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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% ...
New format of Audit report for MVAT Audit has been released. This will be audit for the 3 month i.e April 2017 to June 2017 and government has made many changes in the report. Everywhere there is workload of GST but still VAT audit for these 3 months has to be carried out.
It is seen that an identical matter has been disposed of by a Division Bench of this Court in W.A. No. 1802 of 2017, directing expeditious completion of the adjudication of the matter and permitting release of the goods detained pending adjudication, in terms of rule 140(1) of the Kerala Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017.
Goods mentioned under Group A fall under the definition of Agricultural Produce in terms of the aforesaid notification and so supply of cold storage service in relation to these is exempt from the levy of GST.
In re Sardar Mal Cold Storage & Ice Factory (GST AAAR Rajasthan) The Appellant had submitted a list of various products categorised from Group A to Group C and the process done on those agriculture commodities before they come into cold storage in order to seek advance ruling that whether the goods which comes for […]
The order mentioning the State / Central GST instead of IGST provisions could not be held as bad in law as the seizure of goods under section 129 of the SGST Act exists in CGST Act as well.
Due to initial ambiguity, many of the taxpayers continued the earlier practice and has been paying GST on the ‘free supplies’. The recent clarification can be taken as a basis and may discontinue the GST payment on the ‘free supplies’. The GST paid in past may be claimed as refund if the recipient did not avail the input tax credit of it or reversed it now.
The GST Council in such manner has looked to limit such problems by making a critical alteration in the CGST Act-2017, wherein it will be mandatory for the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) at the state level to be led by senior income authorities.
Q1. What is Advance Ruling under GST? Ans. ‘Advance Ruling’ is a decision provided by the Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) or the Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling (AAAR) to an applicant on specified matters or questions, in relation to the supply of goods or services or both being undertaken or proposed to be undertaken […]
In re Awla Infra (AAR Haryana) ‘Whether GST is exempt or is applicable on the Private Entrepreneurs Godowns built under the PEG-2008 scheme of the FCI and leased out to the Nodal Agency (UPSWC) on ‘Lease and services basis’ for the storage of FCI’s food grain stocks (Wheat)’? Ruling In view of the above discussions and […]
Complaints have been receved regarding unwillingness of many big brands of groceries, clothing, retail stores, airline operators, travel agents and e-commerce websites, etc. to record UINs on invoices issued to Embassies, Missions, Consulates and UN Organizations.
