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...
♣ Taxpayers filing Form GSTR 3B will have to utilize IGST credit towards payment of Integrated tax. Then the IGST Credit remaining, will have to be utilised towards the payment of Central tax and State tax or Union territory tax, in any order. ♣ This can be done provided that the input tax credit on account of Central tax, […]
CBIC exempts any supply of goods by a retail outlet established in the departure area of an international airport, beyond the immigration counters, to an outgoing international tourist vide Notification No. 11/2019-Integrated Tax (Rate) dated 29th June, 2019 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) Notification No. 11/2019-Integrated Tax (Rate) New Delhi, the 29th June, […]
Notification No. 10/2019–Integrated Tax (Rate) Dated 29th June, 2019- CBIC specifies retail outlets established in the departure area of an international airport, beyond the immigration counters, making tax free supply of goods to an outgoing international tourist, as class of persons who shall be entitled to claim refund. Government of India Ministry of Finance (Department […]
M/s. Amit Cotton Industries vs. Principal Commissioner of Customs (Gujarat High Court) Circular cannot run contrary to Statutory Provisions –Guj HC orders grant of IGST Refund. Facts: Writ-applicant had exported goods in July 2017. It is the case of the writ-applicant that it is eligible to seek refund of the IGST in accordance with the […]
Treatment of wrong kind of tax payment viz, CGST and SGST /UTGST In lieu of IGST and vice versa. Introduction: ♣ It is possible to come across situations where a registered person has paid the wrong kind of tax viz, CGST and SGST / UTGST in lieu of IGST and vice versa. Therefore, such incorrect […]
Some newspapers have today highlighted a perceived set-back to the automated process of refunds for exporters under GST on account of the introduction of manual checks to curb large scale frauds in IGST refunds. These news items regrettably create a misleading impression that genuine exporters would suffer on account of the newly introduced verification process.
No Automatic Refund of IGST Stringent Systems Put in Place to Detect Fraudulent Refund Claims by Exporters As per Sec 16. (3) of IGST Act, Exporters of Goods or Services are allowed to Export under Two Options 1. Export Without Payment of GST under Bond / LUT & Claim ITC Refund 2. Export On Payment […]
The procedure for claiming IGST refunds is fully automated as provided under Instruction 15/2017-Cus dated 09.10.2017. It has come to the notice of the Board that instances of availment of IGST refund using fraudulent ITC claims by some exporters have been observed by various authorities
I had Published articles in Taxguru with titles GST on Export of Services to Nepal and Bhutan & Procedure for Export via Land Customs Stations to Nepal, Bangladesh & Bhutan. I had received many Queries, Questions & Comments from many readers, thus I thought it’s my Responsibility to clarify those Doubts. Let’s first understand basics […]
The difference between Export of Services on payment of integrated tax (and claiming refund of the same) and without payment of integrated tax (i.e. claiming refund of input tax credit) is tabulated as follows: Particular Export with payment of Tax Export without payment of Tax 1 Procedure required to be undertaken by the company […]
