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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 297 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 285 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 672 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 6567 Views 0 comment Print

Interest Not Be Charged In The Order If Not Mentioned In GST SCN

Goods and Services Tax : The Allahabad High Court held that under Section 75(7) CGST Act, tax authorities cannot demand amounts beyond what is specified in...

March 4, 2026 1323 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 20730 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 29319 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 1899 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 24948 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 37575 Views 16 comments Print


Latest Judiciary


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 294 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 1005 Views 0 comment Print

GST Interest payable on Wrongful ITC Availment Retained for 630 Days: MP HC

Goods and Services Tax : The Court ruled that reversal of ITC after a long delay does not negate interest liability. It emphasized that interest arises fro...

March 28, 2026 525 Views 0 comment Print

Duplicate GST Interest Demand for Same GSTR-3B Period Quashed by Madras HC

Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that issuing two interest demands for delay in filing GSTR-3B for the same period amounted to duplication and doubl...

February 2, 2026 570 Views 0 comment Print

Interest on Delayed GST Payment Mandatory – Madras HC dismisses Petition

Goods and Services Tax : The Court found that the dispute pertained solely to mandatory interest on delayed tax payment, leaving no scope for challenge. It...

November 27, 2025 342 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 35049 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 85941 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 2316 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 12921 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 37311 Views 2 comments Print


Interest on Gross GST- HC dismissed petition as non-maintainable

January 31, 2020 2265 Views 0 comment Print

In this case challenge was made to notice issued by superintendent on account of delayed filing of return whereby interest on gross amount was computed under Section 50 of CGST Act, 2017. Hon’ble Rajasthan High Court dismissed the writ petition as petitioner has failed to convince why the writ is Maintainable.

Validity of the direct recovery of Interest under GST?

January 12, 2020 25728 Views 7 comments Print

While the principle issue of interest liability is still pending, it is observed that the GST department across the country has been issuing letters asking the taxpayers to remit the interest on Gross GST liability and if not paid within 7 days of the letter, the Bank accounts are being attached and the amount is recovered directly.

Interest on delayed payment of GST- Whether on Gross or Net?

January 12, 2020 5388 Views 14 comments Print

Amongst the many questions and complications in respect of GST compliance which the people are facing, one of the basic and important conundrum is ‘Interest levy in case of delayed payment of GST – Whether to be charged on Gross or Net ??’

Interest cannot be levied on Gross GST Liability before adjusting ITC: Madras HC

January 6, 2020 61653 Views 7 comments Print

According to the petitioners, Section 50 that provides for levy of interest on belated payments would apply only to payments of tax by cash, belatedly, and would not stand triggered in the case of available ITC, since such ITC represents credit due to an assessee by the Department held as such.

Interest on delayed GST payment

January 6, 2020 18462 Views 7 comments Print

Section 50 of CGST Act, 2017 articulates that every person who is liable to pay tax in accordance with the provisions of GST shall remit tax on or before scheduled dates, but fails to pay tax or any part thereof to the Government shall pay on his own interest at such rate not exceeding 18 […]

GST: Liability of interest U/s. 50 is automatic but quantification needs arithmetic exercise

December 19, 2019 22377 Views 1 comment Print

Assistant Commissioner of CGST & Central Excise Vs Daejung Moparts Pvt Ltd. (Madras High Court) View of Third Member The question raised is as to whether interest on delayed payment of tax as contemplated under Section 50 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, is automatic or the same is to be determined, […]

Interest on delayed payment of GST A Critical Analysis

December 13, 2019 8703 Views 9 comments Print

Many articles and webinars are prepared for interest levy and mainly focus is kept on interest on gross liability or net liability, however my concern is with regard to duration of tax unpaid for which interest is to be paid and manner of calculation of interest. When you go through the provisions of Section 50 […]

No interest demandable for delay in GST credit to Govt Account

November 14, 2019 12366 Views 0 comment Print

Messrs Vishnu Aroma Pouching Pvt. Ltd. Vs Union of India (Gujarat High Court) In this case petitioner had duly discharged the tax liability of August, 2017 within the period prescribed therefor; however, it was only on account of technical glitches in the System that the amount of tax paid by the petitioner for August 2017 […]

Pay interest consequent to delay in filing GST Return, only on net tax liability: HC

September 11, 2019 3246 Views 0 comment Print

High Court of Madras in the matter of Commissioner of CGST v. M/s. Daejung Moparts Pvt. Ltd. [W.A.Nos.2127 and 2151 of 2019] dated 23.07.2019 dismissed the Letter Patent Appeal filed by the department and upheld the order of single bench, whereby assessee was directed to pay interest consequent to delay in filing of Return, only on net tax liability (after deduction of Input Tax Component).

Calculation of interest on delay filling of GSTR 3B on delayed tax payment

September 7, 2019 10488 Views 4 comments Print

Liability to pay interest on delay filling of GSTR 3B on delayed payment of GST to be calculated on net cash component after adjusting Input Tax Credit and not on Gross amount 1. In this Article an attempt has been made by the author to examine the scope of the delayed filling of Return GSTR […]

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