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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% ...
1. 178 items have been move from 28% to 18% 2. 13 items have been move from 18% to 12%, 5 items have been moved from 18% to 5% and 6 items have been moved from 5%to 0% 3. All stand alone Restaurants (except 5 star) irrespective of AC will attract 5% GST without ITC also food parcels (or takeaways) will attract 5% GST without ITC,
No. VAT. 1517/C.R.156/Taxation-1.—In exercise of the powers conferred by entry 11A of Schedule B of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 (Mah. IX of 2005), the Government of Maharashtra, hereby with effect from the date 1st April 2017, specifies the following conditions for the purpose of the said entry
GST Rate Changes Come into effect on 178 items where rate has been brought down from 28% to 18%; Consumers may take note of reduction in Price/MRP on these Goods
The 23rd GST Council meeting held at Guwahati, Assam has proposed many changes in the structure of GST, the legal nod to which was provided through a slew of notifications issued on 14th and 15th November 2017 has made many changes to improve, on 14th and 15th November 2017. A gist of the newly released Notifications issued as on 15th November 2017 has been provided below.
CBEC issued 17 more Notification/ Circulars or Orders on 15th November 2017 to give effect to various decisions taken by it in 23rd GST Council meeting and to clarify Procedure for Manual filing & processing of GST refund claims, Apportionment of IGST with respect to advertisement services,GST on warehousing of agricultural produce, General Insurance & […]
Section 48 of the CGST Act provides for the authorisation of an eligible person to act as approved GST practitioner. A registered person may authorise an approved GST practitioner to furnish information, on his behalf, to the government. Taxpayers can now search & view the details and address of GST Practitioner (GSTP) on the GST […]
Due to the non-availability of the refund module on the common portal, it has been decided by the competent authority, on the recommendations of the Council, that the application/document/forms pertaining to refund claims on amount of zero-rated supplies shall be filed and processed manually till further orders.
The proportion of value attributable to different States or Union territories, in the case of supply of advertisement services to the Central Government, a State Government, a statutory body or a local authority. under sub section (14) of section 12 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, in the absence of any contract between the supplier of service and recipient of services, shall be determined in the following manner namely:-
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is being introduced in the country after 13 year long journey since it was first discussed in report by Kelkar Task Force on indirect taxes. Agreeably, one could count GST as country’s biggest tax reform which can trigger transformation on how businesses works across all industries and overhaul India’s […]
GST is also applicable to restaurant bills. Under GST the rate of GST on restaurants is 12% in case of non-air conditioned restaurants and in case of air-conditioned restaurants, the rate is 18%. The tax rate is a bit lesser compared to the erstwhile tax regime where VAT was charged at 14.5% and 6% as Service […]
