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FAQs on TDS or TCS on sale or Purchase of Goods

Income Tax : This guide explains the applicability of TDS under Section 194Q and TCS under Section 206C(1H), including thresholds, rates, and c...

June 23, 2026 5280 Views 0 comment Print

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 2607 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 522 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 861 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 2223 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


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 1632 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 3573 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 116367 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 26190 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 2526 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Kerala HC Quashed KVAT Reassessment Notice as It Was Issued Beyond Statutory Limitation

Goods and Services Tax : Kerala HC held reassessment under Sections 25A and 25(1) cannot continue after the statutory limitation period expires....

July 1, 2026 255 Views 0 comment Print

Madras HC Upholds 14.5% VAT as Capital Goods Were Not Used Within State

Corporate Law : The Madras High Court held that moulds and dies could not qualify as capital goods under the TNVAT Act because they were not used ...

June 28, 2026 129 Views 0 comment Print

Karnataka HC Refuses Relief as Magistrate Cannot Decide Validity of H Forms under KVAT

Goods and Services Tax : The Karnataka High Court held that a Magistrate conducting recovery proceedings under the KVAT Act has no authority to determine t...

June 17, 2026 138 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay HC Sets Aside Rejection of VAT Appeal Delay Plea as COVID Orders Extended Limitation

Corporate Law : The Bombay High Court held that limitation under Section 35 of the Goa VAT Act must be computed after excluding the COVID period w...

June 11, 2026 246 Views 0 comment Print

Bogus Supplier Tag Alone Not Enough: ITAT Deletes Purchase and Loan Additions

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that an investigation report against a supplier is only a starting point for inquiry and not conclusive proof ag...

June 3, 2026 483 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 3174 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 699 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 2877 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 2184 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 801 Views 0 comment Print


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

March 6, 2022 5205 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 1470 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 786 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 8214 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 2313 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 1569 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 25782 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 […]

Sales Tax dues of Company cannot be recovered from directors

February 23, 2022 6282 Views 0 comment Print

Nehal Ashwinkumar Shah Vs State of Gujarat (Gujarat High Court) Gujarat High Court held that unlike Section 179 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, there is no provision in the Sales Tax Act fastening the liability of the company to pay its sales tax dues on its Director. It further held that The attachment on […]

RVAT: Penalty justified for concealing transactions of sale & purchase to avoid payment of Tax

February 20, 2022 1590 Views 0 comment Print

Assistant Commissioner Vs C.P. Agro Industries (Rajasthan High Court) The Tax Board has neither recorded any cogent finding on merits of the case before setting aside the penalty nor it has considered the provisions of section 61 of the RVAT Act, 2003, more particularly, when the fact was proved before all the Authorities that Forms-C […]

HC dismisses petition against Assessment order under TNVAT as portioner not replied Assessment notices for 8 years

February 13, 2022 672 Views 0 comment Print

Kaveri Home Needs Vs State Tax Officer (Madras High Court) Considering the fact that the petitioner has shown scant regards of the assessment proceedings under the TNVAT Act, 2006, I do not find any merits in the present writ petition. Further, this writ petition has been filed for an order which came to be passed […]

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