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SC’s Landmark Judgement: Protecting Rights of Bona Fide Buyer under DVAT

Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that a genuine buyer cannot lose ITC merely because the seller failed to deposit tax. The key takeaway is that liab...

January 12, 2026 1389 Views 2 comments Print

Bona Fide Purchasers Entitled to ITC Despite Seller Default: SC Judgment & GST

Goods and Services Tax : SC ruled a bona fide buyer cannot be denied ITC under DVAT Act if seller defaults on depositing tax. The remedy is against default...

November 6, 2025 7182 Views 2 comments Print

Double Taxation and Undue Enrichment under GST

Goods and Services Tax : The Supreme Court affirmed that an innocent buyer cannot be denied ITC solely due to the seller's failure to remit tax or file ret...

October 20, 2025 1389 Views 0 comment Print

Input tax credit cannot be denied to recipient on default of payment by supplier

Goods and Services Tax : High Court of Delhi held Section 9(2)(g) of Delhi VAT Act to the extent it disallows Input tax credit to purchaser due to default ...

January 26, 2018 94194 Views 4 comments Print

Direct and Indirect tax updates for 1st March to 15th March 2017

Income Tax : Application for allotment of Permanent Account Number(PAN) will be filed in SPICe (INC-32) form using Digital Signature of the app...

March 20, 2017 4839 Views 0 comment Print


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Expression of Interest for survey of business establishments in Delhi

Goods and Services Tax : Department has decided to hire services of an experienced agency, for collecting, processing and creating electronic database in ...

July 5, 2016 1219 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi VAT- Advisory for Casual Dealers

Goods and Services Tax : The India International Trade Fair (IITF) shall be held from 14-11-2015 to 27-11­2015 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Registered de...

November 5, 2015 5875 Views 0 comment Print

Reward up to Rs. 10 Lakh for Information on Delhi VAT Defaulters

Goods and Services Tax : It has been decided to introduce a reward scheme for informers providing vital inputs in order to check and detect value added tax...

September 9, 2015 1423 Views 0 comment Print

Delha VAT – Dealers to keep records at principal place of business for 7 years

Goods and Services Tax : As per the section 48 and Rules 42 & 19 of Delhi VAT Act & Rules, you are also required to maintain and retain prescribed records ...

February 28, 2014 3196 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi VAT Dealers – Caution in Purchases against Tax Invoices

Goods and Services Tax : Buy goods from a trusted seller who files return and thereby pays due tax collected from you. Mere 2B statement filing by selling ...

December 13, 2013 1847 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


SC Directs Delhi VAT Department to Issue C & F Forms After Bond Verification

Goods and Services Tax : SC ordered Department to comply with High Court directions and issue C-Forms and F-Forms after verification of indemnity bonds, le...

November 28, 2025 651 Views 0 comment Print

Rectification of DVAT return permitted to enable issuance of Form C

Goods and Services Tax : Delhi High Court permitted petitioner to rectify DVAT returns for first quarter of 2013-14 by filing revised return for said perio...

September 1, 2025 309 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi HC Protects Buyers from Seller VAT Default

Goods and Services Tax : Delhi High Court rules bona fide purchasers cannot be denied Input Tax Credit due to seller's tax default; cites Article 14....

July 11, 2025 441 Views 0 comment Print

Bona fide buyers cannot be denied ITC for seller’s failure to Pay VAT: Delhi HC

Goods and Services Tax : Delhi High Court examines constitutional validity of DVAT Act Section 9(2)(g), impacting Input Tax Credit claims due to selling de...

July 11, 2025 795 Views 0 comment Print

Bona Fide Buyers Not Liable for Seller’s VAT Defaults: Delhi HC

Goods and Services Tax : Delhi High Court rules Section 9(2)(g) of DVAT Act unconstitutional, asserting it violates rights by denying input tax credit to b...

July 11, 2025 504 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Delhi VAT Deptt. Response to Sales Tax Bar Association Letters

Goods and Services Tax : Discover how the Department of Trade and Taxes in Delhi addresses concerns raised by the Sales Tax Bar Association regarding recti...

March 22, 2024 1008 Views 0 comment Print

Scrutiny of GST Returns for the FY 2017-18-reg

Goods and Services Tax : Get insights into the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi's Department of Trade and Taxes' latest policy instruction...

October 31, 2023 55119 Views 0 comment Print

Dispose GST refund applications within time to avoid interest

Goods and Services Tax : Concerned GST refund sanctioning authority shall ensure that all GST refund applications are processed and decided within the pres...

July 20, 2022 2895 Views 0 comment Print

Grievance redressal mechanism in case of pending GST Refunds

Goods and Services Tax : under Section 54 of the DGST Act, 2017, taxpayer can claim the refund of any payment and interest before the expiry of two years f...

May 13, 2022 3312 Views 0 comment Print

SOP to ensure compliance of Bank attachment letters- GST/VAT

Goods and Services Tax : It has recently come to notice that, An account was de-freezed on the basis of the letter signed by the Ward In-charge, whereas it...

March 4, 2022 8061 Views 0 comment Print


Expression of Interest for survey of business establishments in Delhi

July 5, 2016 1219 Views 0 comment Print

Department has decided to hire services of an experienced agency, for collecting, processing and creating electronic database in respect of all business establishments, running in Delhi. The agency shall be required to carry out door to door survey of the establishments and preferably collect the following details

Delhi Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act, 2016

July 5, 2016 4594 Views 0 comment Print

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act to the contrary, the Government may by notification specify the goods on which a person shall pay tax in advance at the rates notified by the Government but not exceeding the rates applicable on such goods under this Act, when he imports such goods into the National Capital Territory of Delhi from a place outside India,

Delhi VAT: Description of goods not covered by any Schedule

July 1, 2016 2725 Views 0 comment Print

Description of goods/items as per the DVAT Schedules as well as the goods/items which are largely traded in Delhi but are not covered by any of the schedules has been prepared after wide consultation with stakeholders.

Filing of Delhi VAT returns through Digital Signatures

July 1, 2016 2314 Views 0 comment Print

Dealers, whose gross turnover (i.e. turnover under the Delhi Value Added Tax Act, 2004 plus turnover under the Central Sales Tax Act. 1956) during the financial year 2015-16 exceeded one crore rupees, shall furnish their returns in Form DVAT 16 or in Form DVAT 17, as the case may be, with digital signatures in accordance with the provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000 for the tax period 1st April, 2016 to 30th June, 2016 and subsequent tax periods; and

Delhi VAT: Appointment of Special Vigilance/ Addl.Commissioner

June 24, 2016 1186 Views 0 comment Print

Special Vigilance Commissioner, Value Added Tax

Delhi VAT: Appointment of Assistant VATO

June 24, 2016 1009 Views 0 comment Print

the Lt. Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi is pleased to appoint the following officers, with effect from the date of assumption of charge to assist the Commissioner of Value Added Tax, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, in the administration of the said Act

Delhi VAT: Appointment of 16 Assistant Commissioner cum VATO

June 24, 2016 2497 Views 0 comment Print

read with rule 47 of the Delhi Value Added Tax Rules, 2005, the Lt. Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi is pleased to appoint the following officers, with effect from the date of assumption of charge to assist the Commissioner of Value Added Tax, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, in the administration of the said Act

DVAT (IST) Amendment Bill, 2016 passed by Delhi Assembly

June 19, 2016 2806 Views 0 comment Print

Insertion of section 3(11): This new section has been inserted to collect advance tax from importers at the time of import. The liability to pay tax has been fastened from point of sale to point of import. Notification in this regard shall be issued by Department which will outline the items, condition, exemption and rate of advance tax on such items.

Delhi VAT: Reward/Appreciation scheme for dealers

June 10, 2016 1678 Views 1 comment Print

Value Added Tax is one of the major sources of revenue for Government of NCT of Delhi which is an indirect tax collected by traders from customers on sale of goods and then deposited with Government. In its effort to acknowledge and further encourage the good tax paying dealers, the Government has decided to introduce a Reward/Appreciation scheme for such Good dealers.

Delhi VAT: Item-wise details in Forms Annexure-2A, 2B, DVAT-30, 31

June 6, 2016 8944 Views 0 comment Print

Certain amendments in the Delhi Value Added Tax Rules, 2005 have been recently made vide notification No.F.3(30)/Fin(Rev-I)/dsvi/121 dated 12/04/2016 requiring furnishing of item-wise details of sales and purchases in DVAT Returns and in Forms DVAT-30 and DVAT-31.

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