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Goods and Services Tax : The Court ruled that limitation under Section 54 cannot bar refund of mistakenly paid GST. It held that excess tax collected witho...
Goods and Services Tax : Explains why liquidated damages are generally not subject to GST unless linked to a supply. Highlights the importance of distingui...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court ruled that ITC on GIDC charges is allowable where no construction is involved. It also held that Section 74 proceedings ...
CA, CS, CMA : The update discusses GST rulings on ITC and refunds, income tax relief interpretations, and insolvency reforms. It also covers dis...
Goods and Services Tax : The court held that recovery cannot proceed against a legal heir without determining liability under Section 93, reinforcing due p...
Goods and Services Tax : The representation highlights ambiguity in whether the ₹2.5 crore ITC threshold should be annual or cumulative. It emphasizes th...
Goods and Services Tax : Authorities arrested the key accused for orchestrating fake ITC claims and fictitious export transactions. The case highlights str...
Goods and Services Tax : Authorities uncovered fraudulent ITC claims exceeding ₹8 crore without actual supply of goods. The ruling highlights that ITC is...
Goods and Services Tax : The case highlights that summons lacking details of the underlying inquiry violate procedural fairness. It underscores the need fo...
Goods and Services Tax : CBI arrested GST officials for demanding a bribe to facilitate registration approval. The case highlights strict enforcement again...
Goods and Services Tax : The court refused to entertain a constitutional challenge raised to bypass limitation. It allowed filing of appeal with delay cond...
Goods and Services Tax : The court declined to examine the constitutional validity of Section 16(2)(c) in absence of clear factual basis. It held that disp...
Goods and Services Tax : The court addressed denial of input tax credit due to mismatch with GSTR-2A and missing invoices. It allowed the taxpayer to seek ...
Goods and Services Tax : The court held that an adjudication order passed without considering the taxpayer’s reply is unsustainable. It remitted the matt...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that a single show cause notice covering multiple assessment years is not legally sustainable. Authorities were per...
Goods and Services Tax : The GST portal launches an Excel-based IMS Offline Tool to help taxpayers efficiently manage and process invoices. It enables bulk...
Goods and Services Tax : CBIC extends due date for filing March 2026 GSTR-3B to April 21, 2026, for registered persons under Section 39 of the CGST Act....
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN clarified that system-calculated interest for February 2026 was incorrectly reflected in March returns due to a technical iss...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has enabled editing of the pre-deposit percentage in APL-01 filings. The change allows taxpayers flexibility, while verificat...
Goods and Services Tax : Taxpayers faced issues filing appeals where adjudication orders showed zero demand. GSTN clarified that such system limitations re...
1. Meaning of Transfer of Development Rights (‘TDRs’) To understand the meaning of TDRs, first of all one needs to understand the working style under the real estate sector. Under this sector various kinds of Joint Development Agreements have been entered between various parties. One such type is TDRs, where landowner offers rights in his […]
Rule 90(3) read with the Circular dated 18.11.2019 providing for fresh application after deficiency memo to also be filed within limitation for original application is ultra vires
Recently, many taxpayers have received notices from the GST authorities demanding interest on subsequent reversal of input tax credit (‘ITC’) wrongly availed by them. The said demands are generally pertaining to initial years of GST wherein the lawmakers and taxpayers, both were evolving to adopt the newly introduced statute. Due to the demands pertaining to […]
In re M. F. Associates (GST AAR Uttar Pradesh) Que-1 Whether providing the service of repairs and maintenance of vehicles used for sewage and waste collection, treatment and disposal and other environmental protection services provided to Local Authorities would be covered by Sl. Nov. 3 of Notification No. 12/2017- Central Tax(Rate) dated June 28, 2017, […]
The last dates of filing of the Annual Return under Section 44 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (CGST Act, 2017), for the Financial Years 2017-18, 2018-19 & 2019-20 were as under: Sr. No. Period Last date to file Annual Return 1 2017-18 05th & 7th February, 2020 (Notification No. 06/2020-Central Tax, […]
In Jyoti Construction v. Deputy Commissioner of CT & GST, Jajpur, the Hon’ble High Court of Orissa has pronounced its order dated 07th October, 2021 that Electronic Credit Ledger (“ECRL”) cannot be used to give the pre-deposit for the purpose of filing an appeal under GST and the payment for the same must be done […]
You might have read my earlier article ‘Why GST Department Is Not Right In Asking Commercial Place For GST Registration?‘ published in September’2021. In the earlier article, I wrote that GST Laws does not mandate that “Commercial Address” is mandatory for GST Registrations. Further, I wrote that If we recall registration requirements of VAT Laws, […]
Where a landlord sells the land to a developer, there is no role for him in a real estate project. GST on the sale of land is not payable by virtue of Para 5 of Schedule III appended to Central and State GST Act, which provides that a transaction of sale of land shall be treated neither as a supply of goods nor a supply of services.
In re Rasi Nutri Foods (GST AAR Tamilnadu) Concessional GST rates not applicable to activity of manufacture and supply of fortified rice kernels till Sep 30, 2021 In Rasi Nutri Foods [Order No. 39 AAR/2021 dated October 21, 2021] Authority for Advance Ruling, Karnataka (KAAR) held that Notification No.39/2017 CT(R) dated 18.10.2017 (Concessional Rate Notification) […]
In re Tamilnadu Polymer Industries Park Limited (GST AAR Tamilnadu) From the above, it is evident that an applicant can seek an Advance Ruling only in relation to supply of goods or services or both undertaken or proposed to be undertaken by them. Further, as per Section 103(1) of the GST Act, the ruling is […]
