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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% ...
Goods transport agency Transportation of Goods by Road In terms of Notification no. 12/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 (sr.no.18), the following services are exempt from GST Services by way of transportation of goods (Heading 9965): (a) by road except the services of: (i) a goods transportation agency; (ii) a courier agency; (b) by inland waterways. […]
Expenses incurred by service provider acting as a PURE AGENT shall be excluded from value of supply if some specified conditions are fulfilled.It should be noted that you cannot exclude expenses incurred on behalf of Recipient of Service unless following conditions are specified. Relevant Section and Rule – Section 15 of CGST Act, 2017 & Rule 7 […]
A) Definition As per Notification-12/2017, Clause no-ze, Dt-28.06.17 (Central Tax Rate) a GTA is any person who provides service in relation to transportation of goods by road and issues a consignment note by whatever name called. Thus, it can be seen that issuance of a consignment note is an essential condition for a supplier of […]
In re Golden Tobacco Limited (GST AAR Maharashtra) The Applicant is seller of Cigarettes, and intends to offer extra quantity of Cigarettes (quantity discount) in addition to normal quantity against same consideration, as a taxable supply to its Distributors from their Depot. As per new marketing strategy devised by the Applicant to promote its brands […]
In re Cliantha Research Limited (GST AAR Maharashtra) The Applicant would like to seek a ruling on whether the “Clinical Research” services proposed to be provided by them to entities located outside India is liable to Central Goods and Services Tax and State Goods and Services Tax or Integrated Goods and Services Tax or is […]
In re Kasturba Health Society (GST AAR Maharashtra) Question (i): Whether the applicant, a Charitable Society having the main object and factually engaged in imparting Medical Education, satisfying all the criteria of ‘Educational Institution’, can be said to be engaged in the business so as to cast an obligation upon it to comply with the provisions […]
Consequent to changes in the GST on real estate, there are many situational queries being faced by the industry. We address some of the queries through series of FAQs. 1. What could be different decisions making under the real estate sector for the residential apartments and the actions to be taken under each of such […]
In CGST Act, 2017 as well as in CGST Rules, 2017 which are the base pillars to avail the ITC specially the core Section which are 39, 41,49 and 16 of CGST Act, 2017 does not prohibit or put any kind of constraint to set off the ITC in case of delay of filling of return. Hence, it will be inappropriate to ignore the ITC while calculating the interest u/s 50.
GST Audit Check list covers following Points – GST Registration Certificate, Invoicing documentation, Goods Sent to Job Work, Supply, Time of supply, Input Tax Credit,Classifications,Input Tax Service Distributor, Returns, GST collections and payment verification, Reverse Charge, Value of Supply, Place of supply, Refund, Inward supply, Maintenance of Books of Accounts And other General Points Client’s […]
GST exemption on the upfront amount payable in installments for long term lease of plots, under Notification No. 12/2017 – Central Tax (R) S. No.41 dated 28.06.2017 There has been representations submitted to the CBIC for providing clarification on admissibility of GST exemption on the upfront amount which is determined upfront but is paid or […]
