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Goods and Services Tax : The article examines how NGTP classifications are increasingly being used as standalone grounds for ITC blockage and fraud proceed...
Goods and Services Tax : Missing GST return deadlines triggers late fees under Section 47 and interest under Section 50, both calculated separately. Unders...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court reaffirmed that taxpayers are entitled to due process before coercive recovery measures are initiated. Recovery actions ...
Goods and Services Tax : The guide explains that GST registration certificates are available only through the GST Portal and must be downloaded manually. I...
Goods and Services Tax : From 22 September 2025, accommodation below ₹7,500 per day attracts 5% GST without ITC instead of 12%. The change aims to reduce...
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 : Practitioners are reportedly following different methods while completing GSTAT appeal forms because of inadequate guidance. The r...
Goods and Services Tax : The certificate clarifies that dealing and investment in securities are outside the scope of GST. Companies engaged solely in secu...
Goods and Services Tax : Representation addressed to Union Finance Minister, GST Council and CBIC seeks legislative and administrative relief for bona fide...
Goods and Services Tax : Authorities uncovered fraudulent ITC claims based on fake invoices without actual supply of goods or services. The accused was arr...
Goods and Services Tax : The Gauhati High Court directed authorities to consider restoration of GST registration after the taxpayer filed pending returns a...
Goods and Services Tax : The Tribunal held that procurement strategy, supplier oversight, and sourcing support formed part of a substantive procurement ser...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court observed that the documents produced indicated a sale of immovable property, which is not subject to GST. The matter was...
Goods and Services Tax : The Madras High Court remitted Section 74A GST orders for fresh adjudication after taxpayers argued that their replies to DRC-01 n...
Goods and Services Tax : The Madras High Court held that GST authorities cannot issue a single show cause notice covering multiple financial years. The Cou...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has postponed the implementation of mandatory "Ship To GSTIN" capture and voluntary E-Way Bill closure to 1 August 2026. The ...
Corporate Law : The 2026 amendments significantly expand disclosure requirements for operational creditors and corporate applicants. The changes a...
Goods and Services Tax : Gross GST collections reached ₹1.94 lakh crore in May 2026, registering 3.2% growth. The increase was driven largely by a 19.1% ...
Goods and Services Tax : The West Bengal GST Department ruled that intra-State movement of goods related to job work remains exempt from e-way bill generat...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has announced mandatory capture of Ship-To GSTIN in Bill-To/Ship-To transactions under the EWB system. The change aims to imp...
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.
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.
