Madhukar N Hiregange articles

COVID Relief Measures – Reduction in GST rate of specified items – Impact on Rate of Tax, ITC & MRP

Introduction Coronavirus (COVID-19), a virus that grew stealthily from the end of 2019 has become one of the deadliest viruses that is killing people worldwide. The normal life in India was disrupted due to lockdown, restrictions on commutation etc. due to covid. It affected almost all the industries in India and the second wave of [&hell...

New CGST Rule 36(4) – ITC matching – Impact & Validity

Rule 36(4), i.e. the ITC matching and claim based on vendor GSTR filings is one such insertion into the law which is creating more harm than good. In this article, we have analysed the impact, practical suggestions, and also touched upon the validity of Rule 36(4) in GST law....

IGST Refunds – Genuine Exporters-Rule of Law Missing?

Though GST department claims only a miniscule percentage of exporters have been selected for risky exporter verification, it appears many exporters even with a good reputation over couple of decades in exporting the goods have been also selected for this verification!!...

GST liability on moulds, dies supplied but not despatched

Government should consider providing the benefit of zero tax even for the dies and moulds manufactured for further use in manufacture of goods for export. There are few countries who have already made such goods GST free....

GST – Availing Missed ITC now in GSTR 3B?

One of the GST objectives is to ensure the seamless flow of the credit & avoiding the cascading effect. The success of ITC is directly proportionate to the success of GST and equally, the business pricing, hence any detriment caused by the ITC would directly impact the business. The ITC claim is the area where […]...

Canteen Recovery: A ‘paraplegia’ under GST

Provision of canteen facility to employees, as a part of their pay package, is not a supply per se and accordingly no GST needs to be charged on such perquisites....

Supply of food | Goods or Service under GST | Taking perspective from earlier laws

GST is a tax levied on supply of goods or services or both. The definition of ‘goods’ in the CGST Act, 2017 means every kind of movable property other than money and securities. So, from a small pencil to a huge bulldozer, everything is included in the category of goods. However, in case of food it cannot be considered as goods always...

GST on Notice Period Recovery

The GST law was with also the objective of reducing multiple litigations pertaining to erstwhile regime like VAT, Service Tax, and Excise etc. being put to rest. However, there are still aspects like compensatory damages, employee notice period recovery which needs clarity. In many private organizations, employees would be legally bound t...

Service Tax on Mining Royalty

In recent times, we have seen a spate of notices on the above subject proposing the huge demands. On the ground realities of being able to survive for some involved in this sector is itself in question. In terms of Notification No. 30/2012-ST dated 20.06.2012 read with amended Notification No. 7/2015-ST dated 01.03.2015 Central Government...

GST – Another chance for claiming Transitional credit now

The taxpayers who have missed claiming transitional credits initially can now claim the same. The suggested course of action is as under: 1. Apply to the Nodal officer on or before 31.12.2019 for enabling the filing of Form GST Tran-1 online. 2. If the application is rejected or not acted in a reasonable time, file a writ petition before ...

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