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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 : From 22 September 2025, accommodation below ₹7,500 per day attracts 5% GST without ITC instead of 12%. The change aims to reduce...
Fema / RBI : The article explains RBI’s decision to reduce the export proceeds realization period from 15 months to 9 months and its impact o...
Goods and Services Tax : This guide explains the fundamentals of GST, including CGST, SGST, IGST, and UTGST. It also highlights how these classifications i...
CA, CS, CMA : GST disputes are increasing, creating substantial opportunities for Chartered Accountants in audits, adjudication, appeals, and ta...
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 Court observed that the documents produced indicated a sale of immovable property, which is not subject to GST. The matter was...
Goods and Services Tax : The Madras High Court remitted Section 74A GST orders for fresh adjudication after taxpayers argued that their replies to DRC-01 n...
Goods and Services Tax : The Madras High Court held that GST authorities cannot issue a single show cause notice covering multiple financial years. The Cou...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that alleged non-compliance relating to bank account details under Rule 10A must be addressed through Form GST REG-...
Goods and Services Tax : The Madras High Court held that refusal to permit cross-examination does not automatically vitiate GST proceedings involving alleg...
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...
IT Initiatives: Mission mode Projects to help States to align with the Roll out of GST; funds Released for 31 Such Projects. Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee has stressed on the importance of computerization of Commercial Taxes. While presenting the Union Budget 2011-12 in Lok Sabha he said that Mission Mode Projects for computerization of Commercial Taxes in States will allow States to align with the roll out of GST.
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance Chairman Yashwant Sinha wants the government to first introduce goods and services tax (GST) at the central level and set example for states to implement the indirect tax reform. “I am firmly of the view that the Government of India should introduce GST first at the central level. At the central level you have central excise and you have the service tax. Now, if you first merge the two, you have your own GST.`
The Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers (EC) met on 11 February 2011 to discuss the third draft of the Constitutional Amendments required for introduction of GST (the Third Draft) and the compensation plan for loss of revenue on account of
With consensus still eluding the proposed Goods and Services Tax regime, the Centre may call for another meeting with state finance ministers next month, before introducing the Constitutional Amendment Bill to pave the way for rolling out GST.
If we simply speak on tariff, market access in services is relatively easy compare to goods as there are no tariff barriers on services. WTO Agreements place only quotas and regulations on services and not the tariff. Annexure 1B of WTO Agreements – General Agreement of Trade in Services (GATS) broadly covers four modes of services in Article I as Scope and Coverage as follows
his year’s (2011-12) Union Budget assumes greater importance in the wake of ongoing high level of corruption and financial irregularities in almost every sphere of governance, thus putting tremendous pressure on the exchequer and fuelling bad money in the system. Also, the present governance and banking system has been unable to tame the evil of inflation causing hardship to one and all. Petrol prices and high rate home loans are only adding salt to the injury. However, economy has shown positive signs on various parameters.
The broad IT plan for enabling GST was presented to the Government of India and the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers
The month of February is always a speculation filled month in India as at the end of the month India receives a Budget for the coming fiscal year. Bearing in mind the proposed overhaul in the tax arena in India, Budget 2011-12 will surely play a cruc
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the Centre is working at a “political level” with states for countrywide roll-out of goods and services tax (GST), but it may take some time to arrive at a consensus on the new indirect tax regime. “I am
With different tax rates leading to fuel prices varying from state to state, the oil industry has demanded inclusion of crude oil and its products, and natural gas in the reformist GST (Goods and Services Tax) regime. Petrofed, a body representing bo
