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Asian Paints receives three GST demand notices worth Rs 2.07 crore

Asian Paints on Tuesday said it has received three orders for GST demand, totalling Rs 2.07 crore. The total amount includes interest and penalties. The three orders related to the availing of "alleged ineligible Input Tax Credit (ITC)," were received on December 30, the leading paints maker said in a regulatory filing. These include an order passed under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act and Andhra Pradesh Goods and Services Tax Act for FY18-FY20, raising a demand of Rs 1.01 crore, disallowing ITC pertaining to repair and maintenance, travelling, and promotional expenses, and a penalty of Rs 5.72 lakh. Asian Paints had on Monday said it received a demand notice of Rs 13.83 crore and a penalty of Rs 1.38 crore from the Deputy Commissioner of State Tax, Chennai. This was also regarding a mismatch on ITC for FY18. The company said it has "rightly availed the ITC" for all three cases and also fulfilled all conditions prescribed under the Acts. "Further, the company has a stron

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Together, the state's composite tax and financial resources add up to Rs 5.46 trillion in FY24, up more than 17 per cent compared to the corresponding figure of Rs 4.65 trillion in FY23

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Asian Paints gets GST demand notice of Rs 13.83 crore from TN's tax dept

Asian Paints on Monday informed that it has received a GST demand notice of Rs 13.83 crore and a penalty of Rs 1.38 crore from the Deputy Commissioner of State Tax, Chennai. The demand is for the financial year 2017-18 over mismatch on input tax credit (ITC), the leading paints maker said in a regulatory filing. "The company has a strong case based on merits and will be filing rectification and/or appeal against the said order within the prescribed timelines," it added. Asian Paints further said it has discharged applicable taxes on the outward supplies made by the company and has also fulfilled all the conditions prescribed for availing of the ITC. The order was passed under relevant provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, and the corresponding provisions of the Tamil Nadu Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. The department has demanded "additional tax on outward supplies, disallowance on account of ITC mismatch between purchases reported by the supplier in GST .

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Eicher Motors gets Rs 130 cr tax demand notices, company to challenge

Eicher Motors has been served demand notices of over Rs 130 crore from three different authorities over issues related to GST, according to a regulatory filing by the company. The company has received a demand order for an aggregate amount of Rs 129.79 crore, including a penalty of Rs 11.8 crore and applicable interest from the office of the Principal Commissioner of CGST and Central Excise, Chennai, Eicher Motors said in a regulatory filing. The officer has disallowed certain GST credit and raised GST demand, largely on account of the difference in GST credit mismatch between the company's GST availment and details reported by suppliers in their GST returns, it added. Besides, the turnover difference as declared in GSTR-3B with GSTR-1 return and non-reversal of input tax credit on material returned instead of output tax liability paid by the company have also been cited as reasons. Eicher Motors further said a demand order for Rs 70.9 lakh, including a penalty of Rs 3.2 lakh, has

LIC gets GST notice of Rs 806 crore; insurer says will file an appeal

The total includes GST worth Rs 365.02 crore, penalty of Rs 404.7 crore and interest of Rs 36.5 crore

Yes Bank faces penalty of Rs 3 crore by Tamil Nadu GST department

Recently, the bank had received two separate tax notices from the Bihar GST department for Rs 20,000 and Rs 1,38,584, respectively, in December

Haryana CM announces one-time settlement scheme for pre-GST tax liabilities

Addressing a long-standing request from Haryana's trader and business community to settle pre-GST tax liabilities, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday launched the One Time Settlement-2023 (OTS) Scheme. The scheme will be operational from January 1, 2024, to March 30, 2024. According to an official statement, from January 1, 2024, to March 30, 2024, businesses have the opportunity to settle pre-GST tax liabilities under the OTS-2023 scheme. Taxes are categorized into four groups, with exemptions from interest and penalties for cases related to seven tax acts in effect before GST. Additionally, Chief Minister Manohar Lal announced the opening of a GST Training Institute in collaboration with HIPA, Gurugram. During the inauguration of OTS-2023 at Gurugram, on Sunday, the Chief Minister also extended New Year wishes to the state. Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala, who oversees the Excise and Taxation Department, also addressed the programme. Under the OTS scheme, the t

Mahindra & Mahindra gets Rs 56 lakh tax penalty, company to challenge

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd on Thursday said it has been imposed a penalty of over Rs 56 lakh for wrongly carrying forward input service distributor credit available in pre-GST into GST regime with regards to its two-wheeler business. The company has received an order from the office of the Assistant Commissioner, Division-IV, CGST & Central Excise, Ahmedabad South imposing a penalty amounting to Rs 56,04,246 in relation to the two-wheeler business of Mahindra Two Wheelers Ltd (MTWL), which was demerged from MTWL and has since been merged with M&M, Mahindra & Mahindra said in a regulatory filing. "The order has been passed on the basis that closing balance of Input Service Distributor (ISD) credit available in pre-GST regime was wrongly carried forward into GST regime," it added. The company further said based on its assessment, an appeal will be filed and it is "hopeful of a favourable outcome at the appellate level and does not reasonably expect the said order to have ...

Food delivery app Zomato gets Rs 402 cr show cause notice over unpaid GST

Zomato said that it was not liable to pay any tax on delivery charges as it was collected on behalf of the delivery partners

ICICI Prudential Life gets GST demand notice of Rs 270 crore for 2017-18

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance on Wednesday said tax authorities have slapped a demand notice of Rs 270 crore on it for alleged short payment of GST for 2017-18. The Maharashtra Goods and Service Tax (GST) authority has demanded GST along with applicable interest and penalty for 2017-18 fiscal for reversal of input tax credit; difference in GST liability filed in GSTR-1 and GSTR-9; mismatch in ITC claimed in GSTR-3B and GSTR-2A; and interest on GST payment on proposal deposit. The total demand of Rs 269.86 crore includes GST of Rs 119.56 crore, interest of Rs 138.34 crore, and penalty of Rs 11.95 crore. "The company shall file an appeal against the said order before the Commissioner (Appeals) within the prescribed timelines," ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company said in a BSE filing. Shares of ICICI Prudential settled at Rs 526.55 apiece, up 0.56 per cent over previous close on the BSE. In a separate filing, ICICI Lombard General Insurance said it has received a demand notice

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ICICI Bank faces Rs 7.47 cr GST demand from Maharashtra department

The demand is based on the disallowance of input tax credit claimed, as per the GST audit conducted by the Maharashtra GST Department

Valuation rules for GST on e-gaming platforms effective prospectively: FM

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the valuation rules for levying 28 per cent GST on entry-level bets on online gaming platforms are effective prospectively. "The clarification on that (online gaming) was issued. 28 per cent is the tax and as to who it will apply to and on whom the incidence will fall is clearly explained... The valuation rules to exclude winnings is prospective. So, I hope there is not confusion on that," Sitharaman said in the Lok Sabha. The minister was replying to a discussion in the House on the GST (Second Amendment) Bill, which provides for capping the age limit for president and members of GSTAT. This implies that bets placed from the winning amount on online gaming portals will not attract 28 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST) with effect from October 1. In its meeting in August, the GST Council had clarified that 28 per cent GST is applicable on online gaming. Thereafter, amendments to Central GST Act were cleared by Parliament in Au

LS passes Bills to cap age of GSTAT Prez, effect Budget duty changes

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a Bill that seeks to give immediate effect to the changes in customs and excise duties announced in the Budget. The House after a brief discussion on the Provisional Collection of Taxes Bill 2023, passed the Bill by voice vote. Jayant Sinha (BJP) and B V Satyavathi (YSRCP) participated in the brief discussion on the Bill which is aimed at curbing speculative activities following changes in customs and excise duties in the Budget. Moving the Bill for passage, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, the Provisional Collection of Taxes Bill, 2023 seeks to obtain the authority from Parliament to provisionally levy and collect the newly imposed or increased duties of customs and excise for 75 days. This Bill proposes to replace the erstwhile Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1931 with a minor change that is technical in nature. The provisions of the Bill empower collection provisionally, during the period between the introduction and enactment of th

How plethora of GST notices are spoiling the ease of doing business

While there are issues relating to mismatch in input and output returns, input tax credit availed of on exempted items, there are broader legal interpretational issues in GST notices as well

At Rs 3 trillion, corporate guarantees highest in 4 years but far from peak

Despite this steep rise, total outstanding corporate guarantees are still 28 per cent lower than the record high of Rs 4.23 trillion at the end of FY14

Chennai tribunal gives split verdict over GST on salaries to expats

The issue dealt with by Cestat was limited to the question of valuation and arriving at the taxable value and not the taxability of the transaction

Softbank-backed Meesho adds nearly 25,000 non-GST sellers in 2 months

Softbank-backed Meesho on Friday said it has onboarded nearly 25,000 non-GST sellers since October 2023. In July, the GST Council provided exemption to small businesses having turnover below Rs 40 lakh in case of goods and Rs 20 lakh in case of services from GST registration for making intra-state supplies through e-commerce platform. The rule kicked in from October 1. "Welcoming nearly 25,000 non-GST sellers onto our platform reinforces our efforts to foster an inclusive digital ecosystem. "Committed to our goal of digitising 10 million sellers by 2027, Meesho stands firm in driving innovation and embracing the government's historic decision to eliminate mandatory GST registration for small businesses selling online," Meesho CXO Business, Megha Agarwal said in a statement. Earlier this year, Meesho implemented significant technological adaptations, paving the way for non-GST sellers to commence selling on the platform from October 1, 2023. "In the last two months, non-GST sellers