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Goods and Services Tax : This article explains why GST registration is not limited to turnover thresholds. It highlights transaction-based triggers that ca...
Goods and Services Tax : The article highlights how aggressive GST actions impact genuine businesses. The key takeaway is the need for balanced enforcement...
Goods and Services Tax : Understand the mandatory GST compliances when closing a business, including return filing and tax on stock. The guidance clarifies...
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 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 issue was whether a taxpayer could seek revocation after missing the prescribed timeline due to portal restrictions. The Court...
Goods and Services Tax : The issue was mismatch between Section 74 mentioned in summary and penalty imposed under Section 73. The Court allowed rectificati...
Goods and Services Tax : The issue was whether tax demand can exceed the amount and scope mentioned in the show cause notice. The Court held that such exce...
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 : This case highlights how delays in filing appeals against adverse GST orders weaken the department’s legal position. It undersco...
Goods and Services Tax : This case examines delays in transferring non-priority files after departmental restructuring. It mandates systematic redistributi...
Goods and Services Tax : This case highlights lapses in examining tribunal orders before filing revisions. It mandates detailed legal analysis and reasoned...
Goods and Services Tax : The ruling highlights gaps in recovery proceedings due to unclear role allocation. It strengthens the system by redefining respons...
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...
[Ref: D.Y. Beathel Enterprises Vs State Tax Officer (Madras High Court order dated 24th February, 2021] A writ petition is filed before Madurai Bench of Madras High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to quash the order dated 29.10.2020 as illegal, arbitrary, wholly without jurisdiction and in violation of the principles of […]
Considering the fact that the petitioner has also not been able to utilize the credit of duty under the provisions of GST which came to be effected from 01.07.2017, legitimate export incentives cannot be denied to the petitioner. I find no merits in denying the benefit of refund claim filed by the petitioner under Rule 5 of the CENVAT Rules, 2004. The respondent shall therefore refund the amount to the petitioner within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.
AAR held that, the supply of medicines, surgical items, implants, consumables and other allied services & items provided by the hospital through their hospital in-house pharmacy, as well as food, room on rent, other services to the in-patients admitted to hospital for diagnosis, or medical treatment or procedures is part of composite supply of health care treatment service and is exempted
Levy of GST on notice-pay recovery from employees has always been a matter of debate since the introduction of GST. Though schedule III to CGST Act, 2017 clearly states that supply of service by an employee to the employer in the course of or in relation to employment is neither supply of goods nor supply […]
The AAR, Karnataka in the matter of M/S. SPSS South Asia Pvt. Ltd., [Advance Ruling No. KAR/ADRG/15 of 2021, dated March 24, 2021] held that, supply of license of pre-developed or pre-designed software by assessee amounts to supply of goods and said supply is covered under tariff heading 8523. Further, such supply of computer softwares […]
Is refund of unutilized input tax credit allowed when the Assessee\Exporter claims higher rate of Duty Drawback with respect to goods manufactured in India and exported, during the GST transition period (July to September 2017)?
Sales Tax, VAT, Goods and Services Tax, etc. are indirect taxes. Under such tax laws, businessmen are allowed to collect from customers, the amount of tax payable by them to the Government. Even then such taxes (Sales Tax, VAT or Goods and Services Tax) cast burden on the businessmen due to compliance cost and administrative […]
CBI ARRESTS THEN SUPERINTENDENT OF GST IN AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION OF A CASE The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested the then Superintendent of GST, Hyderabad in an ongoing investigation of a case. CBI had registered a case on 08.07.2019 against the accused and his wife on the allegations of illicitly enriching themselves to the […]
Supreme Court declined to interfere in Revenue’s Special Leave Petitions, for use of ‘C’ Forms of the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 (CST Act) post GST in respect of purchase of six commodities (petroleum crude, diesel, petrol, aviation turbine fuel, natural gas and liquor) for use in the course of inter- state trade or commerce by the Assessee.
In a recent ruling, the Uttar Pradesh Authority for Advance Ruling (‘AAR’) has ruled that Input Tax Credit (ITC) shall be available on expenses incurred to comply with the requirements of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) under Companies Act, 2013 (CSR Expenses).
