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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...
The applicant is liable to pay GST on reverse charge basis on amount paid for reimbursement of Stamp tax paid by the supplier M/s. Enpay Turkey on behalf of the applicant, since the supplier of the applicant does not fulfil/satisfy all the conditions required for being a ‘Pure agent’ in terms of the provisions of Rule 33 of the CGST Rules, 2017 for the reasons discussed hereinabove.
The Hon’ble Gujarat High Court, in Idrish Yusufbhai Malvasi v. State of Gujarat and Ors. [R/Criminal Misc. Application No. 18320 of 2020 decided on December 10, 2020] grants regular bail to the Managing Director of M/s. Mishkat Agro Industries Pvt. Ltd., who was arrested mainly on the allegations of wrongfully availing tax exemption by mis-applying […]
UP And UP Elevators Vs State of Kerala (Kerala High Court) Undisputedly, goods which were sought to be transported from Bangalore to Cherthala came to be intercepted by the GST authorities on 15.01.2021 and at that time, the authorities found that e-way bill had expired on 14.01.2020. Therefore, goods were detained and detention order came […]
National Internet Exchange of India Vs Union of India & Ors. (Delhi High Court) On perusal of the record, it emerges that Petitioner has filed TRAN-1 form within the time prescribed by the Respondents under the rules. Petitioner is holding documents evidencing payment of tax by it on such inputs / input services received under […]
In re Karthikeya Projects (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) We find that the basic issue before us is to determine the eligibility of Input tax credit on the purchases made by the applicant on their own account for furtherance of business under the provisions of the Section 17 sub-section (5) (d) of the CGST/APGST Act, 2017. […]
Attention GST Taxpayers whose Aggregate Annual Turnover is more than Rs. 5 crores during FY 2019-20! Remember to file your monthly GSTR-3B Return for December, 2020 on or before January 20, 2021. Attention GST Taxpayers! (whose Aggregate Annual Turnover is more than Rs. 5 Crore during the FY 2019-20) Remember to file your monthly GSTR-3B Return […]
Ocean/sea freight is a method of transporting large quantities of a product via cargo ships; goods are packed into containers and these containers are loaded onto a vessel, where they will be sailed to their destination country. Almost 90% of everything we buy in today’s world arrives through ocean freight. Containers are the blood cells […]
The Hon’ble Gujarat AAR, in the matter of M/s Amneal Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd. [Advance Ruling No. GUJ/GAAR/R/50/2020, dated July 30, 2020] held that GST would be levied on recovery of amount from employee on account of third party canteen services provided by a company to their employees which is obligatory under Factories Act 1948 (Factories […]
Vidyut Majdoor Kalyan Samiti Vs State of U.P. (Allahabad High Court) The contention that there is no provision of restoration of a GST registration, once it has been cancelled borders on the absurd. In case, no provision for its restoration has been made in the software, the same is not the fault of the petitioner […]
E Invoicing is one of the biggest and positive update taken place under GST law like E Way Bill system in 2020. The invoicing practices are adopted by business houses are different from one another and government wants unified and equal approach in invoicing.
