Indirect Taxes Updates- GST, Customs, Excise, Service Tax & VAT- Month – July 2019 A. GST Updates for the Month of July 2019 (i) Amendments proposed in CGST Act vide Union Budget-2019 a. Penalty for profiteering under GST proposed- Finance (No.2) Bill 2019 has propose amendment in Section 171 of the Central GST Act to […]
The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was passed by the Rajya Sabha on the 30th day of July, 2019 and received the Assent of President on 31st July 2019. Earlier the Amendment Bill, 2019 was passed by Lok Sabha on the 27th day of July, 2019. While introducing the Bill in the Lok Sabha, the Hon’ble […]
The CGST Act itself provides for the lapsing of the ITC at Sections 17(4) and 18(4) respectively of the CGST Thus, where the legislature wanted the ITC to lapse, it has been expressly provided for in the Act itself. No such express provision has been made in Section 54(3) of the CGST Act.
India could face a tax landmine with authorities beginning to question input tax credit claimed by companies in lieu of Goods and Services Tax (GST) paid by their vendors. The authorities have already started sending notices to businesses, confirming fears that scrutiny will increase in the new financial year as the government looks to plug […]
In August 2018, the State of Kerala faced a devastating flood due to high rainfall which was the worst flood in nearly a century. There was huge loss to the assets, revenue of the State. As a result, the State of Kerala proposed for levy of additional cess in GST which was approved by the GST council in its 32nd Council meeting held on 10th January 2019.
Whether GSTR-3B is not a return? Absolutely not. Beyond any doubt GSTR-3B is a return. Merely, it is not a return u/s 39. It is a return prescribed u/r 61(5) which has its relevance till the time the GSTR-2 and GSTR-3 are not finally brought to the common portal.
In GST Act, In case of demerger of company, the registered person shall be allowed to transfer its unutilised input tax credit to resulting company through ITC-02. For this purpose input tax credit shall be transferred to the resulting company in the ratio of the value of assets held by them at the time of registration.
Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS) and taxability of such notified export of services under IGST Act Focus: Deemed export of goods under section 147 does not include deemed ‘export of services’ and hence the notified goods only enjoys the privileged benefit of being called as ‘deemed to be exported’ and thus can avail benefits […]
There is general perception among people that amount received on maturity of life insurance is exempt from income tax. However the same is not true. Receipt from life insurance may occasion on 2 events: 1. On death of the person insured (Death proceeds) 2. On maturity of the policy in the normal course (maturity proceeds) […]
SOME IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS BY FINANCE ACT, 2019 (Act No. 7 of 2019) & FINANCE (NO. 2) BILL, 2019 THE FINANCE ACT, 2019 (Act No.7 of 2019) (Interim Budget 2019.) In February’s interim budget, the then acting finance minister Piyush Goyal had provided several income tax sops to the middle-class. Following changes have been made by […]
