By Archit Gupta The filing of the first annual return for FY 2017-18 is due in roughly three months. It covers a period of nine
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View: A fair assessment of Good and Services Tax – The Economic Times
By V S Krishnan After long deliberation, the goods and services tax (GST) was implemented in July 2017. Nearly two years have passed since, and there’s a
GST: No clear definition of ‘ongoing project’ may lead to disputes under new GST rates for real estate–Economic Times
By Prashant Deshpande The GST Council at its 34th meeting on 19 March 2019 laid down the roadmap for implementation of the recommendations made in the previous
Explained: Why GST still vexes India’s real estate developers and buyers | Business Standard News
Sudipta Bhattacharjee, partner (tax controversy management & contract documentation), Advaita Legal, explains why the tax still vexes the real estate sector: Several clarifications on real estate emerged from the 34th GST Council
Fake invoices to evade GST pose a big challenge, tax officials looking at different strategies to curb menace – The Hindu BusinessLine
Faced with the big challenge of tackling fake invoicing in GST regime, tax officials are looking at different strategies to curb this menace and shore
GST Council’s plan for real estate sector may not find many takers | Business Standard News
Many claim that by giving the option to choose from the rates, the Centre has side-stepped from its responsibility, and the move would make the
जीसटी –धोरणात्मक गोंधळ -महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स
लोकांचे समाधान करता येत नसेल, त्यांच्या प्रश्नांची उत्तरे देता येत नसतील तर गोंधळाची स्थिती निर्माण करायची आणि आपण घेतलेल्या उलटसुलट निर्णयातच लोकांचे हित आहे, असा
GST: Real estate sector needs to make significant changes, and fast—Economic Times
Another important aspect clarified by the GST Council is to treat projects with up-to 15% commercial space as residential property. The 34th GST Council meeting held on
Cannot take coercive action in circular trading cases: Bombay HC | Business Standard News
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday ruled that no coercive action will be taken against a person charged with issuing fake invoices and circular trading, pending final
GST Council: New GST real estate rate to be applicable from April, source 80% materials from registered dealer
The GST Council Tuesday approved a transition plan for the implementation of new tax structure for the real estate sector with applicable rules for housing units being applicable from April 1,
GST: Builders can pick old or new rates on unfinished projects – The Financial Express
The GST Council on Tuesday allowed builders to choose between the old and new GST regimes for projects that will remain unfinished as on March
Housing GST rule must be changed, says West Bengal FM Amit Mitra | Business Standard News
Ahead of the GST Council meeting on Tuesday, West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra has proposed that the new goods and services tax (GST) rate for ongoing residential housing projects be made optional.
GST on real estate: Transition is key | Business Standard Column
Both consumers and builders were delighted with the reduction in the GST rates announced by the GST Council in a recent meeting. The reductions were quite impressive as the
Companies allowed to pass on volume benefit to consumers for GST cut – The Economic Times
The National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAA) Friday said companies are free to offer volume benefit or price reduction to consumers, in the wake of rationalisation of GST rates. To evaluate cases of
Realty firms under anti-profiteering lens for not passing GST benefits | Business Standard News
A number of complaints have been filed against real estate companies in the National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAA) in major cities for not passing on the benefits of the goods and
Maharashtra takes lead to clear pre-GST cases | Business Standard Column
The government of Maharashtra promulgated an Ordinance on March 6, notifying a scheme for settlement of tax arrears, as a logical follow on to its state cabinet
Taxpayers can compare tax liability declared in final, summary GST returns forms: GSTN – The Economic Times
The GST Network Tuesday said businesses registered under GST can now compare the tax liability declared as well as input tax credit claimed in their
Promotional offers & free samples won’t attract GST – The Economic Times
In a huge relief for FMCG, food, retail chains and pharma companies, the government has clarified that promotional schemes such as buy-one-get-one-free (BOGO) and additional quantity
‘GST payable on composition fees and import licensing fees paid to JDGFT’ | Business Standard News
Q. Are we required to pay GST on fees for import licence and composition fees for regularisation of defaults that we pay to JDGFT? In my opinion, “Yes”, if
GST–Companies with high input tax claims under lens – The Economic Times
Indian businesses that paid most of their goods and services tax (GST) liability using input tax credit or reported asignificant variation in turnover are being queried by