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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...
New provisions of GST, Income Tax & Corporate Laws applicable w.e.f April 1, 2019 As we are heading towards the beginning of a new financial year, i.e., Financial Year 2019-20, it’s important to know about the provisions of law applicable from April 1, 2019. The Government had made various changes under Income-tax law, GST and […]
An opportunity to put rest to age old Pre-GST Litigation Recently, the Maharashtra Government introduced an Amnesty Scheme to settle all open tax disputes pertaining to pre-GST era. This was introduced by passing an ordinance, namely, Maharashtra Settlement of Arrears of Tax, Interest, Penalty or Late Fee Ordinance, 2019. The intention behind the introduction of […]
In the case under discussion, the Government is receiving the tax from the supplier on the undiscounted contract value. Hence, the ITC of this tax should be fully available to the recipient making further taxable supplies, in keeping up with the spirit of GST. If any part of this ITC is denied to him, it would unnecessarily increase the cost for the recipient, which shall be passed on in the supply chain and in turn, shall artificially increase the cost to the ultimate consumer.
GST Revenue collection for March, 2019 crossed Rupees One Lakh Crore and recorded Highest Collections in the FY 2018-19 Total Gross GST revenue collected in the month of March, 2019 is Rs. 1,06,577 crore of which CGST is Rs. 20,353 crore, SGST is Rs.27,520 crore, IGST is Rs.50,418 crore (including Rs. 23,521 crore collected on imports) and Cess is Rs. 8,286 crore (including Rs. 891 crore collected on imports). The […]
As per Section 54(3) of the Central Goods and Services Act, a registered person can claim refund of unutilized ITC under following situations: –
Article explains recent Changes related to GST on Real Estate Section effective from 01.04.2019 unless specified otherwise which include- GST rates for Ongoing Projects (Where option not exercised for old rates and Where option exercised for old rates before 10th May 2019 in prescribed form) and New Projects (01.04.2019 onwards), Meaning of Ongoing Projects, Important […]
Notifications relates to Rate of Tax payable on Real Estate Sector Services and Goods, Applicability of Reverse Charge Mechanism on Real Estate Goods and Services and also Applicability of Reverse Charge Mechanism on Purchase of Goods and Services related to Real Estate Sector. 1. GST shall be Payable at the rate of 9% in case […]
SRS Travels/Logistics Vs Joint Commissioner of Commercial Taxes (Karnataka High Court) Section 129 of the Karnataka Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 empowers detention and seizure of the vehicle that was used for transportation of goods in question and therefore, the order cannot be faltered. However, having argued the matter for some time resisting the […]
Why the Composition Scheme for Service Providers ?? 1. A need was felt to extend the benefit of paying the tax at lower rate under the simpler composition scheme to even the suppliers of services, hitherto only available to the suppliers of goods. Press Release dated 22.12.2018 issued by the GST Council after their 31st […]
Arjuna (Fictional Character): Krishna, recently Government issued notification on Real Estate Sector as on 29th March 2019, Please tell something about it. Krishna (Fictional Character): Arjuna, these notifications were focused on Real Estate Sector. The notifications provide lower effective GST Rates for customers. Let’s see what’s in it. Arjuna: Krishna, what are the new tax […]
