The move will help in curbing Goods and Services Tax (GST) evasion through issue of fake invoices
Rs 1 trillion exceeded for third month since Jan, with 10% growth over a year; experts cite rising tax base as driver
Interpretation of the law is an important aspect, say executives at FMCG firms
Companies were able to set off a higher share of tax liability using input-tax credit in the first year of GST
Mobile app allows people to scan unique GST Identification Number of a business and find out if it had filed returns.
GST rules mandate businesses to pass on the benefits from lower tax incidence, arising from rate reduction and/or input tax credit, to the consumer
The proposed 'e-invoice' is part of the exercise to check GST evasion
Importers typically pay IGST on goods they bring into the country. Also IGST is paid on inter-state movement of goods
Businesses had to use a seven-page form called GSTR-4 when they filed tax returns every quarter if they opted for composition scheme.
The court also ruled that no coercive action would be taken against the person, while posting the next hearing on July 8
The court on Tuesday issued notices to the Centre, the GST Council and the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs in this regard
The audit report for 2017-18, the first year of the goods and services tax implementation, is to be filed by June 30
They were involved in circular trading and had shown transactions worth Rs 72.7 crore between them, on which they claimed an input tax credit of Rs 13.09 crore at 18% GST, a senior official said
Collateral management firms working on rented warehouse model hit as they cannot avail input credit, given that farm commodities themselves are outside the GST net
The tax department has given service providers with turnover of up to Rs 50 lakh time till April 30 to opt for the composition scheme and pay 6 per cent GST. The option to pay Goods and Services Tax (GST) at reduced rate of 6 per cent would be effective from the beginning of the financial year or from the date of obtaining new registration during the financial year. Service providers opting for the composition scheme can charge a lower tax rate of 6 per cent from customers, as against the higher rates of 12 and 18 per cent for most services under GST. In a circular, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) said suppliers who want to opt for composition scheme would have to file Form GST CMP-02 by selecting 'Any other supplier eligible for composition levy' latest by April 30, 2019. Businesses which apply for new registration may avail the said benefit in Form GST REG-01 at the time of filing application for registration. AMRG & Associates Partner Rajat Mohan said ...
Touted as an anti-evasion measure, e-way bill system was rolled out on April 1, 2018, for moving goods worth over Rs 50,000 from one state to another
Total number of summary sales return GSTR-3B filed for the month of February up to March 31 stood at 7.59 million
The principle the SC enunciated in several judgments was that where in a tariff entry there were several sub-entries, the classification should be in one of the sub-entries
Small taxpayers, with turnover of up to Rs 5 crore in the last financial year, can file quarterly return with monthly payment of taxes on self-declaration basis
In July last year, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs had come out with the draft GST returns forms and sought comments from stakeholders