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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 : E-commerce sellers generally require GST registration from their very first sale, irrespective of turnover thresholds applicable t...
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...
Advance Ruling under GST (Section 95 to 106) Advance ruling is a written decision given by the tax authorities to an applicant on questions relating to applicability of GST on supply of their goods or services.
The Letter of Undertaking shall be furnished in duplicate for a financial year in the annexure to FORM GST RFD –11 referred to in sub-rule (1) of rule 96A of the said rules and it shall be executed by the working partner, the Managing Director or the Company Secretary or the proprietor or by a person duly authorized by such working partner or Board of Directors of such company or proprietor on the letter head of the registered person.
No. MGST. 1017/C.R.104/Taxation-1.—In the Government notification of the Finance Department No. MGST-1017/C.R.104/Taxation-1 [No. 1/2017-State Tax (Rate)], dated the 29th June 2017, published in the Maharashtra Government Gazette, Part IV-B, Extra-ordinary No. 183 dated the 29th June 2017
No. MGST. 1017/C.R.103(1)/Taxation- 1.—In the Government notification of the Finance Department No. MGST. 1017/C.R. 103(1)/Taxation-1 [No. 2/2017-State Tax (Rate)], dated the 29th June 2017, published in the Maharashtra Government Gazette, Part IV-B, Extraordinary No. 182, dated the 29th June 2017
New Delhi, 10 July 2017: Notwithstanding some teething troubles, the GST is saving trucking time on trunk routes, connecting top cities, between 24-36 hours besides saving the fleet owners Rs 5,000 -7,500 per trip by way of corruption at the octroi and sales tax/VAT check posts which have since been dismantled by most of the states
GST has come into force with effect from 1st July, 2017. Everybody is busy in interpretation of law as well as application of law to its business models. During interpretation of law sometimes we come across controversies in legal provisions. Language of law must be clear and not ambiguous. Ambiguity in law creates scope for misinterpretation because intention of law makers cannot be understand correctly.
As per Rule 7 of CGST Rules, 2017 read with Section 10(1) of the CGST Act, 2017, rates fixed for composition levy (to be paid as CGST) for different classes of persons taxable person registered in composition levy scheme are as follows:
The Directorate of International Customs will be headed by a Principal Commissioner. The mandate of the Directorate of International Customs is to assist CBEC in the following areas of work:
In this document, the provisions of CGST Act, 2017 have been mentioned with reference to Central taxes namely, Central Excise duty or Service tax. However, for each of the situations discussed in this document, corresponding provision of SGST/UTGST Act, 2017 should also be seen with reference to State Taxes such as VAT, Purchase tax and […]
There is lot of confusion on rate of GST Applicable to Restaurants under Composition Scheme, Restaurant with no air-conditioning in any part thereof and not serving liquor, Restaurant with partial or full air-conditioning or serving liquor, Rate of tax on food parcel cooked as per order, Rate of tax on parcel of pre- packed and […]
