Goods and Services Tax : Explore the distinction between interest on arbitrarily delayed and actual delayed GST payments under Section 50 of the CGST Act, ...
Goods and Services Tax : Explore the 53rd GST Council's decision on interest applicability under Section 50 of CGST Act and the new GSTR-1A amendment facil...
Goods and Services Tax : Understand GST interest implications: How interest is calculated, legal provisions, recent judgments, and impact on taxpayers' com...
Goods and Services Tax : Explore implications of depositing GST via PMT 06 before filing GSTR-3B. Learn about tax payment deadlines, interest liabilities, ...
Goods and Services Tax : Explore the Madras High Court ruling in Eicher Motor Ltd. v. Superintendent GST, stating no interest on GST if deposited on time, ...
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 : Allahabad High Court directs payment of interest on delayed GST refund of ₹38.10 lakhs under Section 56 of the CGST Act, resolvi...
Goods and Services Tax : Supreme Court declines to interfere in the Special Leave Petition in the case of State of Bihar Vs Commercial Steel Engineering Co...
Goods and Services Tax : Explore the Gujarat High Court's judgment on CGST interest under Section 50, clarifying it's payable from deposit to electronic ca...
Goods and Services Tax : Explore the Telangana High Court's judgment on interest under Section 54 of the CGST Act, 2017, for delayed refund of Input Tax Cr...
Goods and Services Tax : Explore the Madras High Court judgment on challenging a bank attachment notice over GST interest liability. Detailed analysis and ...
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...
Recently, section 50 of Central goods and services tax act was amended to provide that interest will now be charged on only that portion of the GST liability which is paid by debiting the electronic cash ledger. The present rate of interest on the delayed payment of tax liability is 18% per annum on unpaid […]
Section 50 of CGST Act 2017, deals with Interest on delayed payment of GST tax. The same reads as under: (1) Every person who is liable to pay tax in accordance with the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder, but fails to pay the tax or any part thereof to the Government […]
The Union Budget 2019 presented by Hon’ble Finance Minister Mrs. Sitharaman on 5th July 2019 has inserted a Proviso to remove the doubt over the interest for late payment of GST that whether the interest would be charged & payable on ‘Gross Tax Liability’ or only on ‘Net Tax Liability’. The confusion was there because […]
Interest, in common parlance, is understood to be the cost of borrowing money. Alternatively, it is a compensation paid to the lender who could have benefited in value had he not parted with the money. In simple terms, interest is payable only when there is a loss of commercial opportunity of usage of funds. The […]
This article has been written in the backdrop of the controversy which has arisen about interest on delayed payment of tax. The issue under controversy is whether the liability to pay interest under Section 50 of the CGST Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) is confined only to the net tax liability i.e. […]
Commentary on Circular No. 102/21/2019 – GST dated June 28, 2019 regarding the applicability of GST on additional/penal interest on delayed payment charges in case of late payment of Equated Monthly Instalments (EMI) Entry 5(e) of Schedule II of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 “Agreeing to the obligation to refrain from an […]
Mr. Mittal points out that the calculation of the interest payable for delayed payment of GST as determined by the Respondent is erroneous. According to him, interest has been calculated even on the amount constituting the input tax credit which is in fact to be adjusted against the tax liability. He states that on the actual tax liability, interest has been paid by the Petitioner. He further states that against the total tax liability of Rs.3.31 crores the interest liability works out to 8.19 crores which makes it unreasonable and erroneous.
This is with reference to judgment of Hon’ble Telangana High Court in the case of M/s. Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Ltd. v. Comm. of Central Tax, wherein, the petitioner filed a writ petition against the demand of interest for delay in filing GSTR 3B returns, on the ground that interest is to be calculated only on the ‘net […]
During the 31st GST council meeting dated 22nd December 2018, it was proposed that – Section 50 of CGST Act 2017 should be amended to allow payment of interest on Net cash liability, i.e. interest should be charged only on the net liability of taxpayer, after taking into account the admissible ITC. However, no amendment has […]
The industry needs to be vigilant in ensuring timeliness in the filing of GSTR-3B since delays in filings have implications of interest on gross GST liability. Basis the judgement given by Telangana & Andhra Pradesh High court, the liability to pay interest under Section 50 of the CGST Act, 2017 will NOT be limited to the net tax liability; instead, interest would be payable on the gross tax liability that is including the portion which is available for set-off against ITC.
