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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...
Impact of ITC and relevance of refund due to merger, Demerger, Spin-off and Split within India as well as Outside India. Nowadays corporate restructuring has become a need for change in the organizational structure, or business model of a company. It is done majorly to expand the business, revive a declining business, increase a company’s […]
Simplified GST Series –Chapter -18-Advance Ruling /Section 95-99/CGST ACT 2017 Part I In part I of the Article author explains provisos of CGST ACT 2017 related to Section 95-Definitions related to Advance Ruling, Section 96-Authority for advance ruling, Section 97- Application for advance ruling, Section 98- Procedure on receipt of application and Section 99- Appellate […]
Gujarat High Court declared Rule 89(5) of CGST Rules ultra vires the provisions of Section 54(3) of CGST Act, which denies the refund of ‘unutilised input tax’ paid on ‘input services’ as part of ‘input tax credit’ accumulated on account of inverted duty structure.
GST E-Invoicing – Enhancement of aggregate turnover for applicability of E-Invoicing CBIC has issued Notification No 60/2020 – Central Tax and Notification No 61/2020 – Central Tax Dated 30th July, 2020 enhancing threshold for preparing E-Invoice to Rs 500 Crores. Earlier the said limit for preparing E-Invoice was Rs 100 Crores. The provisions shall […]
Section 17(3) of the CGST Act requires reversal of input tax credit where input and input service is used for making exempt supplies. As per section 17(3) of CGST Act, the value of exempt supply shall include Supply where GST is payable on reverse charge basis – The supplier need to reverse input tax credit as he is not liable to pay tax on outward supplies and Tax is payable by the recipient of such supplies.
The taxpayer had charged GST at the rate of 18% on the supply and installation of furniture in the government department. However, the government department contention is that GST at the rate of 12% should be charged construing it as Work Contract Service
If supply of software in the physical form (i.e. CD, DVD Packages) of Information Technology Software (branded as well as tailor-made) shall apply as goods under the Customs Tariff Act with HSN Code 8523 80 20. The GST rate for software sold in physical form is also 18%.
E-invoicing mandatory for registered person having turnover above INR 500 Crore e-invoice under GST is applicable for assessee’s having turnover in a financial year above Rs. 500 crore with effect from October 1, 2020 and SEZ units are excluded from e-invoicing. Notification No. 61/2020–Central Tax Dated: 30th July, 2020. Irrespective of the turnover, e-invoicing shall […]
CBIC notifies vide Notification No. 60/2020–Central Tax Dated: 30th July, 2020 revised Format/Schema for e-Invoice under GST by replacing existing FORM GST INV-01 with new FORM GST INV-1. MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS) New Delhi Notification No. 60/2020–Central Tax Dated: 30th July, 2020 G.S.R. 480(E).—In exercise of […]
In re Manishbhai Champakbhai Mehta (Legal name) and M/s. Navpad Plastic (Trade Name) (GST AAR Gujarat) Question : What is the HSN code of grinding of plastic material and what is the tax rate of said goods?. HSN code of goods viz plastic of grind would depend upon the type of primary form of polymers […]
