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Goods and Services Tax : The article explains that where recipients never avail ITC on rejected goods, no reversal is required upon issuance of credit note...
Goods and Services Tax : The representation seeks safeguards against automatic ITC reversals arising from supplier defaults and retrospective cancellations...
Goods and Services Tax : The GSTAT Committee has recommended sweeping changes to the GSTAT Procedure Rules, 2025 to simplify appeal filing and reduce techn...
Goods and Services Tax : The Madras High Court held that complete failure to file the annual return can attract both late fee under Section 47 and general ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Karnataka High Court held that granting only one day's time to respond to a show cause notice violates principles of natural j...
CA, CS, CMA : CAAS suggested that while favourable outcomes may be automated, adverse actions should require a named officer's approval supporte...
Goods and Services Tax : The Rajasthan GSTAT Bar has urged the Tribunal to adopt a pragmatic approach by accepting pre-deposits made through the Electronic...
Goods and Services Tax : Haryana recorded the highest State GST growth rate in India at 22% in May 2026. The achievement is attributed to strong tax admini...
Goods and Services Tax : Practitioners are reportedly following different methods while completing GSTAT appeal forms because of inadequate guidance. The r...
Goods and Services Tax : The certificate clarifies that dealing and investment in securities are outside the scope of GST. Companies engaged solely in secu...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court directed authorities to consider restoration of GST registration where the taxpayer undertook to furnish pending returns...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that once the GST Appellate Tribunal becomes operational, taxpayers must ordinarily pursue the statutory appellate ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that a single show cause notice spanning different assessment years is legally unsustainable. Authorities were perm...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court refused to entertain a writ petition challenging a GST assessment order after the limitation period for filing a statuto...
Goods and Services Tax : The Supreme Court declined to interfere with the High Court's order rejecting anticipatory bail in a GST matter involving liabilit...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTAT Mumbai Bench has officially commenced functioning, making it mandatory for taxpayers within its jurisdiction to file appeals...
Goods and Services Tax : The Committee recommended replacing daily cause lists with weekly schedules and permitting supplementary lists when necessary. The...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has postponed the implementation of mandatory "Ship To GSTIN" capture and voluntary E-Way Bill closure to 1 August 2026. The ...
Corporate Law : The 2026 amendments significantly expand disclosure requirements for operational creditors and corporate applicants. The changes a...
Goods and Services Tax : Gross GST collections reached ₹1.94 lakh crore in May 2026, registering 3.2% growth. The increase was driven largely by a 19.1% ...
CBIC notifies vide Notification No. 03/2021-Central Tax dated 23rd February, 2021 that Aadhar authentication under sub-section (6B) or sub-section (6C) of section 25of CGST Act, 2017 shall not apply to a person who is, (a) not a citizen of India; or, (b) a Department or establishment of the Central Government or State Government; or (c) […]
GST on ocean freight and scope of delegated legislation (This article focuses only a limited aspect; “Delegated legislation can be held to be invalid when it is inconsistent with the parent Act.”) “No, Executives. You can’t overstep”. Perhaps, this is the single most essence of the judgement of the Hon’ble Gujarat High Court in Mohit […]
Reconciliation statement to be filed in Form GSTR-9C requires the tax rate wise declaration of transactions for the concerned financial year. In the said form, tax amount pertaining to tax rates 1%, 1.5% and 7.5% in section III (table 9 and 11) and section V may be made in row/ under label ‘Others’ of the said tables, wherever applicable.
CBIC has extended the time limit for sanction of pending IGST refunds in such cases where records have not been transmitted to ICEGATE due to GSTR1 and GSTR3B mismatch error.
The Hon’ble Delhi High Court in Del Ice Cream Manufacturers Welfare’s Association v. Union of India and Anr. [Writ Petition No. 5252/2019 and others dated February 9, 2021] directed the GST Council to reconsider the exclusion of small scale manufactures of ice cream from the benefit of Composition Scheme under Section 10(1) of the Central […]
Electronic Commerce has been defined in Sec. 2(44) of the CGST Act, 2017 to mean the supply of goods or services or both including digital products over the digital or electronic network. Electronic Commerce Operator has been defined in Sec. 2(45) of the CGST Act, 2017 to mean any person who owns, operates or manages the digital or electronic facility or platform for electronic commerce.
Now a days we have seen that the GST department is frequently using the powers which is envisaged to it in the sec.83 of the CGST act w.r.t. to provisional attachment of the properties of the tax payer . Now voices have arose against frequent and general use of the such harsh powers even in […]
In order to avoid fake invoicing and curb tax evasion the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has introduced new rule 86B vide notification number 94/2020 dated 22nd December, 2020. Rule 86B is made effective from 1st January 2021 wherein the registered person shall be required to pay 1% of GST liability in cash […]
Direction to Union of India (UOI) and CBDT for issuing appropriate instructions or guidelines to the exercise of power under Section 83 of the CGST Act, 2017 Generally, in each and every matter in which proceedings under Section 67 of the CGST Act, 2017 are initiated, an order of provisional attachment of the bank accounts […]
State Goods and Services Tax Department, Kerala FILE No. CT/1444/2021-C9 Office of the Commissioner of State Tax State Goods and Services Tax Department Tax Towers, Karamana, Thiruvananthapuram Dated: 22/02/2021 Guidelines Sub: Determination of tax under Section 73 and 74 of the KSGST/CGST Act, 2017 –guidelines issued–reg. There may arise some instances where the tax under […]
