Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has made Ship-to GSTIN compulsory for Bill-to/Ship-to transactions from 1 August 2026. Businesses must update ERP systems and...
Goods and Services Tax : Payment of GST during a Section 65 audit does not automatically invoke Section 74. The department must independently establish fra...
Goods and Services Tax : Section 65 empowers GST authorities to conduct audits of registered taxpayers based on risk and compliance parameters. Understandi...
Goods and Services Tax : Centralized GST audits covering several years and registrations have raised concerns about misuse of extended limitation under Sec...
Goods and Services Tax : The article explains common objections raised during GST departmental audits under Section 65, including ITC mismatches, GSTR reco...
CA, CS, CMA : UDIN generation now requires disclosure of preceding year audit details for specific audit categories. The update strengthens audi...
Goods and Services Tax : Expression of Interest for empanelment of Chartered/Cost Accountants for GST special audit under Section 66 of RGST/CGST Act, 2017...
Goods and Services Tax : U.P. Tax Bar Association requests Finance Minister for extension of GST Annual Return filing deadline due to ongoing proceedings a...
Goods and Services Tax : This model GST Audit Manual is intended to be developed as a comprehensive document which would be helpful for the audit officer...
Goods and Services Tax : Empanelment of Chartered Accountants/Chartered Accountant firms/Cost Accountants/Cost Accountant firms for Special Audit of GST re...
Goods and Services Tax : The Bombay High Court held that Section 65 audit proceedings can be initiated even after GST registration is cancelled if the audi...
Goods and Services Tax : The Telangana High Court granted anticipatory bail to a Chartered Accountant accused in a share transfer fraud case, observing tha...
Goods and Services Tax : The Gujarat High Court has issued an interim order restraining final action on GST show-cause notices against Hubergroup India. Th...
Goods and Services Tax : HP High Court stays a GST audit against Saboo Tor Pvt. Ltd., citing the state's failure to issue the mandatory 15-day pre-audit no...
Goods and Services Tax : Delhi HC intervened in a GST dispute, staying proceedings against Dhruv Medicos Pvt. Ltd. The Court noted that the audit report wa...
Goods and Services Tax : West Bengal extends the GST audit completion deadline for the 2021-2022 period to August 22, 2025, due to delays in document submi...
Goods and Services Tax : West Bengal extends WBGST audit completion deadline to October 30, 2024, for cases commenced between July 1 and July 30, 2024....
Goods and Services Tax : Detailed guidelines for conducting GST audits in Maharashtra, including desk review, team formation, and audit monitoring for FY 2...
Goods and Services Tax : Government of Karnataka issued a circular outlining measures for effective GST audit and revenue optimization. The circular highli...
Goods and Services Tax : Extension of period for completion of Audit as per the proviso to sub-section (4) of section 65 of the WBGST Act, 2017 for the per...
Vide CGST Notification No. 29/2021-Central Tax dated 30/07/2021 CBIC has notified the provisions of Section 110 & 111 of the Finance Act, 2021 w.e.f. 01.08.2021. While Section 110 omits section 35(5) of CGST Act means GST Audit (GSTR-9C) by CA/CMA is no longer required and Section 111 substitutes section 44 (Annual return) of CGST Act, […]
♦ INTRODUCTION Assessment means determination of tax liability. There are several types of assessments in the GST regime i.e., self-assessment, provisional assessment, summary assessment and best judgment assessment. Under GST, an assessee is first required to self- assess his tax liability and furnish returns for declaring the taxable turnover, tax payable or refundable, input tax […]
Applicability- GST Audit will apply every year for those GST registered business (GSTIN) having turnover more than Rest 2 crores, by the sale of goods or services in the financial year. Please note- For businesses with an annual turnover of less than Rs.5 crore, filing of GSTR-9C for FY 2018-19 and FY 2019-20 has been waived […]
Here in this article, we will discuss about the applicability of GST Audit for the Financial Year 2020-21 with the help of relevant provisions of CGST Act, 2017, Finance Act, 2021 and Press Release of 43rd GST Council Meeting held on 28th May, 2021. GST Audit Provisions under CGST Act, 2017: 35 (5) Every registered […]
Section 35 of CGST Act 2017 has been amended and thereby Annual Return to be reconciled with books of accounts in Form GSTR-9C is required to be self-certified even for the year 2020-21. Therefore, State and Central GST Officers have already equipped with conducting GST Audit and started extensive training to their officers including publishing […]
Hon’ble Finance Minister, Smt. Nirmala Sitharam in her Budget Speech on 1st day of February 2021, omitted Section 35(5) and substituted Section 44 [by Section 101 & 102 of the Finance Act, 2021 respectively] of the CGST Act, 2017, so as to remove the mandatory requirement of furnishing a Reconciliation Statement (GSTR-9C) duly audited by a Practicing Chartered Accountants or Cost Accountants and to provide for filing […]
Besides other points, ICAI president apprised that GST Audit is not an avoidable compliance. GST Audit by a Chartered Accountant ensures maker checker concept thereby detecting inconsistencies, lapses, errors and ambiguities, if any, in complying with the provisions of GST law.
Due date for furnishing of GSTR-9 and GSTR-9C for the financial year 2019-20 extended further to 31.03.2021. Due date was earlier extended from 31.12.2020 to 28.02.2021
Goods and Services Tax Practitioners’ Association Vs. Union of India (Bombay High Court) On due consideration, we are not inclined to accede to the prayer made by the petitioners that too at this eleventh hour. It is not that the time-limit has not been extended. The initial due date of 31.12.2020 has been extended to […]
Attention GST Taxpayers whose Aggregate Annual Turnover for the FY 19-20 is more than Rs. 5 crore! File your Annual Return along with Reconciliation statement GSTR-9C before February 28, 2021. Attention GST Taxpayers whose aggregate annual turnover for the FY 19-20 is more than Rs. 2 crore! File Annual GSTR-9 Return before February 28, 2021.
