Goods and Services Tax : Get insights into the West Bengal Settlement of Disputes (SOD) Scheme, 2023. Understand the acts covered and eligibility criteria ...
Goods and Services Tax : Kerala HC rules that Lok Ayukta lacks authority to override Sales Tax Officer's orders. Case analysis of Additional Chief Secretar...
Goods and Services Tax : Quasi Judicial authorities are independent, bound by law but not by administrative instructions The officials of the sales tax dep...
Goods and Services Tax : Supreme Court declined to interfere in Revenue’s Special Leave Petitions, for use of 'C' Forms of the Central Sales Tax Act, 195...
Goods and Services Tax : Karnataka – Extension of Due dates for matters concerning Professional Tax, VAT, KTEG and Sales tax Due to the Pandemic Covi...
Corporate Law : Sales Tax Bar Association protests against arbitrary tax demands and operational inefficiencies, urging swift action for fair trea...
Goods and Services Tax : A tax evasion racket involving over 400 firms, most of which are based in the city, has come to light. The state sales tax departm...
Goods and Services Tax : The Supreme Court today directed the Defence Ministry and the Karnataka government to meet and resolve their dispute over Rs 1,519...
Goods and Services Tax : UT vigilance department recently put 28 establishments under scanner to detect evasion of sales and value-added tax. This was acco...
Goods and Services Tax : The Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra government's Principal Secretary (Finance) to file an affidavit by October 8 in reply ...
Goods and Services Tax : The case of I.T.I. Ltd v. State of Kerala before the Kerala High Court revolves around the eligibility of transit sales exemption ...
Service Tax : Read the detailed analysis of the CESTAT Ahmedabad order in the case of Hamon Shriram Cottrel Pvt Ltd vs Commissioner of C.E. & S....
Goods and Services Tax : The Supreme Court will soon hear the matter regarding sales tax demand for the use of invalid ST-1 Forms. Get updates on this cruc...
Goods and Services Tax : Allahabad High Court upholds penalty on Hindustan Petroleum Corp. for failure to prove bonafide intention in misrepresented goods ...
Goods and Services Tax : Read the full judgment of Allahabad High Court in Commissioner Vs Peethambra Granites case, upholding 5% sales tax on granite ston...
Goods and Services Tax : Maharashtra Sales Tax Tribunal announces e-Hearing for appeals, simplifying proceedings with virtual hearings for convenience and ...
Goods and Services Tax : The dealers/persons/employers, hereinafter referred to as the applicants, desirous of seeking registrations under the Maharashtra ...
Goods and Services Tax : As per Section 61 of MVAT Act, 2002 it is mandatory for all eligible dealers to get their books of accounts audited. As per trade ...
Goods and Services Tax : In view of this situation, it is necessary that the procedure for the issuing of such certificates should be standardized. Such ce...
Goods and Services Tax : In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (5) of section 10 of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 (Mah. IX of 2005...
Bombay HC held that appeal proceedings are extension of assessment and Maharashtra Sales Tax Tribunal’s Judgment accepting C Forms is upheld.
Held that distinct commercial product Robinson Barley and Purity Barley cannot be classified as cereal. Hence taxable under residual entry @12% under Orissa Sales Tax Act, 1947.
Held that that the cut/ sized shade trees would constitute agricultural produce and therefore, fall outside the purview of TNGST Act, 1959.
Patel Brothers & Co Vs State of Odisha (Orissa High Court) Admittedly, the Petitioner Assessee is a manufacturer of Bidis. The short question is whether it is included within the entry Tobacco and Tobacco products in item 16 of the Schedule under the Orissa Entry Tax Act (OET Act). Learned counsel for the Petitioner seeks […]
Maharshi Steel Industries Vs Commissioner of Sales Tax (Orissa High Court) HC held that that the expression ‘tin containers’ is to be understood in the normal commercial and trade parlance and it would be erroneous for the Department to insist that only containers manufactured entirely out of tin should be considered to be tin containers. […]
Prashanthi Affiliates Vs Deputy Commissioner of Commercial Taxes (Karnataka High Court) The main contention of the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner before this Court is that the learned Special JMFC (Sales Tax) Court ought not to have issued the order of attachment of property through BBMP Commissioner. The learned counsel for the petitioner brought […]
The only question that arises is whether for the purpose of recovery of sales tax dues under the Gujarat Value Added Tax Act and Gujarat Sales Tax Act against the private limited company, the personal property belonging to the Managing Director of such company can be attached.
Quasi Judicial authorities are independent, bound by law but not by administrative instructions The officials of the sales tax department are administrative authorities. However, such of the officials as are vested with jurisdiction to assess. The business transactions of the dealers to tax, discharge function which is judicial in nature. The function though administrative is […]
Supreme Court declined to interfere in Revenue’s Special Leave Petitions, for use of ‘C’ Forms of the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 (CST Act) post GST in respect of purchase of six commodities (petroleum crude, diesel, petrol, aviation turbine fuel, natural gas and liquor) for use in the course of inter- state trade or commerce by the Assessee.
Utkal Moulders Vs State of Orissa (Orissa High Court) In the considered view of the Court, the legal position, as explained in Hindustan Sugar Mills and others v. State of Rajasthan and others (supra) and the State of Karnataka and another v. Bangalore Soft Drinks Pvt. Ltd. (supra) supports the case of the Petitioner is […]
