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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...
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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 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 : The Kerala High Court ruled that businesses could distribute common ITC through cross-charge without obtaining ISD registration be...
Goods and Services Tax : The High Court remitted the GST matter for fresh consideration after the taxpayer agreed to deposit 25% of the disputed tax. The C...
Goods and Services Tax : The Uttarakhand High Court held that scheduling a personal hearing before the expiry of the time granted for filing a reply violat...
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...
Central Govt, on recommendations of Council, hereby notifies goods,in respect of which no refund of unutilised input tax credit shall be allowed, where credit has accumulated on account of rate of tax on inputs being higher than rate of tax on output supplies of such goods (other than nil rated or fully exempt supplies).
G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 5 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby specifies the supply of goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the
Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby notifies the rate of the integrated tax.
G.S.R. (E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 6 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, on the recommendations of the Goods and Services Tax Council
Central Government notifies the rate of the integrated tax of-(i) 5 per cent. in respect of goods specified in Schedule I, (ii) 12 per cent. in respect of goods specified in Schedule II, (iii) 18 per cent. in respect of goods specified in Schedule III, (iv) 28 per cent. in respect of goods specified in Schedule IV, (v) 3 per cent. in respect of goods specified in Schedule V, and (vi) 0.25 per cent. in respect of goods specified in Schedule VI
Where any supply is made for a consideration, every person who is liable to pay for such supply shall prominently indicate in all documents relating to assessment, tax invoice and other like documents, the amount of tax which shall form part of the price at which such supply is made.
As we are nearing to July 1, 2017 GST will be a reality soon. For the transition from existing law to the GST law the government has made the transitional arrangements to carry forward the input tax credit under the existing laws to the GST law.
Under the heading of Levy and collection, IGST Act 2017, Section 5 (3) and (4) elucidating about who is liable to pay and when transaction cause under Reverse charge mechanism.
With effect from 01-07-2017 Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) and GST Compensation Act would come into force. IGST and GST Compensation Cess Wherever application, would be levied on cargo arriving on 1st July, 2017 It would be effective from midnight of 30th June 2017.
Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby notifies, that the cess, on the supply of services of description specified in column (2) of the Table below and falling in Chapter, Section, Heading or Group specified in column (3) of the said Table, shall be levied at the rate specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said Table.
