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Goods and Services Tax : ECGC payouts in INR do not qualify as export proceeds under GST and FEMA laws. Exporters must secure AD bank write-offs to avoid r...
Goods and Services Tax : The issue was whether unregistered individuals could exercise appellate rights. The Court held that procedural hurdles like absenc...
Goods and Services Tax : The issue was denial of ITC transfer due to different State registrations of entities. The Court ruled that no such restriction ex...
Goods and Services Tax : The issue was delays and inconsistencies in GST fund settlement under the earlier framework. The new rules introduce a fully autom...
Goods and Services Tax : The issue was taxation of intermediary services as domestic supply. The law now treats such services as exports, allowing zero-rat...
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...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI has recommended mandatory verification of the Certificate of Practice for Chartered Accountants appearing before GSTAT to ens...
Goods and Services Tax : The Government introduced reforms such as e-invoicing and auto-population of data in GST returns. These measures improve accuracy,...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that GSTIN cannot be cancelled solely based on supplier irregularities without examining the taxpayer’s transacti...
Corporate Law : The Court held that input tax credit claimed on invoices from non-existent dealers justified penalty under VAT law. It reaffirmed ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court set aside a show cause notice that combined several financial years into one proceeding. It held that each assessment ye...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that each financial year creates a separate cause of action, making a consolidated notice legally unsustainable. It...
Goods and Services Tax : The ruling found that issuing a single notice for multiple tax years violates statutory requirements. The Court quashed the notice...
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...
Goods and Services Tax : Maharashtra Government has extended the time limit to file appeals before the Appellate Tribunal for orders communicated before Ap...
Goods and Services Tax (GST) is levied on the taxable supplies of goods and services. The principle that is generally adopted for levy of GST is that it should effectively tax the consumption of such supplies at the destination thereof or as the case may at the point of consumption. Goods being tangible do not pose any significant problems for determination of their consumption.
One of the distinctive features of Goods and Services Tax is that it is levied on the value addition on each stage of supply chain. This is achieved by allowing input tax credit (ITC) of tax incidence on the immediately preceding stage of supply chain. Illustratively, the tax paid by manufacturer supplier is available as ITC to whole seller.
In Model GST Law, provisions relating to following matters are provided in chapter XXIII – Miscellaneous Provisions. 1..GST Compliance Rating. 2.Information return. 3.Power to collect statistics & its disclosure. 4.Test purchase of goods.
The purpose of incorporating Transitional Provisions in any Act is to clarify as to when and how the operative parts of the enactments are to take effect. The Transitional Provisions generally are intended to take care of the events during the period of transition.
GST Law codifies the offences and penalties in Chapter XVI. The Act list 21 offences in section 66, apart from the penalty prescribed under section 8 for availing compounding by a dealer who is not eligible for it. The said offences are as follows:-
Ariticle deals with powers of officers of CGST and SGST to carry out inspection or search of any places of business or a transporter or a warehouse where there is a reason to believe that tax evasion has taken place or is likely to take place.
In the Model GST Law, the provisions for Settlement Commission are incorporated only under the IGST Act (sections 11 to 26). This implies that cases cannot be settled in relation to tax liability of CGST/SGST Act. However, there is a possibility that those state tax administrations which want to constitute Settlement Commission can do so on the basis of the template provided under the IGST Act and the CGST Act can have an enabling provision drawing from the IGST Act for such states.
Obtaining an advance ruling helps the applicant in planning his activities which are liable for payment of GST, well in advance. It also brings certainty in determining the tax liability, as the ruling given by the Authority for Advance Ruling is binding on the applicant as well as Government authorities.
The purpose of this write-up is to provide an overall basic understanding of the statutory provisions (contained in the Model GST Law) which deal with the processes of tax appeals at various levels. Why do we at all need appeal mechanisms? Or, more generally, why do we need dispute resolution mechanisms? The simple answer is: because there are disputes.
The proper officershall set out the relevant facts and the basis of his decision. Under no circumstances, the amount of tax, interest and penalty demanded in the order shall be in excess of the amount specified in the notice and no demand shall be confirmed on grounds other than the grounds specified in the notice.
