'Keep top-up premium recovered from staff out of GST'The Maharashtra AAR ruling in an application filed by Tata Power said the recovery of insurance premium is not an activity done "in the cou...
14 Nov, 2021, 12.00 AM IST
Inter-co managerial/leadership services to attract 18% GSTB G Shirke Construction Technology Pvt Ltd had approached the Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) seeking to know whether the managerial and...
26 Sep, 2021, 11.57 AM IST
Large companies, banks may have to split top management salariesGenerally, the salaries of chief executive officers (CEOs) and chief financial officers (CFOs) become expenses only of the head office—wher...
23 Sep, 2021, 12.07 AM IST
AAR ruling making office refurbishing costs eligible for tax credit may lead to litigationsAs of now, only the cost that contributes towards the output of a company — raw materials, input services, machinery, etc. — are eligible f...
21 Aug, 2021, 09.26 AM IST
Treated and purified sewage water for industrial use to attract 18% GST, says AARNagpur Waste Water Management Pvt Ltd had approached the Maharashtra bench of AAR seeking a ruling on whether 'tertiary treated water' supp...
01 Aug, 2021, 12.40 PM IST
Government tenders to attract GST, deemed a serviceTax experts interpret this in two ways. While one view is that the tendering process should be exempt, the second one holds that tender pro...
17 Jul, 2021, 08.05 AM IST
Free transport to work to face GST: Haryana AARThe move also has implications for several employees who depend on office buses to ferry them from home or from the Metro stations in Gurug...
20 Nov, 2020, 10.45 AM IST
Multinational companies' liaison offices under GST scannerThe ruling by the Karnataka authority has held liaison office to be an intermediary separate from the parent, making it liable to GST. It h...
10 Nov, 2020, 08.08 AM IST
Coaching classes are not eligible for GST exemption, rules Andhra bench of AARThe AAR bench noted that such coaching is not mandatory to be conferred an Inter or Final certificate by the Institute of Chartered Account...
09 Aug, 2020, 05.59 PM IST
Munch on it: GST ruling puts popcorn in 18% tax bracketThe AAR held that JJ’s Popcorn fitted the description of ‘Prepared foods obtained by the roasting of cereal’.
25 Jun, 2020, 10.25 PM IST
GST Council may consider national bench of AAAR next month; move to give certainty to taxpayersThe AARs in different states have passed about 470 orders, while AAARs have disposed of around 69 cases till March 2019.
19 May, 2019, 11.57 AM IST
You may be paying higher tax on annual maintenance billsConflicting rulings on annual maintenance contracts have caused considerable confusion in the industry.
26 Apr, 2019, 02.32 PM IST
National GST appellate tribunal on anvil, Council to decide on July 21According to the proposal which will be placed before the Council on July 21, three benches of the national appellate tribunal would be set...
19 Jul, 2018, 09.02 PM IST
GST: Centre planning to revamp AAR mechanism to deal with contradictory rulingsMost states are yet to set up the GST appellate authority that are meant to appeal against verdicts of the Authority for Advance Rulings (A...
05 Jun, 2018, 05.15 PM IST
GST likely to get centralised AAR for uniform rulingsThe government is contemplating such a move as divergent rulings on identical issues fuelled confusion over applicability and the rate of t...
05 Jun, 2018, 10.00 AM IST
AAR rulings put solar cos in a bindMaharashtra AAR has favoured a GST rate of 18%. The Karnataka AAR has ruled to tax installation at the concessional rate of 5% applicable o...
27 May, 2018, 11.14 PM IST
Damages paid for cancellation contract to attract 18% GSTThe proposal has made multinationals, especially those executing infra and mining projects, jittery and it could have implications on M&As.
21 May, 2018, 12.43 PM IST