Auto industry representatives and the government have met on the issue and sources told Moneycontrol that the Centre is mulling a refund of compensation cess which car dealers have paid for their purchases. However, any relief is possible only after the new rates kick in.
The move will lower insurance premiums for policyholders and prospective buyers, encourage greater insurance penetration, and provide a significant boost to the industry
The review petition filed by the Finance Ministry is expected to come for hearing by end of February, when the apex court may decide if the amendments are maintainable.
In the Union Budget , government proposed to clarify that commercial properties used for leasing purposes are not eligible for input tax credit under GST.
The last council meet provided relief for taxpayers who received demand notices between 2017 and 2021 under Section 16 (4). It is expected to be notified after September 9.
So far, 121 people have been arrested in connection with the cases, the Finance Ministry said.
NAREDCO has suggested the finance ministry to come up with a second tranche of the Special Window for Affordable and Mid-Income Housing (SWAMIH) fund with Rs 50,000 corpus in the upcoming Union budget for 2024-2025 fiscal year.
The Bihar-Additional Commissioner State Tax (Appeal), Central Division, Patna, has raised a demand of GST, interest and penalty on September 21, LIC said in a regulatory filing.
The 2023-24 Union Budget has projected a 12 percent growth in GST revenue for the Center at Rs 9.56 lakh crore from the previous fiscal mop-up of Rs 8.54 lakh crore.
For existing registrations in these sectors, cleaning of operations will look at performance parameters and then take a decision, a government official told Moneycontrol
These firms are part of a network of about 300 firms spread across five states, which conducted transactions of more than Rs 8,300 crore and availed as well as passed on input tax credit of over Rs 1,500 crore.
So many fake invoicing cases have been detected wherein metal scrap and agricultural items have been used for industrial use.
The amendments propose to decriminalise certain offences under the indirect tax law and double the threshold for launching prosecution under the tax law to Rs 2 crore.
The Finance Ministry has inserted Rule 37A in Central Goods and Services Tax rules to give effect to the new provision.
This notification will come into force from December 1, 2022
It has said that affordability is key and has suggested specific interventions needed for this.
According to pre-Budget recommendations of telecom industry body COAI, whose members include Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio, the telecom sector wants the government to suspend universal service obligation fund (USOF), which financially supports rollout of telecom services in the rural area, to reduce burden on the service providers.
While the new tax rates will come into effect from January 1, the Indian textile industry is worried about the planned hike in the tax rate, arguing that such a move will affect 85 percent of the market and will lead to an increase in the prices of 80 percent of the final products.
In a setback to telecom operator Bharti Airtel Limited, the Supreme Court on October 28 set aside a Delhi high court order and barred the telco from seeking a Rs 923 crore Goods and Services Tax (GST) refund. Moneycontrol explains the case and the Delhi high court order.
The Supreme Court’s verdict ends the uncertainty created by conflicting orders by the Gujarat and Madras high courts over allowing tax credits on input services under the Goods and Services Tax
The top court set aside the Gujarat High Court verdict which had held as unconstitutional the Rule 89(5) of Central Goods and Service Tax Rules which restricted the refund only to input goods.
In its representation to the GST Council Secretariat, the industry chamber will also seek clarity on whether the excess credit would be refunded to dealers for COVID essential items bought prior to June 14.
43rd GST Council Meeting: GST Council’s meeting on May 28 can consider total tax exemption for medical supplies needed for combating COVID-19, and may also discuss tax tweaks to help sectors that have been hit hard by the second wave as well as compensation for states, experts say.
Industry tells government that more handholding is required to clear tax related confusion on the ground. Also calls for tax compliance deadline to be extended.
The surveys by the I-T department are related to an Input Tax Credit default, allegedly by a few third-party contracting firms.