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Ship-to GSTIN Mandatory for Bill-to/Ship-to E-Way Bills from 1 August 2026: GSTN

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...

July 6, 2026 891 Views 0 comment Print

Does GST Payment During Section 65 Audit Automatically Attract Section 74 Proceedings?

Goods and Services Tax : Payment of GST during a Section 65 audit does not automatically invoke Section 74. The department must independently establish fra...

July 6, 2026 306 Views 0 comment Print

GST Department Audit under Section 65 of CGST Act 2017

Goods and Services Tax : Section 65 empowers GST authorities to conduct audits of registered taxpayers based on risk and compliance parameters. Understandi...

June 1, 2026 6591 Views 0 comment Print

GST Audit Across Multiple Years Cannot Automatically Justify Section 74 Invocation

Goods and Services Tax : Centralized GST audits covering several years and registrations have raised concerns about misuse of extended limitation under Sec...

May 27, 2026 636 Views 0 comment Print

GST Department Audit under Section 65: Common Audit Issues

Goods and Services Tax : The article explains common objections raised during GST departmental audits under Section 65, including ITC mismatches, GSTR reco...

May 16, 2026 1374 Views 0 comment Print


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Mandatory Preceding Year Audit Details Introduced for UDIN Generation by ICAI

CA, CS, CMA : UDIN generation now requires disclosure of preceding year audit details for specific audit categories. The update strengthens audi...

December 23, 2025 2178 Views 0 comment Print

Empanelment of CAs/Cost Accountants for GST Audit in Rajasthan

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...

December 13, 2024 12441 Views 0 comment Print

Request to Extend due date of GSTR 9, 9A & 9C for financial year 2022-23

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...

December 25, 2023 25983 Views 0 comment Print

Model GST Audit Manual

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...

February 4, 2023 11925 Views 0 comment Print

Empanelment for Special Audit with Delhi GST department

Goods and Services Tax : Empanelment of Chartered Accountants/Chartered Accountant firms/Cost Accountants/Cost Accountant firms for Special Audit of GST re...

December 30, 2022 21732 Views 0 comment Print


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GST Audit Valid After Registration Cancellation as Audit Relates to Period of Registration

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...

June 5, 2026 309 Views 0 comment Print

Anticipatory Bail Allowed as No Specific Allegations Linked CA to Share Transfer Fraud

Goods and Services Tax : The Telangana High Court granted anticipatory bail to a Chartered Accountant accused in a share transfer fraud case, observing tha...

May 12, 2026 2490 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat HC Puts Hold on GST Show-Cause Notices Issued After Audit Deadline

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...

September 15, 2025 1128 Views 0 comment Print

GST Audit Without Section 65(3) Notice Is Invalid: HP HC

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...

September 15, 2025 1218 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi HC Stops CGST Action as Audit Report Finalized Before Petitioner’s Reply

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...

September 3, 2025 1014 Views 0 comment Print


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West Bengal GST Audit Deadline Extended to 22nd August 2025

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...

July 4, 2025 1344 Views 0 comment Print

Extension of WBGST Audit Deadline in West Bengal

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....

September 30, 2024 921 Views 0 comment Print

Guideline about conduct of GST Audit-reg

Goods and Services Tax : Detailed guidelines for conducting GST audits in Maharashtra, including desk review, team formation, and audit monitoring for FY 2...

July 9, 2024 2832 Views 0 comment Print

Measures for Effective GST Audit and Revenue Optimization

Goods and Services Tax : Government of Karnataka issued a circular outlining measures for effective GST audit and revenue optimization. The circular highli...

June 13, 2023 1833 Views 0 comment Print

WBGST: Extension of period for completion of GST Audit

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...

July 11, 2022 1086 Views 0 comment Print


Extend due date for filing GSTR-9 and GSTR-9C to December

August 25, 2019 133989 Views 15 comments Print

Extend the due date for filing the GSTR-9 and GSTR-9C from August to December along with the filing of GTR-9C for the F.Y. 2018-19 so that all the compliances are made and the adjustments made in the following years gets reconciled at the same time.

“Dahi Handi” of GST Annual Return and GST Audit

August 25, 2019 19737 Views 3 comments Print

Arjun, for breaking the Dahi Handi taxpayers are required to overcome 10 difficulties i.e. 10 layer pyramid. These layers are as follows: To have a stable pyramid, a strong foundation is required. The biggest hurdle of forming this in GST is calculation of net liability through Annual return and Audit Report, as both the forms provides no information regarding it.

Solve technical issues and extend due date of GSRT 9 & GSTR 9C

August 22, 2019 55686 Views 8 comments Print

Rajasthan Tax Consultants’ Association has Requested for solving the technical issues of GSRT 9 & 9C and extension of due date for filing of GSTR 9 & conducting GST Audit & reporting in Reconciliation Statement in GSTR 9C. THE RAJASTHAN TAX CONSULTANTS’ ASSOCIATION KAR SALAHKAR BHAWAN B-145/B, KALYAN PATH, MANGAL MARG, BAPU NAGAR, JAIPUR-302015 PH.: […]

Extend due date of GSTR 9 and GSTR 9C

August 22, 2019 111447 Views 32 comments Print

Request to extend due date of filing GSTR- 9 up to 30th September 2019 and GSTR- 9C up to 31st October 2019 so to ease the hardship faced by the taxpayers. This will ensure providing all information to the Govt. in detailed and transparent manner thereby easing the process of return filing and audit.

Withdraw GST Yearly Return – GSTR 9, 9A & 9C for F.Y. 2017–18

August 22, 2019 29310 Views 8 comments Print

Ahilya Chamber of Commerce & Industry request GST Council to immediately withdraw Form GSTR  9, GSTR 9A and GSTR 9C for F.Y. 2017 – 18. It requested Council to discuss with stakeholders different issues, decrease complexity of return, exclude NON GST supply / Exempt supply,  allow rectification in yearly returns,  allow HSN code of 2/4 […]

12 Bullet points on Annual GST Return and Reconciliation Statement

August 21, 2019 29109 Views 1 comment Print

As you all must be aware, the due-date to file the Annual Return and Reconciliation Statement i.e. 31st August, 2019 is fast approaching. As this is the first time Annual Return is being filed, the due-date had already been extended many times before by the government to give sufficient time to get accustomed and familiar with the Return. Various representations had been received to make the Return filing simpler and easier.

Steps to be taken by taxpayers to file Form GSTR 9C

August 21, 2019 28197 Views 0 comment Print

1. Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) i. Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) must be PAN based and in format PKCS7. ii. DSC must not be corrupted. iii. DSC should be valid and must not have expired. 2. Pre-requisites for filing FORM GSTR – 9C. i. Prior filing of Annual Return GSTR-9 is mandatory. ii. Form GSTR-9C has […]

Request for Extending Due Dates for filing Annual GST Returns

August 19, 2019 14466 Views 0 comment Print

Professional Accountants And Tax Consultants’ Association requested to Honorable FM to Extend the Due Dates stipulated for filing Annual GST Returns i.e. GSTR9/9A/9C for the year 2017-18 under the GST Law. Text of their representation is as follows:- PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS AND TAX CONSULTANTS’ ASSOCIATION (Registered under Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975) (SRG/Chennai Central/55/2019) Cell […]

How to resolve technical glitches while uploading GSTR-9C?

August 19, 2019 77802 Views 22 comments Print

Arjuna (Fictional Character): Krishna, GST department has come out with statistics that only 1% of GST Audit Report for financial year 2017-18 has been filed. As the due date for filing such Audit report is approaching which is 31st August, 2019. Even Government is worried for such statistics of uploading. So, what are reasons for […]

Extend Due Dates of GSTR9/9A/9C

August 17, 2019 75045 Views 12 comments Print

Punjab Accountants Association made Humble Representation with request to Extend Due Dates stipulated for filing Annual GST Returns i.e. GSTR9/9A/9C under the CST Law. The Punjab Accountants Association Office: R.K. Assoaates,Sehdev Market, Jalandhar City Email : athepunjob@gmail.com, Mob.No. 98151-98051, 98153-23059 Honorable Union Minister of Finance, Government of India New Delhi Dated: 16-08-2019 Sub: Humble Representation […]

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