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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...
Fema / RBI : The article explains RBI’s decision to reduce the export proceeds realization period from 15 months to 9 months and its impact o...
Goods and Services Tax : This guide explains the fundamentals of GST, including CGST, SGST, IGST, and UTGST. It also highlights how these classifications i...
CA, CS, CMA : GST disputes are increasing, creating substantial opportunities for Chartered Accountants in audits, adjudication, appeals, and ta...
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...
The concept of ‘supply’ is the key stone of the proposed GST architecture. GST is a multi-stage tax levied on supply of goods and / or services, collected at each stage of the production and distribution, in proportion to the value added by each taxable person in the chain of supply.
Registration of any business entity under Model GST Law implies obtaining a unique number from the concerned tax authorities so that all the operations of and data relating to the business can be processed and agglomerated in seamless manner with a view to allow smooth flow of Input Tax Credit and also ultimately flow of fund in inter sate transactions.
The legal and conceptual foundations of the Goods and Services Tax have thus been laid out. The power to levy GST is drawn from Article 246A proposed in the Constitutional Amendment Act. In pursuance of the same Section 7 of the CGST / SGST Act and Section 4 of the IGST Act levy the respective taxes also determining the incidence of the respective taxes therein.
Interest is a consideration for allowing someone to use your money. It could be termed as Compensation paid to one who allows his money to be used by another person. This is a common understanding and no big brains are required to understand this proposition.
Taxable person would therefore, cover both – one who are registered as taxable person under the Act and two, persons who are not so registered but required to be so registered. Thus, even unregistered person would be called a taxable person liable as such under the Act.
Q 1. What are the basic objective of Settlement Commission? Ans. The basic objectives of setting up of the Settlement Commission are:- i. to provide an alternate channel for dispute resolution for the taxpayer; ii. to expedite payment of GST involved in disputes by avoiding costly and time consuming litigation process; iii. to provide an opportunity to tax payers to come clean who may have evaded payment of tax;
The Goods and Service Tax is a levy on supply. All intra-states supplies attract Central and State GST whereas all the inter states supplies attract IGST. Hence, Supply is at the root of GST. This is our second article in the series wherein we discuss on the term supply and its relevance in current tax structure.
The Model GST Law was kept in the public domain in June 2016. It is a race against the time in order to implement the GST across the entire country by 1st April 2017.From origin based taxation system (in case of Excise and VAT/CST), GST will shift to consumption based tax system (i.e. the Taxes will go to the states where the goods and / or services are consumed).
(1) As per Section 35 Payment of Tax, Interest, Penalty and other amount of Chapter IX of GST Model Law, Every deposit made towards tax, interest, penalty, fee or any other amount by a taxable person by Internet Banking, Credit Card/ Debit Card, NEFT/RTGS or any other mode shall be credited to the Electronic Cash Ledger of such person and date of credit shall be deemed to date of deposit.
The FAQ compilation covers broadly 24 topics with Chapters on Registration, Valuation, Input Tax Credit, Assessment, Audit, Refund, Demand and Recovery, Appeals, Advance Ruling, Offence and Penalties etc.
