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Goods and Services Tax : The Madras High Court held that GST proceedings under Sections 73, 74 or 74A can be initiated against legal heirs after the propri...
Goods and Services Tax : The article explains how GST integrated Jammu & Kashmir into India's common market while improving tax administration, trade, and ...
Goods and Services Tax : The article explains that High Courts require proper notice, recorded reasons, and application of mind before GST registration can...
Goods and Services Tax : The article explains that the Statement of Facts forms the foundation of every GST appeal. It emphasizes that accurate, evidence-b...
Goods and Services Tax : The article explains how mandatory IMS and the Zero-Mismatch Policy require taxpayers to verify invoices before claiming ITC, maki...
Goods and Services Tax : A PIB backgrounder explains how nine years of GST have expanded the taxpayer base, increased collections, and simplified India's i...
Goods and Services Tax : Haryana recorded the highest State GST revenue growth of 32% during the first quarter of FY 2026-27, outperforming all other state...
Goods and Services Tax : The representation requests extension of the GSTAT appeal filing deadline to 31 December 2026, citing persistent technical issues ...
Goods and Services Tax : A representation seeks extension of the GSTAT appeal filing deadline to 31 December 2026, citing persistent technical issues on th...
Goods and Services Tax : The Advocates Tax Bar Association has requested extension of the GSTAT appeal filing deadline to 31 December 2026, citing persiste...
Goods and Services Tax : Calcutta HC held that Section 74 does not permit one show cause notice for multiple financial years and quashed the SCN and conseq...
Goods and Services Tax : Madras High Court remanded GST assessments after finding they were passed without verification of the SEZ Certificate and Letter o...
Goods and Services Tax : Madras High Court set aside certain GST orders after holding that DRC-01 notice should have preceded adjudication following the ea...
Goods and Services Tax : Calcutta High Court restored a delayed GST appeal, holding that sufficient cause and mandatory pre-deposit could not be ignored on...
Goods and Services Tax : Madras High Court allowed a delayed GST appeal, observing that portal upload alone should not deprive a small businessman of an ef...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has clarified mandatory Ship-to GSTIN requirements, API changes and voluntary e-Way Bill closure before the proposed 1 August...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has shifted the FY 2025-26 AATO amendment window to 1–31 July 2026 due to system upgrades. Tax officer review will take pla...
Goods and Services Tax : June 2026 gross GST collections reached Rs. 1.94 lakh crore, driven by higher domestic and import revenues, while net collections ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Government has fixed 31 July 2026 as the last date for filing GST Appellate Tribunal appeals and applications in specified old...
Goods and Services Tax : CBIC clarified that proceedings validly initiated before a taxpayer's jurisdiction changes remain legally valid. The new jurisdict...
Direct tax collections in the country are likely to double after the proposed Direct Tax Code (DTC) and the Goods and Service Tax (GST) regime come into effect, a top government official has said. “We are moving towards a scenario where I think there will be a substantial increase in collection of taxes when DTC and GST will be in place. GST will help us in direct tax collection,” Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman S S N Moorthy said.
The finance ministry has set up a five-member task force to frame rules for the proposed Goods and Service Tax (GST). A bill for the GST is likely to be finalised soon. It is likely to be introduced in the monsoon session of Parliament after the states’ concurrence. Once the legislative amendments are passed by Parliament and assemblies, the Centre will frame the new Act, which will govern the indirect tax structure.
Chief Ministers of the Congress-ruled states on Wednesday asked the Centre to protect states against any loss of revenue from the switchover to goods and services tax (GST). “The general feeling (among the states) is that there should not be any loss (to states),” Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan told reporters after the meeting of Congress CMs with the Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
The law ministry is likely to finalise the Constitutional Amendment Bill on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) by next week. It will send draft of the Bill to the finance ministry which will share it with the empowered group of state finance ministers on GST for its feedback.
The Centre is likely to offer a sweetener to goods that go out of the exempted list for excise once the goods and services tax (GST) kicks in next year.While identifying the list of products that will go out of the 350item list, the Union finance ministry is looking at levying a lower rate of tax under the new regime.
Subsuming purchase tax—a tax levied by some states on the sale of agricultural products—in GST is next on the Centre’s agenda. The finance ministry is hopeful that states will agree to subsume purchase tax in GST after a long drawn battle to keep it out of the purview of the proposed indirect tax regime.
Being ready with the required IT infrastructure to usher in goods and services tax (GST) is high on the government’s agenda. The Nandan Nilekani-led seven-member Technology Advisory Group for Unique Projects (TAGUP) will meet here for the first time on June 28 to review IT preparedness for the proposed indirect tax regime.
Punjab Planning and Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal, has maintained Punjab is ready for implementation of GST by 2011, provided the centre could exclude purchase tax. Manpreet Badal was speaking to media persons on the sidelines of a conference organised for chairpersons and member secretaries (deputy commissioners) of all the District Planning Committees of Punjab.
Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers Chairman Asim Dasgupta today said the panel expected the constitutional amendment Bill to facilitate roll out of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime to be tabled in the coming monsoon session of Parliament.
Idea of national GST was first mooted by Kelkar Task Force in 2004. A task force was formed under Chairmanship of Shri Vijay Kelkar on Implementation of Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act. The Kelkar Committee submitted its report in July 2004. The Committee strongly recommended fully integrated ‘GST’ on national basis. Since then there have been several government documents on this subject of GST. Out of these several government documents following reports were presented were most relevant and important:
