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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 : This article discusses GST compliance for service providers eligible for the QRMP scheme up to ₹5 crore turnover. It clarifies w...
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 rejection of a manual GST appeal was unsustainable where DRC-07 was not available on the GST porta...
Goods and Services Tax : Gauhati High Court held that cancellation of GST registration without assigning reasons in FORM GST REG-19 was illegal and violate...
Excise Duty : CESTAT Delhi remanded the matter after finding that the Commissioner (Appeals) failed to consider the appellant’s affidavit and ...
Goods and Services Tax : Bombay High Court held that GST proceedings initiated against a company that had ceased to exist after amalgamation were void ab i...
Corporate Law : High Court directed authorities to examine claims relating to additional road work, carriage charges, GST differential, and deduct...
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...
Goods and Services Tax : The data highlights a sharp increase in GST collections driven by import-related IGST. It confirms strong revenue performance and ...
This act may be called the Central GST Act, 2016 (CGST) / State GST Act, 2016 (SGST). It extends to the whole India. In case of SGST, to the respective state. CGST/SGST will be levied on all intra-state supplies of goods/ services. Goods mean every kind of moveable property other than actionable claim and money but includes securities, growing crops, grass and things attached to or forming part of the land which are agreed to be served before supply of under the contract of supply.
Bracing to roll out the new Indirect tax regime — Goods and Services Tax (GST) from April 1, 2016, the Central Government on June 17, 2015 announced the setting up of two Committees to suggest tax GST rates and to look into IT preparedness for GST. The Government has entrusted Chief Economic Advisor, Dr. Arvind Subramanian—head of one of the two panels—with the task of proposing a Revenue Neutral Rate (RNR), or a rate at which there will be no revenue loss to States under the proposed GST regime.
Committee headed by the Chief Economic Adviser Dr. Arvind Subramanian on Possible Tax rates under GST submits its Report to the Finance Minister; On the Revenue Neutral Rate (RNR), the Committee recommends the same in the range between 15 percent and 15.5 percent (Centre and states combined) with a preference for the lower end of […]
Advocate Anandaday Misshra Finally, its official that today the chief economic advisor, Mr Arvind Subramanian, has submitted his report on the goods and services tax (GST) to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley of India . The most amazing thing in this report is recommendation of 15-15.5% GST Revenue Neutral Rate (RNR) which is much below than the […]
Advocate Anandaday Misshra It is being claimed by various sources that a report on GST Revenue Neutral Rate (RNR) can be finalised by this week. The committee constituted by Ministry of Finance (MOF) may report a RNR rate around 18 % . It is pertinent to note that the said committee is being headed by Chief […]
The government is showing the political will in enforcing GST law from April 01, 2016. In this scenario it becomes important to discuss about the provisions which would be applicable in case of interstate transactions.
REPORT OF SUB-COMMITTEE-II ON MODEL GST LAW Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers September, 2015 GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2016 Government Has Released Model Draft of Proposed GST Act, 2016 and it Contains the following topics- PART – I
Will food products become dearer? Will Land and Real estate be kept under GST? Will Service providers be happy with GST? How Manufacturers would be affected? What’s going to be in case of Works Contracts? How Power and Telecommunication sector be adversely affected? What about International Trade? Whether it will be zero rated or taxed??
Advocate Anandaday Misshra Recently, Prime Minister of India, Mr Modi, during his trip to Singapore aired that GST is about to roll out in 2016 in India. This was a big statement, amidst various speculations and political changes in the country. The timing of the meeting between existing PM and previous PM Mr Manmohan Singh alongwith […]
The introduction of GST would be significant step in the reform of Indirect Taxation in India. Amalgamating Several Central and State Taxes into single tax would mitigate cascading or double taxation, facilitating a common national market. The simplicity of tax should lead to easier administration and enforcement.