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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...
Sh. Mohit Arora Vs M/s Lodha Developers Limited (National Anti-Profiteering Authority) It is established from the perusal of the above facts of the case that the provisions of Section 171 of the CGST Act, 2017 have been contravened by the Respondents as they have profiteered an amount of Rs. 1,90,04,456/- inclusive of GST @ 12% […]
> The term ‘aggregate turnover’ plays an important role in GST. It decides: 1. Whether a person is liable for registration under GST? 2. Whether a person is eligible for opting Composition Scheme? > The term ‘aggregate turnover’ has been defined in GST law as under: “Aggregate Turnover” means value of all taxable supply (excluding […]
CBIC has issued 14 notifications yesterday on 30.09.2019 the decisions taken in 37th GST Council meeting which was held on 22.09.2019 in Goa. The gist of new notifications is given below in this article
In a recent ruling by the Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR), West Bengal, two interesting things occurred and this article tries to highlight the 3rd interesting thing which is missed out in the ruling of the AAR, so this is an interestingly interesting matter. The ruling was in the case of Mohana Ghosh, In Re […]
The applicant has raised a question, whether separate registration is required in the State of Karnataka for the work contract awarded to him in the State of Karnataka? In this regard we observe that the question raised by the applicant is outside the purview of this authority. The authority for Advance Ruling is created under SGST/UTSGST Act and thus ruling pronounced are applicable within the particular state only, it is for this reason that questions relating to requirement of GST registration in another state is beyond the jurisdiction of this authority and hence no ruling can be given.
What Council Propose – Government Disposes !! Council at their 37th meeting took the following decision with respect to reduction in rates of tax on job-work services: ‘3. To reduce rate of GST from 5% to 1.5% on supply of job work services in relation to diamonds. 4. To reduce rate of GST from 18% […]
In month of september, 2019, CBIC issued various notifications which have been effective from 01.10.2019. Here, we summarised the major changes which are going to effective from 01.10.2019. All below notifications shall be effective from 0.10.2019 Extension of Exemption List Entry No. Earlier Now New Notification Principal Notification 7 Service provided by CG/SG/UT to a […]
Refund under GST is dealt under Section 54 of CGST and SGST Act. GST refund is eligible for following cases 1) IGST paid on Zero rated supplies 2) Tax paid on inputs for Zero rated supplies (Export supplies) 3) Inverted Duty Structure 4) If taxable person has paid excess tax by mistake 5) Excess balance […]
Online processing of refund applications and single authority disbursement GST Refunds – Online refund processing (End to End) has been deployed by GSTN. Consequently, refund ARNs generated from 26.09.2019 onwards would be processed online , including issuance of GST RFD-04, GST RFD-06 orders and disbursement of all tax heads like CGST/IGST/Cess and SGST/UTGST throughout India […]
CAG is one of the pivotal offices in the Government of India who controls the entire financial system of the country. The appointment of CAG is done by President of India under Article 148. President of India is the Executive head of the Union of India. Audit is conducted by CAG under section 18 of the Comptroller & Auditor General’s (DPC) Act 1971 and the fees are being charged to the service recipient.
