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Yash Bapna (Ex-employee)

I hold a degree in law, a diploma in mass communication, and a degree in management. Though I am a lawyer by profession, but writing has always been one of the things that I'm passionate about.

Hyderabad ITAT’s Order for Bank Guarantee Encashment & Its Relation to the Business

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Hyderabad Bench whilst deleting the addition passing the ruling that the encashment of the bank guarantee has been incurred in the normal course of business. Here, in this case, the assessee is Ogene Systems India Limited that has debited in books of account an amount of Rs.1,10,61,051/ as a […]

GST Exemption will Increase Price of Covid-19 Related Medicines: FM India

In yet another incident on Sunday, the Finance Minister Justified her perception on waiver of GST on Vaccines, COVID drugs, and Oxygen concentrators. She commented that GST exemption on Domestic Supplies of Vaccines Commercial Imports of Vaccines COVID Drugs Oxygen Concentrators would make the aforesaid items even costlier owing to the fact that manufactures would […]

SFI Request SC to Free GST on Oxygen Concentrators for Vaccination of Citizens

The Student Federation of India (SFI), one of the active student organization across the country, has once again knocked the doors of the temple of justice i.e. the Supreme Court of India to weed out the COVID-19 infection from the people especially the underprivileged, weak, poor, and disadvantaged section of the Indian society. Consequently, it […]

SWFs: Exemption to 5 Foreign Companies U/S 10 of Income Tax Act

To counter the recession which Indian Company is going to face, Government has opted for an alternative path of kickstarting the economy by relaxing tax measures on companies that are bringing huge Foreign Direct Investment in the Infrastructure of the Indian Economy. One such decision has been taken by the government by providing tax exemption […]

CBDT: Benefit to Salaried Person for Allowances in Lieu of Leave Travel Concession

Interestingly, retrospectively, and notably, The Central Board of Direct Tax (CBDT), in its efforts to provide benefit/privilege to the salaried class employees, has provided a big relief to the aforesaid class by an amendment in Rule 2B of the Income Tax Rules wherein the proviso connected to exemption with respect to those cash allowances that […]

Gujarat HC Likened Seizure of SUV & Mobiles By GST Officer as Dacoity

This Judgment has once again put the question mark on the authority of Goods & Service Tax (GST) officials’.The Honourable Gujarat High Court has constricted the concerned GST Official and department for taking the law into their hands and likened it to dacoity. This constriction is with respect to a petition filed by an individual […]

Madras HC Quashes Order for Levying Penalty at 1.5 Times of Tax Demand

The Honourable Madras High Court has quashed the order that confirmed the imposing of penalty at the sum of 1.5 times of the tax demanded. The respondent party is Harish Agencies. It is a dealer in high-speed diesel and petrol in Puducherry. The petitioner-Department of Tax sent a”“pre-assessment notice” in supersession of the earlier notice […]

GSTN Showcases Helpful Tutorials of New Functionalities on GST Portal

In yet another attempt to provide ease and facilities to taxpayers on the web portal of GST and to make the GST web portal more interactive, The Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) has issued new functionalities (module wise) on the web portal of GST. These functionalities pertain to the below-mentioned modules: New Functionalities in […]