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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% ...
M/s Bridge Hygiene Services Private Limited Vs The State Tax Officer (Kerala High Court) The statutory prescription of 30 days from the date of receipt of the assessment order passed under sub section (1) of Section 62 has to be strictly construed against an assessee and in favour of the revenue, since this is a […]
Verification: New GST Registration after Cancellation of earlier(old) Registration – By CA Nitin Jain a very important clarification is came vide Circular no. 95/14/2019-GST dated 28th March, 2019 from Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs is being summarized in the present article. Many cases are came to knowledge of department wherein, new GST registration have […]
Waters with added carbon dioxide which may contain added preservatives and flavoring , sugars are separately classified under Para 2.10.6 as Carbonated Water’ and Category 14.1.1.2 as ‘table waters and soda waters’ which are different from ‘Carbonated Fruit Beverages or Fruit Drinks’ of Para 2.3.30 and Category ‘14.1.4.1’ of FSSAI regulations.
In re Sumitabha Ray (GST AAR West Bengal) Whether service to Govt relating road construction and irrigation is exempt supply? The Applicant is providing pure service to the State Governments in relation to the projects described in para nos. 3.10 and 3.12 above. The projects involve functions entrusted to a Panchayat or a Municipality under […]
In re Golden Vacations Tours and Travels (GST AAR West Bangel) What is the classification of the standalone service of arranging accommodation in a hotel and is input tax credit admissible? The Applicant is admittedly a tour operator. But the question on which the advance ruling is sought is whether it should continue to be […]
In re Kay Pee Equipments Pvt Ltd. (GST AAR West Bengal) The composite goods manufactured by the Applicant that are used primarily as parts of railway locomotives are to be classified under heading 8607 and taxable @ 5% GST with no refund of the unutilized input tax credit. The same classification will apply to the […]
In re Mahendra Roy (GST AAR West Bengal) Whether solid waste conservancy is an exempt supply and whether TDS is payable The Applicant’s supply to the Howrah Municipal Corporation, as described in para 3.5, is exempt from the payment of GST under SI No. 3 of Notification No. 12/2017 — Central Tax (Rate) dated 28/06/2017 (corresponding […]
In re Metro Dairy Ltd (GST AAR West Bengal) Admissibility of input tax credit on capital goods and input services used for supply of both taxable and exempted goods Based on the proviso to rule 43(1)(d) of the GST Rules and further prescriptions under rule 43(1)(e), (f) and (g) of the GST Rules, the Applicant […]
Applicant carries out the aggregation of various articles from various journals and creates a database for reference. They themselves do not publish any journals. So their activity is in the domain of aggregation and supply of educational material which has been published in journals by other persons.
In re M/s URC Construction (P) Limited (GST AAR Karnataka) What is the applicable rate of tax for the provision of construction service rendered to NCBS? The applicant have themselves stated that the NCBS began as a separate centre of TIFR in 1992, first in the Molecular Biology Unit at TIFR in Bombay, and then […]
