Amidst the COVID-19 crisis, Ministry of Finance (MoF) yesterday announced yet another relief measure to provide immediate respite to the individuals and the business entities. Govt. issued a press note stating that it shall issue all the pending refunds under Income tax, GST and Customs. Mr. Puneet Agrawal (Partner) along with Ms. Shuchi Agrawal (Manager, ALA Legal) comment that said …

Tax Management India .com               https://www.taxmanagementindia.com  Refund under GST – Amendment in CGST Rules w.e.f. 23.03.2020 April 7, 2020 In this Article, published in Tax Management India (TMI), an effort has been made to sum-up the Changes related to Refund under CGST Rules amended vide Notification No. 16/2019- Central Tax dated 23.03.2020, effective from 23.03.2020 Refund in Electronic Credit Ledger : …

CBIC has in view of the emergent situations being faced by taxpayers on account of corona virus outbreak issued various relief measures relating to statutory and regulatory compliance matters under various provisions of GST Law. A brief analysis of the Notifications 30/2020 to 36/2020 dated 03.04.2020 are summarized hereunder: 1. GSTR-3B– Relief from Interest payable …

Aadhar Authentication is required under GST for obtaining GST registration w.e.f. 01.04.2020. Every registered person under GST is also required to get Aadhar Authentication otherwise his/its registration shall be deemed to be invalid. However, as on date no manner is prescribed for Aadhar Authentication of persons who are already registered under GST or who have …

Section 238 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as the “Code”) provides that the provisions of the Code shall have an overriding effect on any other legislation in cases of a conflict. Several judgments delivered by different courts/ tribunals have relied on Section 238 of the Code and held that the …

The CBIC recently issued the Circular No.135/05/2020 – GST dated 31.03.2020, incorporating the direction of the Hon’ble Court in the Case of M/s Pitambra Books Pvt Ltd. W.P(C) No. 627 of 2019, wherein Court had passed an order Staying the Para 8 of the Circular No. 125/44/2019-GST dated 18.11.2019, (which had imposed the restriction that …

The Hon’ble Finance Minister of India, via press conference on 24.03.2020 has announced the following relief measures relating to Indirect Taxes and Direct Taxes, in view of COVID-19 outbreak in India. The necessary legal circulars and legislative amendments to give effect to said reliefs shall be issued in due course and GST relief shall follow …

In line with the vision of our Hon’ble Prime Minister that each district should develop as an export hub, the Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs on 13th March 2020 took another move and green signaled scheme for Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported products (RoDTEP). Our Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitaraman in the budget …

Today, i.e. 02.03.2020, the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi at New Delhi, has in a petition challenging the demand notice issued by Department over payment of interest on gross tax liabilty, granted stay in the matter of Sunrise Autoworld Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India. The Department has sought to levy interest even on the …