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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...
VAT is a multi-stage tax levy system which envisages collection of tax at each stage of the value addition chain, with a provision to allow input tax credit (ITC) on tax paid at an earlier stage (ie.for inputs), which can be appropriated against the VAT liability on subsequent sale. Under VAT system, the dealer has to pay Net tax on his taxable transactions.
Assessment is the process of determination of the tax liability of a tax payer. Section 6203 of the Revenue and Taxation Code of the Internal Revenue Service of the USA defines it as the statutorily required recording of tax liability. Analysis of this definition reveals that assessment is a.
A return is a statement of specified particulars relating to business activity undertaken by the taxable person during a prescribed period. Return is a very critical aspect of any tax administration since it is the formal mode for submission of information important for administration of tax in a structured and time bound manner. Return provides a framework for working out the tax that becomes payable in the prescribed period applying the legal principles laid down in the tax law to the transactions during the period. A taxable person has a legal obligation.
Case Studies : 1. Determination of Place of Supply in E-Commerce transactions 2.Determination of Place of Supply in Telecom transactions –Prepaid 3. Determination of Place of Supply of goods in normal business transactions
Section 42 (4) Audit by a chartered accountant or a cost accountant- Every registered taxable person whose turnover during a financial year exceeds the prescribed limit shall get his accounts audited by a chartered accountant or a cost accountant and shall submit to the proper officer a copy of the audited statement of accounts, the reconciliation statement under sub-section (2) of section 30 and such other documents in the form and manner as may be prescribed in this behalf.
The Jewellery sector plays a significant role in the growth of Indian economy. It is contributing around 6-7 per cent in the pool of country’s GDP (Gross domestic product). This is the fastest growing sectors and is extremely export oriented and labour intensive. It is creating a high degree of potential for the value addition and growth of the country.
Petroleum Products is currently out of the GST ambit ,However, petroleum and petroleum products shall only be subject to GST later depending on the GST Councils recommendation. States will continue to have power to impose sales tax on sale within state on petroleum products & alcoholic liquor for human consumption vide Entry no 54 of List II of Seventh Schedule to COI. Simultaneously
Under the proposed GST Law, tax components could be CGST/SGST/IGST. CGST & SGST is leviable on intra-state supplies whereas IGST is levied on inter-state supplies. CGST represents tax belonging to Central Government; SGST represents tax belonging to respective State Government and IGST represents a tax levied and collected by the Central Government which would be containing share of both the Central and the State Government.
The Existing Model of Input Service Distributor (ISD) for the purpose of distribution of input credit on services has been adopted in the Model GST Law with modifications to align the concept with the framework of GST law
One of the key features of Goods and Service Tax (GST) in India is its uninterrupted and continuous chain of input tax credit (ITC). In the present indirect taxation system, cascading of tax is significant due to non-availability of ITC at various stages
