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Goods and Services Tax : The article argues that Rule 14A creates a compliance trap by restricting taxpayers from reporting actual liabilities after crossi...
Goods and Services Tax : The article examines how NGTP classifications are increasingly being used as standalone grounds for ITC blockage and fraud proceed...
Goods and Services Tax : Missing GST return deadlines triggers late fees under Section 47 and interest under Section 50, both calculated separately. Unders...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court reaffirmed that taxpayers are entitled to due process before coercive recovery measures are initiated. Recovery actions ...
Goods and Services Tax : The guide explains that GST registration certificates are available only through the GST Portal and must be downloaded manually. I...
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 : Authorities uncovered fraudulent ITC claims based on fake invoices without actual supply of goods or services. The accused was arr...
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 : The Court set aside a GST demand order after finding that the personal hearing was scheduled before the last date for filing a rep...
Goods and Services Tax : Saurabh Kumar Gupta Vs Union of India (Allahabad High Court) The Allahabad High Court dismissed the writ petition challenging the ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court restrained coercive recovery proceedings after noting allegations that the adjudication order relied heavily on witness ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that a taxpayer who does not respond to a show cause notice cannot later invoke writ jurisdiction alleging procedur...
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...
Proper officer for provisions relating to Registration and Composition levy under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 or the rules made there under –Reg.
Currently there are various types of indirect taxes like VAT, CST, Excise, Service tax, Entertainment tax, Entry tax etc which not only increase the compliance burden on a person, it also leads to double taxation, various hurdles in free flow of goods, setoff is not allowed for one tax with another i.e. you cannot take input of Service tax paid against your output VAT liability.
i) Persons having aggregate turnover (taxable + exempt) of more than 20 Lacs in a financial year (10 Lacs in case of 11 special category states) ii) Person who is currently registered or holds license under any existing law like Vat/CST acts, Service tax, Excise etc..
Reverse charge means the liability to pay tax by the recipient of supply of goods or services or both instead of the supplier of goods or services or both under Section 9 (3) or Section 9 (4) of CGST Act, ( Central Goods and Service Tax Act) or Section 5 (3) or Section 5 (4) […]
Service Tax Payers had been used to the concept of `Complete Reverse Charge (100%)’ or `Partial Reverse Charge’, popularly known as RCM or PRCM under the Finance Act, 1994, for last several years.
The main feature of CST Act is that it allows concessional sale @2% (as of now) against C form. The main question that arises, whether under GST scenario concessional sale at 2% will continue or not? Let’s examine the above question with respect to existing laws and amendments made in the recent past.
Section 22 of CGST deals with the persons who are required to be registered under GST. It says, Every supplier shall be liable to be registered under this Act in the State or Union territory, other than special category States, from where he makes a taxable supply of goods or services or both, if his aggregate turnover in a financial year exceeds twenty lakh rupees:
Every supplier whose aggregate turnover in a financial year exceeds twenty lakh rupees shall be liable to be registered under the Goods and Service Tax. He will be registered in the State or Union territory, other than special category States, from where he makes a taxable supply of goods or services or both.
A hotel where the room tariff exceeds Rs 1,000 is liable for service tax at 15 percent. An abatement of 40% is allowed on the tariff value bringing the effective rate of service tax down to 9%. The Value Added Tax 5.5% to 14.5% and luxury tax will still apply.
Any Person whose aggregate turnover (Taxable + Exempted) in preceding financial year did not exceed 75 Lac (50 Lac for special category states), then that person can apply for registration under composition scheme.
