GST on import of goods and services
Imports under GST GST has subsumed the major indirect taxes, however, import duty such as Basic Customs duty, Education Cess, Anti-dumping duty, Safeguard duty, etc. will continue. The additional duties of Customs i.e. the Countervailing Duty (CVD) and Special Additional Duty of Customs (SAD), would be replaced with the levy of Integrated Goods and Services […]
Determination of Place of Supply of Goods under GST
Determination of Place of Supply of Goods under GST Before we discuss about the provisions for determining place of supply of goods, we should be aware of the following terms: Goods: Goods means any kind of movable property other than money or securities, includes actionable claim (like insurance claim, pending litigations, lottery, betting and gambling), […]
Procedure to claim refund on export under GST
A proper refund mechanism is necessary for effective tax administration, as trade is facilitated via the release of blocked finances for modernization, expansion and working capital requirements of a business. Here we are discussing about how to apply for refund for export in GST, we first need to understand the “Meaning & taxability of export […]
Whether Business dealing in exempt or non-taxable goods liable for GST registration?
Whether such business is required to take the GST registration? In general, the businesses with annual turnover up to Rs.20 lakhs are not required to take the GST registration. However, there are some specific cases, where a person is required to take GST registration even if the turnover is below Rs.20 lakhs. With this write-up, […]
Can we do multiple GST registration on a PAN card?
A taxable person supplying goods or services from different states is mandated to take different GST registration for each state (which would be based on a single PAN). Also, a person who has different verticals of business within the same state can choose to have different GSTIN for each vertical (and these would again be based […]
Treatment of Cash discounts & Trade discounts under GST
There has been a lot of confusion in treatment of discounts in invoice and questions with respect to which amount should be chargeable to GST. Though the law is pretty clear about it. GST treats all the discounts such as trade discounts, cash discounts, volume/turnover discounts, etc. Instead, the treatment varies with the timing of […]
Ineligible Input tax credit under GST
Following are the goods and services where the GST law has imposed restriction while availing GST input tax credit, primarily called as Ineligible Input tax credit. We will discuss about the extent and eligibility of ITC of these goods and services. 1. ITC for Motor Vehicles is not available. The GST levied on purchase of […]