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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% ...
In the present case, prosecution case is that the petitioner and his co-accused by creating fake firms, have issued invoices involving tax amount of more than Rupees Seventy Four Crores. The firms were misused for evading GST input taxes by the accused. Fake firms had been created in different States of the country. Although, co-accused Himani Munjal has been granted bail by the Apex Court, but it appears that she has been granted bail on account of the fact that she is a lady and has a young child to lookafter. Her custody period was also taken into consideration. Thus, the case of the petitioner can be said to be on different footing.
In re International Flower Auction Bangalore Ltd (GST AAAR Karnataka) The appellate authority for advance ruling set aside the ruling passed under section 98(4) of the CGST Act 2017 vide NO.KAR.ADRG 87/2019 dated 26-09-2019 i.e. Contention of the department appeal is allowed where in the question on which the advance ruling was sought for is […]
Pursuant to the notice issued under Section-129 of the Act determining the amount to be paid towards the tax and liability, the requisite amount has been paid by the writ-applicant and the conveyance and the goods have been released. It appears that later, a show-cause notice came to be issued under Section 130 of the Act calling upon the writ-applicant to show-cause why the goods and conveyance should not be confiscated.
Tax Bar Association Vs. Union of India (Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur) BIG Relief Direction to file GSTR 9 and 9C without late fees till 12th Feb by Hon’ble Rajasthan High Court in PIL filed by Tax Bar Association, Jodhpur vs UOl In PIL No 1805/2020 Adv. Sanjay Jhanwar, Adv Rahul Lakhwani and Adv Prateek Gattani […]
In this case, the Hon’ble Tribunal decided in favour of the Appellant with respect to availability of the Cenvat Credit. Once it is admitted fact that the Appellant was eligible to avail Cenvat Credit of the duties i.e., CVD and SAD, the Appellant is eligible to claim refund of the said Cenvat Credit in terms of Section 142(6) of the CGST Act, 2017.
Tax Bar Association Guwahati Requested to Finance Minister for extension of due date for filing of GST Annual Returns GSTR 9, 9A & 9C for the year 2017-18 pursuant to the order of Hon’ble Gauhati High Court in Case No. PIL/15/2020. Text of the representation is as follows:- Tax Bar Association, Guwahati is a prestigious […]
Bon Cargos Private Ltd. Vs Union of India (Kerala High Court) The High Court held that it is the duty of the transporter or the consignor, consignee to generate e-way bill when the aggregate value of the consignment is more than Rs. 50,000/- and if otherwise ie., less than Rs.50,000/- there is no such requirement […]
There are various provisions and terms in the Act where multiple interpretations are possible and all of which seems to be correct. One such issue for which no clarification has yet been received from the government is about Non-GST goods.
So far as GST is concerned, the focus of budget is on simplification and curbing tax evasion. A new return regime will happen from April 2020 including SMS based filing of Nil returns, return pre-filing and improved input tax credit. Electronic invoices will check tax evasion while refunds would be easier with so manual interface. The Budget also proposes to impose penalty on fake GST invoices.
In re Manipal Technologies Limited (GST AAAR Karnataka) Section 6B of the Telangana Records of Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbooks Act, 1971 mandates that any person effecting transaction on the land such as sale or purchase or mortgage, such sale or purchase or mortgage document has to be registered before the registering authority by […]
