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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...
It is a known principle that ‘nothing comes free in business’ and the same is a proven fact in the recent ruling by Maharashtra Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) in the case of Biostadt India Ltd and the circular 92/11/2019-GST which clarifies issues on treatment of sales promotion schemes under GST. Several promotional schemes are […]
While importing goods in India on CIF (Cost, Insurance & Freight) basis, the supplier / exporter located in the foreign country is liable to engage and bear the cost of transportation of goods, from the respective country up to Indian ports. Hence, for the transportation of the goods, the supplier / exporter avails the services […]
Within a few months of the GST implementation there was a flood of amendment notifications and one of them concerns GST Audit and GST Returns. The last date of filing of GSTR 9 i.e. the Annual Return has been revised and finalized as 30th June 2019 i.e. return for the period July 2017- March 2018 is 30th June 2019. Prior this the return was required to be filed by 31st Dec 2018 which was extended to 30th June 2019 during 31st GST Council Meeting held on 22nd Dec 2018.
Section 129 of GST Act, 2017 provides for detention or seizure of goods in transit in contravention of the provisions of the Act. Following are important points to be noted in this regard: 1) Section 129(4) provides that no tax, interest or penalty shall be levied without giving the person concerned an opportunity of being […]
Under the GST regime, Article 269A constitutionally mandates that supply of goods, or of services, or both in the course of import into the territory of India shall be deemed to be supply of goods, or of services, or both in the course of inter-State trade or commerce.
The GST Returns for the month of March could be the most important returns for you for the financial year 2017-18. March and April being the most hectic months for tax professionals, many of the assesses would think of filing the March GST returns a little late so as to get enough time to assess […]
Whether section 18(3) of the CGST Act 2017 provides for transfer of input tax credit which remains unutilized to the transferee in case of death of the sole proprietor. As per rule 41(1) of the CGST Rules, 2017, the registered person (transferor of business) can file FORM GST ITC-02 electronically on the common portal along with a request for transfer of unutilized input tax credit lying in his electronic credit ledger to the transferee. Also the procedure for filing of return in case of death of a sole proprietor needs clarity.
Explanation of Rule 88A: FIRST FULL UTILIZATION OF IGST ITC- input tax credit on account of integrated tax shall first be utilised towards payment of integrated tax, and the amount remaining for central tax and State tax or Union territory tax if any.
A recent Kerala AAR (ADVANCE RULING No. KER/33/2019 dated 01/03/2019) in case of Kerala Forest Development Corporation Ltd. (hereinafter referred as applicant company) has added fuel to the (already burning) fire pertaining to composite and mixed supplies. Fact of the case stands as : Applicant company was providing tour packages to promote eco tourism in […]
2. Post filing Form GSTR-11, there is an option on the screen to generate GST RFD-10 application form (of the same quarter for which GSTR-11 is filed). Navigate to Returns Dashboard > Select Financial Year and Return Filing Period > Click Search > Click View GSTR11. Click the GENERATE RFD-10 button, RFD-10 form will appear on the resulting screen showing auto-populated tax period same as Form GSTR -11.
