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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 Annual return under GST (FORM GSTR-9) is active on the GST portal now. Once you login, you will be able to see the annual return below the return dash board icon. You can also see that in Services>Returns>annual return. Then select the Financial year. (Only FY 17-18 is available now). Below are the instructions […]
It is revealed that the rate of tax was 30.06% in the pre-GST era which was reduced to 28% in the post-GST era vide Notification No. 1/2017 Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06,2017, and the rate of GST was further reduced from 28% to 18% vide Notification No. 41/2017– Central Tax (Rate) dated 14 11.2017 However, during these periods, the base price of the product was increased from Rs. 202.06 to Rs, 230.90 per unit which resulted in increasing of the selling price amounting to denial of not passing the benefit of tax reduction to the customer.
In re Super Wealth Financial Enterprises Private Ltd. (GST AAAR Odisha) The appellant sought the rulings seeking their eligibility to exemption in terms of entry sl no 3 of Notification no 12/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28-06-2017, which has been extended to Pure services (excluding works contract service or other composite supplies involving supple of of […]
GST on under construction house property (including affordable housing) w.e.f. April 01, 2019 To boost demand in the real estate sector, the GST Council, on February 24, 2019, slashed tax rates for under-construction flats to five per cent and affordable homes to one per cent, effective April 1, 2019. Currently, the Goods and Services Tax […]
Article explains Definitions of Credit Note and Debit Note under GST, Issuance of Credit Note – Section 34(1), Issuance of Debit Note – Section 34(3), Format of Debit Note and Credit Note, Details of Credit Note to be furnished in return – Section 34(2), Details of Debit Note to be furnished in return – Section […]
As per the Indian indirect tax laws including Customs and GST, taxes shall not be exported outside India. In other words, the taxes shall not be charged from customers located outside India. The reason is to boost the exports to increase the inflow of foreign currency in India. In this write up, we will analyse […]
What decisions were taken in the GST Council Meet held on 24th February?This meeting was primarily in relation to the real Estate Sector. To boost the residential segment of the real estate sector, certain recommendations were made in GST rate, applicability, exemption, etc.
The objective of composition scheme is to bring simplicity and to reduce the compliance cost for small taxpayers. The taxpayers having an aggregate turnover not more than Rs. 1 Crore (Rs. 75 Lakhs in Special Category Notified States) is eligible to opt for composition scheme.
Whether applicant is liable to collect GST on amount recovered from contractors on account of breach of conditions specified in the contract ? Whether applicant is liable to collect GST on amount recovered from contractors on account of not achieving milestone ?
Question 2: Whether showing and charging freight and insurance portion separately in invoice would attract GST. Answer: GST is chargeable. There cannot be different type of treatments of tax liability on supply of different goods/services naturally bundled together.
