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Jurisprudential & Economic Case for Differential Works Contract Taxation in GST

Goods and Services Tax : Treating all works contracts as services at 18% ignores their composite nature. The key takeaway is that uniform taxation can pena...

January 12, 2026 771 Views 0 comment Print

Work Contracts and their disqualification from MSME’s Beneficial Protection

Corporate Law : In this piece, the author will discuss the reasoning behind the exclusion of work contracts from the ambit of MSME along with the ...

July 12, 2025 2640 Views 0 comment Print

No Refund of unutilised ITC on Works Contract for Construction Services

Goods and Services Tax : Attempting to understand if there is a refund of unutilised ITC on Works Contract for Construction Services under the GST regime? ...

December 29, 2022 17391 Views 2 comments Print

GST rate on Works Contract Services & RCM on GTA/residential dwelling units

Goods and Services Tax : Stay updated on GST changes effective July 18, 2022, including revised rates for Works Contract Services. Explore amendments to Re...

July 20, 2022 33006 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Implications where Contract (JDA) is not Registered

Income Tax : Understanding Income Tax implications in unregistered Joint Development Agreements (JDA). Explore the tax challenges pre-Finance A...

June 10, 2022 48495 Views 0 comment Print


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PHD Chamber’s Workshop on Audit, Investigation, Imprisonment & Customs – Drawback & Refund: Way Forward in GST

Goods and Services Tax : We are happy to inform that the Last Workshop in the above series is being organised on the following Themes: Audit, Investigation...

February 10, 2016 1581 Views 0 comment Print


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KVAT: Prime Location Charges/Floor Rise Charges not includible in Taxable Service

Goods and Services Tax : Karnataka High Court's ruling on Prime Location Charges (PLC) and Floor Rise Charges (FRC) under KVAT Act, their exemption from ta...

October 7, 2023 969 Views 0 comment Print

Question of whether Transactions constitute Works Contracts or Sales cannot be undertaken in Writ Jurisdiction: Madras HC relegates to Appellate Authority

Goods and Services Tax : Since the question of whether the transactions in issue constitute works contracts or sales would involve an examination of the co...

April 27, 2023 471 Views 0 comment Print

No Service Tax on Construction of Residential Complexes before 01.07.2010

Service Tax : CESTAT held that no Service Tax could be levied on construction of residential complexes prior to 01.07.2010 even when service is ...

April 26, 2023 1371 Views 0 comment Print

Installation services inclusive of goods are works contract services

Service Tax : Ram Sewak Tiwari Vs Commissioner of Customs, Central Excise & Central GST (CESTAT Delhi) The issue in the matter is about the ...

June 16, 2022 1353 Views 0 comment Print

‘Works Contract’ for fitting out any movable property into patient’s body in course of medical procedure was liable for VAT

Goods and Services Tax : Works contract for fitting out or implanting of prosthetics into the physiology or the body of the patient for alleviation of pain...

May 28, 2020 2517 Views 0 comment Print


GST on Works Contract Services pertaining to Machinery for Processing of Agricultural Produce

June 29, 2020 3099 Views 0 comment Print

GST on Works Contract Services Pertaining To Machinery For Processing of Agricultural Produce In an Application filed before AAR under GST, Gujarat by Magnam Netlink Private Limited  Applicants Submission: 1. Dairy plant will be processing raw milk obtained from the farmers and producing pasteurised milk as well as milk products there from. The raw milk […]

‘Works Contract’ for fitting out any movable property into patient’s body in course of medical procedure was liable for VAT

May 28, 2020 2517 Views 0 comment Print

Works contract for fitting out or implanting of prosthetics into the physiology or the body of the patient for alleviation of pain or for improvement of the life of the patient in the course of medical/surgical procedure could be construed as ‘works contract’  liable for VAT under the provisions of the Tamil Nadu Value Added Tax  Act, 2006.

Concept of job work under GST

May 26, 2020 15873 Views 4 comments Print

Article explains Meaning of job work under GST Law, Classification of job-work transaction as supply of goods or service for GST, Treatment of job work transactions in GST in diffrect Scenarios i.e. (a. Supply of goods from Principal to Job worker & returned by job worker within specified time b. Supply of goods from Principal to Job worker and returned by job worker after specified time

GST: Is complications in the Works Contract resolved yet??

May 15, 2020 1590 Views 0 comment Print

One of the most disputed or major areas of concern for both taxpayers and authorities in the earlier regime was ‘works contract’. In simple terms, it means a contract which has both the elements of good as well as service and which is undertaken for the construction etc of ‘immovable property’. Earlier this was the […]

All about GST on Works Contract and Work Contact Tax Rate

September 30, 2017 157365 Views 29 comments Print

Article explains What is works contract,? Works contract – Goods or services?, Block ITC on Procurement Of Works Contract services?, Maintenance of accounts by registered person executing works contract and GST Rates for Works Contract.

Sales Tax applicable on Divisible Sales Component in Works Contract: SC

September 11, 2017 3846 Views 0 comment Print

All these appeals are filed by the same appellant, namely, M/s. India Hume Pipe Co. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the assessee). The singular issue that arises is also identical in all these appeals. The only reason for filing number of appeals is that the said issue pertains to different Assessment Years.

Goods imported/ purchased inter-State used in Works contract, would be exempt from VAT

May 5, 2016 10030 Views 2 comments Print

Whether the movement of goods in pursuance of Works contract constituted inter-State trade as well as sale/ purchase in the course of import, covered by Section 3(a) and Section 5(2) of the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 and thus, exempt under the Delhi Value Added Tax Act, 2004.

Service Tax on Work Contract

April 24, 2016 539296 Views 13 comments Print

1. There is a transfer of property in goods involved in the execution of such contract, and 2. Such transfer of property in goods is leviable to tax as sale of goods (such as sales tax, VAT or WCT, etc.). It must be noted that the words which are used here are leviable to tax as sale of goods’, therefore, it is not necessary that VAT has been actually paid on the transfer of property involved in such contract.

PHD Chamber’s Workshop on Audit, Investigation, Imprisonment & Customs – Drawback & Refund: Way Forward in GST

February 10, 2016 1581 Views 0 comment Print

We are happy to inform that the Last Workshop in the above series is being organised on the following Themes: Audit, Investigation, Imprisonment and Power to Arrest provisions by multiple wings of Service Tax and Excise Department Customs – Drawback, Refund, and Imposition of various Customs duties and Implication of Import/ Export of Goods or […]

Works contract service – Free issue of material by Service Receiver

September 10, 2015 28235 Views 7 comments Print

The works contract service has always been a subject matter of debate or discussion, either in computation of tax under VAT Act or under Service Tax Act and more importantly after the introduction of reverse charge mechanism, where both service provider and service recipient is the person liable to pay tax. In this article I […]

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