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Goods and Services Tax : Explore why composite GST notices across multiple years should be judged by severability, not invalidation, balancing tax recovery...
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 : 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 Court dismissed the petition after finding that the petitioner failed to establish a clear connection with the goods and trans...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court ruled that cotton seed oil cake qualifies as cattle feed and is exempt from GST. The key takeaway is that exemption appl...
Goods and Services Tax : The case examined validity of a GST demand passed without hearing the taxpayer. The Court held that absence of personal hearing vi...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that where an assessment is passed ex parte, fairness requires giving the taxpayer a chance to present their case. ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court set aside a GST demand order after finding that authorities failed to consider the taxpayer’s replies and supporting d...
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...
1. The taxable event under GST is supply of goods or services or both. The GST rates for goods and services are separately notified by GST Council. A supplier may engage in supplying combination of goods and services simultaneously. Each individual component in a given supply may attract different rate of tax. The rate of […]
Legal Provisions SECTION 83. Provisional attachment to protect revenue in certain cases. (1) Where during the pendency of any proceedings under section 62 or section 63 or section 64 or section 67 or section 73 or section 74, the Commissioner is of the opinion that for the purpose of protecting the interest of the Government […]
GSTR-9 (Annual Return) filing was very challenging for FY 2017-18 until CBIC released their press release dated 04-06-2019 and 03-07-2019 in connection with clarification on source of data to be provided in different tables of GSTR-9 together with clarification on some doubts for how data to be provided in annual return. Further press release issued […]
Refunds are the important part of any tax legislation. Refund is a drawback of the excess taxes paid to the Government subject to the conditions laid down in any law. Article 265 of our constitution provides a base behind legislation of refund provisions under any tax law, which provides that no tax shall be levied […]
Legal Base of the Provision 1.0 As per the Section 2 and sub-section (117) of the CGST Act, 2017, ‘valid return’ means a return furnished under sub-section(1) of section 39 on which self-assessed tax has been paid in full; 1.1 As per legal definition of ‘valid’ means binding; possessing legal force or strength; legally sufficient. […]
Preparation of an appeal before the Tribunal 1) Introduction: Once an order or proceedings is received from an appellate authority or revisional authority against which appeal lies to GST Appellate Tribunal (for short GSTAT) and the appellant has reason to be aggrieved by any finding, conclusion or observation made by the authority passing the order, […]
In re M/s Rajeev Bansal and Sudershan Mittal (GST AAR Uttarakhand); Advance Ruling No. 10/2019-20; 09/01/2020 Facts of the case: 1. The Applicant is a is a partnership firm engaged in the business of constructing residential/ commercial complexes and got an approval from the competent authority to construct certain numbers of residential/commercial complex in a […]
CBIC (Central Board of Indirect Tax and Customs) has issued Circular No.135/05/2020 stating Guidelines for refunds of Input Tax Credit under Section 54(3) The Circular states that that the refund of accumulated ITC shall be restricted to the ITC as per those invoices, the details of which are uploaded by the supplier in FORM GSTR-1, […]
Restriction on the Input Tax Credit (ITC) in the CGST Act 2017 – Section 17(5)(h) Gift Vs Sales Promotion Expenses. Introduction :-As per Section 17(5)(h) of the CGST Act, 2017, input tax credit shall not be available in respect of the following, namely: goods lost, stolen, destroyed, written off or disposed of by way of gift […]
1. Introduction: Registration requirement under GST is to enable the Government to manage the tax collection and data analytics purposes. Registration is the most fundamental requirement for identification of tax payers ensuring tax compliance. To maintain uniformity in tax gathering procedures, assessment and to keep track of returns filing, proceedings and closure of proceedings, the […]
