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When the Taxman’s Address Becomes a Casino Sign

Goods and Services Tax : The operators avoided traditional hacking and instead used structural loopholes in website optimisation. The incident shows how te...

April 21, 2026 909 Views 0 comment Print

CBIC issued FAQs on IGST Refund

Goods and Services Tax : IGST refunds are not available when exports are made under LUT/Bond without tax payment. The clarification highlights eligibility ...

April 9, 2026 3456 Views 0 comment Print

End of Intermediary Conundrum: Omission of Section 13(8)(b) of IGST Act

Goods and Services Tax : The amendment shifts the place of supply to the recipient’s location, allowing intermediary services to qualify as exports. This...

April 9, 2026 2322 Views 0 comment Print

Intermediary Taxation: Review of Omission of Section 13(8)(b) of IGST Act

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...

April 4, 2026 5193 Views 0 comment Print

Roadblock Removed: Court allows ITC-02 for Inter-State Transfers – An Analysis

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...

February 25, 2026 1224 Views 0 comment Print


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Import Duty & GST Exemptions on Life-Saving Drugs for Rare Diseases

Custom Duty : The government exempts import duties on specific life-saving drugs for rare diseases under set conditions. Learn about eligibility...

February 12, 2025 2364 Views 0 comment Print

GST/IGST Collection & Compensation for States

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...

December 11, 2024 2049 Views 0 comment Print

GST/IGST Collection and Compensation Details for 2024

Goods and Services Tax : Overview of GST collections and compensation to states in 2024, including deliberations on GST rates for health insurance....

December 6, 2024 957 Views 0 comment Print

GST Collection Analysis: State-wise Breakdown and IGST Settlement

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...

December 19, 2023 9966 Views 0 comment Print

SOP for verification of Inadmissible ITC of IGST reversal in GSTR 3B

Goods and Services Tax : Standard Operating Procedures for Monitoring Ineligible IGST Input Tax Credit Reversal by Taxpayers in Return Form GSTR 3B (SOP-1/...

December 8, 2023 33525 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


IGST Assessment Falls Within Customs Jurisdiction: Kerala HC

Custom Duty : The dispute involved jurisdiction of customs authorities to levy IGST on imports. The Court ruled that assessment includes all app...

May 2, 2026 540 Views 0 comment Print

IGST at 5% Applicable on Bulk Drug Imports as APIs Qualify as ‘Drugs’: CAAR Mumbai

Custom Duty : The authority held that bulk drugs, including APIs, fall within the definition of drugs under applicable laws. Consequently, IGST ...

March 20, 2026 1140 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat HC Orders IGST Refund Because Notification Entry Was Declared Ultra Vires

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...

March 9, 2026 273 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat HC Quashes IGST Refund Rejections Because Repealed GST Rule Stands Obliterated

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...

February 26, 2026 975 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Allows 12% IGST on Poultry Machinery Parts as Beneficial Circular Applies Retrospectively

Custom Duty : CESTAT Mumbai set aside a differential IGST demand, holding that CBIC’s beneficial circular clarifying 12% GST on poultry machin...

February 24, 2026 477 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


CBIC Revises IGST Rate Notification Under Finance Act 2026

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 ...

April 30, 2026 2067 Views 0 comment Print

Update on Advisory on Interest Collection and Related Enhancements in GSTR-3B

Goods and Services Tax : GST Portal revises interest computation in GSTR-3B, factoring minimum cash ledger balance and auto-populating non-editable interes...

February 19, 2026 2382 Views 0 comment Print

Govt Notifies DGGI ADG as IGST Nodal Officer; Afcom Named Indian Carrier under GST

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...

February 17, 2026 816 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2026: Key Customs, Excise & GST Legislative and Duty Changes

Income Tax : The Budget 2026 changes overhaul customs duty structures by moving rates into the tariff and pruning exemptions. The key takeaway ...

February 1, 2026 16296 Views 0 comment Print

IGST Rates Revised for Tobacco and Pan Masala from 1st February 2026

Goods and Services Tax : Biris are specifically classified in the 18% schedule, separate from other tobacco items. This creates a distinct IGST treatment f...

December 31, 2025 4347 Views 0 comment Print


Interest Not Payable where IGST wrongly paid inadvertently as CGST

February 25, 2020 9105 Views 0 comment Print

In Shree Nanak Ferro Alloys (P.) Ltd. v. Union of India, it is held by High Court of Jharkhand that interest is not payable by the petitioner where petitioner had inadvertently paid tax under head CGST, instead of IGST, and as such it was not a case of short payment. Facts of the Case:- The […]

GST Audit: 2018-19 and heap of amendments

February 21, 2020 8487 Views 0 comment Print

GST in India is known for extensions. Since 2001 when the than government talked about its implementation, it has story of date extensions and it’s implementation got extended many times. Similarly, after its introduction w.e.f 1st July, 2017 extensions of dates for different provisions continued and at many times things failed to happen. First ever […]

IGST: CBIC notifies rate of GST on supply of lottery

February 21, 2020 954 Views 0 comment Print

Seeks to amend notification No. 1/2017- Integrated Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 so as to notify rate of GST on supply of lottery. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) Notification No. 1/2020-Integrated Tax (Rate) New Delhi, the 21st February, 2020 G.S.R. 135(E).– In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section […]

GST Sikkim- Submit invoice/bill of supply at respective validation centre

February 17, 2020 3564 Views 0 comment Print

All individuals or registered firms carrying any consignment of goods valued below Rupees fifty thousand without valid e-waybill declaration, shall/is liable to submit a copy of purchase invoice/bill of supply at respective validation centre of the State. The purchase invoice/bill of supply in question shall cover all purchase whether for private or public/Government use or for the purposes of business in Sikkim.

Notifications levying IGST on importer on Ocean Freight is Unconstitutional

February 14, 2020 4419 Views 0 comment Print

Whether Notification No. 8/2017-Integrated Tax (Rate), dated 28.6.2017 and Entry 10 of the Notification No.10/2017-Integrated Tax (Rate), dated 28.6.2017 are ultra vires to the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 and unconstitutional?

FINANCE BILL, 2020 – Analysis of Proposed Amendment Under GST

February 8, 2020 2625 Views 0 comment Print

. In all 16 amendments have been proposed under the CGST Act, 2017 by virtue of clauses 116 to 131 of the Finance Bill, 2020. Parallel 2 amendments have been proposed under the IGST Act, 2017 by virtue of clauses 132 & 133 of the Finance Bill, 2020. Also parallel 4 amendments have been proposed under the UT GST Act, 2017 and one amendment has been proposed under the Compensation to States Act, 2017.

Budget 2020 | Proposed amendment to CGST & IGST Act, 2017

February 6, 2020 2781 Views 0 comment Print

Proposed amendment to CGST Act, 2017 & IGST Act, 2017 [Clause 116 to 129 of Finance Bill, 2020] [These sections shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint] Hon’ble FM Speech A simplified return shall be implemented from the 1st April, 2020 Refund process has been simplified […]

IGST on Ocean Freight Unconstitutional/Double Taxation

January 25, 2020 4803 Views 0 comment Print

High Court concluded that no tax is leviable under the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2007, on the ocean freight for the services provided by a person located in a non-taxable territory by way of transportation of goods by a vessel from a place outside India upto the customs station of clearance in India and the levy and collection of tax of such ocean freight under the impugned Notifications is not permissible in

IGST on Ocean Freight as Ultra Vires & Unconstitutional : Gujarat HC

January 25, 2020 2958 Views 0 comment Print

Synopsis: In a landmark judgment in the case of Mohit Mineral Pvt. Ltd. v. UOI [Special Civil Application No. 726/2018 decided on January 23, 2020], the Hon’ble Gujarat HC has declared levy of Integrated Goods and Services Tax (“IGST”) on ocean freight & corresponding notifications as ultra-vires the IGST Act, 2017 for lacking legislative competency […]

GST on Ocean Freight – A failed Tax Adventure?

January 24, 2020 30354 Views 3 comments Print

1. The Central Government had issued Notification No. 8/2017-Integrated Tax (Rate), dated 28.06.2017, notifying the rate of IGST for the services described therein and also the conditions in certain cases. 2. Section 9(3) of the CGST Act, 2017 and 5(3) of the IGST Act, 2017 empowers the Central Government, on the recommendation of the GST […]

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