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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...
41st GST Council meeting outcome : Key highlights dated 27th August, 2020 The 41st GST Council met under the Chairmanship of Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman via video conferencing today i.e. 27th day of August, 2020. Shri Anurag Thakur and Finance Ministers of States & UTs and Senior officers from Union […]
Prospective Effect is not at all a Problem – Interest on GST liability “Every single move in life have Double Effect i.e. prospective as well as Retrospective” Introduction Interest is always considered as compensatory in nature and it has been imposed on a registered person who has failed to pay the tax liability within the […]
As we all know, during Covid – 19 Government has come up with few notifications on 03rd April, 2020, 24th June, 2020 & 30th June, 2020 for the purpose of extending the due dates for filing of GSTR-3B and GSTR-1 for various months. In this article I am trying to clarify the manner of calculation […]
Introduction: Before implementation of GST, government was planning to collect good fund through it but it remains the dream and actual fund collection continuously remain short from the budgeted value. Now, government is planning to collect approx. 46000 crore through interest on delayed payment of tax. Notices has started to the assesse and it makes […]
The taxpayers contended that interest on delayed payment of GST should be levied on the net tax payable i.e. amount debited from electronic Cash Ledger whereas the department contended that interest should be levied on the gross amount of tax payable.
Simplified GST Series /Offences & Penalties /Section 134-138/CGST ACT 2017 Article explains Provisions of Section 134- Cognizance of offences, Section 135- Presumption of culpable mental state, Section 136- Relevancy of statements under certain circumstances, Section 137- Offences by Companies and Section 138- Compounding of offences. Section 134- Cognizance of offences- No Court shall take cognizance […]
BACKGROUND Audit under indirect tax laws is not a new concept. This concept of audit was also existing in the erstwhile Central Excise laws, State level VAT laws and Service tax laws. Audit is a tool available to the tax department to review and verify transactions entered into by a taxpayer to ensure tax compliance […]
GSTR-3B is a monthly return in summary form. In GSTR-3B, taxpayers broadly report their outward supplies, RCM supplies & admit GST on the same, make a claim to input tax credit (ITC) and discharge taxes accordingly. Table 4 of GSTR-3B deals with eligible ITC and this table is divided into 4 sub-tables, namely – A. […]
No Coercive Action by DGGI against Respondent Without a Weeks Prior Notice: Delhi HC
Sanyog Construction Private Limited Vs State of Bihar (Patna High Court) Learned Counsel appearing for the State, states that if the petitioner deposits the amount towards tax, interest, fine, fee and penalty as admitted by him and also a sum equal to 10% of the remaining amount of tax in dispute arising from the impugned […]
