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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...
CBIC press release dated 18th October 2018 on Last date to avail Input Tax Credit in respect of invoices or Debit Notes relating to such invoices pertaining to period from July, 2017 to March, 2018.
The composite supply of works contract as defined at Section 2 of CGST Act ‘2017 and MPGST Act, 2017 is treated as supply of service in terms of serial no.6, Schedule II of CGST Act ‘2017 and MPGST Act, 2017.
The activity in question definitely does not have any relation to the principal work of power generation entrusted by the state government to MPPGCL, and therefore the works contract service of construction of residential quarters would attract GST @18% (9% CGST + 9% SGST) in terms of Notification No.11/2017-CT Rate dtd.28.06.2017 and corresponding notification under MPGST Act 2017.
In re M/s TP Ajmer Distribution Limited (GST AAAR Rajasthan) AAAR held that no GST is chargeable on the delayed payment charges collected from the consumers for delay in payment of consideration for supply of electricity. While GST is chargeable on the cheque dishonor charges collected ( by whatever name) from the consumers. Also Read […]
M/s. Napin Impex Pvt. Ltd. Vs Commissioner of DGST Delhi (Delhi High Court) The petitioner alleges that its premises were visited by the Revenue authorities on 29.08.2018 when the DGST officials directed production of books of accounts and other documents. Since the petitioner was not in possession of those, it sought 24 hours time for […]
Delhi High Court has asked Central Government to file details of (i) GST Refund applications filed and claimed (ii) refund applications pending with amount claimed (iii) refunds which have been issued and (iv) refunds paid by the Central Government and the State Government and (v) steps taken to remove the alleged grievances.
During the implementations GST various circulars, orders and clarifications were issued by various GST authorities. This article is as attempt to summarize all these and make it readable for readers. These could be grouped into 7 categories which are as follows:
Gujarat High Court granted stay on conducting audit of records of taxpayers under 5A of Service Tax Rules, 1994, by Officers of C&AG who were sending communications through CGST officers.
Laxmi Narayan Sahu Vs Union of India & Others (Gauhati Cigh Court) Issue Raised Before High Court In all the writ petitions, the demand-cum- show cause notices of various dates issued by the Assistant Commissioner, Central Goods and Service Tax of the district of Dibrugarh and Guwahati respectively are assailed. The said demand-cum-show cause notices are […]
Every person registered under the GST Act is required to maintain certain books of accounts and records. The provisions related to the same has been provided under Sections 35 and 36 of the CGST Act, 2017 and Rules 56 to 58 of CGST Rules, 2017. An analysis of these provisions is given in this article.
