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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...
Under GST, RCM is applicable to both supply of certain Goods and or services as notified by the Government. RCM is also applicable for supplies received from unregistered suppliers also. Persons who are required to pay tax under reverse charge has to compulsorily register under GST
1. The concept of admissibility of input tax credit is elaborated and mentioned in the provision itself (intended to be used or used in the furtherance of business) 2. Capital goods will be entitled for 100% credit immediately except for pipelines and telecommunication tower fixed to earth by foundation or structural support which is as follows :-
The revised IGST Law has provided separate provisions for determination of place of supply in case of intra state trade/inter-state trade and that in case of import/export of goods. The provisions regarding determination of place of supply of goods other than supply of goods imported into or exported from India are the same as proposed in the erstwhile IGST Law and are not repeated.
There are four types of Refunds Available in GST: 1. Unutilized Input Tax Credit 2. Balance in Electronic Cash Ledger 3. Advance Tax deposited by Casual Taxable Person or Non Resident 4. Refund of Embassy, Agency of UNO
As evident from revised draft, the definitions of the input goods, capital goods and input services have undergone a major change or let’s say, it has been simplified to the maximum extent possible. In the current laws, there are definitions containing specifications and restrictions to items and services on which cenvat can be taken or […]
Works contract is a mixture of goods and services but it is neither a composite supply nor a mixed supply as it has been defined as per Sec. 2(119) of CGST Act. As per the said section “ Works Contract” means a contract for building, construction, fabrication ,completion, erection, installation , fitting out, improvement , modification, repair ,maintenance, renovation, alteration, or commissioning of any immovable property wherein transfer of property in goods ( whether as goods or in some other form) is involved in the execution of such contract. Thus even when there is a transfer of property in goods during execution of any works contract , such supply will be included in Works Contract only. For example ,construction of a new building, installation and commissioning of Cooling Towers, etc.
Rule – making has gained momentum and CBEC has released several draft rules like draft accounts & records rules, draft assessment & audit rules, draft appeals & revision rules, draft advance rulings rules and draft-way bill rules.
Under Section 4A of the Central Excise Act, the Central Government has the power to notify the goods which shall be valued on the basis of MRP less abatement permitted. However in GST Law there is no provision for determination of value on the MRP basis.
The applicability of various taxes (such as Excise, Custom, Service Tax, VAT and CST) in the present indirect tax system and in the coming GST regime has been explained through this article with the help of examples in each of the situations mentioned below:
Transition provision is one time provision which shall be applicable at the time of migration to GST on the appointed day which is likely to be 1st July, 2017.
