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Haryana OTS, 2026: Opportunity to Close Old VAT & Pre-GST Litigations

Goods and Services Tax : Haryana Government has introduced a One Time Settlement Scheme for resolving legacy pre-GST tax disputes. The scheme offers waiver...

May 21, 2026 264 Views 0 comment Print

GST in India: A Transformative Reform or Still a Work in Progress?

Goods and Services Tax : This analysis examines how GST transformed India’s indirect tax regime while continuing to face compliance, technological, and i...

May 13, 2026 369 Views 0 comment Print

Section 16(2)(c) CGST Act: Why Genuine Buyers Are Losing ITC Despite Valid Transactions

Goods and Services Tax : Explains how Section 16(2)(c) links ITC eligibility to supplier tax payment, causing hardship for bona fide taxpayers even when in...

May 9, 2026 570 Views 0 comment Print

Building an E-Commerce Business in UAE in 2025: What Actually Matters

Goods and Services Tax : The UAE’s digital success is driven by strong infrastructure, tax clarity, and disciplined business setup. Proper licensing, com...

February 27, 2026 2181 Views 0 comment Print

SC’s Landmark Judgement: Protecting Rights of Bona Fide Buyer under DVAT

Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that a genuine buyer cannot lose ITC merely because the seller failed to deposit tax. The key takeaway is that liab...

January 12, 2026 1500 Views 2 comments Print


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SC to Review if Supplying Crane for Services Constitutes Transfer of ‘Right to Use’

Goods and Services Tax : Explore Supreme Court's scrutiny of whether supplying cranes for services like loading, unloading, lifting, and shifting qualifies...

May 21, 2024 1530 Views 0 comment Print

Goa (Recovery of Arrears of Tax, Interest, Penalty, Other Dues through Settlement) Act, 2023

Goods and Services Tax : Goa (Recovery of Arrears of Tax, Interest, Penalty, Other Dues through Settlement) Act, 2023 The Goa (Recovery of Arrears of Tax, ...

October 17, 2023 3465 Views 0 comment Print

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 116157 Views 8 comments 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 26100 Views 3 comments Print

Rajasthan VAT- ITC Mismatch/Verification date extended to 31.03.2022

Goods and Services Tax : Rajasthan VAT  – ITC Mismatch/ Verification Date Extended to 31.03.2022 & In some cases requirement of Affidavit also R...

January 7, 2022 2478 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


SC Examines VAT Levy on Natural Gas as State Claimed Sale Occurred in UP

Goods and Services Tax : Supreme Court considered whether sales of natural gas transported from Andhra Pradesh to Uttar Pradesh constituted inter-State sal...

May 20, 2026 126 Views 0 comment Print

Department Cannot Enforce TNVAT Liability Arising from Its Own System Defect: Madras HC

Goods and Services Tax : The case examined whether purchase tax liability could be enforced when system defects prevented payment. The court held that soft...

April 24, 2026 237 Views 0 comment Print

VAT ITC Allowed Beyond Invoice Month Due to Practical Accounting Constraints: Karnataka HC

Income Tax : The Court held that input tax credit cannot be restricted to the month of invoice when business practices require later accounting...

April 16, 2026 252 Views 0 comment Print

Karnataka HC Set Aside ITC Denial Due to Failure to Examine Genuine Transactions

Income Tax : The Court held that input tax credit cannot be denied solely because the selling dealer failed to deposit tax without examining th...

April 14, 2026 345 Views 0 comment Print

Tax Dues Not Secured Debt Under IBC – VAT First Charge Claim Rejected as IBC Prevails Over VAT Law

Corporate Law : The tribunal ruled that state VAT provisions do not prevail over the Insolvency Code. Tax dues were rightly treated as operational...

April 10, 2026 555 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


MP VAT Act: 2023-24 Assessments Deemed Complete for Petrol Pumps

Goods and Services Tax : Madhya Pradesh Government notifies deemed assessment for 2023-24 VAT cases for eligible petrol pumps, outlining conditions and app...

June 3, 2025 3012 Views 0 comment Print

Goa Finance Dept Clarifies Discount Recording Under Goa VAT

Goods and Services Tax : Goa Finance Dept issues circular clarifying proper discount treatment in tax invoices under GVAT Act, 2005, and outlines correct V...

April 24, 2025 609 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 2664 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 2040 Views 0 comment Print

MVAT (Amendment) Rules, 2024 regarding rule 34A and Form-320

Finance : Maharashtra amends VAT Rules 2005 to introduce Rule 34A, mandating the publication of pending appeal cases on the common portal. D...

September 12, 2024 702 Views 0 comment Print


U.P. VAT: Burden to prove material recovered by mobile squads is upon Department

January 12, 2023 1014 Views 0 comment Print

Under U.P. Value Added Tax Act, 2008 The burden to prove the material which was recovered by the various mobile squads was upon the Department and burden could not have been shifted upon the assessee to prove the same. Further, the assessee has denied the transaction having been made by him.

Orissa VAT: HC quashes Assessment order as report after audit visit not submitted within 7 days

January 5, 2023 1269 Views 0 comment Print

Mandatory nature of time limits set out in Section 41(4) of OVAT Act that report must be submitted within 7 days of conclusion of audit visit

Matter not to be remanded back when all the materials on record are available

January 3, 2023 3936 Views 0 comment Print

HC set aside order passed by Commercial Tax Tribunal remanding the matter to the Assessing officer. Held that, the Tribunal was incorrect in remanding back the matter, when all the material was before it thus, it should have dealt with each of the material and decided the same.

Calcutta HC order refund of excess VAT paid which was accepted by department in Form 27

January 3, 2023 861 Views 0 comment Print

Mobile Store Limited Vs Joint Commissioner, Commercial Taxes (Calcutta High Court) 1. This intra-Court appeal by the writ petitioner is directed against the order dated 29th November, 2022 in W.P.A. 23900 of 2022. The said writ petition was filed by the appellant praying for a direction upon the respondents to refund the amount of excess […]

Kerala VAT- HC set-aside Order against legal heirs without any notice to them

January 3, 2023 975 Views 0 comment Print

Sreeram. B. Vs Sales Tax Officer (Kerala High Court) A perusal of Ext.P6 order of the 1st respondent does not reveal that the order was issued after affording any opportunity of hearing to the legal heirs of late Bhagavathirajan. The registration of the dealer was cancelled from 12.05.2022 on account of the death of late […]

Orissa VAT Dues of Company cannot be recovered from Directors: HC

January 3, 2023 522 Views 0 comment Print

Section 51 of the OVAT Act read with Rule 55 of the OVAT Rules provides a special mode of recovery of outstanding amount of tax, interest and penalty. Even these provisions do not authorize recovery of outstanding taxes of a Company from the accounts of its individual Directors.

HC Stays VAT demand to 15% where appeal is pending to be adjudicated on merits

January 1, 2023 1428 Views 0 comment Print

Court directs that on the deposit of 15% of the total tax liability within a period of 15 days from today, the first appellate authority shall hear and decide the appeal in accordance with law after affording opportunity to both the parties, within a period of next one month.

Pre-Assessment Notice not served: Madras HC Quashes VAT Assessment

December 31, 2022 609 Views 0 comment Print

Tvl. National Construction Vs Commissioner of Commercial Taxes (Madras High Court) This writ petition is filed challenging the order, dated 21.04.2017 on the premise that even the pre-assessment notice has not been served on the Petitioner although the assessment order proceeds on the basis that notice has been issued on 29.06.2015 inviting their objections, if […]

Indian Penal Code Provisions cannot be invoked for offence under Punjab VAT

December 28, 2022 1353 Views 0 comment Print

Tax evasion attempt is punishable under Indian Penal Code. Learn how Deepak Kumar v. State of Punjab proved that Indian Penal Code Provisions is not applicable in Punjab VAT cases.

KVAT Act: Mistake in applying correct rate of tax can be rectified

December 26, 2022 1482 Views 0 comment Print

Crescent Constructions Vs Deputy Commissioner of State Tax (WC) (Kerala High Court) HC held that that Deputy Commissioner of State Tax has misdirected himself in law while deciding to reject the application for rectification on the ground that the petitioner produced the documents in support of the claim for lower rate of tax only along with […]

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