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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 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 16929 Views 0 comment Print


State of Andhra Pradesh cannot retain CST paid on transaction effected via RSO to APSRTC: SC

October 21, 2022 540 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court held that the State of Andhra Pradesh cannot retain the amount of central sales tax paid by the appellant on the transaction of sale effected through RSO, Vijayawada with respect to vehicles/buses sold to APSRTC.

HC upheld denial of CST exemption on sale to merchant exporter

October 18, 2022 639 Views 0 comment Print

Azam Laminators (P) Limited Vs Commercial Tax Officer (Madras High Court) The specific case of the petitioner is that the petitioner had effected sale of M.G. Plain Kraft Paper to a merchant exporter, who, in turn had received a purchase order from a buyer from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for Parcel Leaf Size and that the […]

Writ petition cannot be admitted by HC when alternative remedy of appeal exist: SC

September 22, 2022 3957 Views 0 comment Print

State of Maharashtra Vs Greatship (India) Limited (Supreme Court) 1. Assessing Officer passed the assessment order determining the tax liability along with interest and penalty under the MVAT Act and CST Act 2. Assessee preferred Writ before Hon. Bombay High Court which quashed the Assessment Order and the Demand Notice 3. Against which Revenue filed […]

Sales Tax Tribunal can accept C Forms during Appellate stage: Bombay HC

September 9, 2022 7017 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay HC held that appeal proceedings are extension of assessment and Maharashtra Sales Tax Tribunal’s Judgment accepting C Forms is upheld.

ENA & Malt Spirit in original form not to get ‘C’ Form

May 18, 2022 2319 Views 0 comment Print

ENA and the Malt Spirit in its original form are not the alcoholic liquor fit for human consumption and would therefore, not come within the amended definition of clause(d) of Section 2 of the CST Act and in view thereof, the petitioner would not be entitled to get the ‘C’ Form, as claimed by the petitioner herein.

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

May 16, 2022 7725 Views 0 comment Print

Request to announce Tax Amnesty Scheme / one time settlement scheme for pending demand, disputes, appeals, litigations and recovery under various state laws and CST Act.

Entitlement To Refund Rests With Those Who Bear Ultimate Burden of Tax Under Central Sales Tax Act: Gujarat High Court

February 24, 2022 1227 Views 0 comment Print

Saint-Gobain India Private Limited Vs Union of India (Gujarat High Court) It appears from the materials on record that the writ applicant is seeking direction to the respondents to forthwith grant the refund of the amount of Rs.2,30,11,188/- collected from the writ applicant by the seller of natural gas and deposited with the respondent authorities […]

State Govt cannot deny genuine claim to purchase HSD oil at a concessional rate

December 9, 2021 3465 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. Tata Steel Ltd. & Anr Vs State of West Bengal & Ors. (Calcutta High Court) Facts- The main issue raised was whether petitioners/purchasing HSD oil dealers who have been denied a refund of excess tax by the Respondent State Government of West Bengal which was admittedly collected by it from the petitioners through the […]

Sale not become intra-State when Assembly of Parts was within state which were brought from other states

September 14, 2021 1197 Views 0 comment Print

Larsen & Toubro Ltd. Vs State of Orissa (Orissa High Court) as far as the present case is concerned, merely because the component parts were brought from different places outside Orissa and assembled in Orissa, it cannot be said that it was an intra-State sale and that a colourable device was deployed to avoid paying […]

Issued faced during assessments & in functioning of Maharashtra VAT Website

July 22, 2021 1935 Views 0 comment Print

AIMTPA has written a letter to Commissioner of State Tax and brought to his attention issues being faced during assessments under the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 , the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956  and some issues related to the functioning of the Department’s portal viz www.mahagst.gov.in/en. Text of their letter is as follows:- […]

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