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Goods and Services Tax : In the recent times, GST Department by exercising the powers bestowed on them by way of Section 65 of the CGST Act 2017, has been ...
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Goods and Services Tax : A Superintendent in Nadiad is sentenced to 5 years for bribery. CBI also investigates two GST officers in Hyderabad for demanding ...
Goods and Services Tax : Join our webinars on GST Tribunals preparation. Learn to grow your IDT practice and prepare for GSTAT with expert guidance. Regist...
Income Tax : Explore the latest updates on tax benefits for skill development institutions in India, including GST exemptions and income tax re...
Goods and Services Tax : Explore the latest details on GST rates for agricultural equipment, machinery, and fertilizers, and the government's stance on pot...
Income Tax : On August 5, 2024, it was clarified in the Lok Sabha that there are no specific tax incentives or waivers currently in place for t...
Goods and Services Tax : Madras HC sets aside dismissal of GST appeal for delay, remands case to the appellate authority for fresh consideration despite th...
Goods and Services Tax : Delhi HC grants interim protection to a petitioner alleging misuse of GST credentials for ITC claims, pending further investigatio...
Goods and Services Tax : Bombay High Court held that amount payable has been quantified before 30th June 2019 and hence eligible to avail benefit under Sab...
Goods and Services Tax : Rajasthan HC ruled that appeals should be considered on merits, even if filed late, quashing a CGST order dismissing an appeal as ...
Goods and Services Tax : Rajasthan HC dismisses petition challenging 18% GST on samosa and kachori, directs Sodhani Sweets to approach the Appellate Author...
Goods and Services Tax : Maharashtra GST Circular No. 21T of 2024 updates guidelines for recovering outstanding dues after first appeal until the Appellate...
Goods and Services Tax : Instruction No. 03/2024-GST outlines procedures for CGST audits, emphasizing uniformity and reducing litigation through adherence ...
Goods and Services Tax : Kerala SGST department issues a circular clarifying the method of penalty calculation under the IGST Act, 2017 for tax demands mad...
Goods and Services Tax : CBIC's latest updates include a Customs cooperation deal with New Zealand, a new Hindi magazine, and significant seizures of smugg...
Goods and Services Tax : CBIC issues guidelines for a second All-India drive to detect and eliminate fake GST registrations, safeguarding government revenu...
The GST Bill was passed in accordance with the provisions of Article 368 of the Constitution, and must be ratified by more than half of the State Legislatures, as required under Clause (2) of the said article. On 12 August 2016, Assam became the first state to ratify the bill, when the Assam Leglisative Assembly unanimously ratified it.
According, to model IGST law, IGST shall mean the tax levied under the IGST act on the supply of any goods and services in the course of inter-state trade or commerce. IGST act shall apply to whole of India.
CBEC has released Format of FORM GST 9A i.e. format of Audit Report under Central/ State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 and Central/ State Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2016 and Format of FORM GST ITC – 1C i.e. Input Tax Credit Mismatch Reports for E-commerce Operators.
In the digital era is there anybody who is ready to think out of box and allow the system to work automatically. Can government get out of concept of binding assesse for mandatory filing of returns under new regime of GST and if not complied then heavy penalties can be extracted as in case of Annual Return the penalty could be upto 1/4 % of Turnover (and Turnover is defined to include entire world) and in other cases maximum upto Rs. 5000/-.
It has been informed that all decisions have been made unanimously. However, to our surprise, no formal communication is available in public domain to general public of so called ‘decisions’ of the GST Council. Thus, though we have been hearing about the decisions of GST councils from various mediums, there is no authenticity of the information that can be quoted.
E-Commerce is defined u/s 43B of GST Act as: ‘electronic commerce’ shall mean the supply or receipt of goods and / or services, or transmitting of funds or data, over an electronic network, primarily the internet, by using any of the applications that rely on the internet, like but not limited to e-mail, instant messaging, shopping carts, Web services, Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), whether or not the payment is conducted online and whether or not the ultimate delivery of the goods and/or services is done by the operator.
It is destination based taxation system i.e. goods or services are taxed in the place where they are received or consumed as the case may be. Due to this feature few States did not support the biggest ever indirect tax reform due to loss of revenue to State Government. Concept of Supply – It includes all forms of supply and/or services such as sale, transfer, barter, exchange, license, rental, lease or disposal made or agreed to be made for a consideration by a person in course of business. It also includes import of services with or without consideration and also includes supplies specified in Schedule I of GST Act.
1) Every registered taxable person required to furnish the details: (a) of outward supplies of goods and/or services effected during a tax period under sub-section (1) of section 25; and (b) of outward supplies of goods and/or services effected during an earlier tax period under sub-section (2) of section 25
Any registered taxable person, except the persons covered by notification issued under clause (d) of sub-section (6) of section 38, claiming refund of any tax, interest, penalty, fees or any other amount paid by him, may file an application in FORM GST RFD-1 electronically through the Common Portal either directly or from a Facilitation Centre, notified by the Board or Commissioner
In GST we are going towards old regime of excise/Vat registration in which physical verification of business premises is required. Under current Service Tax Registration process, requirement of physical verification of business premises is not required.
