Important features of the UAE VAT Law

One of the reasons for introduction of VAT in GCC is that, to add a new source of income to Government. Now they are mainly dependent on sale of Crude, Natural Gas, and other products of hydrocarbons to generate revenue for spending on public welfare. It is a tax on supply of goods or services … Read more

Format of Invoice under GST

As per Rule 1 of GST revised Rules, the tax invoice shall include – Name, address and GSTIN of the supplier; a consecutive serial number containing only alphabets and/or numerals, unique for a financial year; date of its issue; name, address and GSTIN/ Unique ID Number, if registered, of the recipient; name and address of … Read more

Whether CAs can pay GST on receipt basis?

In the Service Tax era, CAs and other professionals (individuals and partnership firms including LLPs) were enjoying a benefit of paying Service Tax on receipt basis. That means Service tax liability need to be discharged on the basis of collection from customers/clients (actual receipt amount). The collected amount was to be considered as inclusive of … Read more

Download HSN code for GST Registration

Registration of suppliers on the GST Network is one of the important tasks for the professionals nowadays. Along with all other basic information to be collected, scanning of documents and filling the application forms, many of us would get stuck while choosing the right HSN code for the top 5 commodities dealt with by the … Read more

Comparison of Old and New Draft of Model GST Law

New Draft Model GST Law is published on 25/11/2016 in the public domain. It has undergone too many changes as compared to earlier Draft Model GST Law published in June 2016. In many places, basic definitions also have undergone changes. Though there is complete change if seen word by word in the whole 2 draft … Read more