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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% ...
NEW GST RETURNS The new GST returns would be implemented on a pilot basis from April 1, 2019 and will be made mandatory from July 1, 2019 according to the decision by the GST Council. Since the new returns would be run on a pilot basis, the existing return formats (i.e. GSTR-3B) will be continued […]
Excel Utility for GST Input Tax Credit (ITC) utilization as per new Amendment applicable from 01.02.2019 The Order for utilization of ITC has been changed along with introduction of new Sections 49A & 49B under The CGST Act 2017. Utilization of input tax credit subject to certain conditions “49A. Notwithstanding anything contained in section 49, the input tax […]
Pink color represents the clarification regarding to sales promotion. If Free samples and gifts are supplied without consideration under GST, ITC of such items cannot be claimed. Also, Buy one get one, quantity discount, sales promotion etc. related clarification regarding allowance of ITC has been issued. A useful circular for taxpayers.
The GST was enabled by a Constitution Amendment which was unanimously approved by both the Houses of Parliament. Several legislations to implement the GST were passed by the Parliament. Laws relating to the State GST (SGST) were approved by all the State Legislatures.
Before analyzing the 34th GST Council meeting decisions, let us look at the key decisions of the 33rd GST Council meeting. The 33rd GST Council meeting held on 24th February 2019 proposed the rates of tax for the Construction sector being: 1. 5% without ITC on residential properties outside affordable segment 2. 1% without ITC […]
There has been a confusion as to whether supply by duty-free shops or supply to duty-free shops in India attracts GST or not. This paper is an attempt to understand the legal position in the light of prevailing law and recent judgments. Under the provisions of erstwhile Central Sales Tax Act, an issue had arisen […]
Jilmon John Vs State of Kerala (Kerala High Court) I am of the considered view that, there is a stipulation contained under clause 44 of Ext.P1 that, the Sales Tax as per Rules from time to time is liable to be paid by the petitioner and the rates quoted for various items remain unaffected by […]
:- The question/issue before Your Honor is eligibility of Notification 01/2018-Central Tax (Rate) dated 25.01.2018 which provides for concessional rate of GST @ 12% on supply of works contract service in respect of Original Works pertaining to construction of a Low Cost House in an Affordable Housing Project’ (AHP).
In re Association of Inner Wheel Club of India (GST AAAR, West Bangal) Goods and Services Tax is levied on intra-State and inter-State supply of goods and services. According to Section 7 of GST Act, the expression ‘supply’ includes all forms of supply of goods or services or both such as sale, transfer, barter, exchange, […]
Summary of outcome of 34th Council Meet on GST Rate on Real Estate Sector The much awaited meet of the GST Council to decide on modalities for GST applicability on Real Estate Sector was held on 19th March, 2019 at New Delhi. This was 34th time the GST Council met. The Council in today’s meeting […]
