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Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that cancellation proceedings for Rule 10A violations must be initiated through FORM GST REG-31, which grants thirt...
Goods and Services Tax : The Karnataka AAR held that ITC on statutory canteen services is available only to the extent of expenses actually borne by the em...
Goods and Services Tax : E-commerce sellers generally require GST registration from their very first sale, irrespective of turnover thresholds applicable t...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that recovery from third parties cannot be initiated when only a proposed demand exists and no final tax liability ...
Goods and Services Tax : The article explains that ITC eligibility under Section 16 can still be denied by the overriding provisions of Section 17(5). It h...
Goods and Services Tax : The Rajasthan GSTAT Bar has urged the Tribunal to adopt a pragmatic approach by accepting pre-deposits made through the Electronic...
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 : The Court held that denial of input tax credit cannot be justified solely because the selling dealer failed to deposit tax, where ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that writ petitions need not continue once the GSTAT becomes operational and statutory appeal timelines are availab...
Goods and Services Tax : The Authority held that retrospective insertion of Section 16(5) does not permit reclaim of ITC already reversed under earlier rul...
Goods and Services Tax : The Kerala High Court ruled that businesses could distribute common ITC through cross-charge without obtaining ISD registration be...
Goods and Services Tax : The High Court remitted the GST matter for fresh consideration after the taxpayer agreed to deposit 25% of the disputed tax. The C...
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...
Md. Tajal Hussain Vs State of Assam (Guwahati High Court) The appellant took the stand that under Section 67 of the Assam Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (for short, AGST Act 2017), the search and seizure can be made only upon the proper officer, being not below the rank of Joint Commissioner, having reason […]
During the pre-GST era, for inter-State stock transfers the major concern of the Industry was with regard to additional cost of CST and the compliance burden of submission of statutory forms. However, there was no concept of deemed service between branches located in two different States and hence there was no requirement to pay Service Tax on such activities. With the introduction of GST, by virtue of Schedule I, the scope of levy has been enhanced to cover even deemed service transactions.
After 1st April, 2019, real estate sector has undergone massive changes as far as GST implications are concerned. Hence, it is important to revisit law, understand taxability impacts and other aspects in respect of joint development agreement. Joint development agreements are normally entered into either on revenue sharing basis or area sharing basis. In this article, we will have a walk through provisions relating to area sharing agreement.
CBECMITRA, a pan-India helpdesk, a national toll-free number and GST Seva Kendras have been established to resolve taxpayer grievances relating to Goods & Service Tax (GST).
Pawan Kumar Vs S3 Buildwell LLP (National Anti-Profiteering Authority) Provisions of Section 171 of the CGST Act, 2017 are aimed at ensuring that the recipients get the commensurate benefit, in the form of reduction in prices, in case of any tax rate reduction and/or incremental benefit of ITC which has become available to them due […]
Chicken meat is used as a filling in most of the above products where bread or baked flour is used as the base. The baked product (sandwich, puff, patty, burger etc.) as distinct food preparations will survive even if the chicken meat is excluded from the filling. They are, therefore, not food preparations based on chicken meat. Such bakers’ wares cannot, therefore, be classified under HSN 1601.
In re Sree & Co (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) Question 1: Whether supply of print on flex is classifiable as supply of goods or service? Answer 1 : The supply of print on flex is classified under Goods only as per Section 7 of CGST Act, 2017 read with Schedule -II SI.No.1 (a) of CGST […]
The ensuing journey of this ‘start-up’ company through the regulatory framework of our country encompassing within its fold the compliances with the respective Legislative Acts concerning the Environment Clearances (air & water pollution), Income Tax, GST and Provident Fund, to name a few, will help us to reflect upon us the harsh realities of the actual regulatory framework in our country.
In re Sri Chakra Milk Products LLP (GST AAAR Andhra Pradesh) Ruling of AAR is upheld. ‘Flavoured milk’ merits classification under beverage containing milk under tariff heading 2202 90 30 with the applicable rate of tax @ 12% GST (6% CGST + 6% SGST) under entry no. 50 of Schedule II of Notification No.1/2017 – […]
The CBIC has clarified that every notice issued by its officer shall stand invalid and assumed never issued unless it carries Document Identification Number (DIN). Therefore no search authorisation , summon, arrest memo, inspection notices or letters issued in the course of any inquiry shall be issued by the officer under the board to taxpayer […]
