GST Portal downtime 29.07.26
GSTN is taking downtime to enhance its services on the GST Portal on 29.07.2026 from 12:00 AM onwards until 6:30 am of 29.07.2026.
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GST panel likely to take up group ITC transfers
A key panel under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council is likely to consider suggestions from the industry on transfer of unutilised input tax credit (ITC) within a corporate group and giving exemption to intra-group corporate guarantees from any…
Betting probe widens: ₹70,000cr routed via 750 shell merchants, ₹19,600cr GST evasion suspected
Illegal online betting platforms allegedly channelled nearly ₹70,000 crore through about 750 shell companies across the country, leading to an estimated GST evasion of ₹19,600 crore, according to an ongoing probe by the DGGI.
Two startup founders, two CAs held in ₹200 crore GST fraud in Gurugram
The anti-evasion wing of the CGST Commissionerate, Gurugram, on Saturday said it has unearthed a ₹200-crore input tax credit fraud and arrested four people, including two co-founders of a Gurugram-based auto service startup and two chartered accountants.
GST Portal downtime 28.07.26
GSTN is taking downtime to enhance its services on the GST Portal on 28.07.2026 from 12:00 AM onwards until 6:30 am of 28.07.2026.
Voluntary Tax Payment Does Not Bar Proceedings Under Section 74 Where Suppression Allegation Remains Uncontested
The Hon’ble Patna High Court in the case of Manju Devi Agarwal held that where the taxpayer voluntarily discharged substantial tax liability after audit but failed to contest allegations of wilful suppression and also admitted liability towards interest and penalty during adjudication
No GST Levy on Assignment of Leasehold Rights of Industrial Plots as Supreme Court Dismisses Revenue’s SLPs
The Hon’ble Supreme Court in Union of India & Ors. dismissed the batch of Special Leave Petitions filed by the Revenue against the judgment of the Hon’ble Gujarat High Court dated January 03, 2025, which had held that assignment/sale and transfer of leasehold rights of a plot of land allotted by the GIDC
Circular no. 256/02/2026-GST dated 25.07.2026
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) issued Circular no. 256/02/2026-GST dated 25.07.2026 to provide Clarification regarding filing of appeal by department before the Goods and Services Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT) against order of appellate authority (where Orders-in-Original have been…
Commencing of Hearing of Cases before GSTAT, Mumbai Bench w.e.f. 27.07.26
GST Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai Bench issued Public Notice No. 04/2026 dated 24.07.2026 on Commencement of Hearing of Cases before Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT) with effect from 27.07.2026.
Section 128A Waiver Can’t Be Denied Just Because GST Was Paid Under the Wrong Head
Section 128A Waiver Can’t Be Denied Just Because GST Was Paid Under the Wrong Head, So Long as the Full Tax Liability Was Fully Discharged: