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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...
Reversal of ITC related to Fabric accumulated due to inverted duty structure According to natural law of justice if you are paying something you must get something in return or benefits out of it. In GST law, if a registered person paying for something to a registered person he must get the benefit of input […]
Simplified GST SERIES –Section 75-77 /CGST ACT 2017– Article explains Section 75- General provisions relating to determination of tax, Section 76 – Tax collected but not paid to the Government and Section 77- Tax wrongfully collected and paid to Central or State Government . Section 75- General provisions relating to determination of tax- (1) Where […]
High Court held that by prescribing the formula in Sub-rule 5 of Rule 89 of the CGGST Rules,2017 to exclude refund of tax paid on ‘input service’ as part of the refund of unutilised input tax credit is contrary to the provisions of Sub-section 3 of Section 54 of the CGST Act,2017 which provides for claim of refund of ‘any unutilised input tax credit’.
Generally, the supplier of goods or services is liable to pay GST. However, in specified cases like imports and other notified supplies, the liability may be cast on the recipient under the reverse charge mechanism. Reverse Charge means liability to pay the tax is on the person receiving goods/services instead of the person supplying the […]
My questions for examination in this article are 1. Whether credit note issued for reducing price towards goods supplied shall be treated as discount given or just reduce the price without treating it as discount given; 2. Whether the supplier can reduce tax liability on credit note issued for reducing price when there is no […]
What is OIDAR? Online Information Database Access and Retrieval services (hereinafter referred to as OIDAR) is a category of services provided through the medium of internet and received by the recipient online without having any physical interface with the supplier of such services. E.g. downloading of an e-book online for a payment would amount to […]
Upcoming changes in GST return filing & GST online portal GST has been the chest of confusion since its inception. With every new amendment & notification, Traders, Manufacturers etc. rides a roller coaster ride. This lockdown imposed by the government brought some stability & relaxations in this ride. This has given some time to the […]
Aatma Nirbhara Bharat is recent mission of the Central Government to promote manufacture in India. This is to ensure that India will be self-reliant and generate employment. Under the Invest India Scheme, the Central Government has introduced a facility called Bonded Manufacturing. Bonded manufacturing allows the manufacturer to import the raw materials and capital goods […]
There is no provision in CGST Act 2017 indicating that GST search proceedings have to be carried out in presence of an Advocate and, thus, assessee’s request for same could not be allowed.
Back-to-back contracts are not current phenomena but an old trend which was also in the picture and a matter of discussion from VAT & Service Tax Era where there was huge debate and subsequently resulted in various litigation before Entry No. 29 (h) of Mega Exemption Notification No. 25/2012 dated 20.06.2012 provided exemption to sub-contractor […]
