GST Revenue Collections for the Financial Year 2017-18

Total Revenue of Rs. 7.19 lakh crore collected under GST in the period between August 2017 and March 2018 During 2017-18, total revenue collected under GST in the period between August 2017 and March 2018 has been Rs. 7.19 lakh crore. This includes Rs. 1.19 lakh crore of CGST, Rs. 1.72 lakh crore of SGST, … Read more

Any taxpayer who is in receipt of pension from his former employer shall be entitled to claim standard deduction

Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes New Delhi, 5th April, 2018 PRESS RELEASE Clarification regarding applicability of standard deduction to pension received from former employer Finance Act, 2018 has amended Section 16 of the Income–tax Act, 1961(“the Act”) to provide that a taxpayer having income chargeable under … Read more

PAN and TAN mentioned in the COI issued by MCA shall be treated as sufficient proof of PAN and TAN

Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes New Delhi, 14th April, 2018 PRESS RELEASE Requirement for obtaining PAN card u/s 139A of IT Act, 1961 eased for corporate assessees In case of a company, an application for incorporation, allotment of Permanent Account Number (PAN) and allotment of Tax … Read more

Clarification about Transition Credit

There are lot of speculations in the media about the credit of Rs. 65,000 crore claimed by taxpayers in respect of Central Excise and Service Tax in the pre-GST period. Some people are under the impression that because of Rs. 65,000 crore claimed as transition credit, the income of Government this month has plummeted. Firstly, … Read more

GSTN application for refund is getting ready

Blockage of Working Capital of Exporters There are lot of apprehensions expressed in the media about the problem of blockage of working capital for exporters post-GST. There are various figures also being discussed on the blockage of such funds, which are wild estimates. Such media reports are not based on facts. i) First of all, … Read more

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The procedure for reconciliation of information furnished in FORM GSTR-3 and FORM GSTR-3B

Circular No. 7/7/2017-GST No. 349/164/2017/-GST Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Excise and Customs GST Policy Wing New Delhi, Dated the 01st September, 2017 To, The Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners/Principal Commissioners/ Commissioners of Central Tax (All) The Principal Director Generals/ Director Generals (All) Subject: System based reconciliation of information … Read more

GST return filing dates of July 2017 is extended – GST Council

Recommendations made by the GST Council in the 21st meeting at Hyderabad on 9th September, 2017 The GST Council, in its 21st meeting held at Hyderabad on 9th September 2017, has recommended the following measures to facilitate taxpayers: a)In view of the difficulties being faced by taxpayers in filing returns, the following revised schedule has been approved: … Read more

GOI has extended the time limit for furnishing GST return for the month of July and August 2017

[To be published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i)] Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Excise and Customs Notification No. 29/2017 – Central Tax New Delhi, the 5th September, 2017   G.S.R. …..(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by the second proviso … Read more