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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...
Cases of tax evasion and frauds have significantly increased under the GST regime since its implementation and especially the cases of fake invoicing to wrongfully avail the Input Tax Credit (ITC) are rising rapidly, which has become a major cause of concern for the government. Alone in the month of November, 2020, hundreds of arrests were made and thousands were booked, for illegally availing ITC by using fake invoices without actually supplying goods or services, thereby causing heavy losses to the government.
DGGI Vs Abhit Manohar (Patiala House Court) Applicant/accused is Masters in Business Administration. He is reported to be the sole proprietor of M/s Sri Siddhivinayak Ventures and reportedly raised taxable invoices to the tune of Rs.150 crores without any movement of goods. During the course of investigation, it was revealed that input tax credit of […]
1. Certain notified taxpayers have been issuing invoices after obtaining Invoice Reference Number (IRN) from Invoice Registration Portal (IRP) (commonly referred as ‘e-invoices’). Details from such e-invoices shall be auto-populated in respective tables of GSTR-1. Update on the status of such auto-population was last published on 30/11/2020.
Goods and service tax is an indirect tax which has been designed as single tax on the supply of the goods and services or both. A person who is liable to pay tax is bound to follow the number of procedures in complying with provisions of the GST laws. If there is any breach of the procedures than heavy number of penalties can be imposed on them.
CBIC hereby extends the time limit for furnishing of the annual return specified under section 44 of the said Act read with rule 80 of the said rules, electronically through the common portal, for the financial year 2019-20 till 28.02.2021.
In view of the continued challenges faced by taxpayers in meeting statutory compliances due to outbreak of COVID-19, the Govt further extends the dates for various compliances. Due date for filing ITR (Non tax audit) extended till 10/01/2021. Due date for filing Tax Audit and TP Audit Report extended till 15/01/2021. Due date for filing […]
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The CBIC vide Notification No. 94/2020-Central Tax, dated December 22, 2020 has issued Central Goods and Services Tax Rules (Fourteenth Amendment), 2020, inter alia, amending Rule 138 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (CGST Rules), w.e.f. January 1, 2021, in following manner Rule 36, Input Tax Credit restriction on invoices not furnished by vendor in their Form GSTR […]
I. CX – Charges of availing excess Cenvat credit are unsustainable, where not backed by corroborative evidence – allegations of suppression of facts do not hold where assessee’s accounts were audited periodically: CESTAT – Demand in the absence of any corroborative evidence is nothing but based on presumptions and is not permissible under the law […]
The Hon’ble Appellate Authority, GST, Andhra Pradesh, in the case of Omsai Professional Detective & Security Services Pvt. Ltd. [Order No. 5132 of 2020 (dated, March 16, 2020)] held that best judgment assessment under Section 62(1) of Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (“CGST Act”) cannot be made in respect of non-filers of returns […]
