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GSTN Issues 4 Advisories in December 2025 to Clarify Key Compliance Procedures

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...

January 8, 2026 14184 Views 0 comment Print

India’s Growth Accelerates Due to GST Rate Cuts and Domestic Demand Surge

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...

December 25, 2025 633 Views 0 comment Print

The New Labour Codes At A Glance

Corporate Law : India implements four new Labour Codes consolidating 29 old laws, modernizing wage, safety, and social security regulations, while...

December 2, 2025 3396 Views 0 comment Print

Staggered Filing of Appeals Before GST Appellate Tribunal

Goods and Services Tax : Tribunal introduced a phased filing schedule to prevent system congestion on new electronic platform. The directive ensures orderl...

November 17, 2025 2067 Views 0 comment Print

Tips For GST Appeals / Applications Before GST Appellate Tribunal

Goods and Services Tax : Essential steps for filing GST appeals before the Appellate Tribunal, covering order review, appeal drafting, documentation, and a...

November 6, 2025 1350 Views 0 comment Print


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Trends and Growth In GST Collection

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...

April 3, 2024 2109 Views 0 comment Print

GST Collection In April, 2023 At Record High

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...

May 2, 2023 6297 Views 0 comment Print

GST Book: Assessment, Adjudication, Demand & Recovery

Goods and Services Tax : GST book on ‘Assessment, Adjudication, Demand & Recovery’ provides a one point lucid guide which is an easy to und...

February 7, 2022 6495 Views 0 comment Print

Covid Effects and Measures

Finance : A realistic consequence of COVID pendamic could be counted in terms of loss of jobs, stagnant or reduced employment opportunities,...

May 10, 2021 882 Views 0 comment Print

Compendium of Judicial Pronouncements (Relevant under GST Regime)

Goods and Services Tax : New Book on GST Namely Compendium of Judicial Pronouncements (Relevant under GST Regime) Authored by Dr. Sanjiv Agarwal and publi...

February 14, 2018 3798 Views 0 comment Print


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Service Tax Exemption Upheld for Machining of Rails in Delhi Metro Project

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...

December 18, 2023 1359 Views 0 comment Print

Coaching Service with Goods is Composite Supply & not mixed supply: AAAR

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 ...

December 6, 2023 4308 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court’s Soft Stance on Revenue Officer’s Appeal

Goods and Services Tax : Chandra Prakash Mishra Vs Flipkart India Private Limited & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) In Chandra Prakash Mishra v. Flipkart...

April 4, 2023 2046 Views 0 comment Print

Supply of Coaching Services with Goods is mixed supply: AAR Rajasthan

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...

December 28, 2021 2586 Views 1 comment Print

GST on supply of coaching services along with supply of goods/printed material/test papers, uniform, bags

Goods and Services Tax : In re Symmetric Infrastructure Private Limited (GST AAR Rajasthan) Q.1 Applicant supplies services of coaching to students which a...

September 2, 2021 7479 Views 0 comment Print


Recent Exemptions in Service Tax related to Rice & Health Care Service

April 3, 2014 4362 Views 0 comment Print

In Service Tax, exemption has been granted to ‘rice’ treating it as agricultural produce. Thus, storage, warehousing, packing, loading, unloading etc for rice would be exempt from Service Tax. Earlier only paddy was exempt. Similarly, blood banks would also be exempt treating them as part of health care services which were already exempt.

Taxing Dilemma for Salaried Assessees

March 27, 2014 7064 Views 0 comment Print

Dr. Sanjiv Agarwal March, being last month of any financial year is scary for the salaried assessees (employees) and all employers are  found arguing with employees to get the proper and due income tax deducted at source (popularly called TDS). The impact is so much so that the cash budget of the employees gets disturbed […]

Summary of Recent Amendments in CENVAT Credit Rules

March 10, 2014 16540 Views 0 comment Print

Dr. Sanjiv Agarwal, FCA, FCS In just 60 days of 2014, Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 (in short, CCR), which governs the Cenvat Credit of Central Excise Duty and Service Tax, have already been amended four times so far as summarized in the following table : Amendment Notification Date Effective From First Amendment 1/2014-CX (NT) 08.01.2014 […]

Interim Budget but No Major Interim Relief

February 18, 2014 2345 Views 0 comment Print

Hard pressed by the compulsions of political ethics, the UPA -2 Government could not present the full fledged budget for the next fiscal 2014-15. However, an interim budget (Vote on Account) has been presented to seek approval for expenditure for next four months i.e., upto 30th June, 2014

New Scope of Governmental Authority under Service Tax

February 14, 2014 6392 Views 0 comment Print

 Dr. Sanjiv Agarwal In Service Tax, ‘Governmental Authority’ assumes significance as certain specified services provided by it and received by it are exempt or not liable to levy of Service Tax. Though the term ‘governmental authority’ comprises of two words – ‘governmental’ (derived from government) and ‘authority’ we have a specific definition of governmental authority […]

Cenvat Credit to Special Economic Zones

February 4, 2014 9636 Views 0 comment Print

W.e.f. 1.3.2011, Rule 6(6A) had been inserted in Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 to allow provision of services without payment of service tax to a unit in Special Economic Zones (SEZ) or to a developer in SEZ for their authorized operations, without requirement of reversal of any Cenvat credit on this account. This will help in tax-free receipt of services by units and developers in SEZs.

Cenvat Credit on Capital Goods Vis-À-Vis Inputs

January 28, 2014 6334 Views 1 comment Print

The capital goods which are used by the manufacturer or the service provider and which do not fall within the ambit of definition of input in rule 2(k) are to be treated as inputs and are entitled for the Cenvat credit.

Audit Under Service Tax Law

January 18, 2014 71195 Views 0 comment Print

Audit under service tax is covered by section 14AA of Central Excise Act, 1944 as applicable to service tax and section 72A inserted by the Finance Act, 2012 w.e.f. 28-5-2012. The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has issued guidelines for audit of accounts of Service Tax assessees.

Specified Description of Services (Bundled Services)

January 12, 2014 7316 Views 3 comments Print

Literally, ‘bundle’ means a collection of things, or a quantity of material, tied or wrapped together; tie up or roll up a number of things together as though into a parcel. The word ‘bundle’ has been used for the first time in the Service Tax and it has been interchangeably used with the expression ‘specified descriptions of services’. What is meant by specified descriptions of services has not been defined or explained in the Act.

Agenda for New State Governments in Delhi and Rajasthan

January 1, 2014 1535 Views 0 comment Print

The elections are over and the results out. Delhi and Rajasthan will have new Governments i.e., change of political parties governing the state. Rajasthan is going to have a full majority BJP led Government now in power for full term of five years.

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