Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that a buyer cannot be saddled with purchase tax merely because the seller failed to remit tax when the transaction...
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...
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 issue was whether a composite assessment becomes wholly invalid. The Court held that valid and invalid portions can be separat...
Goods and Services Tax : The issue was whether an excessive delay in filing appeals could be condoned. The Tribunal allowed condonation but imposed costs, ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court observed that the Tribunal granted partial relief without analysing whether the assessee had a strong prima facie case. ...
Goods and Services Tax : The court closed the writ after the State clarified that recovery proceedings were initiated only against the assessee husband. Th...
Goods and Services Tax : The issue was whether delay in approaching the Court was fatal despite exceptional facts. The Court ruled that restoration was war...
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...
State of Gujarat and Anr. Vs Saw Pipes Ltd. (Supreme Court) The highest court of the country in this case was considering the levy of penalty and interest under the provisions of Gujarat Sales tax Act 1969 when the high court gave relief by setting aside interest and penalty in relation to tax paid on […]
Supreme Court held that rule 3A(2) of the Tripura Sales Tax Rules, 1976 (TST Rules) are not ultra vires to Tripura Sales Tax Act, 1976 (TST Act). Accordingly, 4% tax deductible on transfer of right to use goods.
Kerala HC rules that Lok Ayukta lacks authority to override Sales Tax Officer’s orders. Case analysis of Additional Chief Secretary vs. Kerala Lok Ayukta.
Light & Electronics Vs Odisha Sales Tax Tribunal (Orissa High Court) The reasons put forth in the application for condonation of delay before the Tribunal was that the Lawyer handling the case had suffered from serious illness and ultimately died on 6th August, 2012. Papers had been entrusted to such Advocate to file the appeal […]
Explanation about illness of counsel is not supported by medical certificate. Consequently, Court is not inclined to condone delay in filing revision case
despite remedy of an Appeal under Section 78 of the OVAT Act being available to the Department against the order of the Appellate Authority in favour of the Assessee, the Commissioner could have exercised suo motu revisional power under Section 79(1) of the OVAT Act
Assessee had submitted the C and F Declaration Forms with the respondent after passing of the impugned assessment orders, assessee was directed to file a fresh application under Section 84 of the TNVAT Act, 2006, seeking for rectification of the impugned assessment orders, enclosing the C and F Declaration Forms and all other required documents, within a period of one week from the date of receipt of order.
Madras High Court held that as an appeal is already filed which is still pending and statutory pre-deposit amount paid by the petitioner, VAT authorities cannot recover further sum from petitioner’s bank account or from any other source till statutory appeal is disposed of on merits.
Orissa High Court held that sale of packaged drinking water in the brand name KINLEY WATER falls within the expression water but not aerated or mineral water sold in bottles or sealed containers” hence classified under entry no. 39 of Schedule of Goods declared Exempted from levy of sales tax
Orissa High Court held that petitioner-dealer has right to cross-examine the selling dealers, however, as more than two decades elapsed it might not be practical. Accordingly, assessment would stand completed at the figures disclosed in the return of petitioner-dealer.
