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Introduction

Completed 3 years in operation but still struggling to rise-up to the average expectations of the stakeholders; GST has proved to be a loop of extension of compliance deadlines. The main reason behind such extensions is incompetent and incapable GSTN network which crashes every now and then #gstnfailed. One such compliance is the filing of Annual Return (Form GSTR 9) and GST Audit (Form GSTR 9C). As of now, the due date of filing GSTR 9 and GSTR 9C is fast approaching and is...

We are all aware that COVID 19 pandemic has a great impact on the economy and non-compliance under any tax law due to cash flow has led to the payment of interest, late fee, and penalty. Generally, September is the compliance month for tax laws such as Income tax or GST law (previous financial year compliance).

Study of GST trend from inception, relaxation for rectification of errors, or omission only for FY 2017-18 transaction up to due date of furnishing GSTR 1 of March 2019. However,...

The Reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM) derives it base from the era of Service Tax where it was introduced firstly in case of GTA’s and Clearing and forwarding agents in 1997. Since the provisions for levy of service tax were inconsistent for recovery of tax under RCM, its levy was questioned by The Apex Court in case of “Laghu Udyog Bharti V/s UOI (112) E.L.T. 365(SC)”.  To overrule the said judgment Section 68(2) was incorporated in The Finance Act, 1994. The government with the motive...

One of the major objectives of GST implementation in India was to ensure the seamless movement of goods and no-check posts in between the states. Further, it was expected that it would put an end to the prolonged road permit system and inspector raj in India.  In order to facilitate the same E-way bill mechanism was introduced.

However, the E-way bill mechanism has proved to be a continuous source of pain for businessmen and transporters where they are subjected to hefty penalties for...

Prelude:

The success of GST would depend to a large extent on a robust GST Network as it will be the medium of sharing information between the tax department and tax payers and one of the important aspects of GSTN would be the registration process.

The assessees covered under the present Indirect Taxes regime require multiple registrations and interaction with multiple departments due to multiplicity of taxes. While everyone expected that these problems would be overcome...

The GST Council approved the standard of e-invoice in its 37th meeting held on 20th Sept 2019 and the same along with schema has been published on the GST portal. Further, there were workshops (scheduled in 7 Indian cities in the 1st phase) that were conducted by the GSTN wherein the CEO Prakash Kumar was also present to explain and address the concerns of the trade, industry, professionals and the software vendors whose involvement would be prime in complying with the new provisions of...