The Supreme Court stayed the operation of a Delhi High Court order holding as "unconstitutional the imposition of the IGST by the Centre on import of oxygen concentrators for personal use
Under the GST laws, hundreds of mass consumption items and essential services are exempted fully or attract a lower rate of tax than the standard rate of 18%
The notification no.28/2021-Cus dated April 24, 2021 does not exempt IGST leviable on medical goods
The exemption will also cover goods already imported but lying uncleared on the date of its issuance of exemption
When IGST is levied on inter-state transfers within India, it is imposed on service providers
Petition was heard by a special bench that had given earlier order. Matter posted for hearing on April 9
The move to disallow IGST for exporters is aimed to plug large-scale frauds in the GST system
They are worried that the two proposals would make it difficult to seek refunds under indirect tax laws
Mop up grows 10% y-o-y at Rs 1.05 trillion, almost equal to levels in February before a nationwide lockdown to contain the coronavirus pandemic
About two thirds of states opt for RBI-window of Rs 1.10 trillion, rest still want the Centre to borrow instead
The proposal will be presented to the GST Council for approval at the meeting on Monday, expected to be a stormy one over the issue of compensation
The July collections, which is 84 per cent of last year's numbers, is however, a recovery from the months of April and May
Say they are being harassed by the authorities even as 1,500 who claimed bogus GST refunds are untraceable
A licence or duty credit scrip obtained through misrepresentation is voidable but not void till it is cancelled
Economic Affairs Secretary Tarun Bajaj says he is certain that a V-shaped economic recovery will take a year.
Exporters are identified as 'risky' on the basis of specific risk indicators based on customs, GST, income tax and data from the Directorate General of Foreign Trade
These people are untraceable and the list includes seven 'star' exporters, government sources said
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The extended time period would be available to exporters to bring back cut and polished diamonds after due certification and grading by specified laboratories abroad
However, the rate of decline has come down considerably to just 9.02 per cent from 38.17 per cent in May and 71.63 per cent in April