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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...
Government have decided to postpone the date of applicability of Kerala Flood Cess Rules 2019 with effect from the 1st day of July,2019 instead of earlier decided 1st June 2019. GOVERNMENT OF KERALA Taxes (B) Department NOTIFICATION G.O. (P) No.82/2019/TAXES Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 31st May,2019 S.R.O. No……………………. /2019.– In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause […]
The introduction of the Goods and Services Tax requires a fundamental re-examination of the approach of the Commercial Taxes Department to the enforcement of tax laws. This circular prescribes the new approach to be followed with effect from 1st June 2019. Circular No. 10/2019 Q1/17253/2019 Office of the Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Chepauk, Chennai – […]
Indian Railway is one of the world’s largest public-sector organizations and its network, traffic, organization and extent of vertical integration are gigantic. It is the world’s largest Railway passenger transport organization, carrying 23 million passengers daily. It is also the world’s third largest Railway freight transport organization 115,000 kilometres of track over a route of […]
CBIC has clarified that IGST credit can be used for payment of all taxes. CGST credit can be used only for paying CGST or IGST. SGST credit can be used only for paying SGST or IGST. The credit would be permitted to be utilized in the following manner: a) ITC of CGST allowed for payment […]
As the accused-respondents have been granted the privilege of pre-arrest bail by the High Court by the impugned orders, at this stage, we are not inclined to interfere with the same. However, we make it clear that the High Courts while entertaining such request in future, will keep in mind that this Court by order dated 27.5.2019 passed in SLP(Crl.) No. 4430/2019 had dismissed the special leave petition filed against the judgment and order of the Telangana High Court in a similar matter, wherein the High Court of Telangana had taken a view contrary to what has been held by the High Court in the present case.
Whether the PVC Carpet Mats manufactured by the applicant is classifiable under Tariff item 5705 00 49 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and therefore, in view of Entry 146 of Schedule II of Notification 01/2017- Integrated Tax (Rate) dated 28 June 2017 as amended from time to time, attract a levy of 12%.
What is the classification of Service provided in accordance with Notification No 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017, read with Annexure attached to it, by the State of Rajasthan to M/s Aravali Polyart Private Limited for which royalty is being paid ? Whether said Service can be classified under SAC 9973 specifically under 997337 as Licensing Services for the right to use minerals including its exploration and evaluation or as any other Service? On given Services, tax is payable by Service receiver under Reverse Charge Mechanism owing to Notification No. 13/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2018?
The Government is about to unveil new GST return types known as Sahaj & Sugam from later this year – which will staggeringly easier GST compliance for small businesses. I have provided a brief outline of the same below in this article – I hope you find it helpful. GST SAHAJ & GST SUGAM Return […]
SGST – Scrutiny of self assessed returns filed by registered persons -Discrepancies noticed – Failure to take corrective measures to rectify the discrepancies – Completion of assessments – guidelines issued- reg. Office of the Commissioner of State Goods and Services Tax Department Government of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram No. CT/6845/2019-C1 Dated 30/05/2019 Circular No. 7/2019 Sub:- SGST […]
1. Annual Return Form? Form GSTR 9 2. Filing by whom? Every Registered Person 3. Turnover Criteria for GSTR 9? To be filed irrespective of Turnover in FY 2017-18 4. Form to be filed PAN or GSTN wise? GSTN wise i.e. separately for each GSTN 5. Applicable for Registered persons registered on or before? For […]
