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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 Supreme Court permitted the appeal to be entertained without pre-deposit after noting that the appealable order predated the a...
Goods and Services Tax : The High Court held that the issue requires consideration where the show cause notice preceded the amendment. It granted interim r...
Goods and Services Tax : The issue involved rejection of a delayed revocation application for cancelled GST registration. The Telangana High Court held tha...
Goods and Services Tax : The issue involved delay in disposal of a rectification application filed against a GST order. The Telangana High Court directed t...
Goods and Services Tax : The issue was whether a taxpayer could directly invoke writ jurisdiction claiming that a GST show cause notice and order were mere...
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...
Condition of Manufacturing for 100% EOU Units- The business has started to look at the market in a global sense for some years now and cross-border trade has become a routine business today. In such a scenario exporters of goods whether manufactured or traded, play a huge role in improving the economic status of this country owing to Foreign – Exchange Inflow which is a key factor in determining the strength of the Indian Currency.
Goods imported into India are cleared for home consumption by payment of custom duty under Section 12 of the Customs Act, 1962 on the value determined under Section 14 of the Act.
The federal character of the Indian Constitution is one of its the salient features however, the term Federation has not been incorporated anywhere in the Constitution of India. The Indian Constitution provides for a structure of governance, which is essentially federal in nature.
The demarcation of power in the respective lists clearly shows the intention of constitution makers that all states must be free to adjust the rate of the sales tax according to their respective requirements. Earlier
Now, in the GST Regime, the service of transportation of goods by a vessel from a place outside India up to the customs station of Clearance in India (Import Ocean Freight) is taxable @ 5% (IGST) by virtue of Notification 8/2017 – IGST (Rate) dt. 28th June 2017 read with the IGST Act, 2017 & relevant provisions of CGST Act, 2017.
LUT or LOU or the Letter of Undertaking is a Popular term these days. It is paramount for Goods and Service exporters. As per Rule 96A of CGST Rules any registered person availing the option to supply goods or services for export without payment of integrated tax shall furnish, prior to export, a bond or a Letter of […]
Levy of GST is on an event called “supply”. In case of an association or club, can it be said that an association or club is supplying services to its own members ? As an illustration to understand the issue let us assume that a housing association is formed by the resident members to facilitate […]
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) was implemented by the government of India on 1/7/17. India joined the likes of Australia, Brazil. The Government claims that it is a historical tax reform since independence. It was hailed by Flipkart’s chairman as a step which will financially unite the country.
Consider a scenario wherein a registered person under GST have availed transitional credits. Such person might have availed credits either in respect of closing balance of June return’s u/s 140(1) of the Central Goods & Services Tax (‘CGST’) Act, 2017 or in respect of stocks as on 30.06.2017 u/s 140(3) of the CGST Act, 2017.
The Government is aware of instances where taxes are collected by many service providers, hoteliers, traders etc. from the customers but are not deposited in the Government’s account. Based on specific intelligence collected, detailed investigations are carried out and the due tax amount is either recovered or quasi-judicial proceedings are initiated. The details of such losses are as below:
