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Bombay HC Rejects Show Cause Notice for Lack of Legal Document Requirements

The Bombay High Court has quashed a show cause notice issued in a standardized printed format, which only included the period, date, and time, but lacked any specific details regarding the information or documents required from the petitioner to be presented. The bench, consisting of Justices K. R. Shriram and Jitendra Jain, observed that before […]

Kerala HC: VAT Act Grants the Authorities the Power to Collect Tax Dues from the Directors of a Pvt Company

If the company fails to make payment of the tax then Section 39 of the Kerala Value Added Tax Act, 2003, authorizes the taxing authorities to retrieve the tax dues from the directors of the private company, Kerala High Court ruled. When the taxing authorities were unable to recover the dues from the company, they […]

Traders Now Able to Settle Pre-GST Tax Liabilities Via One-time Settlement Scheme

In Bihar, the state government incorporated a ‘one-time settlement‘ initiative for the advantage of traders with tax obligations back to the time when the GST was about to launch. The Bihar Tax Disputes Settlement Bill, 2024 was tabled in the state assembly through Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary, who also carries the finance portfolio. In […]

Allahabad HC Deletes Judgement of Tribunal for Non-Compliance With Rule 63(5)

The Allahabad High Court has suppressed the Commercial Tax Tribunal’s judgment for non-compliance with Rule 63(5) of the U.P.V.A.T. Rules, 2008. The bench of Justice Abdul Moin has followed that according to Rule 63(5) of the U.P. V.A.T. Rules, 2008, a judgment and petition will be in writing and shall mention the points for determination, […]

Madras HC: No Real Invoice from a Registered Dealer, ITC Reversal By Dept. Doesn’t Amount to Double Taxation

If an enrolled dealer availed for any advantage under Section 19 of the TNVAT Act 2006 then he needed to comply with the norms mentioned in the stated section, Madras High Court ruled. The applicant did not deliver the original tax invoice from a registered dealer, and thus, he is unable to complain that the […]

Calcutta HC: ITC Not Permitted, Amount Paid to 3rd Party Instead of the Particular Dealer

The writ petitioner is not qualified to take advantage of the ITC since he did not pay the amount to the selling dealer and did it to a third party, the Calcutta High Court ruled. The bench comprising Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Supratim Bhattacharya has noted that the writ petitioner cannot insert words […]

SC Overturns HC Decision Denying ITC Claim Citing Absence of Apportionment Calculation

The High Court order has been quashed by the Supreme Court of India dismissing the ITC advantage claimed as the Uttar Pradesh Value Added Tax Act, 2008 (‘the UP VAT Act’) has no provision to compute the ITC apportionment. The taxpayer Modi Naturals Ltd is a company that secures the business of manufacture and sale […]