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Goods and Services Tax : Reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM) in GST is a system where the recipient of goods or services is liable to pay the tax instead of th...
Goods and Services Tax : The Finance (No 2) Act 2024 been notified on 16th August 2024. The Finance Act sections 114 to 157 Page 114 to 157 (Page 67 to 6...
Goods and Services Tax : Overview of GST tax liability, self-assessment, and the distinction between scrutiny under Section 61 and actions under Sections 7...
Goods and Services Tax : Karnataka HC ruled that under Section 75(4) of CGST Act, a hearing opportunity must be granted before passing an adverse order. Ba...
Goods and Services Tax : Understand GST provisions for invoices and credit notes in the sale of under-construction flats/shops, including time limits, e-in...
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Goods and Services Tax : A Superintendent in Nadiad is sentenced to 5 years for bribery. CBI also investigates two GST officers in Hyderabad for demanding ...
Income Tax : Explore the financial impact of tax exemptions for BCCI and IPL, government actions, and proposed reforms from the latest Rajya Sa...
Income Tax : Explore the latest updates on tax benefits for skill development institutions in India, including GST exemptions and income tax re...
Goods and Services Tax : Allahabad HC rules that GST authorities can survey business premises for verifying transactions when goods are intercepted without...
Goods and Services Tax : Madras High Court judgment on Hajee S M Ahamed and Company vs Deputy State Tax Officer, remanding ₹25,000 GST demand and ₹1.36...
Goods and Services Tax : Calcutta HC reinstates GST appeal for Rahul Bansal, ruling technical glitches can't negate statutory rights to challenge orders un...
Goods and Services Tax : Kerala High Court grants a petitioner the opportunity to challenge GST assessment orders uploaded post-registration cancellation, ...
Goods and Services Tax : Calcutta High Court grants a final opportunity to a business owner to comply with WBGST Sec. 28(1) after non-compliance led to the...
Goods and Services Tax : Maharashtra GST Circular No. 21T of 2024 updates guidelines for recovering outstanding dues after first appeal until the Appellate...
Goods and Services Tax : Instruction No. 03/2024-GST outlines procedures for CGST audits, emphasizing uniformity and reducing litigation through adherence ...
Goods and Services Tax : Kerala SGST department issues a circular clarifying the method of penalty calculation under the IGST Act, 2017 for tax demands mad...
Goods and Services Tax : CBIC's latest updates include a Customs cooperation deal with New Zealand, a new Hindi magazine, and significant seizures of smugg...
Goods and Services Tax : CBIC issues guidelines for a second All-India drive to detect and eliminate fake GST registrations, safeguarding government revenu...
Cement: Packaged cement attracts central excise duty of 12.5% + Rs.125 PMT and standard VAT rate of 14.5%. At these rates, the present total tax incidence works out to more than 29%. If we include tax incidence on account of CST, octroi, entry tax, etc., the present total tax incidence would work out to more than 31%. As against this, the proposed GST rate for cement is 28%.
Taxes on entertainments and amusements (covered by the erstwhile entry 62 of State List of the Constitution) have been subsumed under GST except to the extent of taxes on entertainments and amusements levied by a Panchayat or a Municipality.
GST is going to be reality with effect from 1st July, 2017 as per the statements issued by Government of India on day to day basis. First and foremost document that is required to be generated after implementation of GST is Invoice because supply cannot be stopped as it may involve additional cost by way of late delivery charges.
One of the most important tasks in getting prepared for GST is updating the vendor and the customer master with their GST registration number. This is a big task for many large companies which have thousands or even tens of thousands of records to update.
Destination based taxation is a system wherein revenue from tax relating to goods or services accrues to the jurisdiction where they are being ultimately consumed. It is also called consumption tax.
The concept of Job Work is very much integral to most of industrial activities that constitute outsourcing of some or all the activities to a third party. Thus job work means any person who undertakes any activity or carried on any process on goods belonging to another person (principal).
Professionals who started their career in the Indirect tax space some 10- 15 years back in Asia would have never thought the kind of adrenaline rush, anxiety and tremendous professional growth opportunities they will experience in the coming years.
All forms of supply of services in relation to Education sector shall not be liable to GST as decided by the GST Council. IGST shall be levied on inter-state supplies whereas CGST & SGST/ UTGST shall be levied on intra – state / union territory supplies. Education shall be exempt from GST in terms of GST law while commercial coaching and training will continue to suffer tax in the form of GST as against Service Tax at present.
As the Narendra Modi is about to complete three years in office, its biggest achievement on economic front would be the Goods and Services Tax which is near a roll-out, while financial inclusion, digitization and public investment on infrastructure like railways and power distribution are perceived as other credible steps for structural changes in the economy, the ASSOCHAM has said.
Charging of tax is the basic of GST on which rates of GST shall be charged. First of all , Activities shall be identify as goods or services and afterward, rate of goods as per rate list and rate of services as per rate list shall be applied. Without knowing the activities are goods or services, rate can not be applied. Therefore it becomes very important to identify weather activity is goods or service.
