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FY 2019-20 GST Interest Notices: Can Section 50 Revive Time-Barred Proceedings?

Goods and Services Tax : The article examines whether automated interest notices for FY 2019–20 can survive after limitation under Section 73 has expired...

June 13, 2026 990 Views 0 comment Print

AP HC Erred in Awarding 6% GST Refund Interest as Section 56 Proviso Prescribes 9%

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...

May 14, 2026 513 Views 0 comment Print

GST Act Silence on Interest Cannot Defeat Refund Rights in Unconstitutional Levy Cases: AP HC

Goods and Services Tax : The Andhra Pradesh High Court held that refund arising from an unconstitutional GST levy carries a constitutional right to interes...

May 12, 2026 465 Views 0 comment Print

Interest on Refund of Statutory Pre-Deposit under GST: A Vested Right Beyond Section 54

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...

May 5, 2026 1401 Views 0 comment Print

Amendment in GST Interest Calculation on Delayed Cash Payment in GSTR-3B

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...

March 16, 2026 6948 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Relief measures for taxpayers under GST in view of COVID-19

Goods and Services Tax : In view of the challenges faced by taxpayers in meeting the statutory and regulatory compliances under Goods & Services Tax (GST) ...

May 2, 2021 20871 Views 1 comment Print

CBIC issues 9 GST Notification & one Instruction on 24.06.2020

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...

June 25, 2020 29406 Views 1 comment Print

40th GST Council Meeting gives Relief from Interest & Penalty

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...

June 12, 2020 1908 Views 3 comments Print

Stop Charging Interest on Gross GST Tax & Stop coercive action

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...

February 24, 2020 24984 Views 5 comments Print

CBIC justifies Interest on delayed payment based on gross GST liability

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 ...

February 15, 2020 37626 Views 16 comments Print


Latest Judiciary


Courts Cannot Waive GST Interest or Penalty Due to Contract Dispute: Karnataka HC

Goods and Services Tax : The Karnataka High Court held that courts cannot direct GST authorities to waive statutory interest, penalty, or limitation merely...

June 25, 2026 486 Views 0 comment Print

Karnataka HC Sets Aside GST Interest & Penalty Waiver as Act Does Not Permit It

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...

June 23, 2026 468 Views 0 comment Print

GST Interest Upheld as Cash Ledger Deposit Does Not Amount to Tax Payment: AP HC

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 ...

June 5, 2026 309 Views 0 comment Print

Excess GST Payment Must Be Adjusted Before Interest Recalculation: Madras HC

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...

April 29, 2026 513 Views 0 comment Print

No Interest on Reversed ITC If Credit Not Utilised: Orissa HC Clarifies Section 50

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...

April 14, 2026 1470 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Clarification on Charging of Interest for Wrong Availment of IGST Credit – CBIC Circular

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 ...

July 17, 2023 35424 Views 0 comment Print

CBIC notifies amendment to section 49 & 50 of CGST Act wef 05.07.2022

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, ...

July 5, 2022 86463 Views 1 comment Print

Govt waives interest for specified e-commerce operators under GST

Goods and Services Tax : Govt provides waiver of interest for specified electronic commerce operators for specified tax periods vide Notification No. 08/20...

June 7, 2022 2343 Views 0 comment Print

Interest calculator in GSTR-3B is now live on GST Portal

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...

January 26, 2022 13011 Views 1 comment Print

Upcoming functionality – Interest Calculator in GSTR-3B

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...

January 8, 2022 37533 Views 2 comments Print


Jharkhand HC disposes Writ as state imposing interest on Net GST Liability

January 21, 2021 1074 Views 0 comment Print

BGR Mining & Infra Limited Vs State of Jharkhand (Jharkhand High Court) We have considered the submission of learned counsel for the parties in respect of the issue of levy of interest under Section 50 of the Act on the gross tax liability as upheld in appeal by the Respondent Joint Commissioner of State Sales […]

Interest when GST paid within due date but return filed late

January 7, 2021 23496 Views 2 comments Print

Interest not payable if GST return filed belatedly but amount deposited in Cash Ledger within due date? During the inception of GST era and with the nascent GST portal, one of the most popular confusion that conned everyone was, whether payment of GST is completed with deposition of tax amount in Cash Ledger (CL) or […]

Interest on Delayed GST Refunds: A Saga of Tussled Interpretations

December 21, 2020 7059 Views 0 comment Print

Introduction It has been a trite law that interest on delayed refund is assessee’s right, so much so that the CESTAT in the case of BSL Ltd. v. CCE [2019-TIOL-3407-CESTAT-DEL] has even gone ahead to grant interest over delayed payment of interest although there is no provision for payment of interest over interest, observing that […]

Interest to be charged on Net Tax liability w.e.f July 01, 2017

November 10, 2020 12846 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Madras High Court in the case of M/s. Maansarovar Motors Private Limited v. The Assistant Commissioner and Others [W.P. No. 4468 of 2020, dated 29 September, 2020] has set aside orders for levying interest on input tax credit (“ITC”) as applied on delayed payment in line with GST Council’s resolution of levying interest […]

Interest payable only on Gross GST Liability even Prior to Section 50 Amendment

October 27, 2020 3948 Views 1 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether interest under section 50 of the Central Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017 is to be levied on the gross tax liability? HC are of the view that no live issue survives for adjudication in this case. Recovery notices issued by the respondents are hereby quashed.

GST Interest on Gross Tax Liability : HC disposes writ as per Administrative Instruction

October 23, 2020 1086 Views 0 comment Print

Parnika Commercial And Estates Private Ltd. Vs Union of India (Delhi High Court) Bu this writ Petitioner had sought a declaration that the liability to pay interest under Section 50 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017  is confined only to the net tax liability and no interest is payable on the available […]

No section 50 interest on GST payment made through input tax credit

September 29, 2020 20946 Views 0 comment Print

Maansarovar Motors Private Ltd. Vs Assistant Commissioner (Madras High Court) Conclusion: Every person who is liable to pay tax in terms of the Act shall remit the tax either in cash or by way of adjustment of credit available in the Input Tax Credit (ITC) register. Where delay is made in remitting the tax, no […]

GST: Recovery interest on net cash tax liability w.e.f. 01.07.2017: CBIC

September 18, 2020 16659 Views 2 comments Print

For the period 01.07.2017 to 31.08.2020, field formations in your jurisdiction may be instructed to recover interest only on the net cash tax liability (i.e. that portion of the tax that has been paid by debiting the electronic cash ledger or is payable through cash ledger); and

‘Interest’ on Net Tax Liability under GST – Light at the end of Tunnel?

September 12, 2020 23787 Views 4 comments Print

The interest liability for any belated remittance is an economic consequence. The tax laws are no exception to this rule. GST law provides for interest @18% on the delayed remittance of the tax after due date. A question was raised as to whether the interest has to be paid on Gross Tax liability (i.e. the […]

Delayed GST payment: Interest to be charged on net tax liability from September 1

September 7, 2020 13584 Views 0 comment Print

Delayed GST payment: Interest to be charged on net tax liability from September 1   Hello friends greetings for the day, in the current article we will discuss about interest on delayed payment of tax. We will also discuss about the confusion regarding notification No 63/2020-Central Tax to be prospective from September 1st 2020 or […]

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