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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 1392 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 1395 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


Delhi VAT- Filing of reconciliation return for the year 2013-14- Circular No. 19 of 2014-15

November 27, 2014 600 Views 0 comment Print

CIRCULAR NO. 19 of 2014-15 The return is to be filed by dealers who have made interstate sale at concessional rates against statutory forms ‘C’ or stock transferred against ‘F’ forms or sold the goods against ‘H’ forms to dealers (other than Delhi) or claimed deduction from taxable turnover against E-I/EII forms or I/J forms etc.

Delhi VAT – Filing of online return for 2nd quarter of 2014-15 – extension of period thereof

November 12, 2014 3370 Views 0 comment Print

GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND TAXES (POLICY BRANCH) VYAPAR BHAWAN, I.P.ESTATE, NEW DELHI-110 002 No.F.7(420)/VAT/Policy/2011/PF/482-488 Dated: 10/11/2014 CIRCULAR NO. 16 of 2014-15 Sub: Filing of online return for 2nd quarter of 2014-15 – extension of period thereof. In partial modification to this department’s Circular No.14 of 2014-15 on the […]

Revision of assessment order solely at the behest of A. G. Audit objections not sustainable

November 10, 2014 1582 Views 0 comment Print

In a recent decision dated 08.10.2014, rendered in the case of M/s. Mahavir Traders v/s the State of Gujarat, the Gujarat Value Added Tax Tribunal has held that revision of assessment order solely at the behest of A. G. Audit objections is not sustainable. While striking down the revision order, the Tribunal held as under :

Delhi VAT – Withdrawal of filing of information related to statutory forms online in Form CD-1

November 5, 2014 1490 Views 0 comment Print

I, Sanjeev Khirwar, Commissioner, Value Added Tax, in exercise of the powers conferred under section 70 of the Delhi Value Added Tax Act, 2004 ( Delhi Act 3 of 2005), do hereby withdraw the filing of information related to statutory forms online in Form CD-1 notified vide Notification No.F.7(450)/Policy/VAT/2012/336-347 dated 12/07/2012 with effect from 05/03/2014.

DVAT Dealers-Only online objections to be filed now onwards

November 2, 2014 59223 Views 14 comments Print

In a recent change under the Delhi VAT, Objections against any order of the Assessing Officer will only be filed online and manual objections which are not generated from the system will not be accepted. New Procedure for filing objections in DVAT

DVAT- Link of restoration of Registration

October 27, 2014 3238 Views 0 comment Print

It is hereby informed that henceforth the link of restoration of Registration shall be available with the Assistant Commissioner/AVATO of Zone, who has been nominated as nodal officer for system issues, as per the following details. Before restoration of any registration the concerned ward authorities will process the proposal and seek approval of competent authority as per the provisions/rules/guidelines in this regard.

Delhi VAT -Filing of online return for 2nd quarter of 2014-15 – extension of due date

October 22, 2014 16440 Views 0 comment Print

I, Sanjeev Khirwar, Commissioner, Value Added Tax, do hereby extend the last date of filing of online/hard copy of second quarter return for the year 2014-15, in Form DVAT-16 ,DVAT-17 and DVAT-48 along with required annexures/enclosures to 10/11/2014.

DVAT – Overriding order – Objections related to cancellation of registration shall be heard by concerned Zonal-in-charges

October 16, 2014 492 Views 0 comment Print

In supersession of all the previous orders with respect to objections related to cancellation of registration, the objections related to cancellation of registration shall be heard by concerned Zonal Incharges in respect of their zones, with immediate effect.

DVAT Dealers- Last chance to revise annexure 2A and 2B for FY 2012-13

October 11, 2014 16234 Views 11 comments Print

The problems with mismatch in annexures 2A and 2B are very common with respect to filing of vat returns under the Delhi VAT Act. A small typographical mistake in entering the TIN gives rise to demands due to mismatch in annexures 2A and 2B of the selling as well as the purchasing dealers.

Delhi VAT – Rate of VAT on Diesel Generating sets

October 1, 2014 6398 Views 0 comment Print

I have heard both the sides and of the considered view that the Diesel Generating sets are not manufacturing anything and they are only giving support to the machinery, hence, they are not covered under the intent of entry 86 of the Third Schedule appended to the DVAT Act 2004 because if if would have been the intention of the legislature then it would have been clearly mentioned in the entry itself.

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