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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...
The GST was enabled by a Constitution Amendment which was unanimously approved by both the Houses of Parliament. Several legislations to implement the GST were passed by the Parliament. Laws relating to the State GST (SGST) were approved by all the State Legislatures.
Before analyzing the 34th GST Council meeting decisions, let us look at the key decisions of the 33rd GST Council meeting. The 33rd GST Council meeting held on 24th February 2019 proposed the rates of tax for the Construction sector being: 1. 5% without ITC on residential properties outside affordable segment 2. 1% without ITC […]
There has been a confusion as to whether supply by duty-free shops or supply to duty-free shops in India attracts GST or not. This paper is an attempt to understand the legal position in the light of prevailing law and recent judgments. Under the provisions of erstwhile Central Sales Tax Act, an issue had arisen […]
Jilmon John Vs State of Kerala (Kerala High Court) I am of the considered view that, there is a stipulation contained under clause 44 of Ext.P1 that, the Sales Tax as per Rules from time to time is liable to be paid by the petitioner and the rates quoted for various items remain unaffected by […]
:- The question/issue before Your Honor is eligibility of Notification 01/2018-Central Tax (Rate) dated 25.01.2018 which provides for concessional rate of GST @ 12% on supply of works contract service in respect of Original Works pertaining to construction of a Low Cost House in an Affordable Housing Project’ (AHP).
In re Association of Inner Wheel Club of India (GST AAAR, West Bangal) Goods and Services Tax is levied on intra-State and inter-State supply of goods and services. According to Section 7 of GST Act, the expression ‘supply’ includes all forms of supply of goods or services or both such as sale, transfer, barter, exchange, […]
Summary of outcome of 34th Council Meet on GST Rate on Real Estate Sector The much awaited meet of the GST Council to decide on modalities for GST applicability on Real Estate Sector was held on 19th March, 2019 at New Delhi. This was 34th time the GST Council met. The Council in today’s meeting […]
GST Council’s 34th Meeting was held on 19th March 2019 at New Delhi. Therein, it discussed the operational details for implementation of the recommendations made by the council in its 33rd meeting for lower effective GST rate of 1% in case of affordable houses and 5% on construction of houses other than affordable house. The […]
On 07-03-2019 government introduced a new GST Composition scheme by Notification No. 02/2019 of CGST (rate) 2017 with a new rate for the service sector. This notification is effective from 1.4.2019.
CBIC Notifies applicability of CGST (Amendment) Act, 2018 with effect from 1st February 2019 vide Notification No. 02/2019 Central Tax Dated 29.01.2019. One of the important amendment was made in Section 49 CGST Act, 2017 by introducing new section 49A & 49B under The CGST Act 2017. After section 49 of the principal Act, the following sections (49A […]
