Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has made Table 3.2 of GSTR-3B non-editable with auto-population from GSTR-1/1A/IFF. The update ensures consistency in inter-S...
Goods and Services Tax : Lower GST rates and tax reforms boosted consumption and manufacturing, driving India’s GDP growth to 8.2% despite global economi...
Corporate Law : India implements four new Labour Codes consolidating 29 old laws, modernizing wage, safety, and social security regulations, while...
Goods and Services Tax : Tribunal introduced a phased filing schedule to prevent system congestion on new electronic platform. The directive ensures orderl...
Goods and Services Tax : Essential steps for filing GST appeals before the Appellate Tribunal, covering order review, appeal drafting, documentation, and a...
Goods and Services Tax : Explore the robust growth in GST collection for FY 2023-24, crossing Rs. 20 lakh crore, reflecting economic resilience and improve...
Goods and Services Tax : April, 2023 has registered a revenue collection (GST) at Rs. 187 lakh crore, which is the highest ever since introduction of GST i...
Goods and Services Tax : GST book on ‘Assessment, Adjudication, Demand & Recovery’ provides a one point lucid guide which is an easy to und...
Finance : A realistic consequence of COVID pendamic could be counted in terms of loss of jobs, stagnant or reduced employment opportunities,...
Goods and Services Tax : New Book on GST Namely Compendium of Judicial Pronouncements (Relevant under GST Regime) Authored by Dr. Sanjiv Agarwal and publi...
Service Tax : Explore exemption under Entry No. 14 for machining of rails in case of Voestalpine VAE VKN India Pvt. Ltd. vs. Commissioner of Cen...
Goods and Services Tax : AAAR held that supply of coaching service by the appellant along with supply of goods/printed material/test papers, uniform, bags ...
Goods and Services Tax : Chandra Prakash Mishra Vs Flipkart India Private Limited & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) In Chandra Prakash Mishra v. Flipkart...
Goods and Services Tax : In re Resonance Eduventures Limited (GST AAR Rajasthan) The order is important as it contradicts its own ruling in Symmetric Infra...
Goods and Services Tax : In re Symmetric Infrastructure Private Limited (GST AAR Rajasthan) Q.1 Applicant supplies services of coaching to students which a...
In first nine months of Financial Year 2017-18 when GST was in force w.e.f. 1st July, 2017, GST collections have averaged @ Rs. 89800 crore per month. Effectively it is for eight months as GST is collected in the following month. The GST collection in 2017-18 (9 months) has averaged @ Rs. 89800 crore per month which is on a lower side (provisional but including cess totaling Rs. 7.41 lakh crore).
In Nirmal Constructions v State of Madhya Pradesh, where State Government cancelled tender proceedings which were initiated prior to introduction of GST, in view of change in tax environment on introduction of GST, it was held that since the person who had tendered was eligible for Input Tax Credit (ITC) on GST paid on goods/services, there was nothing wrong in decision to exclude amount of GST in tender value.
In Evergreen Seamless Tubes Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors, WP No. 12378 of 2017(Bombay), HC dismissed writ petition challenging constitutional validity of Section 140(3)(iv) of CGST Act which deals with transition and therefore, refused to strike down one year time limit for transitional credit availment.
1st April has become a land mark date in the GST journey, I not because it is April Fools day but it marks the advent of e-way bills in the country under the GST regime, a tool to check tax evasion and bring in operational efficiency so far as taxpayers and logistics management is concerned.
The first financial year of GST regime is coming to an end next week on 31.03.2018. This is also the year of transition or migration of old indirect tax regime (VAT, Service Tax, Central Excise and other taxes) into goods and services tax regime (GST).
The GST law contains a unique provision on anti-profiteering measure as a deterrent for trade and industry to enjoy unjust enrichment in terms of profit arising out of implementation of Goods and Services Tax in India, i.e., anti-profiteering measure would obligate the businesses to pass on the cost benefit arising out of GST implementation to their customers.
Indian economy has been on the path of positive but experimental reforms for last two years or so. I call it experimental because India has experimented with these far reaching decisions (or reforms) as a rare and dare task.
Liquor manufacture in India is very complicated with very few cases where brand owner, distiller and bottler are the same entity. Since license for distilleries are highly regulated by the State, brand owners get the liquor manufactured / bottled through on license lease basis which could be either by leasing of the distillery or factory (immovable property) itself or leasing of liquor license.
In Ramdev Trading Company & Another v. State of U.P. & 3 others (2017) 12 TMI 341 (Allahabad), where the goods of assessee were detained by detaining authority and also a penalty imposed on the ground that goods were mis described, it was observed that at the stage of seizure the detaining authority had not applied his mind, nor formed any opinion as to intention to evade tax and the only allegation made in the seizure order was to the effect that the Transit Declaration Form (TDF) was absent
The petitioner approached the high court with the grievance that despite being granted the provisional GST registration, it was not able to access its online profile on the GST network and that it is not even able to generate e-way bills which had paralyzed its business activities. It was also not able to file the tax returns or pay tax or complete other compliances.
