The Delhi Government recently issued a circular prescribing the guidelines relating to downloading of Statutory Forms under the DVAT Act. The Circular lays down certain criteria which are applicable to specified dealers who have been

The division bench of the Madras High Court held that penalty under VAT can be levied only on the completion of Assessment proceedings. The sole grievance of the assessee was that the VAT authorities made

With a view to dispose the pending Value Added Tax (VAT) litigations, the Maharashtra State government has decided to form three new sales tax tribunals benches in Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur. As of now, there

The Uttar Pradesh Government, on Tuesday proposed to reduce the rate of Value Added Tax (VAT) on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) to five per cent. The current rate applicable to CNG in the State is

The Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) and State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) collections for February 2023 of the current Financial Year increased by a combined 40%, according to the Odisha Goods and Services

The Rajasthan Government has notified the extended time limit for ITC mismatch demands verification from September 30, 2021, till December 31, 2021, under Rajasthan VAT Act. The state government has amended Notification No. F.16 (100)Tax/CCT14-15/655

The Ministry of Finance recently issued a Circular clarifying the issues on levy of Service Tax on the services provided by the Government or a local authority to business entities. Any service provided by the

The United Kingdom Value Added Tax (VAT) Tribunal ruled that Kickboxing is not exempted from VAT liability. The appellant Premier Family Martial Arts LLP, a kickboxing company lost its VAT dispute argued that kickboxing should

As per Federal Tax Authority (FTA), a total of 3.2m applications for VAT refunds were received by the end of 2019, marking an increase of 1.68m applications from mid-2019. On average, the refund applications on

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has held that the VAT returns of the third parties cannot be made available through applications under the Right to Information (RTI) as there is no public interest involved in

A two-judge bench of the Delhi High Court has stayed the notification issued by the State Government cancelling form F issued by a dealer in Delhi. The cancellation was purportedly under rule 8(10) of CST

The Delhi High Court recently directed the Commissioner, Value Added Tax to consider interest payable towards interest on VAT refund to the petitioner. The petitioner's plea highlighted the absence of interest despite the credited refund.

In a significant step to promote cashless transactions in Chhattisgarh and Gujarat, the state governments has decided to exempt purchase of card swipe/Point of Sale(PoS) machines from Value Added Tax (VAT). In a cabinet meeting chaired

The Allahabad High Court has reportedly censured the commercial tax department of Uttar Pradesh for using "dubious" means to withdraw Rs 49 crore from the bank accounts of online marketplace Flipkart in lieu of value-added

In a case relating to VAT refund scam, the Enforcement Directorate ( ED ) last day filed a complaint against a Ludhiana-based businessman, Ramesh Mehan, proprietor of York International, Rajeev Mehan, Raman Garg, and others