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GSTN issues Important Advisory for GSTR Annual Return and Reconciliation Statement 9/9C for FY 2024-25
The Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) has issued an advisory dated October 15, 2025, announcing that the annual return forms GSTR-9 and GSTR-9C...
![Legal Uncertainty Over Service Tax Liability for Municipal Council Renting Out Properties: CESTAT Quashes Extended Limitation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/15/250x150_2096869-service-tax-liability-taxscan.webp "Legal Uncertainty Over Service Tax Liability for Municipal Council Renting Out Properties: CESTAT Quashes Extended Limitation [Read Order]")
![S. 113(h)(i) Customs Act Applies Only When Goods Have Actually Entered For Exportation: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/15/250x150_2096861-section-113hi-customs-act-customs-act-entered-for-exportation-exportation-taxscan.webp "S. 113(h)(i) Customs Act Applies Only When Goods Have Actually Entered For Exportation: CESTAT [Read Order]")
[Breaking] MCA Extends Deadline for Filing DIR-3 KYC and DIR-3 KYC-WEB Without Fee Till Oct 31, 2025 [Read Circular]
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), Government of India, has announced an extension for directors to complete their annual Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance. Through General Circular No. ...
![[Breaking] MCA Extends Deadline for Filing DIR-3 KYC and DIR-3 KYC-WEB Without Fee Till Oct 31, 2025 [Read Circular]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/15/500x300_2096973-mca-extends-deadline-filing-dir-3-kyc-dir-3-kyc-web-fee-till-oct-31-2025-taxscan.webp "[Breaking] MCA Extends Deadline for Filing DIR-3 KYC and DIR-3 KYC-WEB Without Fee Till Oct 31, 2025 [Read Circular]")
Rule 86-A of CGST Rules Can’t Be Invoked to Block ITC When Electronic Credit Ledger Shows Nil Balance: Bombay HC bars “Negative Blocking“ [Read Order]
In a recent judgment, the Bombay High Court held that Rule 86-A of the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Rules cannot be invoked to block Input Tax Credit (ITC) when the Electronic Credit Ledger...
![Rule 86-A of CGST Rules Can’t Be Invoked to Block ITC When Electronic Credit Ledger Shows Nil Balance: Bombay HC bars “Negative Blocking“ [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/15/500x300_2096959-bombay-hc-rule-86a-cgst-itc-blocking-case-gst-ruling-electronic-credit-ledger.webp "Rule 86-A of CGST Rules Can’t Be Invoked to Block ITC When Electronic Credit Ledger Shows Nil Balance: Bombay HC bars “Negative Blocking“ [Read Order]")
AA Relied On Wikipedia Instead Of Expert Evidence To Classify Epoxy Resin Under DFIA: CESTAT Quashes Demand [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that reliance on Wikipedia instead of verified expert evidence to determine the classification of...
![AA Relied On Wikipedia Instead Of Expert Evidence To Classify Epoxy Resin Under DFIA: CESTAT Quashes Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/15/500x300_2096785-wikipedia-epoxy-resin-cestat-quashes-demand-taxscan.webp "AA Relied On Wikipedia Instead Of Expert Evidence To Classify Epoxy Resin Under DFIA: CESTAT Quashes Demand [Read Order]")
No Scientific Test or Documentary Proof to Establish Foreign Origin of Dry Dates: CESTAT Sets Aside Confiscation [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the department had no scientific or documentary evidence to prove that the seized dry dates were of...
![No Scientific Test or Documentary Proof to Establish Foreign Origin of Dry Dates: CESTAT Sets Aside Confiscation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/14/500x300_2096592-dry-dates-cestat-taxscan.webp "No Scientific Test or Documentary Proof to Establish Foreign Origin of Dry Dates: CESTAT Sets Aside Confiscation [Read Order]")
ER-1 Return Qualifies as a Valid Duty-Paying Document under Rule 9(2) of CENVAT Credit Rules: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that an ER-1 return can be treated as a valid duty-paying document under Rule 9(2) of the CENVAT...
![ER-1 Return Qualifies as a Valid Duty-Paying Document under Rule 9(2) of CENVAT Credit Rules: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/14/500x300_2096599-valid-duty-paying-cenvat-credit-rules-cestat-taxscan.webp "ER-1 Return Qualifies as a Valid Duty-Paying Document under Rule 9(2) of CENVAT Credit Rules: CESTAT [Read Order]")
