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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 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 : The Court held that a purchasing dealer cannot be denied input tax credit solely because the supplier failed to deposit tax with t...
Goods and Services Tax : The Madras High Court admitted writ petitions challenging a GST demand arising from the classification of logistics services as in...
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...
GST on advances received for future supplies Time of supply: Time of supply is earliest of following: a) At the time of receipt or payment;or b) At the time of issue of invoice Accordingly, GST needs to be paid with reference to the time at which advance is received. Example: An advance […]
1. Pre-import condition (i.e. import first and then export) was inserted in Notification No. 18/2015 – Customs (as condition no. (xii)) as well as Notification No. 20/2015 – Customs (as condition no. (xiii)) vide Notification No. 79/2017 – Customs dated 13-10-2017. Said condition was required to be met if IGST exemption was claimed on imports made […]
The entities whose procurements attract compensation cess but there is no compensation cess levy on final goods manufactured could have accumulated ITC of compensation cess. There has been an ambiguity about eligibility of refund of accumulated ITC of compensation cess in GST law.
Section 54(3) of CGST Act 2017 provides refund of unutilised input tax credit. As per section 54(3), refund of unutilised input tax credit shall be allowed in the following two cases only: – (i) zero rated supplies made without payment of tax;+ (ii) where the credit has accumulated on account of rate of tax on […]
Form GSTR-4 is to be filed by a taxpayers who are registered under the composition scheme. The composition taxpayer needs to provide the details of the outward supplies and inward supplies (other than attracting reverse charge and attracting reverse charge) and those received from the unregistered dealers including the details of services imported from outside India in Form GSTR-4.
Freight refers to bulk transportation of goods via train or truck, aircraft or ship. Since the transport of goods by freight is the commonly used transportation mode for the businesses supplying goods, the introduction of GST on freight charges hasn’t just affected the Indian freight sector but several other sectors as well. Generally, freight is facilitated either […]
Meaning and Necessity of Advance Ruling under GST: An advance ruling may be defined as an determination of certain matters and question as specified by the law , regarding interpretation of the law specifically in those cases where there is an ambiguity in the law itself and assessee wishes to avoid any type of litigation […]
The annual income tax audit for most of the taxpayers has just came to end and as we are heading towards the end of calendar year 2018, now it’s time for annual filing and audit under GST law. GST Council in its 31st meeting held on 22nd December 2018 has extended the due date for filing of […]
CA Manoj P Gupta Query : A Company is setting up its Plant in Pithampur. The Construction of factory building is going on. The Input Tax Credit of Input & Input Services used in the construction of building is not available in view of the provisions of the block credit as provided in the Sec 17(5) of […]
Following are few illustrative areas which may trigger suspicious business / trade practices in GST regime and raise alert at the revenue authority’s end: (1) Substantial carry forward of input tax credit on closing stock as on 30.06.2017 (GST applicable w.e.f. 1.7.2017) .
