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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 transport agency: Goods transport agency or GTA means any person who provides service in relation to transport of goods by road and issues consignment note, by whatever name called. A consignment note is an essential condition to be considered as a GTA. Consignment note: A consignment note is a document issued by a goods […]
Brief: As all we aware that audit is tool in itself which ensures compliance of provisions of law in term of discharge of entire tax liability, not claiming ineligible input tax credit, proper valuation of supplies of goods or services or both etc. Now the first financial year in the era of GST has been […]
Goods and Services Tax (GST): Implications upon Horticulture Development Services With the introduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST), the Government has completely revamped the Indirect tax culture in India. The earlier Indirect tax system had multi-layered taxes, levied and administrated by the Central and State Governments at different stages of the value addition. With […]
There has been a lot of confusion in treatment of discounts in invoice and questions with respect to which amount should be chargeable to GST. Though the law is pretty clear about it. GST treats all the discounts such as trade discounts, cash discounts, volume/turnover discounts, etc. Instead, the treatment varies with the timing of discount being given, so we classify the treatment of discounts under the following two categories:
We had already discussed about the Place of Supply of Services where the location of the supplier and the recipient is in India. Now, we are going to discuss on how to determine the place of supply of services where the location of the supplier and the recipient is outside India as per Section 13 of IGST Act.
GST Council has not recommended levy of GST on high speed diesel and same is not notified by the Central Government under Section 9(2) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017.
Gujarat Bench of AAR passed its order in an application filed by Rashmi Hospitality Services and and ruled that Canteen services provided by outside vendors in offices and factories will attract 18 per cent GST.
There are two scenarios provided in law when reverse charge is applicable. Section 9(3) and 9(4) of CGST/ SGST (UTGST) Act, 2017 and Section 5(3) and 5(4) of IGST Act, 2017 deals with reverse charge mechanism. Scenarios when reverse charge is applicable are as follows:
Kind Attention Is Invited To All Exporters/Trade Associations That The Board Has Devised A Mechanism For Rectification/Correction Of Errors Through Officer Interface For Sanction Of IGST Refund In The Following Cases. The Exporters Are Advised To Approach The Customs At The Respective Ports/ICDs For This Purpose.
One needs to thus understand as to when the completion certificate is issued and also when will first occupation take place. Only then can one determine the relevant date after which sale of units where entire consideration is received after such relevant date will not be subjected to GST.
