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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...
GSTR1 & GSTR 3B return to be filed for the month of September is very significant as the taxpayers can rectify the errors, to the extent permissible, made / undisclosed in the returns filed during the previous financial year. The statutory timeline for the above irregularities can be rectified in the return filed for the […]
Historical Background The Indirect Taxation Enquiry Committee constituted in 1976 by Sri L.K.Jha, recommended inter alia, converting specific rates into ad-valorem rates, rate consolidation and input tax credit i.e. Mechanism of Value Added Tax at manufacturing level (MANVAT). In principle, duty was payable on value addition. Advent of GST Before advent of GST, the most […]
What is E-way bill? ‘E-way bill’ is an abbreviation of ‘Electronic Way Bill’. From April 2018, any person dealing with the goods will somewhat be familiar with the term e-way bill. The basic intention behind the introduction of the e-way bill under GST is controlling tax evasion; tracking the movement of goods and ensuring adequate […]
Changes in GST RATES on services and Old vs New GST rates w.e.f 01.10.2021- The CBIC vide Notification No. 06/2021 Central Tax (Rate) dated September 30, 2021 has further amended Notification No. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated June 28, 2017 (“Services rate notification”), as under- 1. Wherever Section 12AA of Income Tax Act, 1961 is mentioned, […]
In the GST regime, there is uniform penalty and prosecution provision for similar type of offence that may be committed by a registered person, depending upon its severity. The word penalty is not defined in the GST Law, but as an English word it means punishment (in this case monetary as well as prosecution) given […]
INDUSTRY WISE ANALYSIS OF GST RATE NOTIFICATIONS APPLICABLE FROM 1ST OCTOBER 2021 Notification No. 06/2021 – Central Tax (Rate) 1. Works Contract Service for Charitable Organizations – GST @12% would be charged on Works Contract by way of construction, erection, commissioning, installation, completion, fitting out, repair, maintenance, renovation, or alteration of a building owned by an […]
To give effect to Recommendation of 45th GST Council meeting CBIC has issued 22 GST Rate Notifications on 30.09.2021. Notifications amends GST Rate on Services and Goods, Exempts certain services and Goods from GST, notified RCM applicability on supply of mentha oil by unregistered person to registered person and imposed Compensation Cess on Carbonated Beverages […]
Under GST law, there is a provision of deemed approval of fresh registration and amendment of registration in case the departmental officer fails to take any action on the taxpayer’s application within the prescribed period. This provision is being there in the law since the inception of GST but it was not in practical application […]
Several notifications have been issued to notify the changes in the applicable rate of GST (including exemptions) pursuant to the decisions taken at the 45th GST Council Meeting. The given changes are applicable from 01.10.2021. Rates have been increased with a special focus on the industries mainly operating under the inverted rate structure. We have […]
A supply of goods, or services, or both which results in export of the goods, or services, or both out of the territory of India has been referred to in Article 286 of the Constitution as supply of goods, or services, or both in the course of export of the goods, or services, or both […]
