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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% ...
Cabinet approves Amendments/Extension/Repeal in Acts dealing with Goods and Services Tax, Value Added Tax and Excise Duty in view of merger of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
The ‘e-invoicing’ system under GST has been introduced from January 1, 2020 for generating business-to-business (B2B) invoices on a voluntary basis. It will become mandatory w.e.f 01 April 2020 for Registered person whose aggregate turnover in a financial year exceeds Rs 100 Crore. E – Invoice is a standard format of the invoice recommended by […]
Form GST ASMT-10 is the notice issued under section 61 of CGST Act, 2017 read with Rule 99 of CGST Rules, 2017 for intimating discrepancies in GST returns filed by taxpayer and seeking explanation for same.
Practical Issues For Composition Scheme– Applicability of GSTR 10 And Applicability of Late Fees In CMP – 08 In this article author tries to clarify on the issues regarding applicability of GSTR 10 on the taxable person who opt for paying tax u/s 10 of CGST Act and also about the applicability of Late Fees […]
On perusal of the provision of section 97(2), we find that the question on the determination of place of supply has not been covered in the above set of questions, on which advance ruling can be given. Therefore, we do not have jurisdiction to pass any ruling on such questions which involve the determination of the place of supply of goods or services or both.
A clear distinction needs to be drawn between goods given as ‘gift’ and those provided /supplied as a part of CSR activities. While the former is voluntary and occasional, the later is obligatory and regular in nature. CSR expenses incurred by the applicant have been mandated under the Companies Act, 2013. It is the applicant’s obligation to incur such expenses in order to be in compliant with the law. Since CSR expenses are not incurred voluntarily, accordingly, we are of the opinion that they do not qualify as ‘gifts’ and therefore its credit is not restricted under Section 17(5) of the CGST Act, 2017.
To summarize, Manufacture, Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Lifts/ Elevators is in the nature of Works Contract activity which results in creation of an immovable property. Hence in view of the above discussions and Explanation to Section 17 of the CGST Act, we are of the opinion that the applicant is not entitled to ITC of GST paid on replacement of existing Lift/Elevator, in its premises.
There are two ways to cancel a GST registration one is on voluntary basis via filling of application for cancellation and second by authorities in case of non-filling of returns and non-payment of taxes etc. There are lots of confusions that are we liable to file GST returns after applying for cancellation of GST registration […]
Madras High Court held in the case of M/s. V.N. Mehta & Company Vs Assistant Commissioner, that Recovery Proceedings under Section 79 cannot be initiated directly without determination of tax liability. Facts: 1. The present writ challenges the proceedings initiated against the petitioner directing recovery of certain amount from the account maintained by the petitioner. […]
Learned counsel appearing for Union of India has vehemently opposed the bail application. It is contended that petitioner has created fake firms and has fraudulently, transferred input tax to as many as 470 beneficiary parties. Out of which, fifty five parties took fraudulent input tax credit and have now reversed those entries. It is contended that total loss caused to the exchequer is to the tune of Rs. Thirty three crore, out of which, Rs. Thirteen crore has been recovered so far. It is also contended that petitioner avoided service of summons and was arrested from Ajmer.
