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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 involved challenge to provisional attachment under Section 83 of the CGST Act. The Court refused to interfere, holding t...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that cancellation based on grounds not mentioned in the show cause notice violates natural justice. The order was s...
Goods and Services Tax : The court ruled that cancellation was unsustainable where authorities ignored documents and passed non-speaking orders. It emphasi...
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 : 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...
GST on ocean freight and scope of delegated legislation (This article focuses only a limited aspect; “Delegated legislation can be held to be invalid when it is inconsistent with the parent Act.”) “No, Executives. You can’t overstep”. Perhaps, this is the single most essence of the judgement of the Hon’ble Gujarat High Court in Mohit […]
Reconciliation statement to be filed in Form GSTR-9C requires the tax rate wise declaration of transactions for the concerned financial year. In the said form, tax amount pertaining to tax rates 1%, 1.5% and 7.5% in section III (table 9 and 11) and section V may be made in row/ under label ‘Others’ of the said tables, wherever applicable.
CBIC has extended the time limit for sanction of pending IGST refunds in such cases where records have not been transmitted to ICEGATE due to GSTR1 and GSTR3B mismatch error.
The Hon’ble Delhi High Court in Del Ice Cream Manufacturers Welfare’s Association v. Union of India and Anr. [Writ Petition No. 5252/2019 and others dated February 9, 2021] directed the GST Council to reconsider the exclusion of small scale manufactures of ice cream from the benefit of Composition Scheme under Section 10(1) of the Central […]
Electronic Commerce has been defined in Sec. 2(44) of the CGST Act, 2017 to mean the supply of goods or services or both including digital products over the digital or electronic network. Electronic Commerce Operator has been defined in Sec. 2(45) of the CGST Act, 2017 to mean any person who owns, operates or manages the digital or electronic facility or platform for electronic commerce.
Now a days we have seen that the GST department is frequently using the powers which is envisaged to it in the sec.83 of the CGST act w.r.t. to provisional attachment of the properties of the tax payer . Now voices have arose against frequent and general use of the such harsh powers even in […]
In order to avoid fake invoicing and curb tax evasion the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has introduced new rule 86B vide notification number 94/2020 dated 22nd December, 2020. Rule 86B is made effective from 1st January 2021 wherein the registered person shall be required to pay 1% of GST liability in cash […]
Direction to Union of India (UOI) and CBDT for issuing appropriate instructions or guidelines to the exercise of power under Section 83 of the CGST Act, 2017 Generally, in each and every matter in which proceedings under Section 67 of the CGST Act, 2017 are initiated, an order of provisional attachment of the bank accounts […]
State Goods and Services Tax Department, Kerala FILE No. CT/1444/2021-C9 Office of the Commissioner of State Tax State Goods and Services Tax Department Tax Towers, Karamana, Thiruvananthapuram Dated: 22/02/2021 Guidelines Sub: Determination of tax under Section 73 and 74 of the KSGST/CGST Act, 2017 –guidelines issued–reg. There may arise some instances where the tax under […]
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Vs Joint Director (GST Intelligence) (Madras High Court) The University is renting the property to other institutions and collecting rent from them. Therefore, the second respondent was justified in raising demand for the said service. However, there is no justification in levying penalty. The assessee is not a private entity. The respondents […]
