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Goods and Services Tax : The article questions the use of Section 74 for mere reconciliation differences between Form 26AS and GSTR-1. The key takeaway is ...
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 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 law aims at providing seamless Input tax credit to the registered persons. While the missed ITC could be a loss to an entity, an undue or excess claim of ITC could put an entity to a trap of interest, penalty & litigation. It goes without saying that there could be several errors of […]
India is a country with huge potential. It is an emerging business & economy, powered adequately by the political will of the present leadership which placed the new Indirect Tax Regime of ‘Goods & Services Tax’ (GST).
1. GST 2.0 to be implemented on trial basis in April 2019 New return filing system to be started on a trial basis from April 1, 2019, and will be to be implemented by July 1, 2019 2. E-way bills rules made strict Taxpayers cannot generate e-way bill if they do not file GST returns for two consecutive tax […]
The GST regime of indirect taxation has subsumed most of the indirect taxes levied on the sale and purchase of goods and services in India. The price of numerous commodities and services have been affected due to the multiple indirect taxes imposed. When it comes to the restaurant business, the rate of GST on restaurants has […]
GST on advances received for future supplies Time of supply: Time of supply is earliest of following: a) At the time of receipt or payment;or b) At the time of issue of invoice Accordingly, GST needs to be paid with reference to the time at which advance is received. Example: An advance […]
1. Pre-import condition (i.e. import first and then export) was inserted in Notification No. 18/2015 – Customs (as condition no. (xii)) as well as Notification No. 20/2015 – Customs (as condition no. (xiii)) vide Notification No. 79/2017 – Customs dated 13-10-2017. Said condition was required to be met if IGST exemption was claimed on imports made […]
The entities whose procurements attract compensation cess but there is no compensation cess levy on final goods manufactured could have accumulated ITC of compensation cess. There has been an ambiguity about eligibility of refund of accumulated ITC of compensation cess in GST law.
Section 54(3) of CGST Act 2017 provides refund of unutilised input tax credit. As per section 54(3), refund of unutilised input tax credit shall be allowed in the following two cases only: – (i) zero rated supplies made without payment of tax;+ (ii) where the credit has accumulated on account of rate of tax on […]
Form GSTR-4 is to be filed by a taxpayers who are registered under the composition scheme. The composition taxpayer needs to provide the details of the outward supplies and inward supplies (other than attracting reverse charge and attracting reverse charge) and those received from the unregistered dealers including the details of services imported from outside India in Form GSTR-4.
Freight refers to bulk transportation of goods via train or truck, aircraft or ship. Since the transport of goods by freight is the commonly used transportation mode for the businesses supplying goods, the introduction of GST on freight charges hasn’t just affected the Indian freight sector but several other sectors as well. Generally, freight is facilitated either […]
