusses Whether Form ‘C’ should be made available to an assessee even after implementation of the goods and services tax?

Reg. ADM Relief for Un-registered period to dealers who obtained Registration late

May 24, 2018 18645 Views 0 comment Print

Earlier, the application for ADM Relief was required to be made manually to the concerned Joint Commissioner. After receipt of the application, consideration of the facts as also the report in this behalf, obtained from the Nodal Officer concerned, the request for ADM Relief was either rejected or granted.

Central Sales Tax (Bombay) (Amendment) Rules, 2018

May 9, 2018 3957 Views 0 comment Print

1. These rules may be called the Central Sales Tax (Bombay) (Amendment) Rules, 2018. 2. In rule 9A of the Central Sales Tax (Bombay) Rules, 1957 (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Rules”), for clause (b) the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—

Form- “C” available even after GST implementation: P&H High Court

March 28, 2018 5349 Views 1 comment Print

Punjab & Haryana HC in the case of Carpo Power Limited vs. State of Haryana in CWP No. 29437 of 2017 has held that Form C is available to assesse even after implementation of GST.

New Return filing process on MAHAGST portal under MVAT and CST Act

March 28, 2018 184656 Views 15 comments Print

Above referred Trade Circulars were issued by Maharashtra Sales Tax Department explaining the new automation process of filing of returns under Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 and Central Sales Tax Act, 1956. Return filing in new automation processes and changes in procedures were explained in Trade Circular 22T of 2016 Dt. 26th August 2016

MVAT: How to obtain e-CST declarations for periods prior to 01/04/2016

March 13, 2018 22842 Views 1 comment Print

1.1. You are well aware that for the period starting from 1st April 2016, the Department had provided facility to obtain the e-CST declaration(s) and certificate(s), as per the provisions of Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as CST Act). This facility is available on the new portal i.e. www.mahagst.gov.in for all the dealers who are eligible to,-

Form ‘C’ can be issued for non-GST goods even under GST Regime

March 2, 2018 5199 Views 0 comment Print

Representations have been received from different dealers regarding issuance of declarations in Form-C under the Central Sales Tax Act, for inter-state purchase of High Speed Diesel for use in Captive power generation, mining activity etc., in view of implementation of Goods and Services Tax with effect from 1st July 2017.

CST exemption on sale of zip fasteners to readymade garment manufacturer / exporter allowed by Madras HC

December 22, 2017 888 Views 0 comment Print

The only legal issue involved in this writ petition is whether the petitioner is entitled to claim exemption on the sale of zip fasteners to a ready made garment manufacturer, who has exported the ready made garments outside the territory of India.

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