How to cancel an e-Way bill

Rule 138 of CGST Rules define the provisions of the e-Way bill. A registered person needs to generate an e-way bill where the goods need to be moved from one place to another and the value of such goods is more than Rs. 50,000  in the following cases: – Sales of goods Movement of goods […]

Deemed Export under GST

What is Deemed Export? “Deemed Exports” refers to supplies of goods manufactured in India which are notified as deemed exports under Section 147 of the CGST/SGST Act, 2017. It is to be noted that services are not considered as deemed exports. The supplies do not leave India. The payment for such supplies is received either […]

Zero Rated Supply

As per section 2(47) of the CGST Act, 2017, a supply is said to be exempt, when it attracts nil rate of duty or is specifically exempted by a notification or kept out of the purview of tax (i.e. a non-GST supply). But when a supply is exempted from payment of tax, it doesn’t mean […]

Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (PMJAY)

Ayushman Bharat or PMJAY is a scheme of National Health Protection Mission Council. It is a social health insurance scheme for the general citizens of India. Ayusham Bharat scheme was announced in the 2018-19 budget and subsequently approved by the Cabinet on 21st March 2018. As announced by our Prime Minister Hon’ble Shri. Narendra Modi […]

Online Correction Facility to Add/Modify Deductee in TDS Return

Many times, deductor have to make the changes in the previously filed TDS return due to some mistake, omission etc. TRACES provide online functionality for making various types of the corrections in the already filed TDS return which are as follows: – PAN correction Challan correction Add a new challan to statement Resolution for overbooks […]

Casual Taxable Person in Goods and Service Tax

For some persons, it is hard to maintain a fixed place of business due to seasonable nature of their industry. Also, if they have to register as a regular taxable person then they have to file monthly or quarterly return on a regular basis throughout the year. This lead to the logic for creating special […]

Mixed Supply & Composite Supply under GST

Mixed Supply A mixed supply is one in which two or more individual supplies of goods or services are made as a single supply but such supply does not constitute as a composite supply. For example, a departmental store makes a package on occasion of Diwali which consists of sweets, chocolates, and packed juices. This […]

Standard Deduction – Section 24a

Standard Deduction of 30% of Annual Value is allowed as deduction to every person. Any type of expenses incurred by the assessee for acquiring, constructing, repairing, reconstructing, maintaining, renovation, renewal etc shall not be allowed as deduction. Flat 30% of deduction shall be allowed irrespective of the expenses incurred by the assessee.

Minimum Alternative Tax (MAT)

MAT stands for Minimum Alternative Tax. MAT was introduced by the Finance Act, 1987 with effect from Assessment Year 1998-99. Later on, it was withdrawn by the Finance Act, 1990 and reintroduced by Finance Act, 1996 with effect from 01St April 1997. Currently, the MAT is applicable only to companies as per the provision of […]

Refund of Unutilised Input Tax Credit for Zero-Rated Supplies

What is Input Tax Credit under GST? Input Tax Credit (ITC) means claiming the credit of the GST paid on the purchase of goods and services which are used for the furtherance of the business. ITC is a mechanism to avoid the cascading effect of taxes. Previously, no credit of taxes paid to Central Government […]