Goods and Services Tax : The operators avoided traditional hacking and instead used structural loopholes in website optimisation. The incident shows how te...
Goods and Services Tax : IGST refunds are not available when exports are made under LUT/Bond without tax payment. The clarification highlights eligibility ...
Goods and Services Tax : The amendment shifts the place of supply to the recipient’s location, allowing intermediary services to qualify as exports. This...
Goods and Services Tax : The issue was place of supply for intermediary services under GST. The amendment shifts it to the recipient’s location, enabling...
Goods and Services Tax : The Bombay High Court ruled that GST portal limitations cannot override Section 18(3) of the CGST Act. It allowed transfer of CGST...
Custom Duty : The government exempts import duties on specific life-saving drugs for rare diseases under set conditions. Learn about eligibility...
Goods and Services Tax : Details on GST/IGST collection over five years and state-wise compensation released. Discussion on GST on health insurance also in...
Goods and Services Tax : Overview of GST collections and compensation to states in 2024, including deliberations on GST rates for health insurance....
Goods and Services Tax : Explore the details of CGST, SGST, and IGST collected, IGST settlement to states, and an in-depth study on GST revenue growth. Ins...
Goods and Services Tax : Standard Operating Procedures for Monitoring Ineligible IGST Input Tax Credit Reversal by Taxpayers in Return Form GSTR 3B (SOP-1/...
Custom Duty : The dispute involved jurisdiction of customs authorities to levy IGST on imports. The Court ruled that assessment includes all app...
Custom Duty : The authority held that bulk drugs, including APIs, fall within the definition of drugs under applicable laws. Consequently, IGST ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Gujarat High Court directed refund of IGST paid under Entry No.10 of Notification 10/2017 after it was declared ultra vires th...
Goods and Services Tax : The High Court held that omission of Rule 96(10) without a saving clause applies to all pending cases. Refund claims for IGST paid...
Custom Duty : CESTAT Mumbai set aside a differential IGST demand, holding that CBIC’s beneficial circular clarifying 12% GST on poultry machin...
Goods and Services Tax : CBIC has amended Notification No. 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate) to revise tariff entries under IGST schedules in line with Finance ...
Goods and Services Tax : GST Portal revises interest computation in GSTR-3B, factoring minimum cash ledger balance and auto-populating non-editable interes...
Goods and Services Tax : Finance Ministry notifies DGGI ADG as nodal officer under IT Rules and designates Afcom Holdings as Indian carrier under Central S...
Income Tax : The Budget 2026 changes overhaul customs duty structures by moving rates into the tariff and pruning exemptions. The key takeaway ...
Goods and Services Tax : Biris are specifically classified in the 18% schedule, separate from other tobacco items. This creates a distinct IGST treatment f...
CBIC clarified on Manner of calculation of interest for taxpayers having aggregate turnover above Rs. 5 Cr., Manner of calculation of interest for taxpayers having aggregate turnover below Rs. 5 Cr. and Manner of calculation of late fee vide Circular No. 141/11/2020-GST Dated 24th June, 2020. Circular No. 141/11/2020-GST CBEC-20/06/04-2020 -GST Government of India Ministry […]
Credit notes issued after change in rate of tax in respect of goods or services When ever there is a rate change in the goods or services, the tax payers need to revisit their cost structures and business process. Though anti profiteering is one of the major concerns, one key confusion that arises is whether […]
Under VAT or GST system of levy of tax on sale or supply of goods or services, a zero rated supply is understood as a sale or supply of goods or services or both on which tax is not payable and person making zero rated supply is entitled for claiming benefit of input tax credit […]
Summary of Various Reliefs provided to Taxpayers in GST Due to COVID-19 pandemic and challenges faced by taxpayers, Government has extended dates for GST filings. These are notified vide Notifications 51 to 54/2020 dated 24.06.2020 and Notification No 57/2020-CT dated 30.06.2020. A Circular No. 141/1/2020-GST dated 24th June, 2020 has also been issued in this […]
Import of Services under GST means supply of service, where:- i) Supplier located outside India. ii) Recipient located in India. iii) Place of supply In India Transaction compiling all the above three conditions will constitute import of service. Scope of Supply: As per section 7(1)(b) import of service is specifically included in scope of supply. […]
A person can make the export supply of goods by making payment of Integrated GST and refund can be claimed for the same. Further exports can be made without making payment of IGST after the submission of Bond/LUT. In such cases, a refund of accumulated Input Tax Credit on expenses may arise.
CBIC notifies provisions to provide relief by conditional lowering of interest rate for tax periods of February, 2020 to April, 2020 vide Notification No. 3/2020 – Integrated Tax Dated 8th April, 2020. Government of India Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs Notification No. 3/2020 – Integrated Tax New […]
1. The provisions of CGST/SGST Act, enables a taxpayer to claim for a refund of the tax levied on the particular supply of Goods and Services. Likewise, a person having GSTregistration can claim for refundon tax paid for the intra-state supply which is consequently held to be inter-state supply and vice versa. 2. The applicant […]
Section 16 of IGST Act, 2017 entitles exporters to claim refund under either of the two options: 1. Export without payment of IGST under bond or Letter of Undertaking (LUT) and claim refund of unutilized Input Tax Credit (ITC) or 2. Export with payment of IGST and claim refund of such IGST paid. The 2nd […]
Under section 16 of IGST Act 2017, exports are considered as zero rated supplies. Zero rated supplies means where the GST burden on both inputs and outputs is zero. This is mainly to make Indian Goods and Services competitive in the international market. GST Act has prescribed ways to achieve this mainly. 1. Export of […]
