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Goods and Services Tax : The debate examines why GST penalties under Section 122(1A) may survive a direct challenge under Article 20(2). The key takeaway i...
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 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 Kerala High Court set aside a consolidated notice issued for FY 2019-20 to 2024-25. It held that separate notices must be issu...
Goods and Services Tax : The Gauhati High Court held that partners who retained benefits from GST violations and acted behind such transactions can be pena...
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 : 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...
The opposition parties, mainly Congress have claimed that GDP for the Q3 of financial year 2019-20 is going to be further down, given the state of economy. India’s economic growth, GDP, has slipped to slab 5% level @ 4.5% in July – September quarter, which is a six year low. India’s GDP grew by 4.5% […]
The CBIC has inserted Rule 138E in the CGST Rules which restricts generation of E-way bill by the taxpayer if the returns for a consecutive period of two months has not been furnished. Similarly, in case of composition taxpayers have not furnished the statement in FORM GST CMP-08 for two consecutive quarters. This rule has […]
Further, the applicant has filed rectification application on 10.10.2019 which is beyond the statutory limit of six months as prescribed under Section 102 of CGST Act/MGST Act, 2017. It is delayed and barred by limitation. Therefore, the said application is not found tenable under scope of rectification. Hence it is rejected.
In re Life Health Foods India Pvt. Ltd (GST AAR Maharashtra) The Application in GST ARA Form No. 01 of M/s. Life Health Foods India Pvt Ltd., vide reference ARA No. 44 dated 18.09.2019, is disposed of, as being withdrawn voluntarily and unconditionally. FULL TEXT OF ORDER OF AUTHORITY OF ADVANCE RULING, MAHARASHTRA PROCEEDINGS (under […]
The applicant have themselves submitted that the scrap is the property of the vendors. Hence question with respect to taxability of sale/supply of such scrap can be raised only by the concerned vendors and not by the applicant. Hence in view of the provisions of Section 95 of the GST Act, since the supply of scrap, will not be undertaken/is proposed to be undertaken, by the applicant, we are of the opinion that this authority is not allowed to answer the question raised by the applicant, being out of the purview of sec. 95 of CGST Act.
In other words, Section 97(2), which encompasses the questions, for the ruling by this Authority does not deal with the issue of whether a GST registration should be surrendered. Hence, it is held that this authority does not have jurisdiction to pass any ruling on such matters.
In re Strides Emerging Markets Ltd (GST AAAR Karnataka) The active ingredient in ‘Nicotine Polacrilex Lozenge’ is Nicotine which is a natural alkaloid. Nicotine is bound to an ion-exchange resin (polymethacrilic acid) and administered in the form of tablets, chewing gum, lozenge or patches The chemical formulation of the nicotine bound to the resin polacrilexis […]
Godavari Commodities Ltd. Vs Union of India (Jharkhand High Court) In the present case, though it is submitted by learned counsel for CGST that since the tax was paid, Section 73 (1) of the Act shall not be attracted in the case of the petitioner, but the fact remains that the tax was not paid […]
Article explains GST on sale of second hand Car, Conditions to be satisfied for levy of GST on sale of second hand Car, Frequently Asked Questions related to GST on sale of used car and Illustration of GST on sale of used car.
This piece discuss the restrictions on tax credit under Section 17 (5) (d) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 in the light of vague word ‘for’. Section 17 (5) (d) ibid in essence denies input tax credit (ITC) on goods or services received for construction of an immovable property on his own account. A ‘for’ always indicates some nexus, the present piece examines whether this nexus is ‘direct’ or ‘indirect’ or otherwise.
