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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...
The proposed Direct Taxes Code (DTC) and the goods and services tax (GST) will likely be taught to commerce students in universities on the initiative of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). The ICAI is in talks with several univer
After missing its date with the Goods and Services Tax and the Direct Taxes Code, the government is also likely to miss the deadline for another major reform initiative – implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) from the n
The Centre has rejected the alternative model of Goods and Services Tax (GST) suggested by the empowered panel of State Finance Ministers and a few BJP-ruled States, which was suggested as a strategy to obviate the need for amendment to the Constitut
With no consensus in sight for a model to implement the goods and services tax (GST), state governments have presented a modified version of the proposed regime that would enable states to enjoy discretionary fiscal powers without requiring Constitu
The finance ministry is in a fix over the proposed implementation of point of taxation rules for service tax from October 1 this year, with the industry resisting transition to the accrual basis for taxation of services. Simply put, under the accrual
Stance of BJP-ruled states unchanged. The stalemate between the Centre and the states over the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) continued on Monday, with some states opposing the changes suggested by the central government in the Cons
The Finance Ministry will decide on whether to bring out yet another revised draft of the Constitutional Amendment Bill, needed for the roll out of the new indirect taxes regime GST, after it has received inputs from state finance ministers who are t
The food processing industry can breathe easy as packaged food items may be exempted from the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST). At present, processed food products are exempted from central excise, but most states levy Value Added Tax (VAT) on t
The government banks on the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to push the Insurance and LIC Bills in the next Parliament session, but it seems to have adopted different tactics on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill.
It is official now. The country may miss the April 1, 2011 deadline for adopting a dual goods and services tax (GST) system.The Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, has now conceded that it may not be possible to introduce GST from April 1 next year. The main bottleneck in achieving this major tax reform is the absence of consensus between the Centre and the States on the required Constitutional Amendment for introduction of GST.
