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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...
Taxation always aims at a grab of a share of profit made by business through an economic activity. It is only fair as per established convention of taxation world over, that such activities lend themselves to a tax, as a means to promote common good in a welfare state.
One of the main objects of GST Law is to avoid the cascading effect of taxes and to ensure seamless flow of credits whereas GST Law includes provisions, restricts admissibility of ITC of goods and/or services. Section 16(1) of the Central Goods and Services Tax, 2017 (CGST Act, 2017) provides provision regarding availment of credit […]
The gross GST revenue collected in the month of January 2021till 6PM on 31.01.2021 is ₹ 1,19,847 crore of which CGST is ₹ 21,923 crore, SGST is ₹ 29,014 crore, IGST is ₹ 60,288 crore (including ₹ 27,424 crore collected on import of goods) and Cess is ₹ 8,622 crore (including ₹ 883crore collected on import of goods).
New Functionalities Made Available For Taxpayers On GST Portal (January, 2021) includes Functionality related to Deemed approval of Registration Application in Form GST REG-01, Field for capturing validity period, in case of SEZ unit and SEZ developers, in Form GST REG-01, Facility to upload documents in Form GST REG-13, Aadhaar Authentication and e- KYC changes […]
As you are aware, though the general rule in GST is free flow of input tax credit (ITC),it is not available in respect of certain inward supplies of goods or services as per section 17(5) of the GST Acts. These are commonly known as blocked credits. The statutory provisions are explained below for reference:
The Union Budget 2021 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, 2021. Union Budget 2021 is going to be completely paperless in the wake of going Corona virus pandemic. The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs has recommended that the budget session of Parliament is to be held in two phases. This would be […]
Gujarat HC: Directed Revenue to unblock ex-Director’s ITC to recover Company’s VAT dues The Hon’ble Gujarat High Court in Nipun A. Bhagat v. State of Gujarat[R/Special Civil Application No. 14931 of 2020, dated January 4, 2021] directed the Revenue (Respondent) to unblock the ITC lying in the electronic credit ledger of Nipun A. Bhagat (Petitioner), […]
We have not noticed any heed being extended towards various issues and possible solutions we have proposed through those representations to your good selves and it gives an impression to us that the same were safely brushed aside by your ministry.
After the implementation of GST Act in July 2017, there are number of changes are made by the government to stabilise the GST Act but still it is in hit and try phase. As seen in past few months, number of GST fake Input Credit rackets were detected by GST Department. After that, GST Department […]
We all are familiar with the word TDS (Tax Deducted at Source) in relation to Direct Tax, but few people are aware that similar term exists in Indirect Tax also. The concept of Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) was there in the erstwhile VAT Laws. GST Law also mandates Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) vide […]
