Goods and Services Tax – GST – By: – Dr. Sanjiv Agarwal – Dated:- 9-6-2018 – Goods and Services Tax (GST), introduced from July 1, 2017 is more than eleven months old now but has resulted in operational and implementation disruptions affecting all stakeholders. GST law, as drafted and legislated, is not free from the interpretational hassles. GST Council his however, making regular changes to fix the anomalies and hardships faced by taxpayers. Taxpayers have already started challenging various provisions of GST laws and rules framed thereunder with more than 180 writs being filed in different courts. High courts and Supreme court have taken a liberal stand so far in view of the fact that law is new and is yet evolving. However, CBIC may move to Supreme court where the verdict is against the Government. This has also been indicated in Circular No. 39 dated 03.04.2018 wherein it is has been hinted in relation to resolution of struck TRAN-1 and filing of GSTR-3B that Government has not a
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by her did not include GST as at time of initiation of tender process, GST was non in force. However, other participants apparently claimed that GST was included in their quoted price. Authorities found that petitioner was not lowest rate tendered as rates quoted by other tenderers were after factoring GST component was much lower. Court Observed that the authorities enquired from the participants as to whether the bids of the participants included the imposition of GST or not. The authorities had, therefore, given a level playing field to all the participants participating in the tender process. The action of the authorities in obtaining information from the participants as to the tax implications cannot faulted. On evaluation, the authorities found the price quoted by C the successful bidder to be lower than that of the petitioner after taking GST implications. Such a decision cannot faulted as being perverse. It was thus held that there was no material irregularity in the decision
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ing, design, procurement and commissioning of solar power plant. Further, contract contended to be for supply of services was also one for executing a works contract involving a provision of goods as well as services. Thus, depending upon nature of supply, intra state or inter-state, rate of tax would be governed by Entry No. 3(ii) of the Notification No. 8/2017 – Integrated Tax (Rate under the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017(IGST Act) or the Notification No. 11/2017 – Central Tax/State Tax (Rate) under the CGST Act and MGST Acts. The rate of tax would be 18 per cent under the IGST Act and 9 per cent each under the CGST Act and the MGST Act. In Re: JSW Energy Ltd (2018) 5 TMI 763 (AAR-Maharashtra);, where applicant-power company i.e. JEL generates power from coal supplied by JSL, a steel company, and JEL supplies power to JSL, activity undertaken by JEL amounts to manufacture of electricity from coal as supplied by JSL and is squarely covered in definition of manufacture un
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