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MVAT Audit Report in Form e-704: Deadlines and Clauses

Corporate Law : Learn about significance of MVAT Audit Form 704, its important clauses, and deadline for submission. Ensure tax compliance and tra...

October 12, 2023 20406 Views 0 comment Print

Scheme for settlement of dues under Maharashtra Settlement of Arrears of Tax, Interest and Penalty Act 2023

Goods and Services Tax : Unlock benefits of Maharashtras Arrears Settlement Scheme 2023 for tax dues under MVAT, CST, and other acts pre-dating 30-06-2017....

March 22, 2023 9618 Views 0 comment Print

Lump sum payment under Maharashtra Settlement Act 2022

Goods and Services Tax : Unlock insights into the payment of lump sum amounts under the Maharashtra Settlement of Arrears of Tax, Interest, and Penalty Act...

September 17, 2022 3915 Views 0 comment Print

Whether condition of pre deposit mandatory for admission of appeal under MVAT

Goods and Services Tax : In this article conditions for filing of appeal for the period  prior  and after 15-04-2017 have been discussed with specific re...

July 21, 2022 12060 Views 1 comment Print

Scheme for settlement of dues under Maharashtra Settlement of Arrears of tax act 2022 

Goods and Services Tax : Settle your tax dues under the Maharashtra Settlement of Arrears of Tax Act 2022. Learn about the provisions and salient features ...

April 2, 2022 25266 Views 2 comments Print


Latest News


Maharashtra Amnesty Scheme, 2023 for Goods and Services Tax Department

Goods and Services Tax : HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MAHARASHTRA STATE BUDGET SPEECH DATED 9TH MARCH, 2023 BY HONOURABLE DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER (FINANCE) SHRI DEVENDR...

March 9, 2023 116232 Views 8 comments Print

Proposal for Maharashtra VAT Amnesty Scheme by BJP CA Cell, Mumbai

Goods and Services Tax : The erstwhile MVA Government had announced the Amnesty Scheme for waiver of tax, interest and penalty payable under the MVAT and a...

March 9, 2023 8088 Views 0 comment Print

Maharashtra Sales Tax Amnesty Scheme 2022- Last date is 14.10.2022

Goods and Services Tax : Sales Tax Amnesty Scheme 2022 announced by the GST Department of the Government of Maharashtra has received an overwhelming respon...

October 10, 2022 10395 Views 1 comment Print

No further extension of Maharashtra Amnesty Scheme 2022

Goods and Services Tax : office of the Jt. Commissioner of State Tax. (HQ-1) F-Wing, 7th floor, New bldg, GST Bhavan, Mazgaon, Mumbai-400010. Tel No. 022 2...

September 13, 2022 26145 Views 3 comments Print

Issued faced during assessments & in functioning of Maharashtra VAT Website

Goods and Services Tax : AIMTPA has written a letter to Commissioner of State Tax and brought to his attention issues being faced during assessments under ...

July 22, 2021 1950 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Appellate Authority Cannot Use MVAT Mismatch To Deny TRAN-1 Credit: Bombay HC

Goods and Services Tax : The Bombay High Court held that the Appellate Authority could not reduce transitional credit by relying on MVAT mismatch figures o...

May 15, 2026 204 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay HC sets aside Settlement Order issued post- refund adjustment under MVAT Amnesty Scheme

Goods and Services Tax : The Bombay High Court set aside a settlement order where the department adjusted a refund of one tax period against dues of anothe...

March 13, 2026 378 Views 0 comment Print

MVAT Refund Cannot Be Adjusted Against Future Period Dues Settled Under Amnesty: Bombay HC

Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that once arrears for later years were settled under the Settlement Act, no outstanding demand survived. Adjusting ...

February 27, 2026 390 Views 0 comment Print

Pre-Deposit Must Include Protest Payments: SC Clarifies MVAT Rule

Income Tax : The Court held that amounts paid under protest before assessment must be considered when calculating the 10% pre-deposit required ...

November 22, 2025 2694 Views 0 comment Print

MVAT on TV channel subscription fees: Tax Officers Must Follow Precedents- HC

Goods and Services Tax : Bombay High Court sets aside tax order against Viacom 18, ruling that tax officers must follow earlier appellate decisions on taxi...

May 7, 2025 909 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Maharashtra Issues Profession Tax Compliance Relaxation Due to Portal Technical Issues

Goods and Services Tax : The State Tax Department allowed taxpayers to pay profession tax using PAN after system migration caused portal access issues. Reg...

March 13, 2026 16875 Views 0 comment Print

Maharashtra Extends Tax Arrears Settlement Deadline to March 2026 for Wider Relief

Goods and Services Tax : The amendment extends the deadline for settling tax arrears from 31 December 2025 to 31 March 2026, giving taxpayers additional ti...

March 10, 2026 1107 Views 0 comment Print

MVAT Act 2025 Amendments: Key Changes & Tax Implications

Corporate Law : Maharashtra amends MVAT Act with retrospective effect from 2005, clarifying tax exemptions, deemed sales, and first charge provisi...

January 27, 2025 2757 Views 0 comment Print

Maharashtra Sales Tax Tribunal Launches Official Website

Goods and Services Tax : Maharashtra Sales Tax Tribunal (MSTT) launches a website for case updates, hearings, and judgments, replacing physical cause lists...

January 24, 2025 2091 Views 0 comment Print

Maharashtra Value Added Tax (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2024

Goods and Services Tax : Explore the 2024 amendments to the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, introducing definitions, retrospective provisions, and recover...

December 18, 2024 1989 Views 0 comment Print


New Forms under Maharashtra Value Added Tax (MVAT)

April 8, 2016 86668 Views 3 comments Print

Maharashtra Government has taken an initiative to make e-filing Return process hassle frees and for ease of doing Business. For that purpose, New templates of annexures and returns in Form 231, Form 232, Form 233, Form 234, Form 235 and CST Form III ( E) has been introduced in place of Old Annexures J1, J2 and respective old return forms. All Dealers are required to file Sales- Purchase Annexures before Submission of Return from 1st April 2016.

Amendment to SCPT Act, PT Act, Entry Tax Act, MVAT Act

April 7, 2016 5965 Views 0 comment Print

he Maharashtra State Tax on Professions, Trades, Callings and Employments Act, 1975, is being amended to,— (i) exempt the armed members of the Border Security Force and the Central Armed Reserve Police Forces from payment of tax; (ii) to provide that, the tax liability of the persons, who have remained un-enrolled shall be restricted to only three preceding years, if they apply for enrolment during the period from the 1st April 2016 to the 30th September 2016 and also to those, whose application for enrolment is pending on the 1st April 2016;

Notification on Maharashtra Sales Tax/ VAT Amnesty Scheme 2016

April 7, 2016 18679 Views 1 comment Print

Under this clause, power is taken to the Commissioner, to issue instructions and directions as he may deem fit to the authorities and officers subordinate to him and to specify by order the relevant forms, for carrying out the purposes of the Act.

Brief Analysis of Proposed MVAT Budget for F.Y. 2016-17

April 2, 2016 60004 Views 4 comments Print

The Maharashtra State Budget, 2016 was announced on 18/03/2016 . Several amendments were suggested in the said budget. I have tried to explain the current & proposed position of the law for better understanding. To Err is human. Suggestions, views, objections etc are most welcome from the readers, for increasing my knowledge in the subject.

PT Late fee exemption to Aided Educational Institutions

April 2, 2016 1663 Views 0 comment Print

Employer being an educational institution which receives grant-in-aid from the State Depart Government (a) Return specified in column (c) shall be filed on or before the 30th June 2016 on the website of the Sales Tax Department.

Restrictions on set-off under MVAT Rule 2005

April 1, 2016 14098 Views 0 comment Print

(i) goods covered under the entries 13 and 14 of the Schedule D appended to the Act, or (ii) mobile phone or cellular handset i.e. telephones for cellular network or for other wireless network,

Entry Tax on Marble & Granite in Maharashtra wef 01.04.2016

April 1, 2016 5161 Views 0 comment Print

In the Maharashtra Tax on Entry of Goods into Local Areas Act, 2002, in the Schedule, the existing entry 15 shall be renumbered as sub-entry (1) thereof, and after the sub-entry (1) as so renumbered, the following sub-entry shall be added, namely :—Slabs of Marble and Granite -12.5%

MVAT: Amendments in Composition Schemes wef 01.04.2016

March 30, 2016 31420 Views 0 comment Print

(i) 5 per cent. of the turnover of sales, referred to in column (3), in the case of a registered dealer, whose turnover of such sales, does not exceed rupees three crore in the previous year, to which the composition scheme is desired; (ii) 8 per cent. of the turnover of sales, referred to in column (3), in the case of a registered dealer, whose turnover of such sales exceeds rupees three crore in the previous year, to which the composition scheme is desired;

Change in rate of MVAT 5% to 5.5% w.e.f. 1st April 2016

March 30, 2016 164020 Views 10 comments Print

The Finance Department of Maharashtra vide notification no. VAT. 1516/C.R. 31/Taxation-1 dated the 30th March 2016 has changed the rate of MVAT from 5% to 5.5% with effect from 1st April 2016.

Payment & Return Filing Due dates of PT, VAT & Luxury Tax in Maharashtra

March 29, 2016 741730 Views 24 comments Print

Tax Calendar for filing of Return And payment of taxes under (MVAT ACT) in the State of Maharashtra 1. MONTHLY Sr. No. Month Due Dat Sr. No. Month Due Date. 1 April 21st May 7 October 21st November 2 May 21st June 8 November 21st December 3 June 21stJuly 9 December 21stJanuary 4 July 21stAugust […]

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