Ca Pradeep Jain The GST Council at its meeting on May 18, 19 has evolved a consensus on GST rates for goods and services, leading us closer to July 1 implementation. The underlying objective of rate declaration was clear for some time, which is to maintain the current effective indirect tax burden to control inflation and avoid surprises. … Read more
As per Section 12(6) of CGST Act, 2017 relating to Time of Supply of Goods states that time of supply to the extent it relates to an addition in the value of supply by way of interest, late fee or penalty for delayed payment of any consideration shall be the date on which the supplier … Read more
Every registered person who causes “movement of goods” of consignment value exceeding fifty thousand rupees — (i) in relation to a supply; or (ii) for reasons other than supply; or (iii) due to inward supply from an unregistered person, shall, before commencement of movement, furnish information relating to the said goods in Part A of … Read more
As we all know, filing of numerous returns in the GST regime will be a cumbersome task which will be essential for claiming input tax credit because credit availment requires matching of outward supplies of the supplier and inward purchases of the purchaser on online portal. The task will be tedious for large sized companies … Read more
At present, the manufacturers/dealers registered under the Central Excise Act, 1944 have the option to surrender their registration if they intend to close their operations but there is no liability or legal compliance to be discharged on cancellation of the registration. However, the situation is not same in the proposed GST regime as the assessee … Read more
SECTION 10: PLACE OF SUPPLY OF SERVICES WHERE THE LOCATION OF THE SUPPLIER OR THE LOCATION OF THE RECIPIENT IS OUTSIDE INDIA In continuation to our earlier update, we shall discuss some other provisions of section 10. According to sub-section (8), the place of supply of certain services like banking, intermediary and short term hiring … Read more
The revised IGST Law has provided separate provisions for determination of place of supply in case of intra state trade/inter-state trade and that in case of import/export of goods. The provisions regarding determination of place of supply of goods other than supply of goods imported into or exported from India are the same as proposed … Read more
The new provision reads as follows: (1) Every registered taxable person shall, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed and within the time and manner specified in section 44, be entitled to take credit of input tax charged on any supply of goods or services to him which are used or intended … Read more
As evident from revised draft, the definitions of the input goods, capital goods and input services have undergone a major change or let’s say, it has been simplified to the maximum extent possible. In the current laws, there are definitions containing specifications and restrictions to items and services on which cenvat can be taken or … Read more
There has been a long history of litigation on the issue of classification of works contract activities that whether it is to be considered a service or to be treated as sale of goods. The reason behind it was that the constitution of India classifies the work contract activity as sale of goods and so … Read more