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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% ...
Filing of GST-Returns All the returns are to be filed online. Returns can be filed using any of the following methods: ―1. GSTN portal (www.gst.gov.in ) ―2. Offline utilities provided by GSTN ―3. GST Suvidha Providers (GSPs) – If you are already using the services of ERP providers such as Tally, SAP, Oracle etc., there […]
The GST Council, vide notification no. 18/2017, 19/2017, 20/2017 and 21/2017, has formally extended the date of filing of GST-1, GST-2 and GST-3 and has introduced a monthly return called GSTR 3B, which need to be filed for the months of July’ 2017 and August’ 2017.
Under Section 12 of IGST – This section helps to determine the place of supply of services where both the supplier and recipient are located in India. General provisions – Under section 12(2) in relation to determination of place of supply of services
Not liable for registration earlier but liable for registration now Manufacture of exempted goods and provision of exempt services earlier but taxable now Works contract service availing the benefit of notification No. 26/2012 First stage dealer or second stage dealer or registered importer
Tax runs the society and the legislature always outreach to make the levy and collections of the tax in a broader base i.e. include as many persons as possible in the taxable net. The government always encourage small tax payers to come voluntarily within the taxable net and try to make the procedure simplified for them.
The administration of tax is run through a mechanism there by maintaining a fine balance between the revenue collection and cash follow available to the business. In every tax statute there has to be a provision of refund for any amount which was not levy and collected properly or for the amount which by the process of law is required to be refunded.
Government on 11-08-2017 vide Circular No. 5/5/2017 – GST, provided some clarifications on applicability of LUT’s/Bonds in case of exports of goods and services, major clarifications provided in this circular are as follows:
Form GSTR 3B is the first return of GST regime to be filed by registered dealer and not composition dealer. This online return pertaining to the period of July 2017 needs to be filed by 20-8-2017. This is the summary return of aggregate turnover of taxable supply, exempt supply, export supply and non levy supply and also tax payable. This return can be accessed on gst.gov.in
Provisional Ids and Access Token of Phase 9 dealers, are now made available by GSTN. Dealer can obtain their Provisional Ids from department’s portal www.mahavat.gov.in, using their login credentials. The list of all such dealers is published under GST Tab on Mahavat portal.
Notification No. 16/2017 – Central Tax dated 7th July, 2017 specifies conditions to be fulfilled for export under Letter of Undertaking (LUT) in place of bond. In the extant Central Excise provisions, LUTs were limited to manufacturer exporters only.
