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Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that damages paid under an arbitral award do not qualify as consideration for a taxable service under GST. The ruli...
Goods and Services Tax : The article examines whether authorities can retain a redemption fine under Section 130 after setting aside the penalty. The key t...
Goods and Services Tax : The Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime in India aims to establish a transparent and efficient indirect tax system. Despite the se...
Goods and Services Tax : This article explains the legal significance of a Show Cause Notice under GST and why it forms the foundation of adjudication proc...
Goods and Services Tax : The article explains that taxpayers with orders communicated before 1 April 2026 must file GSTAT appeals by 30 June 2026 to preser...
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 Authority held that electricity transferred to the DISCOM grid constituted a supply under GST. Since electricity attracted a n...
Goods and Services Tax : Uttarakhand AAR held that services relating to municipal water supply functions qualified for GST exemption under Notification No....
Goods and Services Tax : The Kerala High Court held that a composite show cause notice issued for multiple assessment years was legally unsustainable. The ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Kerala High Court held that issuing one show cause notice for multiple financial years is not legally sustainable. While quash...
Goods and Services Tax : The Bombay High Court held that TCS paid under protest before assessment must be considered while calculating the mandatory pre-de...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTAT instructed scrutiny officers not to raise defects where appellants have uploaded the required documents in prescribed form. ...
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...
Place of Supply for Immovable Property Services under GST is Location at which the immovable property is situated. If immovable property is located outside India, then the place of supply shall be the location of the recipient
The recent ruling of Gujarat High Court (HC) Torrent Power Ltd. v. Union of India, strikes down paragraph 4(1) of Circular No. 34/8/2018-GST dated 1 March 2018 as being ultra vires to the provisions of CGST Act and exemption notification No. 12/2017-Central tax (Rate), dated 28 June 2017. On 1 March 2018, CBIC issued Circular […]
Central Goods and Service Tax (Fourteenth Amendment) Rules, 2018 Notification No. 74/2018 – Central Tax- Dated: – 31st December, 2018 The following rules except under point 9 will be effective from 31st December 2018. 1. Insertion of the sub rule 1(A) after sub rule (1) in rule 12: – Sub: – Application for GST registration […]
The rollout of GST on medicines was contrary to what the pharmaceutical industry was expecting. Currently, the applicable rates of GST on medicines are basically divided into four brackets: 0%, 5%, 12%, and 18%. The pharma sector had been wishing for nil rate of tax, the GST Council capped GST on life-saving drugs at 5 percent and […]
When you purchase any raw materials as inputs to manufacture and sell your commodity, you end up paying tax on such input material. The tax you paid on the purchase of such input material is called Input Tax. At the time of supply of the finished goods, you are required to pay corresponding tax in […]
Present article highlights the online steps the registered person needs to follow to download the GST registration certificate. The article also provides the understanding of the parts of the registration certificate along with the important rules attached to the registration certificate.
REVERSE CHARGE MECHANISM (RCM) ON SECURITY SERVICES w.e.f. 1st January, 2019 RCM is one of the method to collect indirect taxes by the Government, under which a recipient (i.e. Buyer) who procures goods or services is required pay the taxes directly to tax authorities. As per Notification No. 13/2017- Central Tax (Rate) dated 28th June, […]
The GST i.e. ‘Goods and Service Tax’ was launched at the midnight on 1st July, 2017. GST is an indirect tax / consumption tax levied on all the supply of goods and services in India. GST has subsumed around 15 indirect taxes, collectively being levied by the central government and the state governments, into single […]
The construction industry has always been the talk of the town be its continuous rising prices or be its indirect tax implications. Even under the earlier tax regime, indirect tax implication, for the construction industry, was very complicated and confusing and the same was carried forward under the Goods and Service Tax Act. Under the […]
A registered person, other than a person opting to pay tax under composition scheme, shall be entitled to take credit in his electronic credit ledger the amount of CENVAT (or VAT credit) credit carried forward in the return of the last period before the appointed day, subject to the conditions stated therein. (Section 140(1) of the CGST/SGST Act)
