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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% ...
Meaning of Specialized Construction Services: Specialized Construction Services means services related to parts of buildings or civil engineering works rather than the complete construction Services under GST Scenario. These following services are classified as ‘Specialized Construction Services’ under GST Scenario. 1. Services involving repair, alterations, additions, replacements, renovation, maintenance or remodeling of the buildings , […]
we are inclined to pass an interim order for the release of the goods and the vehicles. We direct the writ applicant to deposit an amount of Rs.50,40,972/ towards the tax with the respondent no.2 and the balance amount of Rs.50,40,972/ towards the penalty shall be in the form of a bank guarantee of any nationalized bank. On deposit of the requisite amount and the bank guarantee, the authority concerned shall release the goods and the vehicles forthwith.
Filters manufactured by the Appellant solely and principally for use by the Indian Railways and supplied directly to the Indian Railways are classifiable under Chapter Heading 84.21 of the Customs Tariff. The classification of the subject goods will not change if the same are supplied to a distributor instead of Indian Railways and the distributor in turn affects the supply to the Indian Railways.
There has been extension in period of the one-time amnesty scheme to 17th January 2020, between which GSTR-1 returns filled by taxpayers for the period starting from July 2017 to November 2019, would be subject to no late fees liability. Late fee payable under section 47 of the CGST Act was waived for the registered […]
GST Council in the 37th meeting held on 20th September, 2019 at Goa took following decisions relating to changes in GST rates, ITC eligibility criteria, exemptions and clarifications on connected issues that will notify from October 01, 2019. Total 13 notifications issued. 12 notifications issued for Central Tax (Rate) and 1 notification for Central Tax […]
Serajuddin and Co. Vs Union of India (Orissa High Court) A perusal of sub-section 4 of the Section 75 of CGST Act 2017 makes it clear that whenever an assessee, chargeable with tax and penalty makes a request in writing for opportunity of hearing, such an opportunity should be granted to him. Here, admittedly though […]
GST on Transfer of development rights or long term lease by landowner to promoter Dear colleagues, before going to subject we have to refer an important definitions of the following words as per GST Law,2017 for more clarity. 1. Meaning of Development Right: The term development right has not been defined in the GST Law […]
Seeks to bring into force certain provisions of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2019 to amend the CGST Act, 2017 – Notification No. 01/2020 – Central Tax dated 01st January, 2020 With effect from January 01st 2020, Some sections have implemented via Notification No. 01/2020 – Central Tax dated 01st January, 2020 which was amended vide […]
Suppliers of service by way of renting of any motor vehicle designed to carry passengers where the cost of fuel is included in the consideration charged from the service recipient have an option to pay GST either at 5% with limited ITC (of input services in the same line of business) or 12% with full ITC.
Liquidated Damages are being levied for Non-Performance or Breach of Contract, Late Delivery of Supplies etc. In this article let’s discuss about applicability of GST on Liquidated Damages. Meaning of Liquidated Damages: Black’s Law Dictionary (Tenth Edition) on page 473 defines Liquidated Damages thus: “An amount contractually stipulated as a reasonable estimation of actual damages […]
