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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...
One of the fundamental principle to make exports competitive in the international market is that taxes should not be exported. Hence exports to destinations outside India as well as supplies to SEZ have been “zero rated”. Under GST, either exports can be made with LUT (without payment of tax) or it can be made without […]
Court held that it would be too much for this court at this stage to stall a legitimate investigation into the allegations of fraudulent transactions and permit the writ applicants to avail the ITC of a huge amount in exercise of its writ jurisdiction.
GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA (Department of Commercial Taxes) KARNATAKA GST AUDIT MANUL Office of the Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, “Vanija Therige Karyalaya” Bengaluru-560009 taxation is a sovereign power exercised by the state to realise revenue to enable it to discharge its obligations. HON’BLE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA, (Amrit Banaspati Co. Ltd. and Ors Vs State of Punjab […]
Vidyarthi Construction Private Limited Vs State of Bihar (Patna High Court) We are of the view that the impugned orders dated 29.10.2018, 31.7.2019, 7.8.2019, 24.7.2019 and 20.8.2019 passed by the Respondent No.3, the Joint Commissioner of Sate Taxes, Danapur Circle, East Circle, Muzaffarpur in Form ASMT-13 need to be quashed and set aside, for the […]
Union of India Vs A. F. Babu (Kerala High Court) By the impugned judgment, the learned Single Judge allowed the writ petition and directed the respondents in the writ petition to open an online portal to enable the first respondent to file the form GST TRAN-I electronically or to accept the same manually. Aggrieved by […]
Applicability of Form GSTR-9: For FY 2019-20, those registered persons whose aggregate turnover in a financial year does not exceed Two Crore rupees and who have not furnished the annual return shall have the option to furnish the annual return. Provided that the said return shall be deemed to be furnished on the due date […]
A recent advance ruling from Gujarat Authority under the Goods and Services Tax Law has stunned the employees leaving service without completing their full notice period. According to Gujarat Authority of Advance Ruling in the matter of M/s Amneal Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd. [Advance Ruling No. GUJ/GAAR/R/51/2020, dated July 30, 2020] , the employee leaving the company without […]
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) on Tuesday notified that GST e-invoicing will be mandatory for any firm whose turnover exceeds Rs 100 crore from January 1, 2021. The limit set earlier was a turnover of Rs 500 crore.
In October 2014, the service tax law was amended to widen the tax base by including agents/ brokers engaged in facilitating sale of goods between two persons. The POS of an intermediary was amended in POS Provisions to introduce a deeming fiction to treat the location of the intermediary in India as the POS, by denying the real time destination of supply of service, which is outside India.
Pinax Steel Industries Pvt. Ltd. Vs State of Bihar (Patna High Court) Having heard learned counsel for the parties, as also perused the record, we are in agreement with Sri Gautam Kejriwal, learned counsel for the petitioner, that the principles of natural justice, in passing the order stands violated. Also, we are of the view […]
