Goods and Services Tax : The article examines whether automated interest notices for FY 2019–20 can survive after limitation under Section 73 has expired...
Goods and Services Tax : The article argues that refunds arising from the Supreme Court’s ruling in Mohit Minerals fall squarely within the proviso to Se...
Goods and Services Tax : The Andhra Pradesh High Court held that refund arising from an unconstitutional GST levy carries a constitutional right to interes...
Goods and Services Tax : The ruling clarifies that interest on pre-deposit refunds starts from the payment date, not after 60 days, ensuring full compensat...
Goods and Services Tax : A new amendment effective from January 2026 limits GST interest to the unpaid portion of tax after considering ITC and minimum cas...
Goods and Services Tax : In view of the challenges faced by taxpayers in meeting the statutory and regulatory compliances under Goods & Services Tax (GST) ...
Goods and Services Tax : CBIC has issued one GST Instruction, Two IGST Notifications, 6 CGST Notifications and one UTGST Notification on 24th June 2020. No...
Goods and Services Tax : Key outcome of 40TH GST council meeting – The 40th GST COUNCIL met under the chairmanship of Union Minister for Finance & Co...
Goods and Services Tax : Ahilya Chamber of Commerce and Industry has made a request to Prime Minister of India to instruct CBIC through Finance Ministry to...
Goods and Services Tax : CBIC has issued a Series of Tweet on 15th February 2020 and justified interest calculation on delayed GST payment on the basis of ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Karnataka High Court held that courts cannot direct GST authorities to waive statutory interest, penalty, or limitation merely...
Goods and Services Tax : The Karnataka High Court held that interest under Section 50 of the CGST Act is mandatory and cannot be waived without statutory a...
Goods and Services Tax : The Andhra Pradesh High Court held that depositing money into the electronic cash ledger does not discharge GST liability. Tax is ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that penalty under Section 73 cannot be imposed without justification even where tax liability is admitted. It allo...
Goods and Services Tax : The case clarifies that Section 74 requires clear evidence of fraud or wilful suppression. Mere reliance on third-party alerts wit...
Goods and Services Tax : CBIC Circular No. 192/04/2023-GST provides clarification on charging interest for wrong availment of IGST credit and its reversal ...
Goods and Services Tax : CBIC notifies the provisions of clause (c) of section 110 and section 111 of the Finance Act, 2022. Section 110 of Finance Act, ...
Goods and Services Tax : Govt provides waiver of interest for specified electronic commerce operators for specified tax periods vide Notification No. 08/20...
Goods and Services Tax : Deployment of Interest Calculator in GSTR-3B 1. The new functionality of interest calculator in GSTR-3B is now live on the GST Por...
Goods and Services Tax : GST Portal will now provide system computed interest in GSTR-3B to facilitate taxpayers in self-assessment. Interest will be compu...
On reading of the foregoing provisions, it emerges that section 50(1) has applicability in situation i) where tax is liable to be paid and ii) such person has failed to pay either full or part thereof. It further emerges that Interest shall be paid for the default period i.e for the period for which the tax or any part thereof remains unpaid.
By virtue of decision taken in 43rd GST Council Meeting, Notification No. 16/2021 – Central Tax dated 1st June, 2021 was issued under GST law to state that interest under Section 50 of the CGST Act, 2017 would be applicable only on net tax liability with retrospective effect from July 1, 2017. With this notification […]
In response to outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, the government has issued various notifications ranging from Notification No. 07/2021-Central Tax dated 27.04.2021 to Notification No. 27/2021-Central Tax dated 01.06.2021 extending certain due dates under GST and granting relief to taxpayers in terms of waiver of interest cost on delayed payment of tax and late fees on […]
Aditya Singhania Refund arising from payment of interest on Gross Tax Liability after retrospective amendment of interest on Net Tax Liability The issue of charging interest on net tax liability has been a long-driven issue which was initially recommended by the Law Committee to make amendment in section 50 of the CGST Act, 2017 way […]
Notification No. 16/2021 – Central Tax Dated 01/06/2021: Appoints 01.06.2021 as the date on which the provisions of section 112 of the Finance Act, 2021 shall come into force – Retrospective amendment in Section 50 of the CGST Act to provide interest on net cash basis w.e.f. 01.07.2017. However, persons who have already paid interest on […]
Various notifications have been issued by the CBIC today to give effect to the recommendations of the 43rd GST Council meeting. Synopsis of the same is as follows: ♦ Notification No. 16/2021 – Central Tax Dated 01/06/2021: Section 112 of the Finance Act providing for retrospective amendment in Section 50 of the CGST Act related […]
CBIC provides relief by lowering of interest rate for a specified time for tax periods March, 2021 to May, 2021 for late filing of monthly/quarterly returns in Form GSTR-3B or PMT-06 challans as well as for late filing of statement in Form CMP-08 by the composition tax payers vide Notification No. 18/2021 – Central Tax- […]
Section 112 of the Finance Act providing for retrospective amendment in Section 50 of the CGST Act related to levy of interest has been notified w.e.f. 01.06.2021 vide Notification No. 16/2021 – Central Tax- Dated 1st June, 2021. Government of India Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs New […]
CBIC provides relief by lowering of interest rate for a specified time for tax periods March, 2021 to May, 2021 vide Notification No. 02/2021–Union Territory Tax dated 1st June, 2021 to give effect to Recommendations of 43rd GST Council Meeting. Government of India Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) Central Board of Indirect Taxes and […]
Seeks to provide relief by lowering of interest rate for a specified time for tax periods March, 2021 to May, 2021 vide Notification No. 02/2021–Integrated Tax Dated 1st June, 2021 to give effect to Recommendations of 43rd GST Council Meeting. Government of India Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs […]
