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Goods and Services Tax : This article explains the extent of the burden of proof under Section 155 of the CGST Act. The key takeaway is that recipients mus...
Goods and Services Tax : Dual Control Without Coordination: How CGST–SGST Jurisdiction Gaps Are Trapping Taxpayers in Parallel Proceedings Overview One o...
Goods and Services Tax : The debate over mandatory pre-deposit in GST penalty-only proceedings has gained momentum after the Finance Act, 2025 amendment. C...
Goods and Services Tax : The article examines whether automated interest notices for FY 2019–20 can survive after limitation under Section 73 has expired...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that absence of lorry receipts or weighment slips, by itself, cannot justify denial of Input Tax Credit when invoic...
Goods and Services Tax : Stakeholders identified persistent issues in GST registration, cancellations, and refund processing affecting MSMEs. The consultat...
CA, CS, CMA : CAAS suggested that while favourable outcomes may be automated, adverse actions should require a named officer's approval supporte...
Goods and Services Tax : The Rajasthan GSTAT Bar has urged the Tribunal to adopt a pragmatic approach by accepting pre-deposits made through the Electronic...
Goods and Services Tax : Haryana recorded the highest State GST growth rate in India at 22% in May 2026. The achievement is attributed to strong tax admini...
Goods and Services Tax : Practitioners are reportedly following different methods while completing GSTAT appeal forms because of inadequate guidance. The r...
Goods and Services Tax : The Telangana High Court granted bail to an accused in a Rs.30 crore fake GST ITC case after noting that no complaint had been fil...
Goods and Services Tax : Considering Clauses 7 and 7.1 of the 2022 Circular, the Court found that the amount in question appeared to be compensation rather...
Goods and Services Tax : The Allahabad High Court held that GST appellate authorities cannot dismiss appeals solely on limitation without examining the act...
Goods and Services Tax : The Punjab and Haryana High Court directed the competent authority to decide a representation alleging fraudulent GST record manip...
Goods and Services Tax : The Karnataka High Court set aside a GST adjudication order after finding that the authority incorrectly stated that no reply had ...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTAT Mumbai Bench has officially commenced functioning, making it mandatory for taxpayers within its jurisdiction to file appeals...
Goods and Services Tax : The Committee recommended replacing daily cause lists with weekly schedules and permitting supplementary lists when necessary. The...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has postponed the implementation of mandatory "Ship To GSTIN" capture and voluntary E-Way Bill closure to 1 August 2026. The ...
Corporate Law : The 2026 amendments significantly expand disclosure requirements for operational creditors and corporate applicants. The changes a...
Goods and Services Tax : Gross GST collections reached ₹1.94 lakh crore in May 2026, registering 3.2% growth. The increase was driven largely by a 19.1% ...
The Ministry of Finance on 3rd April 2020 released various notifications amending the CGST Act, 2017 and CGST Rules, 2017 respectively providing a sigh of relief amidst the economic crisis caused due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Set out below is a brief summarization of the notifications released by the authority on 3rd April, 2020: 1. […]
In view of the emergent situation and challenges faced by taxpayers in meeting the compliance requirements under various provisions of the GST law, our Hon’ble Finance Minister had announced various relief measures relating to statutory and regulatory compliance matters on 24.03.2020. Those relief have now been notified vide various CGST notification dated 03.04.2020, which are […]
The GST Council, in its 35th meeting, has decided to implement a system of E-invoicing, which will be applicable to specified categories of persons. In the 37th GST council meeting, the standard of new e-invoice mechanism was discussed and approved and the same along with the schemes are published on the GST portal (https://einv-apisandbox.nic.in). The […]
Article summarizes Relaxation in GST Compliances due to Covid-19 outbreak granted by CBIC vide Notification No. 30/2020-Central Tax to 36/2020-Central Tax dated 3rd April 2020
A. FAQs on Filing an application (FORM GST ARA-01) for seeking Advance Ruling by Registered Taxpayers/Unregistered persons and Tracking or Taking Action in the Subsequent Proceedings Q.1 Who can apply for Advance Ruling? Ans. An application for Advance Ruling can be filed by a registered taxpayers as well as an unregistered persons. However, in case […]
Moot question in this article is that a person can be penalised twice one under the proceeding under section 129 of the Central Goods and Service Tax, 2017 and also under the proceeding u/s 130 of Act ibid for a single offence.
1. Availment of ITC as per Rule 36(4) shall be calculated cumulatively for the month of February, March, April, May, June, July, August, 2020 and the return in Form GSTR 3B for the month of September 2020 shall be furnished with the cumulative adjustment of ITC as per the Rule 36(4) for the said months […]
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has issued notifications under GST Laws to implement the recommendation of the 39th GST Council held on 14th March, 2020. The summary of notifications have been given below for easy understanding: Sl. No Notification No Date Summary of Notification 1. 09/2020-Central Tax 16-03-2020 Exempt foreign airlines […]
Clarification in respect of issues under GST Law for companies under Insolvency and Bankruptcy code, 2016 (IBC, 2016) As per IBC, once an entity defaults of payment to creditors, CIRP gets triggered and management of such entity removed by the NCLT. NCLT appointed IRP or RP and all management power assigned to the IRP and […]
Section 16 of IGST Act 2017 deals with Refund and Rule 89 explains the procedural and calculation of Refund. Sub rule (4) of Rule 89 explains the formula for calculation of Refund under Zero rated supplies without payment of tax. The formula for calculation of refund under Zero rated supply without payment of tax is […]
