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Goods and Services Tax : Bombay HC ruled that GST refund deficiencies must be communicated via Form GST RFD-03. Failure to issue it led to the refund appli...
Goods and Services Tax : The Telangana High Court took a firm stance—unsigned GST notices and orders, even if uploaded on the GST portal, hold no legal v...
Goods and Services Tax : Ensure GST compliance for FY 2024-25 by March 2025. Key tasks include LUT submission, ITC reconciliation, e-invoicing, QRMP select...
CA, CS, CMA : From April 1, 2025, businesses with multiple GST registrations must obtain ISD registration to distribute Input Tax Credit (ITC) a...
Goods and Services Tax : Revenue Officers को arrest और investigation की सीमित शक्तियाँ प्राप्त है...
CA, CS, CMA : Get the latest Income Tax and GST notifications, updates, and circulars from February 10 to 16, 2025, including ITR filing deadlin...
Goods and Services Tax : KSCAA highlights issues in GST registration, suggesting uniform SOPs, better verification, geocoding fixes, transparency, and supp...
Goods and Services Tax : Karnataka CA Association urges upgrades to the Professional Tax portal, addressing issues like OTP errors, payment glitches, and l...
Goods and Services Tax : West Bengal's GST share dropped from 4.6% in 2019-20 to 4% in 2024-25. Learn about factors affecting revenue, government measures,...
Goods and Services Tax : Government addresses GST exemption on health & life insurance premiums, forming a GoM for review. Key updates on current exemption...
Goods and Services Tax : CGST Act does not disentitle or render assessee ineligible to apply for GST registration afresh After Cancellation: Delhi HC in Sa...
Goods and Services Tax : Allahabad High Court rules in favor of Zhuzoor Infratech, quashing GST penalty due to a technical e-way bill error, citing precede...
Goods and Services Tax : No goods had been sold, and forged bills were prepared. Furthermore, no vehicles had passed through toll plazas, and no registrati...
Goods and Services Tax : This is because the granite blocks, which had been exported by the petitioner, were zero rated goods and consequently, the relevan...
Goods and Services Tax : GST AAAR Tamil Nadu dismisses Tamilnadu Medical Council's appeal citing pending investigations under Section 98(2) of the CGST Act...
Goods and Services Tax : CBIC issues KYC compliance clarifications for couriers, reports on significant drug seizures, overvaluation cases, and announces p...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN allows company directors to complete biometric authentication at any GST Suvidha Kendra in their home state. Read the latest ...
Goods and Services Tax : Key updates on Indian Customs, including trade facilitation, GST awareness, sports events, and major enforcement actions on tax ev...
Goods and Services Tax : GST registration in Jharkhand & Andaman now requires biometric Aadhaar authentication and document verification at GST Suvidha Ken...
Goods and Services Tax : CBIC unveils trade facilitation measures, combats counterfeit currency, and detects ₹80 crore GST fraud. Key developments from I...
At present, the tax, which is levied on inter state sale of goods, is at 2%. It was scheduled to be reduced by another 1%, starting April 1, 2009. At the time, the rate cut was postponed on account of the general elections and the Election Commission’s code of conduct. Recently, the empowered committee of state finance ministers wrote to the Union finance ministry recommending that the tax should be completely withdrawn when GST kicks in, as there is massive evasion of VAT (which goes to the states’ coffers).
Direct tax rates may be tinkered by new government that may present its first budget later next month, according to a study. This may be in line with changed taxation policies followed by most governments worldwide to beat slowdown and recession that set in following global financial turmoil.
The new foreign trade policy, which is being prepared by the commerce ministry, will be aligned with the Goods and Services Tax (GST) only after implementation of this indirect tax mechanism. The new policy is likely to be announced by the next government at the Centre by mid-2009, while the GST is likely to be […]
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Following an agreement between the Central Government and the State Governments, the rate of Central Sales Tax was reduced from 4 per cent to 3 per cent in this financial year. It is now proposed to reduce the rate to 2 per cent from April 1, 2008. Consultations are underway on the compensation for losses, if any, and once agreement is reached the new rate will be notified. I am also happy to report that there is considerable progress in preparing a roadmap for introducing the Goods and Services Tax with effect from April 1, 2010.
