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Goods and Services Tax : Delhi HC held that directing GST Department to give seven days' prior notice before coercive action is not equivalent to blanket a...
Goods and Services Tax : The Orissa High Court held that rejecting a GST appeal without considering the assessee's electronically filed explanation on dela...
Goods and Services Tax : The article examines how Section 122(1A) broadens GST penalty provisions beyond taxable persons to beneficiaries and participants....
Goods and Services Tax : The article explains why buyers should avoid claiming ITC when purchase invoices are missing from GSTR-2B. It outlines the legal p...
Goods and Services Tax : This guide covers the following: what exactly a GST amendment is, which fields can be changed (and which cannot), how Form REG-14 ...
Goods and Services Tax : A GST Bar Association has sought a three-month extension for filing GSTAT appeals, citing procedural complexities and evolving fil...
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 : The Punjab and Haryana High Court set aside the GST adjudication order on secondment of expatriate employees because relevant CBIC...
Goods and Services Tax : The Gauhati High Court held that a taxpayer whose GST registration was cancelled for non-filing of returns could seek restoration ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Gujarat High Court directed release of the petitioner's attached bank accounts after the State admitted that no findings under...
Goods and Services Tax : The Madras High Court set aside a GST assessment order that was issued before the expiry of the time granted for responding to a r...
Goods and Services Tax : The Madras High Court set aside a GST assessment after finding that repeated notices uploaded only on the GST portal did not provi...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has made Ship-to GSTIN conditionally mandatory in specified e-Invoice and e-Way Bill workflows. The change introduces stricte...
Goods and Services Tax : Haryana has directed officers to send GST show cause notices and demand orders by registered or speed post in addition to portal-b...
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...
As we all are aware that we are passing through the regime where entire indirect system is switching over to the GST which is governed by four Acts i.e. IGST, CGST, SGST & UGST. All the four acts will work in their respective spheres as per their applicability. It is very important to discuss that […]
Under the GST law, the levy of tax is as follows: (a) In the hands of the supplier – on the supply of goods and / or services (referred to as tax under forward charge mechanism); (b) In the hands of the recipient – on receipt of goods and / or services (referred to as tax under reverse charge mechanism)
A new concept of supplying the goods together has been introduced in GST regime which will cover supplies made together irrespective of the fact whether they are related or not. Though the concept of bundled services was there under Service Tax Law which is similar to composite supply but the concept of mixed supply is totally […]
Right after the GST rates for goods, another meeting held on May 19, 2017 at Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, approved the GST rates for services. The rates for services were finalised the four- slab structure i.e. 5%, 12%, 18%, 28%. A larger number of fast- food joints, which are […]
GST Council in its 14th meeting on 18th & 19th of May 2017 held in Srinagar, suggested the list of goods & services on which tax should be levied under Reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM). In all 12 services has been suggested by the Council to be notified by the government as services on which Reverse Charge Mechanism shall apply. Not only services but RCM is applicable on supply of goods also. In this article we will cover all the provisions related to RCM under GST. For the first time, we have drafted the article in form of question and answers. We have tried to cover all the aspects of RCM in these questions, so now let us start with our question answer session.
The fitment of rates of services were discussed on 19th May 2017 during the 14th GST Council meeting held at Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir. The Council has broadly approved the GST rates for services at Nil, 5%, 12%, 18% and 28%. The information will be subject to further vetting after which the list may undergo some changes. The decisions of the GST Council are being communicated for general information and will be given effect to through gazette notifications which shall have force of law.
The GST Council has broadly approved the GST rates for services at Nil, 5%, 12%, 18% and 28% for services including telecom, insurance, hotels and restaurants. The information has been uploaded immediately after the GST Council’s decision and it will be subject to further vetting during which the list may undergo some changes. It is stated that the decisions of the GST Council are being communicated for general information and will be given effect through gazette notifications which shall have force of law.
The anti-profiteering provisions are there in GST Acts to help the government to ensure that the common masses enjoy the benefits of the reduction in rates by way of reduced prices.
Goods exempted from the GST regime Goods like fresh meat, fish chicken, eggs, milk, butter milk, curd, natural honey, fresh fruits and vegetables, flour, besan, bread, prasad, salt, bindi. Sindoor, stamps, judicial papers, printed books, newspapers, bangles, handloom, etc.
GST Council is all set to implement GST from July 1, 2017. Taxable event under GST is supply of goods or services as case may be. Hence, it becomes mandatory for us to obtain an understanding of TIME OF SUPPLY i.e. when the act will regard that supply has taken place and will require the payment of tax. In this article, I would like to discuss the point of time when it will be regarded that supply has taken place.
