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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...
Since the introduction of GST in 2017, the state and central departments have aggressively pursued assessees on the grounds of mis-match between the data reported on the GST portal under GSTR 2A and GSTR 3B. The officials have denied ITC to the assessees merely on the basis of such mis-match reports. This issue has been […]
The GST Council in its 45th meeting in Lucknow on 17 September 2021 discussed a host of issues which required taxpayers clarification at the earliest and keeping up with efforts to streamline and ease the compliance procedures with clarity, CBIC issued following 3 circulars on 20th September 2021 to give effect to the GST Council […]
A detailed analysis to pursue trends in cases of GST evasion & fraudulent ITC availment booked viz-a-viz number of SCNs issued against for the FY 2017-18 [w.e.f. July, 2017], 2018-19 & 2019-20, have been made and it is observed that in GST evasion cases booked and in the Fraudulent ITC cases booked, during the above mentioned period, SCNs have been issued only in few cases.
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) on 20.09.2021 issued the following clarifications vide Circular No. 159/15/2021-GST, Circular No. 160/16/2021-GST and Circular No. 161/17/2021-GST Dated 20th September 2021 – Circular No. Title / Query / Representations Clarifications 159/15/2021-GST Clarification on doubts related to scope of “Intermediary” Definition of “intermediary” under IGST Act as […]
In re Mekorot Development & Enterprise Ltd (GST AAR Maharashtra) As per Section 23 (1) (a) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, any person engaged exclusively in the supplying of goods or services or both that are not liable to tax or wholly exempt from tax under this act or under the […]
In re Green Rubber Crumb Private Ltd. (GST AAR Maharashtra) The applicant is producing crumb rubber/granules from used/waste tyres and has submitted during the course of the hearing that, the waste/used tyres are not usable because they are worn our tyres due to wear and tear. In view of the above discussions, we find that […]
Commissioner of State Tax, Maharashtra State, Mumbai hereby amends the Notification No. DC (A & R)/PWR /JURIS-2012/2/ADM-8, dated the 6th November 2012, as follows, namely : —
The intermediary service has been a controversial subject in cross border trade, since the days of Service Tax. The foremost controversy is on the outbound leg, as in if the services qualify as ‘intermediary services’, the place of supply becomes ‘the location of supplier of services’, and therefore ousting the services from the purview of […]
CBIC tweeted on 22.09.2021 as follows:- GST Update on difficulty in updation of Electronic Cash Ledger on 20.09.2021 A few taxpayers have reportedly faced difficulty in the updation of their Electronic Cash Ledger on September 20, 2021 while filing their GSTR-3B returns. To mitigate their difficulties, GSTN has been directed to take up the issue […]
No Interest Proceedings Can Be Invoked On Ineligible Input Tax Credit Availed But Not Utilized In GST Returns Recent 45th GST Council meeting has put logical end in relation to demand of interest on availment of Ineligible Input Tax Credit but not utilized in GST Returns. Generally, availment of Ineligible Input tax credit can arise […]
