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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...
CBIC clarification on determination of place of supply in case of supply of software/design services by a supplier located in taxable territory to a service recipient located in nontaxable territory by using the sample hardware kits provided by the service recipient vide Circular No. 118/37/2019-GST Dated: 11th October 2019.
CBIC clarifies on applicability of GST exemption to the DG Shipping approved maritime courses conducted by Maritime Training Institutes of India vide Circular No. 117/36/2019-GST dated 11th October, 2019.
CBIC clarifies on Levy of GST on the service of display of name or placing of name plates of the donor in the premises of charitable organisations receiving donation or gifts from individual donors vide Circular No. 116/35/2019-GST Dated: 11th October, 2019. Circular No. 116/35/2019-GST F.No. 354/136/2019-TRU Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of […]
CBIC has made the following changes in GST Rate in relation to Job Work vide Notification No.- 20/2019-CT (R) Dated: 30 Sep 2019. Changes are effective from 1st October 2019.Changes in Rates are as follows:- i) For diamond related services Rate of GST reduced from 5% to 1.5% on supply of job work services in relation […]
Various representations have been received seeking clarification on issues relating to GST on airport levies and to clarify that airport levies do not form part of the value of services provided by the airlines and consequently no GST should be charged by airlines on airport levies. CBIC clarifies the issues vide below Circular No. 115/34/2019-GST […]
Introduction Notification No. 49/2019 dated 9-10-2019 places the 20% as maximum cap for availing ITC on Invoices not uploaded by the supplier. The discussion here in is centred around this new Rule of law.: Following points need to be considered before analysing this new Rule Para 4 of Press Release dated 18-10-18 stares in face […]
CBIC clarifies on the scope of the entry ‘services of exploration, mining or drilling of petroleum crude or natural gas or both’ at Sr. No. 24 (ii) of heading 9986 in Notification No. 11/2017- Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 vide Circular No. 114/33/2019-GST Dated: 11th October 2019. Circular No. 114/33/2019-GST F.No. 354/136/2019-TRU Government of India […]
Notification No.22/2019-C.T (Rate) dated 30.09.2019 With respect to the services of transfer or permitting the use or enjoyment of a copyright relating to original literary works supplied by an author to a publisher, the author is given a choice to either pay the GST under forward charge, else the publisher located in India would be […]
CBIC clarifies in in respect of applicable GST rates on the following items: (i) Classification of leguminous vegetables such as grams when subjected to mild heat treatment (ii) Almond Milk (iii) Applicable GST rate on Mechanical Sprayer (iv) Taxability of imported stores by the Indian Navy (v) Taxability of goods imported under lease. (vi) Applicable […]
In this case despite the fact that the petitioner had complied with the procedure for movement of goods as stipulated under the GST Acts, by the impugned order, the truck with the goods came to be detained/seized under section 129 of the GST Acts on the ground that the transport receipt was a photocopy and the details filled in the transport receipt were handwritten.
