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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...
In re Sarj Educational Centre (GST AAR West Bangal) Whether service to the students for lodging along with food is a composite supply within the meaning of section 2(30) of the GST Applicant is offering several individual services in two different combinations to the recipients, depending upon their need for lodging facility. Each of the […]
In re Piyush Polytex Industries Pvt. Ltd (GST AAR West Bangal) Seeks a Ruling on description & HSN of Bags/Sacks (both with & without Handle) made of (i) Laminated P.P. Nonwoven Fabric, (ii) B.O.P.P. Pasted P.P. Nonwoven Fabric and (iii) Woven Fabric Pasted with Nonwoven Fabric, under the GST Act. (i) Bags/Sacks (both with & […]
In re Vservglobal Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAAR Maharastra) The Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling upheld the ruling given by the Advance Ruling Authority by observing that the services being offered by Appellant is a package of services, which is nothing but a composite supply, of which the principal supply is that of intermediary services. The […]
GSTR-2A vs Purchase Books reconciliation primarily involves matching the data uploaded by the suppliers in their GSTR-1, reflected in recipient’s GSTR-2A with those of the recipient’s purchase data.
Generally, Onus to pay indirect-tax is on Supplier of Goods & Services. However, there are some cases where this liability to pay indirect-tax may be cast on the recipient of goods or services. This system is called as Reverse Charge Mechanism. Reverse Charge means the liability to pay tax is on the recipient of supply […]
Impact of GST cut on Under construction property in 33rd GST Council Meeting on 24th Feb 2019 Finance Minister Arun Jaitley informed that GST on Under construction building to be reduced from 12% (after abatement towards land cost) to 5%, a reduction of 7%. The Council also reduced the rate of affordable housing from 8% […]
The concept of composition scheme is not very new, it is based on the existing VAT law which basically was introduced to support the small supplier of goods. GST council based on the above law incorporated the concept of turnover based composition easing the burden of various compliance hassles for small suppliers.
M/s. Caterpillar India Pvt Ltd Vs State Tax Officer (Madras High Court) According to the respondents in all writ petitions, the confiscation of the goods is perfectly in order as the petitioners have, admittedly, transported the consignments without valid E-way bills, thus violating clause (iv) of Section 130(1) above being, a contravention of the Act/Rules […]
U/s. 69 of the GST Act, the Commissioner is having power to arrest if he has reasons to believe that a person has committed an offence specified in Clause (a) or (b) or (c) of sub-section (1) of Section 132 of the GST Act. Section 132(1) (a), (b) and (c) of GST Act define types of offences and according to which, whoever commits offence of supply of any goods or services without issue of any invoice or issues any invoice or bill without supply of goods or services of both or avails input tax credit using such invoice, shall be punished with imprisonment of term which may extend to 5 years and with fine, if the amount involved is more than Rs.500 Lakhs.
♦ Introduction GST was implemented in India from 1st July 2017 and a number of Notifications have been issued since then. The Rules have been amended multiple number of times and the law as it stands today is a complex vortex requiring significant skills for merely comprehending basic facets of the law. The amendment to principle […]
