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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 Real Estate Transactions, Transfer of Developments Rights and Joint Development Agreements (JDAs) Construction and Real Estate is a complex business with multiple stakeholders involved in it. It has been a growing sector in India, but ironically has been riddled with litigation owing to multiplicity of taxes and dual administration mechanism; thereby exposing it to […]
CBIC extended Due date for filing of Annual return for FY 2017-18 in FORMs GSTR-9, GSTR-9A and GSTR-9C extended to 31st March, 2019 vide Press Release Dated 7th December, 2018. Official Order is expected today. FORM GSTR-9 and FORM GSTR-9A have been notified vide notification No. 39/2018-Central Tax, dated 04.09.2018 while FORM GSTR-9C has been […]
Respondent had not reduced the prices of 2 products viz. the Nestle Munch Nuts 32 Gm. Chocolate and the Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate (here-in-after referred to as the products) and had thus not passed on the benefit of such rate reduction
AAP And Co., Chartered Accounts Vs. Union of India (Gujarat High Court) Press release for Form GST-3B changing last date for credit challenged: Gujarat High Court issues notice to Centre, GST Council and State Petitioner chartered accountant firm “AAP & Co.” challenged the Press release dated 18.10.2018 to the extent that the last date for […]
In a fast growing, competitive market, one of the most effective ways to gain new customers is to give away free and sample products. Providing free or sample products is a tried and tested marketing method used by various companies in India and in this article, we review the applicability of GST on free and […]
Connection between GST and TDS We all are familiar with the concept of TDS in respect to Direct Tax, now with GST in force there is a provision for deduction of tax in Indirect Tax too. Let us know more about the combination of TDS and Indirect Tax (GST). The government has notified 1st of […]
ANNUAL RETURN UNDER GST For the annual return Sec 44 (1) of CGST Act 2017 says that Every registered person, other than an Input Service Distributor, a person paying tax under section 51 or section 52, a casual taxable person and a non-resident taxable person, shall furnish an annual return for every financial year electronically […]
E-commerce simply means buying and selling of goods or services or both by using electronic platform, primarily the internet which is advantageous to organizations, customers and society as a whole. Electronic commerce is defined under clause 44 of section 2 of Central GST Act, 2017 as under: “Electronic commerce means the supply of goods or services or both, including digital products over digital or electronic network”. E-commerce has bridged the gap between service provider and service recipient in a most cost and time effective manner. Earlier only two parties were involved in a transaction but in present scenario e-commerce operator plays a major role and has emerged as the third party in a transaction which is why it was imperative to bring the e-commerce operator within the ambit of GST.
The introduction of Goods and Service Tax (‘GST’) from 1 July 2017 was a biggest tax reform in India since independence as GST had subsumed majority of key indirect taxes which were there in system since decades. GST has also made substantial change not only on taxability of the goods/ services, but also the time when the same would be taxable and also, the rate at which the same would be taxable.
Director General of Anti-Profiteering Vs J. P. and Sons (National Anti-Profiteering Authority) The brief facts of the present case are that the Standing Committee vide the minutes of it’s meeting dated 13.04.2018 had requested the DGAP to initiate investigation under Rule 129 (1) of the CGST Rules, 2017 on the allegation that the Respondent had […]
