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Goods and Services Tax : This article explains the extent of the burden of proof under Section 155 of the CGST Act. The key takeaway is that recipients mus...
Goods and Services Tax : Dual Control Without Coordination: How CGST–SGST Jurisdiction Gaps Are Trapping Taxpayers in Parallel Proceedings Overview One o...
Goods and Services Tax : The debate over mandatory pre-deposit in GST penalty-only proceedings has gained momentum after the Finance Act, 2025 amendment. C...
Goods and Services Tax : The article examines whether automated interest notices for FY 2019–20 can survive after limitation under Section 73 has expired...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that absence of lorry receipts or weighment slips, by itself, cannot justify denial of Input Tax Credit when invoic...
Goods and Services Tax : Stakeholders identified persistent issues in GST registration, cancellations, and refund processing affecting MSMEs. The consultat...
CA, CS, CMA : CAAS suggested that while favourable outcomes may be automated, adverse actions should require a named officer's approval supporte...
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 Telangana High Court granted bail to an accused in a Rs.30 crore fake GST ITC case after noting that no complaint had been fil...
Goods and Services Tax : Considering Clauses 7 and 7.1 of the 2022 Circular, the Court found that the amount in question appeared to be compensation rather...
Goods and Services Tax : The Allahabad High Court held that GST appellate authorities cannot dismiss appeals solely on limitation without examining the act...
Goods and Services Tax : The Punjab and Haryana High Court directed the competent authority to decide a representation alleging fraudulent GST record manip...
Goods and Services Tax : The Karnataka High Court set aside a GST adjudication order after finding that the authority incorrectly stated that no reply had ...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTAT Mumbai Bench has officially commenced functioning, making it mandatory for taxpayers within its jurisdiction to file appeals...
Goods and Services Tax : The Committee recommended replacing daily cause lists with weekly schedules and permitting supplementary lists when necessary. The...
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 (GST) is an indirect tax (or consumption tax) levied in India on the supply of goods and services. GST is levied at each and every step in the production process, but is refunded to all parties in the chain of production other than the final consumer. The tax came into effect from July 1, 2017 through the implementation of One Hundred and First Amendment of the Constitution of India by the Indian government.
Joint Development Agreements or JDAs are a common feature in the real estate sector wherein the land owner transfers the land to the real estate developer and gets flats, a certain amount of revenue or a combination of both in return. In JDA, the Developer enters into a Development Agreement with Landowner, whereby
To iron out the practical hindrances and issues being faced by the Industry Inc since the implementation of GST, the Lok Sabha, on August 9, 2018, has passed the following amendment Bills to the GST Law: Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2018 [CGST Amendment Bill] amending the CGST Act, 2017 [CGST Act]; Integrated […]
Subject: Constitution of Standing Committee under sub-rule (4) of rule 97 of Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 -reg. In excise of the powers conferred by sub-rule (4) of rule 97 of Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 read with Section 168 of Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 the Government hereby constitutes the requisite Standing Committee.
It appears that, the petitioner as the owner was well aware of the confiscation proceedings. At such proceedings, the petitioner did not appear either before the adjudicating authority or the appellate authority or before the Writ Court claiming that, the proceedings stand vitiated by lack of notice to the petitioner. The driver of the vehicle was given notice to the confiscation proceedings. He participated in such confiscation proceedings.
Clause 4 deals with the factual information regarding the GSTIN, if the assessee is registered. Since Income Tax is PAN based (i.e. entity level) whereas GSTIN is at State level or business-vertical level, all the GSTIN’s which are obtained under a single PAN during FY 2017-18 are required to be mentioned in the report. As an example, even ISD GSTIN is to be reported under the said Clause.
GST composition scheme was introduced under the respective State Tax Laws to ensure greater compliance without the need of maintaining records. This scheme was missing under the Service Tax laws. Conditions for opting composition scheme include: The person opting for composition scheme should be a registered person under GST Goods kept in stock should not […]
The provisions contained under the GST Law facilitate easy compliance for self-assessment and payment of taxes. It also provides a detail explanation in relation to the notices, the demand and recovery provisions (cases where a registered taxable person has not paid/short paid the taxes and/or has failed to file required returns).
Notification No. 34/2018 – Central Tax dated 10th August, 2018 On the recommendations of the Council, hereby specifies that the return in FORM GSTR-3B of the said rules for each of the months from July, 2018 to March, 2019 shall be furnished electronically through the common portal, on or before the twentieth day of the […]
On August 9, 2018 the Lok Sabha has passed the GST Amendment Bill, 2018. The Bill provides for more than 40 amendments to the GST Act. These amendments aim to simplify the GST law and to ensure administrative convenience for the Small and Medium Enterprises. These amendments shall come into force form such date as […]
