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April 8, 2020 / Goods and Services Tax (GST)

GST Network starts online refund processing

GST Network, the IT backbone of the indirect tax system, on Thursday unveiled an online refund process as decided by the GST Council.
With the deployment of online refund functionality, taxpayers can now file refund application (in RFD 01 form) easily and tax officers can process the same online, GST Network said in a statement.
All communications between taxpayers and tax officers will also be online. The online refund process has become effective from September 25, 2019, on the GST …

April 8, 2020 / Goods and Services Tax (GST)

Unlocking GSTR 9C

What is GST Audit?
Audit is examination of records, returns and other documents maintained or furnished by the registered person under GST Law or any other law. The examination is to verify the correctness of:

Turnover declared;
Taxes paid;
Refund claimed; and
Input tax credit availed;

And to assess his compliance with the provisions of this act or the rules made there under.

Who is required to get his accounts audited?
Every registered person whose aggregate turnover during a financial …

April 8, 2020 / Goods and Services Tax (GST)

What is GSTR-9?

GSTR 9 is an annual return to be filed yearly by taxpayers registered under GST. It must be filed by the GST registered taxpayers (including those registered under composition levy scheme). It consists of details regarding the outward and inward supplies made/received during the relevant previous year under different tax heads i.e. CGST, SGST & IGST and HSN codes. Basically, it is a consolidation of all the monthly/quarterly returns (GSTR-1, GSTR-2A, GSTR-3B) filed in that year.

For Composition Registered taxpayers …

April 8, 2020 / Goods and Services Tax (GST)

Types of Audit under Goods and Services Tax with GST Audit Checklist

Audit under GST is the examination of records, returns and other documents maintained by a registered dealer. The aim is to verify the correctness of Turnover declared, Taxes paid, Refund claimed and input Tax Credit availed by an assessed as per provisions under GST along with is to assess the auditee’s compliance with the provision of GST Act and Rules.

Types of Audit

There are three types of Audit prescribed under GST laws which are graphically presented as below. We …

April 8, 2020 / Goods and Services Tax (GST)

GST gets its first dispute resolution tribunal

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved aproposal to set up a national bench of the goods and services tax (GST) appellate tribunal (GSTAT) in Delhi. The apex appellate tribunal would deal with disputes between GST taxpayers and tax authorities predominantly arising out of the “place of supply” issue. Place of supply issue becomes critical, especially in case of services byacompany having presence in two or more states, or in the case of imports and exports. The decision was taken six …

April 8, 2020 / Goods and Services Tax (GST)

Govt to Vet GST, Income Tax and Transfer Pricing Filings to Find Leakage

The government is planning to compare data filed by companies with different departments to detect discrepancies and check whether there’s been any leakage in tax collected, raising the prospect of even greater scrutiny, said people with knowledge of the matter. Goods and services tax (GST) returns, income tax filings and transfer pricing submissions will be analysed and synchronised in a manner that hasn’t been possible before, they said.
Multinationals including banks, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies, tech firms and automobile …

April 8, 2020 / Goods and Services Tax (GST)

Highlights of 29th GST Council Meeting

The 29th GST Council meeting was held on August 04, 2018 at New Delhi. The GST Council meeting has been held to address the concerns of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME’s) and to affirm the proposal of cashback on digital transactions. The key recommendations of meeting are as follows:

1. Cashback on Digital Transactions
The GST Council has recommended cashback of 20% of GST paid on B2C transactions subject to the maximum amount of Rs. 100 per transaction. The …

March 12, 2021 / Goods and Services Tax (GST)

Tax breather under GST for e-com on the anvil

E-commerce players will finally see scrapping of the proposed tax collected at source (TCS) under the goods and services tax (GST) regime, if proposals for the draft policy are implemented.
The proposals call for revisiting TCS, which according to the players mean abolishing the concept altogether.
TCS at the rate of up to 1 per cent is yet to be implemented as it has been deferred till September.
A spokesman for online marketplace ShopClues says, “Not only for the benefit …

March 12, 2021 / Goods and Services Tax (GST)

Aviation ministry may want inclusion of ATF under GST

The civil aviation ministry is likely to approach the Goods and Services Tax(GST) Council soon for bringing aviation turbine fuel(ATF) under the tax regime.
Thursday´s meeting in the Capital was attended by AirIndia Chairman and Managing Director(CMD) Pradeep Singh Kharola, Pawan Hans CMD BP Sharma, the chief executive officer of a private airline, and the chief financial officers of other carriers.”We have given our suggestion to the ministry and Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha is likely to …

March 13, 2021 / Goods and Services Tax (GST)

IBC Bill Passed by RS, Rules may be changed for MSMEs

The government is looking into the application of the amended insolvency law for medium and small enterprises, and a decision will be made based on the recommendations of a committee set up the review the law, finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday.
Replying to a debate on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2017, Jaitley said the changes were needed as those who ran a company down to the ground and to insolvency could not be allowed back …