The GST Council is scheduled to be held on December 21 to discuss an important proposal regarding potential exemptions or reductions in GST rates on health and life insurance. The announcement was made via a post on the social media platform X. The conference is set to take place in Jaisalmer, and will be presided over by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, alongside state finance ministers. Key discussions are expected on rate rationalization, with lowering GST on several essential goods from the current 12% bracket to 5%, based on suggestions from the 55th GST council’s meeting board of state ministers. Currently, the GST system operates under a four-tier tax structure, with rates of 5%, 12%, 18%, and 28%. In its last session on September 9, the council directed a group of ministers (GoM) to prepare their report on GST charges for insurance by the end of October. Following this directive, the GoM for health and life insurance met last month, reaching a consensus to exem...

If you are a GST-registered assessee you need to consider the due date to avail of any due Input tax credit or revised errors/omissions for the FY 2023-24 is November 30, 2024, via submitting the appropriate GST forms. Missing the due date can produce an outcome of a financial loss as the unclaimed ITC could not be used to offset your output tax obligation. What is the Method to Claim the Due ITC or Revised GST Errors for the FY 2023-24 It was stressed by the tax experts that the GST law specifies the procedure to claim the due ITC via GSTR-3B and amend errors in GSTR-1. Filing GSTR-1: Errors induced in GSTR-1 can be rectified by making amendments in the following GSTR-1 filings. Filing GSTR-3B: Via the GSTR-3B return the obligated ITC can merely be claimed. November 11, 2024, was the due date to submit the GSTR-1, and November 20, 2024, is for GSTR-3B without any penalty. Both the outcomes can be provided till November 30, 2024, as per the late fees. R...

Changes in GST Rules for Businesses An update to the e-invoicing process for businesses has been announced by the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN). W.e.f April 1, 2025 the assessees with an annual  aggregate turnover (AATO) of Rs 10 crore or more than that shall now be obligated to upload e-invoices to the Invoice Registration Portal (IRP) within 30 days from the date of invoice issuance. Earlier, On businesses with an AATO of Rs 100 crore or exceeds, this 30 days requirement is applicable. Starting in April 2025 the same regulation shall extend to a larger group of taxpayers, along with those that have the smaller businesses. The same shall be applied to the people having an Aggregate Annual Turnover (AATO) of more than Rs 10 crore, which results in a larger group of GST assessees being affected. As per the GST norms the suppliers and sellers having a designated annual aggregate turnover (AATO) should make an electronic invoice (e-invoice) and after that on the IRP portal fo...

Concerning the financial front, gross GST collections for August 2024 show a strong 10% growth, reaching approximately ₹1.75 lakh crore.  This surge, driven by robust domestic consumption, led to a 9.2% increase in GST revenues from domestic transactions to approximately ₹1.25 lakh crore. Revenue from imported goods also saw a substantial rise of 12.1%, totalling ₹49,976 crores.  Despite the overall growth, there was a slight decrease from the ₹1.82 lakh crore collected in July 2024 when compared month-on-month. However, industry experts remain optimistic.  They point out that the 10% year-on-year increase at the commencement of the festive season is a strong indicator of sustained and potentially growing consumption in the upcoming months. The government's ongoing efforts to simplify the GST process, especially through measures such as adjusting rates to lower working capital expenses, have been positively acknowledged.  This dedication is also evident in the ₹...

  Have you encountered any challenges while trying to create a GST E-way bill using the government portal? If yes, SAG Infotech is here to provide some important solutions for you. NIC has launched the GST E-Way Bill 2 Portal. Designed to Offer GST E-way Bill Services with High Availability Using the e-way bill site, taxpayers and logistics operators can log in with their current account and password. Data from the GST E-way Bill2 site will be verified, combined, and available on the main GST E-way Bill portal for all business and analytical objectives. To guarantee that e-invoice generation is unaffected, this portal is integrated with another e-invoice portal for e-way bill generation. Users can freely create and amend E-Way Bills using the GST E-Way Bill2 Portal. The seamless integration and merging of the e-Waybill1 and e-Waybill2 systems will lessen reliance on the e-Waybill1 system in emergencies. E-way bill details are synchronised with the main portal in only a few seco...

 Depending on its former decision in M/s Anandeshwar Traders v. State of U.P. and Others , the Allahabad High Court ruled that the burden to prove the double movement of goods based on the same documents lies on the department. The Allahabad High Court in M/s Anandeshwar Traders v. State of U.P. and Others ruled that the positive burden to prove that goods had been transported on an earlier occasion is in the Assessing Authority. The court noted that as no inquiries were incurred from taxpayers, toll plazas, purchasing dealers, or any other source as to whether goods had been transported earlier, no presumption can be drawn by the authorities just on the e-way bill. The Court in M/s Anandeshwar Traders ruled that a conclusion without proof cannot be drawn against the double use of e-way bills. Such a conclusion ought to be based on facts and proof that the assessing authority determined which has been examined to test the order correctness and not the conclusions, recorded without...

In the realm of bolstering tax administration integrity, five states, including states such as Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka and others, are considering Aadhaar-based authentication for GST registration . This move aims for enhanced transparency and accuracy. The decision emerged from the recent third National Coordination Meeting of senior Central and State GST officers, focusing on GST framework discussions. At present, the states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and the Union Territory of Puducherry have initiated a trial program for Aadhaar authentication of taxpayers, which demonstrates how implementing such a system could bring some important advantages and is entirely feasible. As other states show their willingness to adopt this system, it has the potential to revolutionize the Good and Search Tax (GST) registration processes, leading to a significant transformation in the way taxpayers are verified and registered. Many Indian states have been increasingly concerned about identity...