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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...
Every registered person is required to maintain certain documents prescribed under GST law. Some of the important and common documents include tax invoices, bills of supply, debit and credit notes, receipt, payment and refund vouchers. The situations which warrant mandatory issuance of these documents are explained below; Tax Invoice – Any registered person, supplying taxable […]
GST Payable on Reverse charge mechanism basis (RCM) on specified goods and services GST is collected and paid by the Seller who is registered under CGST Act if tax is applicable unless GST is payable by the recipient of goods and services on reverse charge mechanism basis as per the provisions of Section 9(3) of […]
Introduction Under GST regime the classification of goods and services have been done depending upon the various groups formed broadly covered as HSN code and SAC code 1. What is SAC? Service Accounting Code is similar to the International HSN codes adopted by other countries across world. Similarly in GST the applicability of Service Accounting […]
Indirect taxation and the Real Estate Sector have an unusual bond right from the earlier days when the tax on the said sector was imposed for the first time. The bond is unusual due to the fact that it involves the supply of goods, services as well as immovable property.
Recently, offline utility for preparing Annual Return Form GSTR 9A and Form GSTR 9C, were deployed at GST Portal. The Excel based offline tools are designed to help taxpayers to prepare GSTR 9A return & GSTR 9C return offline, without the use of internet. The tool also contain the instructions for entering data against each table.
E Way Bill System with the Forthcoming changes in E-Way bill system dated 25-03-2019 & 23-04-2019 and consequences of not adhering to E-Way Bill norms The e Way Bill has been introduced as an anti-tax evasive mechanism that will help the government to plug in the leakage in revenue. It has substituted the Way Bill […]
CBDT hereby directs that Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or Director General of Income-tax (Systems), New Delhi shall be the specified income-tax authority for furnishing information respecting assessees to the Nodal Officer, GSTN.
Representations have been received by the Board seeking clarification regarding admissibility of GST exemption on the upfront amount which is determined upfront but is paid or payable in installments for long term (thirty years, or more) lease of industrial plots or plots for development of financial infrastructure under Notification 12/2017 – Central Tax (R) S. No.41 dated 28.06.2017.
The matter has been examined. It is seen that the process of seed testing and certification followed in the state of Tamil Nadu, as prescribed in the Seeds Act, 1966 and elaborated in the Manual on Seed Production and Certification, published by Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems, Chennai, involves the following steps:
Brief Background of Input Tax Credit and it’s provision Input Tax Credit “Input Tax” in relation to a registered person, means the central tax, State tax, integrated tax or Union territory tax charged on any supply of goods or services or both and includes 1. the integrated goods and services tax charged on import of […]
