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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 1722 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 8313 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 1635 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 94845 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 4899 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 1273 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 5911 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 1483 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 3259 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 1889 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Delhi HC Sets Aside Pre-Deposit Condition As DVAT Section 74 Amendment Was Not Retrospective

Corporate Law : The Delhi High Court held that the pre-deposit requirement introduced by the third proviso to Section 74(1) of the DVAT Act could ...

June 23, 2026 168 Views 0 comment Print

ITC Denial Upheld Due to Supplier Tax Default Under GST Law: Gujarat HC

Goods and Services Tax : The Court examined whether ITC can be denied when the supplier fails to deposit tax. It upheld the provision, ruling that ITC depe...

May 2, 2026 1833 Views 0 comment Print

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 891 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 453 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 534 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 1116 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 55257 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 2985 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 3420 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 8235 Views 0 comment Print


Delhi VAT -Regarding Amnesty Scheme

August 5, 2014 1852 Views 0 comment Print

The scheme provided additional facility to Works Contract dealers who could opt the scheme by paying 1% or 3% of the turnover like an existing Composition Scheme. The Assessment orders, issued, if any, become null and void in such cases. But, the order shall stand in the System till it is nullified.

Delhi VAT- Processing of Refund claims

August 4, 2014 17997 Views 0 comment Print

or processing the cases from the year 2012-13 and onwards, ITC may be verified by viewing mis-match report and running the actual tax payment report (ATR). Assessing Authorities may come across cases wherein there may not be any mismatch, but the seller may also happen to be a local buyer.

Delhi VAT – Filing of online return for 1st quarter of 2014-15 – extension of period thereof

July 28, 2014 3963 Views 0 comment Print

Circular No. 4 of 2014-15 hereby extend the last date of filing of online/hard copy of first quarter return for the year 2014-15, in Form DVAT-16 ,DVAT-17 and DVAT-48 along with required annexures/enclosures to 08/08/2014:

Receipt of Credit Notes from Seller – Impact on Tax Credit of Purchaser under Delhi VAT Act

June 29, 2014 59093 Views 14 comments Print

Delhi, being the trading centre, issuance of credit notes in respect of discounts and incentives by the sellers to the buyers is a common marketing phenomenon. Where the consideration as per the original sale bill is reduced due to offer of discount, incentives, etc., credit note is issued by the seller to the purchaser.

Delhi VAT – Allocation of court work of 2A-2B mismatch to Special Objection Hearing Authority

June 26, 2014 2218 Views 0 comment Print

In supersession of all earlier orders on the subject, it is hereby decided by the competent authority, only cases where objection is filed by the dealer, shall be dealt by Special Objection Hearing Authority (SOHA). However, cases where only rectification/ review for the mistake which is apparent on the record or where mismatch report as per System becomes NIL after revising the return

Rate of Tax on Scraps of Breads, Biscuits, Chips & cattle feed

June 23, 2014 6825 Views 0 comment Print

Scraps of Breads, Biscuits, Chips, which are the bye products of the food processing industry at the time of manufacturing, and are not traded in sealed pack and which carry labels such as ‘Not for human consumption’ are cattle/animal feed and are covered under Entry No.3 of the First Schedule appended to the DVAT Act, 2004, hence, exempt from levy of VAT.

Rate of VAT applicable on sale of Printed Material content meant for education at a computer institute?

June 23, 2014 8078 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. Unifiers Social Venture Pvt. Ltd., is a registered dealer having TIN 07986916518 and is engaged in sale of printed material content meant for education at computer institute. Content developed in house and being published in the form of books/booklets/printed material to be distributed at the Commercial computer Institute.

Delhi Value Added Tax (Second Amendment) Rules 2014

June 17, 2014 3529 Views 0 comment Print

Provide details of goods purchased and reported in Annexure -2A, during preceding tax period but received during the current tax period in Annexure 2A(1), The format of Annexure2A(1) shall be similar to Annexure 2 A. If you have uploaded invoice wise details of purchases in Annexure-2A, then such uploading is not necessary, provided the corresponding seller(s) have also uploaded invoice wise sale details of the transactions.

Delhi VAT – DVAT-16 ,DVAT-17 & DVAT-48 due date to file extended

April 28, 2014 11063 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of the powers conferred under Rule 49A of the Delhi Value Added Tax Rules,2005, I, Prashant Goyal, Commissioner, Value Added Tax, do hereby extend the last date of online filing of fourth quarter return for the year 2013-14, in Form DVAT-16 ,DVAT-17 and DVAT-48 along with required annexures, and submission of hard copy to 09/05/2014.

Delhi VAT – For digital signature for online filing of applications/returns etc.

April 23, 2014 5931 Views 0 comment Print

All registered dealers can avail of the facility by obtaining digital signatures from any pf the certifying authorities. The dealers filing the returns online by using digital signature need not to file Return verification Form in Form DVAT-56.

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