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The Gujarat Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) said that under GST, rent paid to unregistered persons for hiring godowns is subject to tax under reverse charge, even if the godowns are used only to provide exempt storage and warehousing services for agricultural produce. A Bench of SGST Member Sushma Vora and CGST Memb
The Delhi High Court has directed the Income Tax Department to release and open a taxpayer’s locker that remained seized for over 30 years. The Court held that the prolonged restraint served no legal purpose, particularly after the underlying tax dispute had been conclusively finalised in favour of the assessee by the
The Lucknow Bench of the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT) on 28 September held that the penalty is not levied u/s 129 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, only for a procedural lapse in generating an e-invoice without material showing tax evasion. A Bench, Judicial Member Santosh Kumar Sriv
On October 1, 2026, a new feature called “Multi-State Registration” was introduced on the GST Common Portal. This option is now displayed on the portal’s homepage, alongside the existing “Register” and “Login” options. It can be accessed at https://reg.gst.gov.in/registration/msr. This facility enables applicants to in
The Karnataka High Court ruled that an ex parte GST order can be set aside if the taxpayer had a valid reason for failing to appear, such as pregnancy and related medical complications. Read Also: Karnataka HC Sets Aside Ex Parte GST Order and Bank Attachment for Violation of Natural Justice Justice Vijaykumar A. Patil
The Calcutta High Court ruled that a taxpayer’s objection to a draft income-tax assessment cannot be rejected for missing the deadline if the 30-day period expires on a Sunday and the objection is filed on the next working day. Justice Smita Das Dey was hearing a petition filed by GFK Mode Pvt. Ltd. The company’s […] T
The Principal Bench of the GST Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT) directed Hyderabad-based cinema operator Devi 70MM to deposit ₹81,722 for profiteering after failing to pass on the benefit of the GST rate reduction on cinema admission tickets priced at ₹100 or below. The GST rate on such tickets was reduced from 18% to 12% wi
The deadline for the tax audit report has been extended by the Finance Ministry. The government has released the official notification. 30th September 2026 was the deadline to submit the report for AY 2026-27, but after receiving multiple representations from tax professionals and business associations, the ministry op
The New Delhi Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) ruled that the reimbursement of salary costs on a cost-to-cost basis for employees sent on deputation does not fall within the tax ambit as ‘Fees for Technical Services’ (FTS) in India. The taxpayer, Toyota Tsusho Corporation, received ₹2,08,41,050 from To
The Indian govt has collected Rs 2,03,521 crore as GST for September, which is an increase of 14.7% against the same month last year, official data specified. For the first half of this Financial year (April-Sep), the cumulative gross collection arrived at Rs 12,46,278 crore, which is an increase of 11.6%. In September
The Delhi High Court has held that proceedings emerging from a GST audit are different from the adjudicatory proceedings initiated u/s of the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Act, 2017. The Division Bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Bharat Parashar refused to interfere with an SCN issued to a pharmaceutical di
RBL Bank has received a show-cause notice with a GST demand of more than Rs 173.08 crore for an alleged incorrect Input tax credit claim in the 2022-23 financial year. “The notice proposes a GST demand of Rs 1,73,08,68,535, including interest and penalty, for the financial year 2022-23, in relation to input tax credit
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