CA Yashwant Kasar The Central Board of Indirect Taxes (CBIC) has notified a New Scheme in GST vide Notification No. 2/2019 Central Tax (Rate), dated March 7, 2019 in which a tax payer has been allowed to pay GST on a presumptive basis at the rate of 6% (3% CGST and 3% SGST/UTGST). It is a new scheme … Read more
It is said that awareness of errors is the first step towards correcting them. It is because unless we are aware of the errors committed, we would not take any steps towards rectifying them. Errors prove costly under any taxation regime. Errors could be classified into two categories, i.e. clerical error and conceptual error. Clerical … Read more
In some cases, the land owner and builder/developer may have a joint venture for the construction project. In some cases, they may form a separate legal entity or they may operate as UJV (Unincorporated Joint Venture). In such cases, GST will be payable. Para 2.7 of CBI&C Circular No. 151/2/2012-ST dated 10-2-2012 states as follows … Read more
Purchaser Of Flat Is Not Liable To Tax Even If He Sales Before Occupation Or Completion The Purchaser of flat is not liable to tax even if he sales before occupation or completion, for two reasons – He is not supplying construction service, as deeming provision requires supply of construction service He is not in … Read more
Introduction Works Contract Service is a specie of construction service. This activity has special relevance as it has been a very litigation prone issue. Earlier, after introduction of service tax on services, complexities of ‘works contract’ increased as issue of valuation, TDS and reverse charge made this issue complex. After introduction of GST and abolition … Read more
The Audit Report is principally reconciliation of annual financial statement of taxable person (balance sheet and Profit and Loss Account/Income and Expenditure Account) with GSTR-9 i.e. Annual Return of the taxable person. The contents are as follows: Part A – Reconciliation Statement This part consists of following sub-parts Part I – Basic Details – Financial … Read more
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has decided that based on the conflict in roles as statutory and internal auditor simultaneously, the bar on internal auditor of an entity to accept tax audit (under Income Tax Act, 1961) will also be applicable to GST Audit (under the Central Goods and Service Act, 2017). Accordingly, … Read more
The form of annual return does not require reconciliation with Annual Financial Statement (Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Account) of taxable person for 2017-18. However, taxable persons whose aggregate turnover exceeds Rs. two crores in a financial year have to submit Audit Report in form GSTR-9C. This form is basically reconciliation statement which is … Read more
The GSTR-9A return is simpler compared to GSTR-9 return as details regarding Input Tax Credit are not to be given. The GSTR-9A Annual Return consists of following parts: Part I – Basic Details – Financial Year, GSTIN, Legal Name and Trade Name (if any), Period of composition scheme during the year (From —- To —-) … Read more
The Annual Return in form GSTR-9 is basically a summary of GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B returns for the period July 2017 to March 2018. However, if there are any amendments made during April 2018 to September 2018 returns, these have to be included in the Annual Return for 2017-18. The return is in following parts: Part … Read more