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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 8859 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 9480 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 48156 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 16665 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 16932 Views 0 comment Print


Mere Non-Filing of C Form or Defects in its declaration would not Attract Penalty

December 15, 2017 2313 Views 0 comment Print

There is no allegation of any suppression of turnover. It is only with regard to non filing of Form C declaration or certain defects in Form C declaration. Thus, it is not a case where any penalty can be levied more so when there was no proposal in the revision notice dated 28.05.2007.

Reg. inter-State purchases against C Form for period starting from 01.07.2017

November 17, 2017 4620 Views 0 comment Print

Declarations in Form ‘C’ for the periods starting from 1st July 2017 shall be issued only if such goods are purchased for the purposes enumerated in the Office Memorandum issued by Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, State Tax Division, New Delhi dated 7th November 2017 such as:-

Rejection of C Forms without giving opportunity to Rectify Defects is invalid

June 8, 2017 8028 Views 0 comment Print

Before rejecting the C-Forms as containing discrepancies, the revisional authority should have returned the C-Forms and given an opportunity to the dealer to rectify the defects.

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

May 19, 2017 5139 Views 0 comment Print

Central Sales Tax Act 1956 envisages single point of taxation i.e tax at the first point of sales. Subsequent sales during the movement of the goods from one state to another have been exempted under section 6(2) of CST Act. The scheme of section 6(2) of CST Act is that once the first interstate sale has suffered CST then subsequent sales effected by transfer of documents during transit will be exempt provided conditions prescribed u/s 6(2) are satisfied. This has been done to remove the cascading effect.

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

March 17, 2017 15627 Views 0 comment Print

Waiver of Late Fee for late filing of VAT and CST returns in Maharashtra The Trade has represented that many technical difficulties are being faced by them while filing their returns and therefore the late fees for delayed filing of returns should be waived. The issue was examined and in order to provide relief to […]

Documents required for MVAT, CST, Luxury / Entry/ Profession Tax Registration

September 9, 2016 3559 Views 0 comment Print

List of documents required for registration under 1. MVAT Act, 2002-FORM 101 2. CST Act, 1956-CST FORM A 3. Maharashtra State Tax on Professions, Trades, Callings and Employments Act, 1975 4. Maharashtra Tax on Luxuries Act, 1987 -Luxury- FORM 4 5. Maharashtra Tax on the Entry of Goods into Local Areas Act, 2002- Entry Tax FORM 1

How to Register under CST in Maharashtra

September 7, 2016 2329 Views 0 comment Print

New dealer going for new registration: New dealer in need of registration has to create a temporary profile to get a temporary login id, which will allow the dealer to fill up the form, make payment and finally submit the application to the tax officer to grant registration certificate( RC)

New Due Dates for Filing of MVAT & CST Returns in Maharashtra

August 28, 2016 217385 Views 50 comments Print

Much awaited Circular for Introduction of New Automation Process for Filing of MVAT and CST Returns has been issued under no. 22T of 2016 dated 26.08.2016 and accordingly Revised Scheduled for Filing of Returns from 01 April 2016 is also been announced

MVAT: FAQs on Return Filing in New Automation System

June 14, 2016 8512 Views 0 comment Print

Are there any changes in the format of annexure and return? Ans. Sales and purchase annexures are replaced with annexures J 1 and J2. In sales and purchase annexures, invoice wise data of sales and purchase is required to be entered. Copy and paste option is also available to insert the data in sales and purchase annexures.

F Form Under Rajashthan VAT & Central CST Act, 1956

April 28, 2016 6532 Views 0 comment Print

Section 6A of the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 provides that in case the goods are transferred by a dealer from the state of Rajasthan to his another place of business outside the state of Rajasthan or to his principal or his agent outside the state of Rajasthan then he is not required to pay tax on transfer of such goods outside the territory of Rajasthan.

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