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Goods and Services Tax : This article explains the composition levy scheme under Section 10 of the CGST Act, including eligibility, tax rates, compliance o...
Goods and Services Tax : The article explains how GST composition scheme, exemption rules, and time of supply provisions work in practice. It highlights co...
Goods and Services Tax : The GST Invoice Management System (IMS) promises stronger ITC reconciliation, fraud prevention, and invoice-level transparency. Ho...
CA, CS, CMA : The article summarizes important notifications, circulars, judicial rulings, and regulatory changes issued between 11–17 May 202...
Goods and Services Tax : The article examines how denying ITC to genuine buyers due to supplier tax default creates constitutional and commercial concerns ...
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 representation highlights ambiguity in whether the ₹2.5 crore ITC threshold should be annual or cumulative. It emphasizes th...
Goods and Services Tax : Authorities arrested the key accused for orchestrating fake ITC claims and fictitious export transactions. The case highlights str...
Goods and Services Tax : Authorities uncovered fraudulent ITC claims exceeding ₹8 crore without actual supply of goods. The ruling highlights that ITC is...
Goods and Services Tax : The Bombay High Court held that GST deposited during investigation before adjudication could not be treated as voluntary payment. ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Calcutta High Court set aside cancellation of GST registration for non-filing of returns, observing that preventing business o...
Goods and Services Tax : Punjab and Haryana High Court granted regular bail to an accused linked to alleged fake GST billing and forged documents. The Cour...
Goods and Services Tax : Gujarat High Court upheld confiscation proceedings under Section 130 after noting that goods were transported without an e-way bil...
Goods and Services Tax : The Andhra Pradesh High Court held that GST recovery proceedings under Section 79 can be initiated against a bank after an assessm...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has launched a standardized Annexure-B Offline Utility for refund applications involving accumulated ITC to enable automated ...
Goods and Services Tax : The GST Appellate Tribunal issued a detailed order constituting benches across India and classifying GST disputes into three categ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Principal Bench of GSTAT instructed scrutiny officers not to raise defects where appellants upload required soft copy document...
Goods and Services Tax : The Central Government amended Notification No. 14/2018-UT Tax by replacing officials listed against Serial No. 2. The notificatio...
Goods and Services Tax : The Central Government has authorized the GSTAT Principal Bench, New Delhi, to hear appeals under Section 101B of the CGST Act. Th...
The following discussion focuses on Place of supply of Goods aspect. Place of supply (‘POS’) should mean the place where supply happened or made to be happened by some government force.
Earlier outward supply was restricted to transactions like sale, transfer, barter, exchange, licence, rental, lease or disposal, whereas in the new definition any other means has been added thereby widening the scope of the definition.
In every value added taxation structure, Input tax credit remains the backbone of such tax structures as it removes the cascading effect of taxes. In GST also being a value added tax, it is the intention of the lawmakers to allow seamless flow of credit in the supply chain and remove cascading effect of taxes.
After it was almost clear after 9th meeting of GST Council that GST may now be implemented from July, 2017 only, at the earliest, all eyes were on the Union Budget 2017-18 which has since been presented in the Parliament of India on 1st February, 2017.
Economic Survey 2016-17 discussed on major distortions in internal trade in the existing tax system and also hoped that GST will normalize the situation. Major distortions identified are:-
In our last article, we discussed the various provisions relating to Input tax credit under Draft Model GST law. We had also discussed that there will be more transparency in the system with respect to taxes paid and credit thereon to the recipient. Here we will understand how the mechanism of input tax credit will […]
We present our understanding with respect to claim and adjustment of Input tax credit under GST regime. As per our understanding there are many changes in respect of availment and utilization of Input Tax Credit under GST regime as compared to present laws. The changes require immediate attention of the tax payers. We have tried […]
New definition of ‘Account’ has been inserted which refers to bank account. It seems that interest may be exempted from payment of GST. Earlier this definition was not there. It’s main use will be in the determination of time of supply and place of supply.
Article explains meaning of Composition Scheme under GST, who can opt this scheme and who cannot opt this scheme, how to compute aggregate turnover , Tax Rate under GST Composition, penal provisions of non-compliance, Allowability of input credit on switching to Composition Scheme, Availability of Composition Scheme to a person engaged in Import / Export of Goods etc.
GST Council agreed that all entities exempted from payment of indirect tax under any existing tax incentive scheme shall pay tax in the GST regime and that in case the Central or State Government decided to continue any existing exemption/incentive/deferral scheme, then it shall be administered by way of a reimbursement mechanism through the budgetary route.
