GST
ITC Admissible On Sale And Buyback Transactions When Payment Is Settled Through Book Adjustment: AAR
The West Bengal Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) has held that in cases of sale and buyback transactions, the input tax credit is admissible in respect of goods purchased from outsourced vendors when payment is settled through book adjustment against the debt created on outward supplies to those vendors.The bench of Tanisha Dutta and Joyjit Banik has observed that settlement of mutual...
Indirect Tax Weekly Round-Up: 14 To 20 January 2024
Delhi High Court Delhi High Court Directs Customs Commissioner To Release Amount After Realising Redemption Fine, Penalty From Seized Foreign Currency Case Title: Oguljeren Hajyyeva Versus Commissioner Of Customs The Delhi High Court has directed the Customs Commissioner to release the remaining amount after realising the redemption fine and penalty from the seized...
GST ITC Can Be Availed On Roof Top Solar System As It Constitute Plant And Machinery: AAR
The Gujarat Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) has ruled that roof-top solar systems with installation and commissioning constitute plant and machinery.The bench of Amit Kumar Mishra and Riddhesh Raval has observed that applicants are eligible to avail of ITC on rooftop solar systems with installation and commissioning under the GST Act.The applicant is engaged in the business of manufacturing...
2023 Annual Digest Of Indirect Tax Cases: CESTAT, AAAR & AAR
CESTAT Konkan Railway Not Liable To Pay Service Tax On Use Of Mangalore-Roha Line: CESTAT Case Title: Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. Versus Commissioner of Service Tax, Mumbai The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that Konkan Railway is not liable to pay service tax on the use of the Mangalore-Roha Line. Excavation...
2023 Annual Digest Of GST Cases
Supreme CourtState Amendments Made To VAT Acts After GST Came Into Effect Are Invalid : Supreme Court Case Title: The State of Telangana & Ors. V. M/S Tirumala Constructions., Civil Appeal No(S). 1628 Of 2023 Citation : 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 927 A Division Bench of the Supreme Court, while deciding the appeals arising from judgments of Telangana, Gujarat and Bombay High Court...
Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 31 December 2023 To 6 January 2024
Supreme Court Supreme Court Dismisses UP Govt.'s Appeal Against Allahabad HC Order Quashing Demand Of Rs. 235.52 Crores Against VIVO Case Title: State of Uttar Pradesh and Anr. v. M/s Vivo Mobile India Private Ltd. & Ors. On Thursday(January 4), the Supreme Court dismissed a Special Leave Petition filed by the State of Uttar Pradesh against the order of the Allahabad...
Tax Cases Monthly Round Up: December 2023
Delhi High Court High-End KPO Services Provider Can't Be Compared With ITeS, Which Is BPO Services Provider: Delhi High Court Case Title: PCIT Versus Future First Info. Services Pvt. Ltd. Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 1301 The Delhi High Court has held that the high-end knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) services provider cannot be compared with the information...
18% GST Applicable On F-18 Drugs Used For Cancer Diagnosis: AAR
The Uttar Pradesh Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) has held that 18% GST is applicable on F-18 drugs used for cancer diagnosis.The bench of Amit Kumar and Harilal Prajapati has observed that F18 is a radioisotope and fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) is a compound. The products being radioactive and compounds of the radioisotope 18F merit classification under heading 2844 only, although they...
Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 17 To 23 December, 2023
Delhi High Court High-End KPO Services Provider Can't Be Compared With ITeS, Which Is BPO Services Provider: Delhi High Court Case Title: PCIT Versus Future First Info. Services Pvt. Ltd. Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 1301 The Delhi High Court has held that the high-end knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) services provider cannot be compared with...
Incentives Received Under “Atma Nirbhar Gujarat Sahay Yojna” Can't Be Considered As Subsidy, GST Applicable: Gujarat AAAR
The Gujarat Appellate Authority of Advance Ruling (AAAR) has held that incentives received under the “Atma Nirbhar Gujarat Sahay Yojna” dated May 16, 2020, declared by the Gujarat Government could not be considered subsidies, and GST is applicable.The bench of B V Siva Naga Kumari and Sameer Vakil has upheld the AAR's order in which it was held that the incentive received by the...
12% GST Applicable On Renting Residential Dwelling Units On Monthly Rental Basis: Karnataka AAR
The Karnataka Authority of Advance Ruling has held that 12% GST is applicable to renting residential dwelling units on a monthly rental basis.The bench of M.P. Ravi Prasad and Kiran Reddy has observed the renting of residential dwellings to students and working women for residential purposes, along with amenities and facilities such as food, furniture, appliances, cleaning, security,...
GST Exemption On Unbranded Broken Rice, 5% GST On Pre-Packaged And Labelled Ones: AAR
The West Bengal Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) has ruled that 5% GST is applicable on the supply of broken rice if supplied as “pre-packaged and labelled,", whereas no GST shall be payable on unbranded supply.The bench of Tanisha Dutta and Joyjit Banik has observed that “broken rice” is classifiable under Chapter Heading 1006. Therefore, the rate of tax on the supply of “broken...