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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% ...
1. Let us consider a scenario wherein a commercial property devolved upon Mrs. A, aged 65 years, on account of death of her husband Mr. A. The property was already rented out by Mr. A to a Bank. As per the terms of agreement between Mr. A and Bank, the property would remain to be […]
Government have decided to postpone the date of applicability of Kerala Flood Cess Rules 2019 with effect from the 1st day of July,2019 instead of earlier decided 1st June 2019. GOVERNMENT OF KERALA Taxes (B) Department NOTIFICATION G.O. (P) No.82/2019/TAXES Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 31st May,2019 S.R.O. No……………………. /2019.– In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause […]
The introduction of the Goods and Services Tax requires a fundamental re-examination of the approach of the Commercial Taxes Department to the enforcement of tax laws. This circular prescribes the new approach to be followed with effect from 1st June 2019. Circular No. 10/2019 Q1/17253/2019 Office of the Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Chepauk, Chennai – […]
Indian Railway is one of the world’s largest public-sector organizations and its network, traffic, organization and extent of vertical integration are gigantic. It is the world’s largest Railway passenger transport organization, carrying 23 million passengers daily. It is also the world’s third largest Railway freight transport organization 115,000 kilometres of track over a route of […]
CBIC has clarified that IGST credit can be used for payment of all taxes. CGST credit can be used only for paying CGST or IGST. SGST credit can be used only for paying SGST or IGST. The credit would be permitted to be utilized in the following manner: a) ITC of CGST allowed for payment […]
As the accused-respondents have been granted the privilege of pre-arrest bail by the High Court by the impugned orders, at this stage, we are not inclined to interfere with the same. However, we make it clear that the High Courts while entertaining such request in future, will keep in mind that this Court by order dated 27.5.2019 passed in SLP(Crl.) No. 4430/2019 had dismissed the special leave petition filed against the judgment and order of the Telangana High Court in a similar matter, wherein the High Court of Telangana had taken a view contrary to what has been held by the High Court in the present case.
Whether the PVC Carpet Mats manufactured by the applicant is classifiable under Tariff item 5705 00 49 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and therefore, in view of Entry 146 of Schedule II of Notification 01/2017- Integrated Tax (Rate) dated 28 June 2017 as amended from time to time, attract a levy of 12%.
What is the classification of Service provided in accordance with Notification No 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017, read with Annexure attached to it, by the State of Rajasthan to M/s Aravali Polyart Private Limited for which royalty is being paid ? Whether said Service can be classified under SAC 9973 specifically under 997337 as Licensing Services for the right to use minerals including its exploration and evaluation or as any other Service? On given Services, tax is payable by Service receiver under Reverse Charge Mechanism owing to Notification No. 13/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2018?
The Government is about to unveil new GST return types known as Sahaj & Sugam from later this year – which will staggeringly easier GST compliance for small businesses. I have provided a brief outline of the same below in this article – I hope you find it helpful. GST SAHAJ & GST SUGAM Return […]
SGST – Scrutiny of self assessed returns filed by registered persons -Discrepancies noticed – Failure to take corrective measures to rectify the discrepancies – Completion of assessments – guidelines issued- reg. Office of the Commissioner of State Goods and Services Tax Department Government of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram No. CT/6845/2019-C1 Dated 30/05/2019 Circular No. 7/2019 Sub:- SGST […]
