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Arpit Kulshrestha

Arpit Kulshrestha seeks higher interests in financial services, taxation, GST, I-T, etc. Writes articles with depth knowledge and is extensive for the same. The resources provide effective articles for the products of SAG infotech which provides taxation and IT software. Writing from observations and researching makes his articles virtuous.

GST Registration Facility to be Available Soon for Metal Scrap Suppliers via REG-07

On October 13, 2024, the Goods and Services Tax Network ( GSTN ), vide its advisory issued, notified to allow the registration utility in the GST portal for Tax Deduction at Source ( TDS ) u/s 51 of the GST Act for the scrap dealers. GST Notification 25/2024-Central Tax “The government has issued Notification 25/2024-Central […]

CBIC Revises Penal Provisions in Form GST INS-01 to Align with the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), in an update to the penal provisions for the inspection and search operations under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, via Notification No. 20/2024 – Central Tax dated October 08, 2024, has made a vital substitution in form GST INS-01. The same revisions align with […]

CBIC Introduces New Key Changes to GST Registration Regarding Suspension and Cancellation

Through the Central Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Rules, 2024, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), has introduced amendments in the process pertinent to the cancellation and suspension of GST registration. Such amendment has the objective of improving compliance and facilitating the procedure for the assesses and authorities. Amendment Highlights Rule […]

Delhi ITAT Quashes Reassessment, Rules Section 147 Cannot Be Invoked for Mere Change of Opinion

The reassessment of the assessee has been quashed by the Delhi Bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal ( ITAT ), which held that an assessment u/s 147 of the I-T Act,1961 cannot be reopened based on mere modification of opinion. Bhartiya Samruddhi Investments and Consulting Services Limited, the appellant-assessee, asserted ₹91,47,928 as ‘sundry advances/assets written […]

Delhi HC: GST Exemption on Foreign Reinsurance for Govt Insurance Schemes Applies Retrospectively from July 1, 2017

It was ruled by the Delhi High Court that GST exemption on foreign reinsurance services in respect to government insurance schemes applies with retrospective effect, from July 1, 2017, onwards. The same was under the fact that though the exemption was notified dated July 27, 2018, the government standardized GST obligation on these services in […]

MP HC: Non-functionality of Income Tax TRACES Portal Cannot Be Used to Deny the Assessee’s Benefit

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has stated that the non-operation of the Income Tax Department’s TRACES Portal cannot justify refusing an assessee the benefits provided under the Income Tax Act of 1961. A division bench of Justices Vivek Rusia and Anuradha Shukla carried that an assessee’ TDS refund cannot be rejected only on the ground […]