Is ITC available on vehicle taken on lease for employee in a manufacturing company? No. It is not allowed as per section 17(5) of CGST Act, 2017.
In case of a belated return, it would be crucial to examine the trend and business practices of a particular assessee while ascertaining the legitimacy of the transactions disclosed in a belated return, filed post-demonetisation.
It is seen that industry, trade and professionals have been facing various issues in filing of GST Returns and transitional forms. Therefore, this article is written to provide as a ready reckoner to those involved in filing of GST returns to understand the issues and also solution to resolve the same. For ease of readers, the issues are provided in FAQ form and the same is also segregated in various sub-heads as given in table below.
Rationalization of GST rates on certain goods: The Central Government vide Notification No. 41/2017 – Central Tax (Rate) dated November 14, 2017 has amended Notification No. 01/2017 – Central Tax (Rate) dated June 28, 2017 to, inter-alia, reduce GST rate on approximately 177 items earlier falling in 28% slab to 18% slab, leaving only 50 items that will still be taxed at GST rate of 28%.
This function of attestation is done by professional accountants, who are Chartered Accountants in our country. It has been however, observed that there have been a number of cases in banks and financial institutions wherein due to the erroneous/ambiguous advice tendered by the respective Chartered Accountants, borrowal accounts have had to face quick mortality resulting in loss for the bank.
Updated scheduled CGST rates on goods, as on 15.11.2017 For ease of reference only The CGST rates on certain goods have undergone changes since the introduction of GST. The rate changes are given effect through amending notifications issued from time to time. A need has been felt to publish a consolidated rate schedule in a […]
We have recently created a poll in which we asked our readers Do you think GST Council should provide option to Revise Form GSTR-3B? In Response to our poll we got 1165 votes, 88 Replies, 35 Likes and 38 Retweets. Out of total votes 94% of Taxpayers / Tax Professionals in India votes in favour of Option to Revise Form GSTR-3B.
Recently CA fraternity has been allegedly criticized by a Pr. CIT from Pune and this made me think whether we Chartered Accountants (CAs) have become a Punching Bag in India? Can we be held responsible for any wrong-doing in India? If any Government implemented policy fails, we CAs are held responsible for its failure. Demonetization […]
CBEC issued 17 more Notification/ Circulars or Orders on 15th November 2017 to give effect to various decisions taken by it in 23rd GST Council meeting and to clarify Procedure for Manual filing & processing of GST refund claims, Apportionment of IGST with respect to advertisement services,GST on warehousing of agricultural produce, General Insurance & […]
Form GSTR–3B is summary return inserted by Government vide Rule 61 of the CGST Rules, 2017 in lieu of Form –GSTR-3. It is a summary return in place of GSTR-3. Form was introduced as time gap arrangement to collect the tax from the payer of tax.
