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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...
Section 49 of the CGST Act, 2017 contains provisions in relation to payment of tax, interest, penalty and other amounts. Section 49 (5) of CGST Act, 2017 provides manner of utilizing Input Tax Credit (ITC) for payment of GST output tax liability, e.g IGST can be set off against IGST and then CGST and SGST, CGST can be set off against CGST and then against IGST, and SGST can be set off against SGST and then against IGST.
A. GST Composition Scheme Provisions Before 1st April 2019:- i. The threshold turnover limit For Trader, Manufacturer – Rs. 1 Crore For Restaurant Service Only – 1 Crore ii. Rate of Tax under GST Composition Scheme For Trader, Manufacturer – 1% For Restaurant Service– 5%. iii. For Services, other than restaurant scheme –No composition scheme iv. […]
GST Rates for Real Estate Sector to be effective from 1st April, 2019Affordable housing properties: Effective GST rate of 1% without ITC- .Residential properties outside affordable segment: Effective GST rate of 5% without ITC
GST Council in the 34th meeting held on 19th March, 2019 at New Delhi recommended that the supply of TDR, FSI, long term lease (premium) of land by a landowner to a developer shall be exempted subject to the condition that the constructed flats are sold before issuance of completion certificate and tax is paid […]
Rules 88A :Order of utilization of input Tax Credit- Restore to old method of set off of Input tax credit New GST Rules 88A as per Notification no 16/2019 dated : 29th March 2019 has restore the set of Input Tax Credit utilization in the old method with minor modification in order of set off. […]
Quarterly GST Return-2019 ♣ In the 27th GST Council meeting, the Government announced a simpler GST return filing regime for small taxpayer. ♣ Under the new regime, person having GST registration and a turnover of less than Rs.5 Crore would be provided with option to file quarterly return instead of monthly return. ♣ From the […]
ANALYSIS OF THE NOTIFICATION ISSUED BY CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS ON 29.03.2019 DEFINITION AS PER RERA CARPET AREA- ‘carpet area’ means the net usable floor area of an apartment, excluding the area covered by the external walls, areas under services shafts, exclusive balcony or verandah area and exclusive open terrace area, but […]
Jai Laxmi Cement Co.(P.) Ltd. Vs Union Of India (Allahabad High Court) Rule 120A of the CGST Rules, 2017 provides that where a registered dealer submits a declaration electronically in FORM GST TRAN-1 within the time period specified in Rule 117, Rule 118, Rule 119 and Rule 120 he may revise such declaration once and […]
Currently, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is levied at 12 per cent on payments made for under-construction property or ready-to-move-in flats where completion certificate has not been issued at the time of sale. The GST Council in its 33rd meeting held on 24th February 2019 has recommended for a new GST rate structure on […]
Threshold Limit for GST Registration (Goods): – a. Provisions Before 1st April 2019 Threshold Limit for Registration in case of ‘Goods’ (all over India) except persons engaged in making Supplies in the state of Arunacahal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Sikkim, Telengana, Tripura, Uttrakhanad is Rs. 20 lakhs b. Provisions After 1st April 2019 […]
