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Goods and Services Tax : The article examines how NGTP classifications are increasingly being used as standalone grounds for ITC blockage and fraud proceed...
Goods and Services Tax : Missing GST return deadlines triggers late fees under Section 47 and interest under Section 50, both calculated separately. Unders...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court reaffirmed that taxpayers are entitled to due process before coercive recovery measures are initiated. Recovery actions ...
Goods and Services Tax : The guide explains that GST registration certificates are available only through the GST Portal and must be downloaded manually. I...
Goods and Services Tax : From 22 September 2025, accommodation below ₹7,500 per day attracts 5% GST without ITC instead of 12%. The change aims to reduce...
Goods and Services Tax : Haryana recorded the highest State GST growth rate in India at 22% in May 2026. The achievement is attributed to strong tax admini...
Goods and Services Tax : Practitioners are reportedly following different methods while completing GSTAT appeal forms because of inadequate guidance. The r...
Goods and Services Tax : The certificate clarifies that dealing and investment in securities are outside the scope of GST. Companies engaged solely in secu...
Goods and Services Tax : Representation addressed to Union Finance Minister, GST Council and CBIC seeks legislative and administrative relief for bona fide...
Goods and Services Tax : Authorities uncovered fraudulent ITC claims based on fake invoices without actual supply of goods or services. The accused was arr...
Goods and Services Tax : The Gauhati High Court directed authorities to consider restoration of GST registration after the taxpayer filed pending returns a...
Goods and Services Tax : The Tribunal held that procurement strategy, supplier oversight, and sourcing support formed part of a substantive procurement ser...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court observed that the documents produced indicated a sale of immovable property, which is not subject to GST. The matter was...
Goods and Services Tax : The Madras High Court remitted Section 74A GST orders for fresh adjudication after taxpayers argued that their replies to DRC-01 n...
Goods and Services Tax : The Madras High Court held that GST authorities cannot issue a single show cause notice covering multiple financial years. The Cou...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has postponed the implementation of mandatory "Ship To GSTIN" capture and voluntary E-Way Bill closure to 1 August 2026. The ...
Corporate Law : The 2026 amendments significantly expand disclosure requirements for operational creditors and corporate applicants. The changes a...
Goods and Services Tax : Gross GST collections reached ₹1.94 lakh crore in May 2026, registering 3.2% growth. The increase was driven largely by a 19.1% ...
Goods and Services Tax : The West Bengal GST Department ruled that intra-State movement of goods related to job work remains exempt from e-way bill generat...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has announced mandatory capture of Ship-To GSTIN in Bill-To/Ship-To transactions under the EWB system. The change aims to imp...
In re World Economic Forum, India Liaison Office (AAR Maharashtra) Question 1. Whether the activities carried by the Applicant’s Head office located outside India and rendered to the Applicant will amount to supply as envisaged under Section 7 of the Central Goods and Services Act, 2017 considering that the Applicant is not engaged in any […]
In re Shailesh Ramsunder Pande (GST AAR Maharashtra) Iin the instant case, the applicant has an agreement with RIPL for supplying Non-AC buses to transport staff of RIPL and the buses are owned by the applicant. Further, the applicant also incurs expenses on fuel and maintenance of the buses and for all these services provided […]
Background of transitional credit: Ever since introduction of GST, the eligibility of the cess credit for carry forward in GST period or claiming of its refund under law has been subject matter of intense debate. Section 140 (1) of CGST Act originally allowed to carry forward CENVAT Credit which inter-alia included the Cess Credit also. […]
Section 17(5) of CGST Act denies input tax credit on the specific supplies received by a registered person. Input tax credit on motor vehicles used for transportation of persons is ineligible. We shall discuss the same in detail. According to Section 17(5) (a) of CGST Act, input tax credit is not available on motor vehicles […]
Default in timely issuance of tax invoice, consequences (interest, penalty, prosecution), Compounding and Corrective measures Please find below write up around ‘Default in timely issuance of tax invoice, consequences (interest, penalty, prosecution), compounding and corrective measures’ for your kind perusal: Brief background: GST law is very specific and settled in terms of issuance of tax […]
Government of India / CT and GST authorities of the Government of Odisha to do the needful at an early date to save the non-filers / Taxpayers, those who would not be able to take the advantage of the Amnesty Scheme as approved by the GST Council and the Government Notification dated-01/06/2021 due to the procedural constraints and this is going to affect the employment and economy of the country at large.
In a plethora of judgments various courts have taken a view that the procedural grounds can not supersede the provisions of the legislation. In line of those judgments recently the honorable Kerala High court in the matter of the St. Joseph Tea Company Ltd Vs. (i) The State Tax Officer (ii) Deputy Commissioner , State […]
In M/s. Karthikeya Projects [AAR No.09/AP/GST/2021 dated January 19, 2021], M/s. Karthikeya Projects (Applicant) being a sub-contractor providing works contract service has sought an advance ruling on whether he can avail Input Tax Credit (ITC) on the purchases made on their own account, for furtherance of the business. The Hon’ble Andhra Pradesh Authority for Advance […]
Powers under Section 83 of the GST Act with regard to provisional attachment could be exercised only during pendency of proceedings either under sections 62 or Section 63 or Section 64 or Section 67 or Section 73 or Section 74.
The Department has already started sending the notices for the mismatch of the filed GSTR 3B or GSTR 9 annual return and Input reflected in GSTR 2A which was filed by the Suppliers. We have just completed four years of the GST on July 1st, 2021 still we are facing a lot of issues in […]
