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Goods and Services Tax : The omission of Section 13(8)(b) applies only prospectively from 30 March 2026, as no saving clause exists. Past transactions and ...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTAT bridges a long-standing gap by providing a dedicated appellate forum, eliminating the need to directly approach High Courts....
Goods and Services Tax : Limitation start from date when Impugned Order in Form DRC 07 uploaded on portal and not from date of detailed order: Allahabad Hi...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that once a GST assessment order attains finality, recovery under Section 79 can proceed without issuing prior noti...
Goods and Services Tax : Courts held that Section 129 cannot be invoked for minor procedural lapses without intent to evade tax. It emphasised that penalti...
Goods and Services Tax : Authorities uncovered fraudulent ITC claims exceeding ₹8 crore without actual supply of goods. The ruling highlights that ITC is...
Goods and Services Tax : The case highlights that summons lacking details of the underlying inquiry violate procedural fairness. It underscores the need fo...
Goods and Services Tax : CBI arrested GST officials for demanding a bribe to facilitate registration approval. The case highlights strict enforcement again...
Goods and Services Tax : The CBI arrested a CGST Assistant Commissioner for demanding a bribe to halt GST proceedings. The officer was caught red-handed ac...
Goods and Services Tax : The Government reduced GST on paper sacks and bags from 18% to 5% following GST Council recommendations. The move addresses farmer...
Goods and Services Tax : The issue was whether a show cause notice could be issued under a rule already omitted. The court stayed the notice, holding that ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court ruled that temporary business inactivity due to genuine medical reasons cannot justify cancellation without proper consi...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that challenges to ITC blocking cannot be entertained at the show cause stage. It ruled that adjudication must firs...
Goods and Services Tax : The court held that issuing a single show cause notice for multiple financial years violates GST law. It ruled such “bunching”...
Goods and Services Tax : The court held that the rectification order failed to satisfy the statutory requirements under Section 161 of the CGST Act. The im...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN clarified that system-calculated interest for February 2026 was incorrectly reflected in March returns due to a technical iss...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has enabled editing of the pre-deposit percentage in APL-01 filings. The change allows taxpayers flexibility, while verificat...
Goods and Services Tax : Taxpayers faced issues filing appeals where adjudication orders showed zero demand. GSTN clarified that such system limitations re...
Goods and Services Tax : Both domestic and import revenues contributed to GST growth, alongside increased refunds. The figures highlight improved tax admin...
Goods and Services Tax : The government introduced new rules replacing the 2017 framework to streamline IGST settlement between Centre and States. The rule...
The Government is not thinking to hike service tax if GST roll out is delayed. The Government is taking steps to expedite the GST and to take the concerns of the States on board.
Article 254 gives power to States to prevail their own Law in respective states with the consent of President even if the parallel Central Law is in existence, thus for the purpose of this Act, the said article has been overruled by using words notwithstanding (overruling/disregarding) in the opening line of the Article 246A.
With the goods and services tax (GST) on the anvil, all state governments are working very closely with central government and all efforts are on to put the elaborate information technology (IT) infrastructure in place for smooth handling of massive amount of data, a top CBEC (Central Board of Excise and Customs) official said at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi today.
The following discussion focuses on Place of supply of Goods aspect. Place of supply (‘POS’) should mean the place where supply happened or made to be happened by some government force.
Earlier outward supply was restricted to transactions like sale, transfer, barter, exchange, licence, rental, lease or disposal, whereas in the new definition any other means has been added thereby widening the scope of the definition.
In every value added taxation structure, Input tax credit remains the backbone of such tax structures as it removes the cascading effect of taxes. In GST also being a value added tax, it is the intention of the lawmakers to allow seamless flow of credit in the supply chain and remove cascading effect of taxes.
After it was almost clear after 9th meeting of GST Council that GST may now be implemented from July, 2017 only, at the earliest, all eyes were on the Union Budget 2017-18 which has since been presented in the Parliament of India on 1st February, 2017.
Economic Survey 2016-17 discussed on major distortions in internal trade in the existing tax system and also hoped that GST will normalize the situation. Major distortions identified are:-
In our last article, we discussed the various provisions relating to Input tax credit under Draft Model GST law. We had also discussed that there will be more transparency in the system with respect to taxes paid and credit thereon to the recipient. Here we will understand how the mechanism of input tax credit will […]
We present our understanding with respect to claim and adjustment of Input tax credit under GST regime. As per our understanding there are many changes in respect of availment and utilization of Input Tax Credit under GST regime as compared to present laws. The changes require immediate attention of the tax payers. We have tried […]
