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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% ...
Reflection of input tax credit in electronic credit ledger does not amount to availment or utilization of credit- Patna HC Issue under consideration As per section 73 of CGST Act, 2017 if it is found that an assessee has wrongly availed or utilized input tax credit then the proper officer shall issue a show cause […]
The accused and their associates were found to be operating 19 fake firms created to facilitate fraudulent Input Tax Credit (ITC), thus defrauding the Exchequer. Prima facie fraudulent ITC of about Rs 25 crores has been detected to have been passed on using invoices involving an amount of Rs 137 crores.
As per section 50(1) of CGST Act 2017, every person who is liable to pay tax in accordance with the provisions of this act or rules made thereunder but fails to pay tax or any part thereof to the government within the prescribed time then he shall for the period for which the tax or any part thereof remains unpaid, pay on his own “Interest at such rate” not exceeding eighteen per cent as may be notified by the government on the recommendation of the council.
Definition of expression export of goods represents activity of taking goods out of India to a place outside India. In this definition, activity of supply is missing. In the Constitution of India, for an export supply of goods or services or both, expression supply of goods, or of services or both in the course of import of the goods or services or both into, or export of the goods or services or both out of, the territory of India has been used.
Question on Validation of Annual Return In Form GSTR-9 Under The Goods And Service Tax Act 2017 (CGST- SGST- AND IGST ACT) INSISTING TO BRING INTO FORCE: (1) Input Tax Credit Discrepancies Rectification FORM GST MIS-1, GST MIS-2 (2) Including for Furnishing Details of “ INWARD SUPPLY” in FORM GSTR-2 [under Section. 38(2)] ; Form […]
The CGST Act itself provides for the lapsing of the ITC at Sections 17(4) and 18(4) respectively of the CGST Thus, where the legislature wanted the ITC to lapse, it has been expressly provided for in the Act itself. No such express provision has been made in Section 54(3) of the CGST Act.
1. Clarifications w.r.t. GST Annual return and Audit i. Discharging the additional liability through annual return Yes, pay the tax along with interest through DRC-03. ii. Basis for filling Annual return, GSTR-1 or GSTR-3B or Books of accounts? Ideally, three of them should be in synchronous. In case of deviations, there should be excess/Short payment […]
M/s Sri Siddhi Kalko Bhagavan Stone Crusher Vs The Assistant Commissioner ST (Andhra Pradesh High Court) In this Writ Petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the challenge is to the rejection order, dated 22.09.2018, of the learned Appellate Joint Commissioner (ST), Vijayawada, whereby the appeal of the petitioner was rejected on the […]
Board has received various representations wherein specialized agencies have raised the matter of refund of IGST paid on imported goods. It has been informed that the specialized agencies are paying IGST on import of goods but the refund of same is not being processed by Customs formations.
The GST council in its 34th meeting held on 19.03.2018 has made some recommendations with regards to the long awaited demands of the real estate industry. The industry is struggling with the low demand and cumbersome compliances imposed by the legislations since the introduction of GST, RERA etc. While we can say that such changes […]
