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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...
How to handle the suppression of inward supply in books of account by taxpayer cases by the departmental officers? Generally GST officials tried to find suppressed outward supply in time of scrutiny or any other proceeding of GST law or look after the ITC related issues but practically in some cases, the taxpayers suppress “Inward […]
Party wise Reconciliation – While reconciling ITC as per 2A and ITC (B2B) as per books of accounts with the criteria of invoice number only, there are several problems being faced. Firstly, mismatch of invoice number due to minor clerical error in entering the invoice number in books, which led to mismatch of large number […]
Demand for interest payable on delayed payment of GST dues being raised on the Gross amount of tax payable before the availment of Input Tax Credit (ITC) One of the present acute problems being faced by many taxpayers is the flurry of demands being initiated by the GST departments of several states where demand for […]
Rule 86A, inserted vide notification no. 75/2019 – Central Tax dated 26.12.2019 empowers the authority to block the ITC available under electronic credit ledger. As per rule 86A, authorities, if they have reason to believe credit of ITC available in electronic credit ledger has been fraudulently availed or is ineligible, may block the credit available […]
Chandimata Iron Vs State of Tripura (Tripura High Court) Since the order under challenge in this petition is appealable, we permit the petitioner to pursue such appeal for which, we are informed limitation period has yet not expired. However, considering the facts of the case, the goods of the petitioner which are in the nature […]
In this article Author has compiled detailed reply to be submitted to GST department against Notice demanding interest on Gross GST Liability without giving Input Tax Credit for Late Submission of Form GSTR 3B under Section 50(1) of CGST Act, 2017. Text of the Submission is as follows:- Dear Sir, R: M/s. _____________ GSTN : […]
2A Convertor – When documents are downloaded from GSTN portal (i.e. 2A), it is not compatible for further analysis/scrutiny. This utility helps in making it compatible, comparable with books and convert in single line item with all credit notes prefixed by minus (-) sign. It is very useful for the person not using any software/tool […]
Interest is levy on delayed payment. The intention of the legislature is also evident from the agenda of the 31st GST Council meeting and the various precedents. It is worth asking that when the amendment has been put in the Act what are the reasons for not making the amendment effective till date?
As you are aware, Rule 36(4) of the CGST Rules 2017 notified w.e.f. 09.10.2019, restricts availment of credit to 120% of the eligible credit based on invoices/debit notes uploaded by the supplier in their GSTR-1. From 1st January 2020, the eligibility has got reduced to 110% of such eligible credit.
Part-1 GST is new tax and the dealers who followed it from the initial stage have made some technical mistakes which were not noticed by them within time or they were not rectified by the dealers since the facility of revision of such mistakes was not there. These were innocent mistakes and not the fraud […]
