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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 : The court held that a provisional attachment under Section 83 ceases once a final order under Section 74 is issued. The ruling rei...
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 : 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...
The concept of composition scheme is not very new, it is based on the existing VAT law which basically was introduced to support the small supplier of goods. GST council based on the above law incorporated the concept of turnover based composition easing the burden of various compliance hassles for small suppliers.
M/s. Caterpillar India Pvt Ltd Vs State Tax Officer (Madras High Court) According to the respondents in all writ petitions, the confiscation of the goods is perfectly in order as the petitioners have, admittedly, transported the consignments without valid E-way bills, thus violating clause (iv) of Section 130(1) above being, a contravention of the Act/Rules […]
U/s. 69 of the GST Act, the Commissioner is having power to arrest if he has reasons to believe that a person has committed an offence specified in Clause (a) or (b) or (c) of sub-section (1) of Section 132 of the GST Act. Section 132(1) (a), (b) and (c) of GST Act define types of offences and according to which, whoever commits offence of supply of any goods or services without issue of any invoice or issues any invoice or bill without supply of goods or services of both or avails input tax credit using such invoice, shall be punished with imprisonment of term which may extend to 5 years and with fine, if the amount involved is more than Rs.500 Lakhs.
♦ Introduction GST was implemented in India from 1st July 2017 and a number of Notifications have been issued since then. The Rules have been amended multiple number of times and the law as it stands today is a complex vortex requiring significant skills for merely comprehending basic facets of the law. The amendment to principle […]
Learned counsel for the Union of India has opposed the petition and has submitted that the offence committed by the accused is serious in nature. In-fact, the accused had issued bogus invoices without actual movement of goods which led to involvement of fraudulent input taxes amounting to Rs.40.58 crores. Admittedly, company has deposited Rs.6.95 crores with the concerned authority towards non-payment of G.S.T. Case is still under investigation.
The GST Council in its 33rd meeting has in principle given approval to the below proposals in respect of residential sector of the real estate sector from 1st April, 2019. Details of the scheme shall be worked out by an officers committee and shall be approved by the GST council in a meeting to be called specifically […]
OC orders to provisionally release the seized goods upon the petitioner executing a bond in FORM GST INS-04 for the total value of the seized goods, and furnishing a bank guarantee of Rs.50 lakhs.
GST exemption has been proposed on Transfer Development Rights (TDR) / Joint Development Agreement (JDA), long term lease (premium), Floor Space Index (FSI) GST Council has specified that an Intermediate tax on these development rights such as TDR, JDA, lease (premium), FSI will be exempt from GST for such residential properties on which GST is […]
The GST Council, in its 33rd meeting held on 24th Feb 2019, addressed the reports of slowdown in the real estate sector and low off-take of under-construction houses. Real estate sector, being one of the largest contributors to the national GDP and with the Government’s vision on “Housing for All by 2022”, following recommendations were […]
Every Registered person whose aggregate turnover during a financial year exceeds the prescribed limit of Rs 2 crore is liable to get his account audited by Chartered Accountant or a Cost Accountant. The above prescribed limit is calculated by all India pan based turnover which includes intra state supplies, exports, interstate supplies, exempt supplies, stock […]
