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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 Central GST Delhi West Commissionerate has unearthed evasion of GST by way of manufacture and clandestine supply of gutkha/pan masala/tobacco products without any registration and payment of duty. On basis of the search at the premise of manufacture, it was found that illegal manufacturing of Gutkha/pan masala/tobacco product was going on, evidenced by a godown, machines, raw materials and manufactured products at the premises. Around 65 labourers were found working at the illegal factory.
Let’s discuss recent changes in GST with new perspective- As GST become effective from July 2017, we all are happy that there will be seamless flow of ITC and no restrictions to claim ITC but now it is not easy to claim ITC –SOUL OF GST -as we have to cross many stages to claim […]
There is great dilemma in pricing of products so much so that for every overvaluation businesses are suspected of money laundering and for every undervaluation they are suspected of tax evasion. Adding to this is Section 171 of the CGST Act which reads as below:- 1) Any reduction in rate of tax on any supply […]
GST Revenue collection for December 2020 recorded all time high since implementation of GST. ₹ 1,15,174 crore gross GST revenue collected in December. Revenues for December 2020 are 12% higher than the GST revenues in the same month last year.
Quarterly Return Monthly Payment Scheme (QRMP Scheme) 1. What is QRMP Scheme? Currently, a registered person having aggregate turnover of up to ₹5 crores and furnishing GSTR 1 on monthly/quarterly basis, files GSTR 3B on monthly basis only. Under QRMP scheme, such registered persons shall be required to furnish GSTR 3B too on quarterly basis […]
WMTPA has written a letter to FM and said that they are Highly Disappointed with GST Audit Extension Press Release dated 30th Dec 2020, when delay is due to fact that Department / GSTN was not ready upto 30th Dec 2020. Full text of their representation is as follows:- THE WESTERN MAHARASHTRA TAX PRACTITIONERS’ ASSOCIATION […]
Beginning of Year 2021 is also effecting six important changes GST Rules having a direct impact on the business.
As the 2021 New Year is ushering, everyone wishes to welcome it with lots of celebrations, waving goodbye to 2020. In light of the GST investigation wing recently unearthing several cases of fake invoices and bogus firms, which also resulted in the arrest of some individuals CBIC has issued a couple of notifications amending the […]
My apprehension is that definitions of expressions supply of goods in the course of inter-State trade or commerce provided in sub-section (1) of section 7, and intra-State supply provided in section 8, of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the IGST Act) are not Constitutionally valid. In my opinion, […]
India has gone through in absolutely bad phase in the year 2020-21, not only on account of pandemics of COVID-19 but number of aspects w.r.t. business and tax compliances. At present, trade & industries and professionals are struggling to revive their business and liquidity is the only oxygen for them for survival of the business. […]
