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Goods and Services Tax : This analysis explains why a redemption fine under Section 130(2) cannot be sustained once authorities conclude that Section 130 l...
Goods and Services Tax : The article questions the use of Section 74 for mere reconciliation differences between Form 26AS and GSTR-1. The key takeaway is ...
Goods and Services Tax : The debate examines why GST penalties under Section 122(1A) may survive a direct challenge under Article 20(2). The key takeaway i...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that cancellation proceedings for Rule 10A violations must be initiated through FORM GST REG-31, which grants thirt...
Goods and Services Tax : The Karnataka AAR held that ITC on statutory canteen services is available only to the extent of expenses actually borne by the em...
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 certificate clarifies that dealing and investment in securities are outside the scope of GST. Companies engaged solely in secu...
Goods and Services Tax : Representation addressed to Union Finance Minister, GST Council and CBIC seeks legislative and administrative relief for bona fide...
Goods and Services Tax : The Kerala High Court set aside a consolidated notice issued for FY 2019-20 to 2024-25. It held that separate notices must be issu...
Goods and Services Tax : The Gauhati High Court held that partners who retained benefits from GST violations and acted behind such transactions can be pena...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that denial of input tax credit cannot be justified solely because the selling dealer failed to deposit tax, where ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that writ petitions need not continue once the GSTAT becomes operational and statutory appeal timelines are availab...
Goods and Services Tax : The Authority held that retrospective insertion of Section 16(5) does not permit reclaim of ITC already reversed under earlier rul...
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 : The West Bengal GST Department ruled that intra-State movement of goods related to job work remains exempt from e-way bill generat...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has announced mandatory capture of Ship-To GSTIN in Bill-To/Ship-To transactions under the EWB system. The change aims to imp...
There is a common notion that the Advocates are totally out of GST. However, if you analyze the provisions carefully, it can be seen that the statement is not fully true. Some of the services provided by an advocate are taxable under GST.
Accounts & Records To Be Maintained Under GST (Sec. 35, 36 & Rules 56 to 58 of CGST Act)
Special provisions under GST for maintenance of Accounts and records by Warehouse, Godown and Transporter
HIGHLIGHTS OF NEW GST RATES: Restaurants with a turnover of less than Rs 50 lakh will be levied a tax rate of 5 percent. Non-AC restaurants will have a 12% tax rate. AC restaurants will have to shell out 18% tax. Hotels, lodges with tariffs less than Rs 1,000 will be taxed at 0%.
Download GST Invoicing Excel Utility will help you generating Bill as per GST Rules and GST Act 2017 easily in a minute. Bill Contains Column for all the disclosures which are required to be made or informations which are required to provided under the current GST Regime.
Legally speaking, alcoholic beverages meant for human consumption are out of the scope of Goods and Services Tax (GST) net and anybody who knows this would understand that there can not be any new impact, whatsoever, on alco- beverages in GST regime. However, this may not actually happen. Let’s look at how and why this may not hold good.
Section 16 of the IGST Law defines zero rated supply which means export of goods or services or both and it includes supply of goods and services to Special Economic Zone (SEZ). Regarding zero rated supply the procedures are prescribed and according to which the goods can be exported either without payment of IGST and the unutilized Input Tax Credit (ITC) can be refunded. Another way is that the exporter may supply goods or services or both on payment of integrated tax and claim refund in accordance with the provisions of Section 54 of the CGST Act, 2017 and the rules made their under.
Quoting PAN (Permanent Account Number), which is authorized as Import Export code by DGFT, would suffice if the exporter exclusively deals with products which are either wholly exempt from GST or out of GST regime.
Government of Maharashtra has issued a notification cited at Ref. (2) above. Vide said notification, for carrying out the various purposes under the MGST Act, the Government of Maharashtra has appointed officers working under Maharashtra Value added Tax Act, 2002 to be the officers under the MGST Act.
The Central Government has decided to constitute two new Directorates, namely, 1. The Directorate of International Customs (DIC) & 2. The Directorate General of Analytics and Risk Management (DGARM), e.f 1st July 2017
