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Goods and Services Tax : Explore why composite GST notices across multiple years should be judged by severability, not invalidation, balancing tax recovery...
Goods and Services Tax : This article explains why GST registration is not limited to turnover thresholds. It highlights transaction-based triggers that ca...
Goods and Services Tax : The article highlights how aggressive GST actions impact genuine businesses. The key takeaway is the need for balanced enforcement...
Goods and Services Tax : Understand the mandatory GST compliances when closing a business, including return filing and tax on stock. The guidance clarifies...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court ruled that limitation under Section 54 cannot bar refund of mistakenly paid GST. It held that excess tax collected witho...
Goods and Services Tax : The representation highlights ambiguity in whether the ₹2.5 crore ITC threshold should be annual or cumulative. It emphasizes th...
Goods and Services Tax : Authorities arrested the key accused for orchestrating fake ITC claims and fictitious export transactions. The case highlights str...
Goods and Services Tax : Authorities uncovered fraudulent ITC claims exceeding ₹8 crore without actual supply of goods. The ruling highlights that ITC is...
Goods and Services Tax : The case highlights that summons lacking details of the underlying inquiry violate procedural fairness. It underscores the need fo...
Goods and Services Tax : CBI arrested GST officials for demanding a bribe to facilitate registration approval. The case highlights strict enforcement again...
Goods and Services Tax : Madras High Court held that it is not justifiable to impose disproportionate liability under section 74 of the respective GST enac...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court dismissed the petition after finding that the petitioner failed to establish a clear connection with the goods and trans...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court ruled that cotton seed oil cake qualifies as cattle feed and is exempt from GST. The key takeaway is that exemption appl...
Goods and Services Tax : The case examined validity of a GST demand passed without hearing the taxpayer. The Court held that absence of personal hearing vi...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that where an assessment is passed ex parte, fairness requires giving the taxpayer a chance to present their case. ...
Goods and Services Tax : This case highlights how delays in filing appeals against adverse GST orders weaken the department’s legal position. It undersco...
Goods and Services Tax : This case examines delays in transferring non-priority files after departmental restructuring. It mandates systematic redistributi...
Goods and Services Tax : This case highlights lapses in examining tribunal orders before filing revisions. It mandates detailed legal analysis and reasoned...
Goods and Services Tax : The ruling highlights gaps in recovery proceedings due to unclear role allocation. It strengthens the system by redefining respons...
Goods and Services Tax : The GST portal launches an Excel-based IMS Offline Tool to help taxpayers efficiently manage and process invoices. It enables bulk...
It is a known principle that ‘nothing comes free in business’ and the same is a proven fact in the recent ruling by Maharashtra Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) in the case of Biostadt India Ltd and the circular 92/11/2019-GST which clarifies issues on treatment of sales promotion schemes under GST. Several promotional schemes are […]
While importing goods in India on CIF (Cost, Insurance & Freight) basis, the supplier / exporter located in the foreign country is liable to engage and bear the cost of transportation of goods, from the respective country up to Indian ports. Hence, for the transportation of the goods, the supplier / exporter avails the services […]
Within a few months of the GST implementation there was a flood of amendment notifications and one of them concerns GST Audit and GST Returns. The last date of filing of GSTR 9 i.e. the Annual Return has been revised and finalized as 30th June 2019 i.e. return for the period July 2017- March 2018 is 30th June 2019. Prior this the return was required to be filed by 31st Dec 2018 which was extended to 30th June 2019 during 31st GST Council Meeting held on 22nd Dec 2018.
Section 129 of GST Act, 2017 provides for detention or seizure of goods in transit in contravention of the provisions of the Act. Following are important points to be noted in this regard: 1) Section 129(4) provides that no tax, interest or penalty shall be levied without giving the person concerned an opportunity of being […]
Under the GST regime, Article 269A constitutionally mandates that supply of goods, or of services, or both in the course of import into the territory of India shall be deemed to be supply of goods, or of services, or both in the course of inter-State trade or commerce.
The GST Returns for the month of March could be the most important returns for you for the financial year 2017-18. March and April being the most hectic months for tax professionals, many of the assesses would think of filing the March GST returns a little late so as to get enough time to assess […]
Whether section 18(3) of the CGST Act 2017 provides for transfer of input tax credit which remains unutilized to the transferee in case of death of the sole proprietor. As per rule 41(1) of the CGST Rules, 2017, the registered person (transferor of business) can file FORM GST ITC-02 electronically on the common portal along with a request for transfer of unutilized input tax credit lying in his electronic credit ledger to the transferee. Also the procedure for filing of return in case of death of a sole proprietor needs clarity.
Explanation of Rule 88A: FIRST FULL UTILIZATION OF IGST ITC- input tax credit on account of integrated tax shall first be utilised towards payment of integrated tax, and the amount remaining for central tax and State tax or Union territory tax if any.
A recent Kerala AAR (ADVANCE RULING No. KER/33/2019 dated 01/03/2019) in case of Kerala Forest Development Corporation Ltd. (hereinafter referred as applicant company) has added fuel to the (already burning) fire pertaining to composite and mixed supplies. Fact of the case stands as : Applicant company was providing tour packages to promote eco tourism in […]
2. Post filing Form GSTR-11, there is an option on the screen to generate GST RFD-10 application form (of the same quarter for which GSTR-11 is filed). Navigate to Returns Dashboard > Select Financial Year and Return Filing Period > Click Search > Click View GSTR11. Click the GENERATE RFD-10 button, RFD-10 form will appear on the resulting screen showing auto-populated tax period same as Form GSTR -11.
