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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


Rajasthan VAT – Procedure for VAT Amnesty Scheme 2022

March 9, 2022 13026 Views 0 comment Print

Registered, Cancelled and Unregistered Dealers/Persons may apply on the web portal of Commercial Taxes Department (rajtax.gov.in) for expressing their willingness to take benefit under the scheme using the link ‘Amnesty Scheme-2022’ or ‘Amnesty Scheme for goods not subsumed in GST’, as the case may be.

Failure to attend Assessment Proceedings cannot be regarded as a violation of principles of natural justice

March 8, 2022 2217 Views 0 comment Print

Karvy Innotech Ltd Vs Deputy Commissioner (ASSMT) SGST Department (Kerala High Court) While considering the question whether the petitioner was deprived of an opportunity of hearing, this Court bears in mind that, by Ext.P7, petitioner had sought only for two week’s time. By Ext.P9 he had only sought for one more week’s time and by […]

HC grants bail to STO accused of false VAT Challan postings & Assessment

March 8, 2022 1215 Views 0 comment Print

Ashwinbhai Kantilal Joshi Vs State of Gujarat (Gujarat High Court) It is alleged against the present applicant, a Sales Tax Officer, who retired as Tax Superintendent, that in connivance with Advocate Kamlesh Heruwala and others, under the VAT Act, fraudulent postings and assessment had been done in relation to the registered traders. After hearing The applicant […]

TNVAT: Right to Appeal against rectified Assessment Order cannot be denied- HC

March 6, 2022 5127 Views 0 comment Print

S. Sengodan Vs Appellate Deputy Commissioner (ST) (Madras High Court) If a review application was dismissed, the petitioner would have been entitled to file a statutory appeal against the original order of assessment and pray for exclusion of time taken in pursuing the application under section 84 by virtue of Section 14 of the Limitation […]

Denial of writ challenging denial of input tax credit for locus standi by HC not justified: SC

March 5, 2022 1434 Views 0 comment Print

Tata Steel Ltd. Vs The State of Jharkhand (Supreme Court of India) During the course of hearing of this appeal, the learned senior counsel agree that the reasoning given by the High Court in the impugned judgment on the locus standi of the appellant is not justified and correct. The appellant is a registered company, […]

Tax Assessment Orders passed while Managing Director was detained in a foreign nation are unsustainable – Kerala HC

March 4, 2022 768 Views 0 comment Print

Atlas Jewellery (P) Ltd Vs Deputy Commissioner (Kerala High Court) Tax Assessment: Orders passed while the Managing Director was detained in a foreign nation are unsustainable – Violation of principles of natural justice:  High Court of Kerala. It is proclaimed in Atlas Jewellery [P] Ltd Vs. The Deputy Commissioner & Ors (W.P.(C) No. 21798 of […]

SOP to ensure compliance of Bank attachment letters- GST/VAT

March 4, 2022 8112 Views 0 comment Print

It has recently come to notice that, An account was de-freezed on the basis of the letter signed by the Ward In-charge, whereas it was later found that no such letters/communications was issued from the concerned Ward In-charge.

Commercial Tax office hubs of corruption- HC upheld Corruption charges against Officer 

March 4, 2022 2298 Views 0 comment Print

It is the common experience that Commercial Tax office, is considered to be one of the the hubs of corruption. Poor and gullible drivers would fell prey for the illegal demands day in and day out. Only when the greed is too high, some cases reach the higher ups or the Lokayuktha.

No external aid for interpretation called for when language of Entry in question was clear in itself

February 28, 2022 1512 Views 0 comment Print

Authority For Clarification and Advance Ruling Vs Aakavi Spinning Mills (P) Ltd (Supreme Court) As noticed, the Entry in question, as inserted into the Fourth Schedule to the Act, is clear and specific that is, Hank Yarn; it carries neither any ambiguity nor any confusion. Undoubtably, the yarn in the hank form (which is a […]

Rajasthan Govt notifies ‘Amnesty Scheme-2022’

February 23, 2022 25746 Views 0 comment Print

Rajasthan Government notifies ‘Amnesty Scheme-2022′, as the scheme, for rebate of tax and settlement of outstanding demands and disputed amounts. This scheme shall come into force with immediate effect and shall remain in force upto 31.8.2022. FINANCE DEPARTMENT (TAX DIVISION) Jaipur, February 24, 2021 In pursuance of clause (3) of Article 348 of the Constitution […]

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