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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...
It is expected by various agencies that GDP may fall in majority of major economies amid covid crisis. In Q2 of 2020-21, India may be one of the slowest growing economies. In Q1, India’s growth has fallen the steepest among G-20 nations. Although markets have responded positively to the vaccine news, rising cases of Covid […]
It would appear that, in the meanwhile, between the date of apprehending the goods at the parcel office and the date on which the order of detention was passed, the e-way bill had already been updated by filling the Part B thereof. This is evident from Ext.P6 that is produced along with the writ petition.
This article intents to discuss the applicability of GST on Non-refundable Registration Fee (NRF) collected by the organiser at the time of e-auction What is E-auction? E-auctions means that requirement for procurement of goods or services will be done online. All the process related to tendering (application, payment of fees, submission of bid, etc.) is […]
Input Tax Credit (hereinafter referred as ITC) is credit available to a person registered under GST on payment of Input Tax. This amount is available in his Electronic Credit Ledger which he can adjust against his output tax liability. Please note that in this article we are not concerned about Electronic Cash Ledger In this […]
M. Srinivas Vs Electronics Mart India Ltd. (NAA) The brief facts of the case are that an application dated 29.03.2019 was filed by the Applicant No. 1, under Rule 128 (1) of the CGST Rules, 2017 before the Standing Committee on Anti-Profiteering alleging profiteering by the Respondent in respect of supply of Monitors and TVs […]
G. R. Palle Electricals Vs Union of India & Ors. (Bombay High Court) As has been held by us in Thought Blurb Vs. Union of India, decided on 27.10.2020, the Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019 is a beneficial one with the prime object of unloading the baggage of pending litigations centering around service […]
In re A Raymond Fasteners India Pvt. Ltd (GST AAAR Maharashtra) The Maharasthra Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling set aside the Advance Ruling No. GST-ARA-47/2019-20/B-33, dated 17.03.2020, pronounced by the MAAR. Further hold that the impugned goods, i.e., Metal Nuts with metrical threading, Metal Nuts without metrical threading, and Metal Spring Nuts, will be considered […]
The Hon’ble Appellate Authority, GST, Andhra Pradesh, in Re: Vaachi International Pvt. Ltd. [Order No. 4990 of 2020 dated February 10, 2020] held that the SEZ unit/developers shall not claim any refund against input tax credit (ITC) involved in supplies received by them from non-SEZ suppliers and GST Law facilitates eligibility for refund claim to […]
Rajendra Kumar Duggar Vs Union of India & Ors. (Calcutta High Court) Hon’ble Calcutta High Court has issued notice to Centre and State Government in a PIL filed by CA Rajendra Kumar Duggar wherein the petitioner has challenged the constitution of the Authority of Advance Ruling and Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling constituted under the […]
Governments of Kerala and West Bengal have communicated their acceptance of Option-1 to meet the revenue shortfall arising out of GST implementation. The number of States who have chosen this option has gone up to 25. All the 3 Union Territories with Legislative Assembly (i.e. Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir and Puducherry) have also decided in favour of Option-1.
